The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-07-24

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switched over to ex-Secretary Baker,
A solution had not been found
On Saturday the Ohio delegation
dropped Baker and split between va
rlous candidates. giving Governor
Smith 81 votes, the others going to-
those in the "also ran" class
Gave Credit to Democrats
1t was very evident that the keynote
speaker, Senator Pat Harrison of Mis-
sisslppi, was not favorably impressed
with the Republicans and what they
had been doing during the past three
years, and he did not hesitate to say
so In plainly understandable terms.
+, In the main he centered on the vari-
ons Investigations and what, he said,
were the results achieved For those
acts of congress to which he could
give approval he claimed full credit
for the Democratic party and what
he referred to as the progressive ele-
ment in the Republican party. For
the majority element In the Republican
party he had no single word of COM
mendation. But no one was very much
surprised at all OF that, as no one
had expected him to commend the
enemy. That was not what he was
there to do. Even Congressman The
odore Burton, the Republican keynoter
at Cleveland, who attended the Demo
cratic show as guest, did not seem
to take any serious Offense at what
was said about himself and his Re
publican colleagues.
1t did not seem that Senator Har-
rison had overlooked anything that
could be said In opposition to the Re-
publicans, but along came the perma-
nent chairman, Senator Walsh, on
Wednesday, June 25, with new
list Of charges, or at least
new vocabulary. While he spoke
tine sun streamed down upon the
glass roof Of the convention hall
and turned it into a bake oven, but
his denunciation of the political en-
envy caused the delegates to forget,
for the time, their differences over
platform planks and favored candi-
dates They shed coats and. in many
cases, collars as we'll; they displayed
black and green and blue "galluses,"
and despite the heat enjoyed to tho
full everything the leader Of the oil
gave them as irst-hand
information. For 1t all they paid him
to the full in convention COMA long,
a loud, a terrific demonstration.
When the delegates assembled
on Saturday morning, June %, 1t was
with the expectation that they would
receive the report of the resolutions
committee. But that was not to be.
For 80 long and almost continuous
hours the committee, headed by Homer
8. Cummings. had labored over Its
task. and the stumbling blocks It had
struck were Khan and League Of Ma
tions On the latter subject Ex-Secre-
tary of War Baker was leading the
light to a straight-away declaration
IN favor of the League, and would be
satisfied with nothing less. but he was
n the minority. That did not repre-
tent a serious situation for the party,
,ut the other subject, that of the
xlan, did. There seemed to be no
grounds upon which to compromise,
md at the end Of 80 hours of labor
he venerable leader, william ]. Bryan,
Iropped to his knees In the committee
Dom and asked the members Of the
to join with him In asking
Divine guidance In their hour Of diff
ulty.
The resolution Mr.. Bryan favored.
nd for which he had worked through
he long hours, contained a plank on
he subject of religious liberty, and
ondemning secret orders that were
pposed to the provisions Of the Con-
titution, but 1t did not name the
Ian. That was the plank that was
,ritten into the majority report Of the
ommittee. But 1t was not satisfac-
Dry to q large element In the party.
Governor Smith announced that he
'ould withdraw from the contest for
he nomination II the party attempted
} straddle the subject. william r.
attangall, Democratic candidate for
overnor Of Maine; Bainbridge Colby
( New Jersey, former secretary of
taae; Joseph A. Kellogg Of New York.
ere among other leaders that were
acking Governor Smith and his foil
wing.
Fight Over Platform
The committee did not report until
tier three o'clock Saturday afternoond
nd then they gave to the convention]
9TH majority and minority report
1 these two planks The threatened
ascension in the party had been car
ed from the committee into the con-
,ntion to be fought out on the door.
he League plank was the first point
sposed Of. Ex-Secretary Baker made
/ imprisoned appeal for the minority
port, and for two hours the subject
as debated, but In the end the con-
.ntion voted 1863 to 742 in favor Of
e majority.
The same people who had fought for
DEFINITE denunciation Of the Klan]
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