The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-01-22

Big Factor in Swinging Convention.
Klan and Dry Issues Expected to
Bob Up in Writing Platform.
WASHINGTON-The democratic
national convention will be held at
New York city beginning Tuesday,
June a. following the republican con-
vention at Cleveland on June 10.
New York for the first time in SO
years was vited the convention by the
democratic national committee after a
stirring combat with San Francisco,
Chicago, and St. Louis. 1t took three
ballots and checks for $205000 to take
the democratic gathering to Gotham,
the final ballot giving New York 81
votes, San Francisco 40 and St. Louis
6, after Chicago had withdrawn from
the contest The first vote was New
York 80, San Francisco %, Chicago
p and St Louis Is.
Big Towns Attractions.
The big town, through an impress
i've committee of citizens who dis
played rare qualities OF civic pride
(for New York;, pledged itself to con-
tribute $150,000 in cash and mini
mum of $55,000 more for the movie
and radio rights in Madison Square
Garden auditorium
This Just met the bid of SOS, 900
made by San Francisco, backed up
by certified check for 100000 and
less definite promise OF 100000
more for entertainment purposes. The
honors for the New York victory go
chiefly to Tex Richard. the fight pro-
moter and all around sport, and the
Tammany leader, Charles F. Murphy.
Richard came through with a pledge
to make good $55,000 for the movie
and radio rights to supplement the
IS150,000 raised by the citizens COM
mittee and pledged by acting Mayor
Hubert Morgan, ]. O'Brien and
Joseph P. Day. who orally painted
the tangible and intangible attractions
of the great city.
Murphys contribution was even
more important than that OF Richard,
who holds lease on Madison Square
1 Garden which he will turn over to the
democratic nomination convention Tree,
with possibly the excess profits on
movie and radio rights.
McAdoo Wanted Frisco
1t was Murphy's influence rather
than the financial consideration which
won the support of George Brennan,
of Illinois, and Tom Taggart, of Indi-
amaze. and their allies i'll other states
who had been voting for Chicago and
St. Louis 1t was not without signiti-
canoe that the leaders who came to
the relief of Mr.. Murphy opposed San
Francisco chiefly for the reason that
the supporters OF w G. McAdoo ia
vored it. 1t is OF further interest that
this same combination prevented the
nomination of Mr. McAdoo at San
Francisco four years ago.
Mr.. McAdoo urged the slectlon OF
San francisco in telegram TO
member of the committee on the
ground that California is at present
his home State. If there was any po-
| litical importance to the contest for the
democratic convention it turns solely
on the ambition Of Mr. McAdoo. AS
soon as his avowed supporters among
the committeeman began to line up for
San Francisco the friends of other
asprants for the presidential nomina-
ton turned their backs on it, despite
the tempting financial morsel, which
Isador Docl<weiler painted with delft
and hattering vocal touches.
Party leaders of all factions said the
choice Of New York and the battle
which preceded it were without signifi-
canoe on the candidates. OF William G.
| McAdoo, Senator Underwood, of Ala
bama, Or others for the presidential
nomination.
Tammany Crowd Pleased.
Nevertheless the action of the COM
mittee sending the convention to New
York, the lair Of the tiger, precipitated
heated discussion as to whether its
action did or did not constitute an
"anti-McAdoo" victory There were
plenty of claimants on both sides of
the question.
The friends of Senator Underwood,
OF Alabama. and Governor Smith, of
New York, were openly jubiant over
the selection OF New York. They, of
course unhesitantly proclaimed the re-
suit an anti McAdoo victory and de-
scribed it as FIRST blood" in the fight
that a powerful coalition will make
against the nouination of the ex-
secretary of the treasury.
The Tammany crowd were particu-
1ar1y cheerful The prospect of Gov
ernor Al" engaging in the greatest po-
litical fight Of his career on his home
grounds, with the galleries filled with
thousands of his friends, was a spec
tacle which they envisioned with undis-
guised JOY.
The Underwood people were not so
extravagant in their claims. But rep
resentatives of the Alabama senator
asserted he would go to New York
with a strength OF about 200 votes on
the first ballot, and that they would
stick with him until he was either
nominated or given the word to go
elsewhere They claimed too, ike the
Smith forces, that none OF the votes
would go to McAdoo.
The McAdoo forces claimed a ma
jority of the committee. They said
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