Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-06-30

understand the position of those east
erners and others, who were making
the determined last-ditch fight for
verification of the vote on the Khan
naming plank.
They knew that more actual votes
had been cast in favor of that plank,
but under the unit rule in a few
state delegations did not have their
votes counted. AS the majority of
the state delegation voted, so the
whole state delegation vote was
recorded r And this was the balance
that threw the victory to the plank
that did not blame the Khan.
The Democratic nomination is not
worth 80 cents today" said a former
member of the House and an assist
ments of the government during the
Wilson administration. He halls
from the middle west and is a dele
gg gate; First y. Underwood and then
which means a religious issue, to
kill off McAdoo. It's gone too far.
IF any one thing is certain, how
ever, out Of Saturdays row, it is that
be. nominated: l shouldn't be sur
prised now if they let McAdoo be
nominated, and tell him to take the
nomination and go to hell"
Tabulators Confused.
The confusion of the closing scene
in the convention early Sunday morn
ing might have been avoided, to
the vote been able to announce-as
they have done Since-that the mi
nority report naming the Khan had
been defeated by 4.30 votes instead
Of by 1 vote. But they claim that it
was due to the noise and constant in
terruptions that they were unable to
bring the correct total
One little Georgia woman also might
which she achieved because of her
change of vote at the last minute.
Miss Marion Colley of Washington,
Ga, whose change of vote-she cast
but one-half a'vote-was believed for
a time to have made possible the vic
tory of the majority report, which
fails to name the Khan.
Miss Colley was surrounded by
bowling. gesticulating group. plead
ing with her to do this or do that.
She could not make herself heard by
the chair, and finally the chairman of
the delegation had to vote for her.
She insisted today 1t was not because
of threats by the Klansmen that she
changed her vote. She said that 1t
was because she was told that she
was running the party's chances of
success" and hurting Mr.. McAdoo.
Il am just as much opposed to the
Khan as 1 ever was" she insisted
But she is very much cut up over the
whole affair.
Walsh Prevented Rit.
Everybody is asking everybody else
here what has been the effect on the
party and on the party's chances of
the row over the Khan. eliminating
Saturday in what was little less than
riot. The fact that it did not become
riot was due largely to firmness
and good judgment of Senator Walsh
of Montana, the permanent chairman.
A number of times. when the conven-
ton seemed to be slipping out OF
all control, 1t was brought back by
the decisive statements of the chair
man. He has been criticized in some
quarters because he could not order
the galleries cleared. but on the other
idea of holding national convention
behind closed doors, so to speak, and
also there is the Democracy of New
York City, represented in the gal
leries Saturday. which had to be
taken into consideration. And, finally,
order might have precipitated real
trouble, and perhaps cause injury
to the masses which damned the gal
leries and the floor of the conven-
when the delegates from Massa-
chusetts and other eastern states,
who had fought vigorously for the
denunciation of the Khan by name
in the platform, went back to their
hotels early Sunday morning, they
inclined to say that they were
through with the party which would
not take a, stand. when the issue was
raised, against the Khan. During the
cooled down somewhat, and it may
be that they will come around. But
the need of nominating a candidate
who can command the respect ana
support of both the east 'and the
west is emphasized.
Party Smash Seen.
To the man on the street, however,
it looks as though the Democrats had
pretty well smashed their chance for
electing a President in November. In
the subway today, a workman put it
this way:
Desc Democrats is the limit. Look
what dey done, now. If dey nominate
| nominate a Klansman, dey amt bet
ter off. This guy Coolidge Is goin'
to walk right trough de middle"
But with characteristic, loyalty to
New FORKS governor. he added that
If AL Smith could be nominated, he
would have a chance after all for
election.
Gov. Smith was born a Catholic and
is Catholic. He has been regarded
| as wet" though he has said he
would enforce the prohibition law.
Had il not been tor this combination
of circumstances nothing could have
prevented the selection of the gov
ernor Of the Empire state for the
Democratic nomination this year. He
is really regarded as progressive
by many who are insisting upon q
progressive nominee.
1t scarcely speaks well for Ameri-
can institutions that because q man
belongs to a certain branch of the
Christian church, the oldest of them
all, that he cannot be nominated for
the highest office in TIE land, as, q
Protestant woman attending the con-
vention said today.
TITS worse than ridiculous that a man
should be criticized because he has
a religion and belongs to Christian
church." she said. III he did, not
halon1 to any church I Aaunnnse he