The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-06-29

square O0vucr,s impressive gestures
Of harmony and Cancellation proceed
ed and followed his selection last
night % the leader Of his party. Just
before the ballot was ts.ken q party
platform, contrary to the usual
case, was adopted without q fight in
open convention. After the NOM
nation had be como q fact, his most
active rival for the honor, Senator
Reed, Of Missouri, jvent to the con-
vention halt and told the delegates
that no one would be more loyal
than he to the newly chosen party
nominee.
Wet Issue Disappears
The prohibition issue, which had
been intertwined with the Smith and
anti-Smith tug Of war from the be-
ginning. disappeared from the con-
vention picture almost as If by
magic Just before the nomination
was made. After many hours Of de-
bate in committee and sub-commit-
tee, q plank was found that salts
fled the most prominent Of Smith
and anti-Smith LADDERS alike. Com
posed Of but two sentences, It de-
clares the Republicans have not en-
forced the prohibition law, and
pledges the Democratic nominee to
make an honest effort for enforce
ment of that and all other statutes.
Brought to the convention. floor
with the support Of both vets and
drys, the plank provoked but few
minutes of discussion and went into
the platform without q roll call.
Governor Moody Of Texas. a MEM
Der Of the platform committee, told
the convention he would have pre-
ferred q direct endorsement Of pro-
1ibition as a policy, but in the in
'terest of harmony would not even
submit q minority report. Cover
nor Richie, Of Maryland, countercd
that for his part he was willing to
take the committee plank even
though he preferred local option to
federal prohibition. Senator Glass
Of Virginia, dry leader and author
of the plank, pointed out that it was
so worded that the party nominee
would have to be bound by it re-
gardless Of his personal beliefs.
Then, in less time than it takes to
tell it, the committee report was
adopted with = crashing chorus of
approval end only a few scattered
mos"
The only other part of the Demo-
cratic declaration of principles to
make serious trouble in committee
was the farm plank. As finally
brought in End adopted, it pledges
the party tn take immediate and ef-
fective steps :. deal with the prob
lem Of farm surpluses and the re-
Mobilization of agriculture generally.
Some party leaders believe that
Governor Smith will make a more
detailed announcement on this SUBJ
ject earl, in the campaign.
Davis Speaks
A long program Of nominating
and seconding speeches preceded
consideration Of the platform on the
convention floor, and even after the
platform was approved and the
nomination made to the tune Of q
long and loud demonstration, the
convention stayed on until we'll aft
er midnight hearing exhortations to
battle. Besides Senator Reed. John
w. Davis, the party nominee four
years ago, was brought to the con-
vention platform. He told the
cheering delegates that the call Of
the party in 1928 was harmony
under the leaderhip Of Smith.
In the final tabulation of the vote
by which the New Yorker was
chosen, only five states appear as
having failed to give the leader at
least part Of their support, and
one Of them was Reeds own state
Of Missouri, which was blocked by
convention rules when it sought to
turn the bandwagon movement to
Smith into q nomination by accla-
nation. The others were Florida,
Georgia, South Carolina and Texas
49, representing the remnants Of
what the anti Smith leaders had
once hoped to build into an irresisti-
BILE bone-dry and anti Tammany
phalanx against the nomination Of
the New York governor.
It really was Ohio that CONSUME
W6ISO Inc uOUluatlOus Wne0 the
first call Of . roll had been COM
pleted, Smiths total stood at 724
2/3, or nine short Of the number
needed to nominate. But having
paid their tribute to their respective
favorite sons, Z half dozen states
were ready to change their votes
and get aboard the bandwagon. For
several minutes q presidential NOM
nation hung in the air, while dele
cation chairmen from all sections Of
the hall tried to shout each other
down in their rival attempts to be
first to switch to Smith. Chairman
Mseker Of Ohio, standing on his
chair In the right center Of The dele
gate section, won out and cast for
The New York governor ~ Ohio
votes where he lad had but one On
the initial roll ell.
Mississippi, Indiana, Nebraska.
Kansas, and Tennessee quickly fol-
lowed giving Smith votes no no
longer needed, and reducing the
anti Smith residuum to but $50 Of
| the conventions total Strength Of