Evening star., 1926-09-28

gift Of God alone. VINO douDtS tndt
| he possesses 1t? With incentives TO
be an idler which only character
could withstand, he has devoted all
his great abilities to the public well
fare.
| Mrs. Knapp Seconds.
"He will tear away the veil of sham
behind which our opponents hide and
show them up for what they really
.are. And when he does that. he Will
| destroy the fiction which has been
built up and which wearies me beyond
! !expression-the fiction that Tammany
Hall has suddenly become a phiian-
thopic institution or Is anything else
/ than what it's always been-an
organized appetite which feeds upon
the very people whom it claims to
help"
| Mrs. Florence Knapp seconded the
Mills nomination and herself received
an ovation. She pledged the loyalty
of the women to the nominees OF the
| convention.
The Herkimer County delegates in
structed for Cristman for Senator.
and other Cristman delegates filed
with the secretary Of the convention
the following statement setting forth
their position:
| I'm order that there may be no mis-
| apprehension as to the position or
| the delegates from Herkimer County,
| and to the end that we may retain
complete liberty of action. after the
adjournment of the convention, we do
hereby publicly state our position,
with reference to the paramount ls-
sue before the people. The question
before the people of the State OF New
| York that dWarfs all other questions
in Importance is the so-called refer
endum. This referendum was passed
| by the unanimous vote of the Demo
Gratis of the last Legislature with the
aid of a few Republicans. This refer
| endum asks that the Congress OF the
United States pass an act permitting
the several States to enact legislation
that is forbidden by the Constitution
of the United States.
"This, we are firmly persuaded, IS
notification.
| I've entertain no doubt that when
the paramount law of the land Is as
sailed, when the Constitution Of the
United States Is directly or indirectly
attacked, all other considerations, all
other questions are of secondary I'M
portance.
| Above Party Regularity.
with us the Constitution of the
United States is above all other con-
siderations. The Constitution of the
United States is above all question OF
temporary party regularity.
1--WE entered this convention with
a possible hope that by appropriate
action this convention would undo
the serious mischief that q few Re-
publican members of the last Ieg1s-
lature did, acting in concert with the
Democrats.
Eve regret that the mischief has
not been corrected. Not only has
the mischief not been corrected by
this convention, but the person who
publicly aided and advised these few
Republican members of the last Leg
islature into their unfortunate and
disastrous action is about to be re-
warded by this conventions We
would take appropriate action for the
enforcement of the supreme law of
the land. hoping that the State of
New York would be in harmony with
the Federal Government on the sub
ject of prohibition.
See Notification Move.
I'VE regret to find no action Of this
convention that is at all adequate to
the situation. We are told to abide
the event Of referendum. which we
regard as notification, something ut
terly foreign to our thought as Re-
publicans.
Now, inaSmuch as we regard this
eighteenth amendment as a sacred
pact of our fundamental law, as we
believe in the enforcement of law, we
look upon the nomination and can
didacy Of James w. Wadsworth, jr.,
for the Office of the United States
| 70 CO 70 %.
publican principles and such Il blow
to Republican ideals, and of such Sc
rious and disastrous consequences to
the future welfare Of our Nation, that
we feel 1t incumbent upon us to here
by give notice that we reserve for
ourselves complete liberty of action.
I'm no way do we consider our
selves bound by the action of the con-
vention in the nomination of James
w. Wadsworth, jr''
Another seconding speech for Mr.
Mills was made by Representative
Wallace Dempsey. who extolled the
candidates service in the House.
There We're no other nominations
for governor, and the voting was per-
functory, the counters announcing
Mills as their choice through their
chairmen.
Some Avoid Voting
When Herkimer County was
reached however, the chairman an.
nounced seven votes for Ogden L.
Mills. three not voting" Herkimer's
Is a dry delegation, supporting Christ
man for Senator. The result of the
ballot nominating Mills was ,304
"ayes" and 13 mot voting"
Lieut.. Gov. Seymour LOwman was
quickly renominated, in accordance
with the State rule. His proposer
Thomas L. Fennell. said Lowman had
been "a winner" two years ago, and
he would win again this year.
After nominating for chief justice
of the Court Of Appeals Benjamin n.
Cardozo and Henry T. Kellogg as as
sociate justice. the convention then
turned to the final task, the renomi-
nation OF Senator Wadsworth.
Lowman is q bone dry" For con.
troller, Vincent 3. Murphy was re-
nominated. For attorney general. AL
bert Ottinger was renominated.
Judge Robert Thompson of Canaan
daigua, with a voice like a fog horn,
an old-time spellbinder, placed Senator
Wadsworth in nomination. From the
start he had the crowd applauding and
laughing.
When Judge Thompson named Sen.
ator Wadsworth. there was demon
stration and enthusiasm, but 1t lasted
only a minute or two. The Judge re-
ferred to the Endorsement given Sena.
tor Wadsworth by President Coolidge
and got another hand. He appealed
strongly to the drys not to bolt the
party, but to support Wadsworth.
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