Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-07-10

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the press, or of the right of the people
peaceably to assemble and to petition
the government for redress of griev-
ances; that the church and the state
shall be and remain separate, and that
no religious test shall ever be required
as qualification to any office of pub
lie trust under the United States.
"These principles we pledge our
selves ever to defend and maintain"
THE minority report, which names
the Ku Klux Khan and was lost by
less than five votes, was presented to
the convention as follows:
eve condemn political secret socie-
ties of all kinds as opposed to the ex-
ercise of free government and contrary
to the spirit of the Declaration of In
dependence and the Constitution of
the United States.
'sWe pledge the Democratic party to
oppose any effort on the part of the
Ku Klux Khan, or any organization, to
interfere with the religious liberty or
political freedom of any citizen, or to
limit the civic rights of any citizen or
body Of citizens because of religion,
birthplace or racial origin"
THE first ballot Monday morning
i was important as showing the pre-
liminary strength of the two leading
contenders, which proved to be the
deadlock that was expected. The first
was also interesting as a .'favorite
SON. demonstration.
"Alabammer shouted the reading
clerk. And the alphabetical head Of
the Union started the ball rolling in
fine shape with this: Alabama casts
it's "a votes for Oscar-r-r w. Un-n-nder-
r-rwood' (cheers). Arkansas, of
course, gave its 18 to Robinson and
California it's &c to McAdoo. Colorado,
uninstructed, complimented Gov. W. e..
Sweet with its IL. Kansas pumped its
20 for Governor Davis. Indiana went
solid for Ralston. Louisiana created
a stir by voting its 20 uninstructed for
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi,
the keynoter of the convention. Wyo-
ming made another entry by naming
Senator John B. Kendrick.
The result of the first ballot was as
follows: McAdoo, 4317s Smith, 2401a
Davis wv Va.), 81. Cox, SO; Under
wood, 425a Ralston, 30; Richie, 221a
Glass. %; Robinson, 81; Brown, IT;
Silzer, So; Harrison, 431a; G. w. Bry-
an, IS; Davis (Kans.), 20; Sweet, IL;
Ferris, 30; Kendrick, 6; Salisbury, &;
Houston Thompson of Colorado, l. To-
tai, 1,O9S; necessary to choice, 1872;
majority, $50.
"WEDNESDAY morning found the
W convention preparing to cast its
thirty-first ballot under these condi-
lions, as indicated by two days of flu
tile balloting: Deadlock between Nc
Adoo and Smith, the former steadily
losing and the latter steadily gaining;
Davis Of West Virginia the most prom
inent Of the other contenders and the
favorite in the Wall street betting, at
to 2, as against to l previously.
McAdoo, who had got 431 votes on the
first ballot and touched high-water
mark of 479 on the fifteenth, had re-
ceived 415 on the thirtieth Smiths
zigzag increase had been from 24O
votes on the first to 1923 on the thir-
tieth. Davis had started with 81 and
had climbed slowly and steadily to
126.
Others who had been named in each
ballot had received the following
votes on the first and thirtieth: Cox,
SO and 81; Underwood, AZ and 80;
Ralston, 80 and So; Glass, 20 and "a;
Robinson, q and %; Richie, % and
II; Davis of Kansas, 6 and g.; Sauls-
bury, and g. Only two others had re-
ceived votes on the thirtieth. One was
Chairman Walsh, whose maximum of
16 on the twenty-fifth ballot had dwin-
died to ~. The other was Senator
Robert L. Owen of oklahoma, who had
received 20 on the twenty-sixth ballot
and 25 on the thirtieth.
COUTH CAROLINA, early in the
- game, killed two birds with one
stone by providing itself with candi-
date for vice presidential honors and
making history. It's Is delegates held
a caucus Monday, voted to place in
nomination for the vice presidency
Mrs. Leroy Springs of Lancaster and
appointed steering committee of six
to handle her candidacy on the floor
AS delegate at large, national commit
teewoman and chairman of the Gre
dentials committee of the convention
she had made favorable impression,
She is a daughter Of South Carolina by
adoption-by marriage, rather. She