Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-03
Poise of Delegation in Face
of New Workers. Attacks
Reacting FavorabIy for
( Their Candidate
BY c. e. GREGORY
journal Staff Correspondent

BY C. e. GREGORY
journal Staff Correspondent
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN,
| New York, July 1.-The women
and men representing Georgia at
| the Democratic national convention
| led the fight for William Gibbs Nc
i Adoo, native son, through long
| day and right at Madison Square
! Garden Monday. Georgia leaders
| aided in directing the political game
| in the convent on. meeting the Al
Smith ante and raising it few
votes each time the New York
| govern" gained strength
No other state in the union occu-
| pies the limelight like the Geor-
| gians at the national convention,
and no other state could possibly
| maintain greater composure under
greater dignity.
The appearance and conduct Of
| the Georgia delegation have in
| themselves given the lie to the
| charge of the majority of New York
| newspapers that the Georgians are
all COLLINS and genii and thugs and
ruffians. The outrageous attacks on
Georgia womanhood and manhood
have rebounded to the benefit of
William G.. McAdoo and have elm
| mated Governor Smith from the race
| for the nomination, if he was not
eliminated before the convention
was called to order.
Roosevelt Apologies
Realizing that the lies printed
about the Georgians are acting as
boomerangs, Franklin D. Roose
welt, the man who placed Governor
Smith in nomination for the presi
dency. sent for { member Of the
Georgia delegation Monday anC
apologized for the attitude Of the
| New York press toward the south
in general and Georgia in particu
lar.
''I want you gentlemen to under.
stand that the hostile attitude Of
| the New York press is not repre-
| sentative of the sentiment of the
| New York delegation, and is very
displeasing to u.s." Mr.. Roosevelt
! was quoted as saying.
Tuesday morning the director OF
music at Madison Square garden
called upon the Georgia delegation
on the convention floor and apollo.
gized for the affront offered by the
band in playing Marching Through
Georgia" during the ovation and
parade after Andrew Erwin's at
tack on the Ku klux Klan Saturday
night.
The director declared he thought
he was playing the Georgia state ali
| Or something like that and had nc
idea that the tune was repulsive tC
the people of the Empire state OF
the south. He stated that he had
had numerous requests - play the
tune, but would promise not to dc
so again. 1t seems to be true that
4 the majority of New Workers do not
know that the tune was composed tC
commemorate Sherman's march tt
the sea.
New York newspapermen who
were within ear shot of the delibera
tons of the resolutions committee
on the anZi-klan plank proposed fol-
the party platform, have, revealed
the bold stand taken by Judge Newt
Norris, of Marietta Colleagues or
the committee give Judge Morri:
credit for saving the day, as far q:
the committee was concerned.
New YOrk's Bluff Called I
i It is authoritatively stated thai
the New York member OF the com
mittee warned the other members
that there would be riot and blood
shed in the convention hall if the
khan were not denounced by name
adding that the New York delegs
ton would not assume any respon
siEility for anything that happened
IF you are endeavoring to thrtat
en- and intimidate this committee
and the Democratic party of the
mi Staf ~
you right now that you can't bluff
! u.s." Judge Morris declared, shaking
his finger in the face of the New
York committeeman. He added that
the majority of the convention stood
ready to adjourn the convention to
some other city at any moment, and
would promptly do so in the event
Of attempted rough stuff.
Again Tuesday the entire Georgia
delegation showed up for the long
grind of balloting. confident of the
nomination of William G. McAdoo,
son Of Georgia, by Tuesday night or
Wednesday.
| Monday afternoon editions OF the
New York papers were fairer to the
Georgians than any previous edi
lions had been and two Of them con.
tanned corrections of reports that
Miss Marian Colley, Of Washington
had been inundated into changin e
her vote on the anti-klan resolution
Miss COlley demanded that the stories
be retracted.
The only paper that stuck to its
guns was the Bulletin, new paper
here. IT contained an editorial de-
claring that Miss Colley was backed
| into a corner by her colleagues
cursed and abused, and threatened
with personal injury if she did not
change her vote that had been cast
| in favor of the resolution This
newspaper also suggested that An
drew Erwin. the Georgian who
broke away from the delegation and
spoke in favor of the khan attack,
be nominated for vice president as
a reward for his action.
Georgians were highly indignant
at the attack.
The New York Bulletin, the same