Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-01

Roosevelt Moves to Adjourn
hundred degelates calling for recog-
milton, and the chairman shouting at
the top of his voice and scarcely able
to make himself heard. When a roll
call was demanded on the platform
the chair announced that the requir-
ed number of seconds were not pre-
scented. Then while all the racket
was at it's height. Franklin d.
Roosevelt raising himself to his feet
on his crutches made himself heard
above the riot and shouted 1--WE have
now proceeded to the morning of the
Sabbath day. L move that the con-
vention adjourn until $50 o'clock
Monday morning.
There was a rolling chorus of ayes
and rolling chorus Of nose, but
Chairman Walsh evidently exhaust
ed, brought down the gavel with a
wallop and declared the motion to
adjourn carried.
The convention piled out in the
streets in the same disorder which
had characterized ten hours of con-
tinuous session.
The platform as whole was
adopted by a viva voce vote in
which the ayes and the noes were
mixed in a mighty chorus. But
Chairman Walsh, bringing down the
gavel, declared the motion to adopt
the platform carried.
Tired and keyed to a high nervous
pitch by the string of events which
1nI dol
and convention officials quarreled
repeatedly and in one or two cases
the police had to intervene to quiet
rows on the convention floor
The session had begun at 3
o'clock Saturday afternoon.
OId-Time Debate Heard
Plunging on the heels of the
league plank into the khan issue.
the convention heard a two-hour old
time convention debate ending in a
speech by William J. Bryan, which
was interrupted by "boos" from the
galleries but applauded by the dele
gates in tribute to the fighting quail
tiles of the three-time candidate for
the presidency.
The khan issue came to vote on
the question of adopting in place of
the religious liberty plank es-
pOused by Mr.. Bryan, an open con-
demnation of the khan by name.
The vote on the first of the con-
tested planks in the platform came
after a most dramatic appeal to the
convention by Newton D. Baker to
consider the memory of Woodrow
Wilson and put in an out-and-out
Wilsonian plank for the League Of
Nations.
Other party leaders argued that
the majority plank proposed more
practical way to accomplish the OBJ
ject of getting the United States into
the league and the convention sus-
tanned them.
The vote was 351 IL for adopting
the Baker plank and overtErning the
resolutions committee and 742 1-9
votes for adopting the majority of
the resolutions committee and adopt
ing the plank it presented. There
were two votes absent.
You will repudiate Woodrow VIII.
son if you do this" Mr.. Baker had
told the convention before itNyoted.
Klan Plank Next Up
Then the convention got TO the
hu hluX Man issue
on a proposal by Mr.. Pattengall, of
Maine, to take in plank naming
the Ku Klux Khan specifically. Sen
ator Owen, Of Oklahoma, opened the
discussion. He was speaking for the
majority report, which does not
name the khan.
II appear before you now in a po-
sition in which L am entirely free to
express - opinion as well as defend
the majority resolution now before
you" said the senator in beginning, |
explaining that he was about to re-
tire from public life.
This is a most critical question"
said Senator Owen. This is not a /
a question as to the Ku Klux Khan |
o. losing. This is differ |