The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-06-29

they find no Hull forces here
other than Tennessee's twenty-five
votes pledged to Hull as Il gesture
merely and with no serious pur-
pose. Upon nv arrival here | talk
ed with The leaders of the Tennessee
Hull delegation: they assured me
THAI eighty per cent of their dele
cation are f,r Smith and they were
embarrassed to think that Simmons
and Dals;els had taken advantage
If the more favOrite son vote TO
thrust Hull forward as a serious
possibility. The Tenncsseeans like
Hull but they do not regard him as
presidential timber and were sllr-
prised and chagrined at the undue
prominence given Hull in North
Carolina.
And here we are ut the c0nven-
ton with SiInnHns back home
Senator Simmons left. JoSephus
Daniles with the bag TO hold. ana
Daniels Is cutting the SOrriest fig
ure In the history of his, hitherto.
more or less illustriOuS career a6 a
leader Of Democracy. All that he
had to stage show with is nine
teen bedraggled Hull delegates who
are beginning to look sheepish and
feel s.; re. For fhfS Is an Al Smlth
convention In which the New York
er MAY Ike nominated Oh the first
Lall0t before this paper is in the
mails.
Simmons secretary. Frank Hamp-
toOn. is trying to out heffle Heflin
In rapid attacks on Smith. Upon
arrival here he issued statement
to the press declaring that Smith. if
nominated, could not carry the
Southern sIltes Of Virginia. the
Carolinas. Georgia, Alabama. Flor
tla. Mississippi, and Tennessee.
Hampton, ki,eaks fur his boss. In
face of the inevitability' Of Smiths
nomination. Senator Simmons who
has eaten the bread Of Democracy
for forty years, contrives in every
possible way to underrate and un-
delnl.ne Democratic possibilities in
North Carolina and the South.
Simmons, Daniels. Hampton, and
every one Of their active lieutenants
would quit the Democratic party
tomorrow upon the nomination OF
Smith if they did net care more for
the favOrs of the Democracy they
have outraged than they care for
those old-fashioned virtues of sim
cerity and self respect.
An exciting moment in the con-
vention came Wednesday when
Senator Robinson. of Arkansas.
favorite vice presidential poSSibil-
ity. spoke as chairman Of the con
venticn, streNsing the principles OF
Je
declared that the constitution Of
the United States required no reh-
gious test of any candidate for pub
lie office. This was q signal for Il
great demonstration. Friends OF
religious liberty Logan a march
around the great auditorium. carry
ing the standards 'f their states.
W. d. Saunders. who was occupying
front seat with the NOrth Caro-
lima delegation grasped .the Caro-
lima standard to join the parade. X.
q. Everett. Durham politician ami
Hullian, attempted to take the
standard from Saunders. W. Z.
Newland. chairman of the North
Carolina delegation, and others.
iOinei Everett and Il tusSle ensued
In which the standard w;ls wreck
ed before the police interfered.
Saunders Is MT easily licked. In
the rear Of the auditorium there VAS
another North Carolina standard
marking the alternate section. TO
the back of the hall rushed Saund-
ers. seizins the standard from the
alternate section and joining the
parade. Saunders carried the Caro-
lima standard to the very stage OF
the auditorium and held it aloft
while thousands cheered. This only
riled Carolina Hullians more. and
when Saunders came down from the
stage he was rushed upon by the
IIull,ans led by J. A. Brown. OF
ChadbOurne, and the standard was
broken to pieces in his hands BY
the enraged Hullians. There are
many Nsrth CaroIinians Under the
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