The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-28
ALL DELEGATES ARE KEYED UP FOR THE CLIMAX Platform Body Abandons Hope Of Settling Ku
 Klux Issue
BATTLE OF BALLOTS
 IS OvERSHADOWED
Voting Will Not Begin Until Contest Over
 Principles Ends

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, June 27.-Now the preliminaries - some picturesque, some dull-are over, and sleeves are being rolled up for the real fight that will make this democrat ic national convention historic.
 The first phase comes Saturday when the klan issue comes to the floor of the convention. Madison Square Garden, the citadel of box ing, has never seen a fight like that will be. For a week, the trouble has been sirimering, and now every one is keyed up for the climax. For the time being, it will overshadow entirely the question of a candi- date. The candidate fight will come later Saturday.
 The platform committee, struggling to settle the klan matter inside the committee and thus avoid floor fight, seems to have abandoned hope. It probably will report out a mild plank not mentioning the hooded order. A minority report denouncing the klan by name will be presented on the con- vention floor and a vote taken after debate.
 Deadly Day Of OratOry
 While the platform committee was working on these questions, the con- vention sat through long, deadly day of oratofy. There were some six hours Ot speeches-mostly of wearisome length, feciting in hackneyed phrases the won lers of the various candidates. ThGre ih, it would a<elas not a mediocre man in the lat All are mateiilesx leaders, fol. iowers of the idealism of Woodrow Wilson, untouched by scandal. and they believe that the laws should be en- forced.
 The following candidates were placed in nomination Friday:
 Gov. James M. Cox of Ohio.
 Gov. Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska
 Gov. Fred H. Brown of New Hamp- shire.
 John ". Davis of West Virginia.
 Governor George $. Silzer of New ter sey.
 Senator Carter Glass of Virginia.
 Governor Brown of New Hampshire Is the most unique of the group He is the only democratic governor New Hampshire has had in years, and the first ex.baseball professional to be Lut up for the White House job. He played In the National league years ago.
 Baker Receives Tribute
 Newton D. Baker, who placed Cox iL nomination, received a remarkable per tcnal tribute from the convention, the entire body of delegates rising to ap- plaud when he took the platform. This has not been done for anyone else.
 Both Smith and McAdoo were kent before the convention throughout the day by means of seconding speeches, in /. terspersed through the roll call of states. None of the demonstra tions approached the great Smith show of the day before. Delegates for the most part seemed bent on getting through with the painful business of placing candi- 0atas in nomination and proceeding of the vital work of the convention.
 After a good deal of high-flown, but evnsive oratory, small, slightly gray haired woman from Pennsylvania. cut through the gaseous murk with speech in which she brought the question of Al Smiths Catholic religion before the convention. It has hinted at before. But, taking the bull by the horns, she came right out and said what many
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