Evening star., 1924-06-24

m1er a1ter ne returns from bFus-
| sells.
Harrison was the center Of a group
of leaders on the platform who
crowded round to shake his hand and
congratulate him on his party key
note. The band turned from the war
songs to The Banks of the Wabash"
and the Indiana delegation led the
cheering until the musicians moved
on to Maryland, My Maryland"
MY Old Kentucky Home" and
| HyIan Welcomes DELEGATES.
Mr.. Harrison cut the band off with
a bang of the gavel and introduced
Mayor Hylan of New York to de-
liver an address OF welcome to the
delegates and visitors. In a brief
speech the mayor said his city was
doing the best we can to make
things pleasant" and outlined a pro-
gram OF entertainment that has been
provided by city authorities and civic
authorities. He was applauded when
he said he wanted the convention to
know that New York was "a national
city, belonging to the whole ma
tion, and that mo advantage is here
to the good of ALL
1T is here he said. that those
from every race. Jew and Gentle
Catholic and Protestant, and all 9TH
ers, strive together, secure in the
knowledge of full religious freedom
nd equal opportunity, for the COM
mon good"
The delegates, however, were not
given day off, by any means. for
the actual start of the convention
mild though it might be, relatively
served as signal for redoubled eff
| forts by the campaigners for the
most of candidates for the presiden-
tial nomination and by sponsors of
the numerous platform proposals.
Campaign Workers Busy.
! . With most Of the state caucuses out of
| the way, the campaign workers for the
various candidates and advocates of this
| or that declaration of principle seized
the moments Of freedom left to the dele
| gates prior to the converting of the open
| ing session today to press their claims
The McAdoo and Smith forces, moving
at swift and rapidly accelerated pace,
| and the Underwood camp, its enthusiasm
| raised even higher by the Alabama SEN
tors presence, also put on more speed
Likewise the supporters of John w
DAVIS, Senator Ralston, James NJ. Cox
and the numerous more or less dark
! horses seemed to find the going to their
| liking.
Real Fights Later.
| Although the platform and rules re-
| ports will give the / 1,o9S delegates their
| first chance to do battle for their opin-
| ions in the traditional manner, many of
them expect the majority of such issues
| to be settled in committee after today's
session, and look for the real fighting on
the convention floor to start Thursday
| or Friday. when the balloting on candi-
| dates begins.
Indications today are that the votes
4 ~ hIlt tna ha i,,;t faI ha1
lots among at least 90 candidates,
with William G. McAdoo having at
the start about $50, Gov. Alfred E.
Smith approximately ESQ, and SEN
ators Underwood and Ralston. John
w. Davis and James NJ. Cox about SO
| each.
Many Others Supported.
Others who will be in at the be-
ginning. at least-and some of them
have 'frst-last- all the time" sup
porters--include Gov. Silzer of New
Jersey, Senator Ferris of Michigan,
Senator Glass of Virginia, Gov. Jona-
than Davis of Kansas Senator Har-
rison of Mississippi, Senator Robin
son OF Arkansas, Gov. Brown Of New
Hampshire, Gov. Bryan of Nebraska,
ator salisbury of Delaware, and SEN
| ator kendrick of Wyoming
monster demonstrations are being
planned by the big camps when their
candidates are placed in nomination,
and much time was devoted by the
m embers today to working up the
sentiment of their supporters to the
highest possible degree.
Under the somewhat tentative pro-
gram devised by the convention man
ayers. the nominating speeches will
be made tomorrow to give the reso-
lutions committee time to build a
platform out of the mass of material
prepared largely in advance for its
consideration.
Uncertainty Emphasized.
The caucuses yesterday and last
night emphasized rather than ditnin-
ished the uncertainty that prevails
generally among the delegates as to
the outcome of their labors. No def
mite trend presaging fight to amend
emerged from the caucuses. but the
subject would not down in lobby
gossip and it was said one of the
leading candidates might make a
balloting if his vote should exceed
a simple majority. Much dissatisfac-
tion with the unit rule was express
ed In the caucusest however, and this
oHered the most likely prospect of
fight over rules when they are
taken up tomorrow
whether the. resolutions commit
tee, under the craftsmanship of
Homer e11 r. Cummings Cum Of Connecticut.
viii be able to iron out all of the
differences of opinion over declara
tions of principle was left in almost
as much doubt today as the result
of the nomination race, with preGic-
t1ons pointing In various directions
| Mr. Cummings was the most optimis-
tic in his expressions, but other party
leaders predicted that minority re-
ports would give the convention
something to fight about.
Differences CIarined.
Declarations on the Ku Klux Klan,
foreign relations, prohibition and
farm and continue the chief stumbling
blocks in the way of the official plat
form builders the volunteers having
succeeded only in clarifying their
Idivergences on these questions.
At least three full platform drafts
and a deluge of separate suggestions
for the conventions consideration
| today and others were being pre-
pared by leaders and organizations
having special desires along one line
| or another.
Prohibition leaders continued today tn
predict that they would have their way
with the law-enforcement plank, and Mr.
Bryan, who was chosen by the Florida
delegation as its member of the resolII
| tions committee, after a brief verbal
scuffle. was given a free hand by his
| caucus, but the delegates favorins rnodI-
| fication Of the enforcement laws main
| would go on record with declaration
more to their liking.
| The prohibition issue and that inyoly-
| ing farm relief, however, were not so
| sharply drawn as were those dealing
with the Klan and foreign relations. In