The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1924-07-24
The Democratic National
Convention in New York Civ

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/ ton to take their banners and walk
out and go to some city other than
New York, where a decent conven-
ton could be held. The fight had
gone to such serious extent in the
Resolutions Committee, that Mr..
Bryan stated that it was time to ask
for Divine guidance, and called upon
Catholic to pray, and he, as Prot
estant, offered the most beautiful
| prayer have ever heard, and from
then on, the question was handled in
more serious manner, many big
men shedding tears in the discussion
! Everybody on the Resolutions Com
mittee was fearful that a riot would
break out in the convention. A mo-
ton was made and carried that each
member of that committee should go
to his delegation, state to them the
seriousness of the situation, and I'M
dertake to keep them from leaving
their seats during the fight, or per-
uniting their banner to go lin any pa
rade. I told them that I would be
personally responsible for the con-
duct of the Georgia Delegation in
the matter, and that we would not
leave our seats. When Mr.. Andrew
Erwin, of our delegation, made the
| speech that he did in favor of the
minority report, and concluded by
stating that "Any Georgian that did
not vote for the minority report was
not worthy of his ancestors" it nee
essarily strung the members of our
delegation to their hearts, but we
counselled among ourselves and a.
greed to keep cool. Our delegation
was put to severe test after this
speech of Mr.. Erwin's, when he re-
turned to his seat and tewlve banners
in violation of the agreement made
in the Resolutions Committee, were
paraded in front of our delegation.
/ They took Mr.. Erwin on their shout
ders and marched around the hall to
the tune of Marching Through Geor
gia." Thousands were yelling at our
delegation, saying all sorts Of things
to us. They had US surrounded on
every side. One Wisconsin delegate
brought his banner to our seats, gave
one of our ladies a shove and jumped
on the seat with his banner l caught
him by the shoulders, twisted him a.
round, and threw him headlong into
the aisle, and stated to the police sur
rounding US that if they did not pro-
tect our women, we would Many del
egates from North Carolina and
South Carolina Delegation almost
fought their way to our stand yelling
at us that they were with us. | can
not yet understand how we got thru
this trying ordeal without a riot
breaking out.
This did not end our ordeal When
our delegation was polled, and we
were trying to change votes, we were
surrounded by thousands of people
saying all sorts of things, and try
ing to prevent US from making these
changes.
l shall never forgive the delegates
from Virginia and Arkansas for fail
ing to stand with us on this fight. II
either of these States had come to us
when we ran Mr.. McAdoo's vote uI
to $50, we would have nominated him
i Under the fight made, of all the
States in the Union that should have
stood by US, it was old Virginia.
The outstanding forces which com.
bined against Mr.. McAdoo were the
liquor or wet element of the party
money, political bosses, and Catholic
, influences, together with the intimi.
dation methods used by the Tamma
!. ny-ites of New York, coupled with
SAt~ AiOoS dCIl1UUG ILdb WOuiC
, be imagined on the part of the New
York press, both Democratic and Re.
publican. These influences believed
; they could nominate Smith. When
/ this was impossible, they lined up be
hind Underwood, and the McAdoo de
; egats threw their support largely t.
: John W. Davis.
; ] cannot give too much praise t.
, the women delegates who were Their,
! supporting Mr.. McAdoo. They wer,
J loyal to the finish, fighting day anC
! night. for him, never faltering for
moment, but courageous to the end
T 1t was certainly through no fault o.
the women that Mr.. McAdoo was no
: nominated.
! ! do not believe any one VIII,
r watched that fight from the begin
a ming to the end would take issue will