Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-13
Summon Democracy
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Summon Democracy
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of confidence and regret.
And thus, with commercialized
government letting down the bars to
commercialized politics, we have seer
organized corruption marching in
parade against the integrity or the
ballot and going brazenly into the
market to treat United States sem
atorships like pieces OF second hand
furniture to be put upon the auction
block and knocked down to the
highest bidder
'These auctions have become fash
ionable affairs-only the very rich
can afford to bid. And now that we
have it on high authority that con-
tributlng to a slush fund is just like
giving money to church. we may
soon be paying off repeaters in the
cathedral and knocking down SEN
atorShipS from the pulpit"
Charging that the favored inter
ests" had been put in possession OF
such instrumentaIties for the pro-
lection OF the people as the federal
trade commission and the tariff COM
| mission. Bowers said the country had
seen "the trend toward monopoly
smiled upon by the administration
and heard voices raised Tor the
repeal of all restrictions that "these
monopolies may run amuck and glut
their greed upon the helpless"
Where is the issue?" he asked
with monopoly encouraged, with
corruption 1lagrant and unafraid
with big business in the saddle
booted and. spurred, and the. farmer
in the ditch; and with the tariff
picking the pockets OF the millions
to the tune OF billions under the
protection OF the police, If the party
of jackson can find no issue it is
time to go into a court OF moral
and intellectual bankruptcy and apply
for a receiver"
WASHINGTON Jan. 12 R-Afte1
deciding to take their party conven-
ton into the solid south this year, for
the first time in history, democratic
| leaders from over the nation came to-
gether tonight at Jackson day dim
ner designed to help to harmonic the
differences that made. for party tragedy
lat the Madison Square Garden con-
vention in 1924
Houston, Texas, one of the smallest
cities ever to entertain national
party gathering, was chosen for the
1928 convention after five-ballot con-
test with San Francisco and Detroit
in the democratic national committee
Only one of the central figures of
the Madison Square Garden battle,
William c. McAdoo, attended the din
ner tonight, but the other, Governor
Alfred E. Smith, of New York, sent a
message, expressing his regret at being
absent and urging the party to un-
flinchingly meet each specific prob
lem of the day.
Neither McAdoo, who was voluntarily
retired from the political arena, nor
Smith had any reference in their pre-
pared statements to past differences
Instead each sounded a rallying cry
for the party to apply the principles
set down by jackson and jefferson as
the one way to the White House.
There were other signs of harmonic
ing efforts aside from the addresses at
! the dinner. During the day friends
of Governor Smith in the national
committee decided to defer until con-
vention tine-June 26-their efforts
to change the system of selecting the
national chairman so that he would be
elected by the committee itself and not
the party nominee for president.
| CO m nit t e e m n advocating the
change explained that they withheld
| the resolutions because their introduc-
| ton now might be construed as an
attack upon Glen L. Shaver, of, West
| Virginia, who has headed the national
committee since his selection by John
| w. Davis, the democratic standard
bearer in 1924, and POSTMASTER tonight
at the first Jackson day dinner here
since 1920.
| Selection of Houston as the conven-
ton city also was described by some
committee members as a further ef-
fort at harmony in the party-a recog-
milton of the long service the demo-
cracy of the south has given to the
| party, service unbroken in every ma
tional election since the Civil war.
OF course, the decision to go into the
far south in summer brought disap-
pointment and outspoken disapprova
from some party leaders, particularly
in the senate, but others, and more
particularly those on the national COM
mittee. defended the decision as po-
! litically wise.
Once the result was announced a.
the end of the fifth ballot in the com.
mittee, nnanv sought tho fundamental
4 reason for the choice which had come
unexpectedlywi h Houston scarcely con-
sidered in the running. Various posi-.
BILE explanations were advanced in q!
many quarters.
J One was that Jesse H. Jones, chair.
man of the finance committee of fht
national organization, and a Houston
banker and newspaper publisher, haC
agreed to wipe out the $3.50 1000 defici
of the national committee, but HI
promptly denied this, declaring tina
the only consideration was the offe
of 100000 to the committee and thu
free use of the present auditorium will
an added offer to construct new on
to committee plans if that was no
found desirable.
Another suggestion was that at leas
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