The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1928-05-10
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lilies and friends To Yakma-the trail which began
rs early as Wednesday for those who had the pre-
convention plans in hand made history. The con-
yention was outstanding in many ways; II brought
Spokane and King counties in closer harmony IMAM
before owing to the fact that the vote OF spo-
kane gave the office of national committee man 10
Senator Condor; and ii had steering committee
and a chairman who refused to let any one deliver
Spokanes vote. The fight for il wls Il real eonNeh-
ton. started early in the morning when Spokane
eaucused in the Moose Temple and the so-ealled
Hartley and anti Hartley forces kept II up nj every
drop of hat until the last man trooped out OF me
Arnory AT 10 where the thousand and ten dele
gates had spent the day giving Herbert Hoover an
unqualified victory.
II women make Easter their excuse for wear
ing new clothes it might well he said that men
dress up for conventions. For every man had on Il
new tie, and as the hot afternoon sun bore down
the building housing the delegates and the men,
whose wives permit it, began to shed coat ana Nest
il became apparent that most of the shirts We're
brand new too When the Mayor OF Yakima, W.
l. dudley welcomed the delegates he gave the hll
of information that Iakmas courtesy even EXTEND
ed to tags and that If by chance any dee-
gates car WAS tagged everything would be alflght
for him if he would hut take it TO the Information
bureau For the benefit of the Democrats, he SAID
I'VE wish To announce that Yakima had both Il
dry sheriff. and Judge
Chelan was admitted the apple center" of the
state due recognition of Yakima and this after each
delegate was presented with big red apple
product of the Yakima valley, ON entering the con
ventiOn hall.
and later permanent chairman of the convention
Ills keynote speech brought the expression from
one woman that she wished that Republican speak
ers would talk Republican politics without giving
Bullitt and other Democrats 80 much Tree ad-
vertising
There was so much speech making that when
il came time TO have the report of the committee
on rules and order one delegate move that The" De
adopted as written and not read
Washington Republican got their first
woman delegate to the National convention in the
election of Mrs L. NJ Hathaway of King county
ns delegate at large. She however mas but TWO
thirds of a vote as she had to divide the privilege
of voting with Mark Reed and f. \. Sims
Mrs j. l.. Hughes of Yakima was reelected ma
tional committee woman the last act of the con
vention while delegates were making hurried ext
dus from the building Mrs Nina G. Blake al
Wenatchee has already sponsored movement
which will ask that at future state conventions te
national committee woman he named before the
national committeeman that the men VIII stay
nj the meeting until II is over
Thomas j. L. Kennedy who read the platform de-
serves 10 share honors with Will Rogers, The day
brought forth some clever bits of wit: "Gentlenltn
we have done wonderful things today hut do MOI
believe that we can amend the Constitution of the
United States
"you can't say that Spokane didn't do any
thing" John s. Mcmillan, manufacturer of ilme
wanted the McNary- IIaugen Endorsement stricken
from the platform, Lawyers and lime kns gel
heated M on occasion." Mr.. Kennedy said. II have
heard lawyers say before that things were uneon-
sttutonaL then when they got slant on election
returns il was quick find them constitutional
Billy Bishop Il widely known farmer from
t,bimicum made n real political speech calling the
men who got the profits between the farmer and
the consumer '"The honest to God thieves Ser
eral farmers rallied around him and Col Corner
tool, tho onnoste side with the introduction. 'fm
farmer. too" -,
Jobn Hartman Of Seattle attending his lSu
consecutive state convention told now people hi'
launched Mt him 20 years ago when he advocated al
across the state highway now one of the most I'M
nortant matters before the state legislators IL
neads now for the low level tunnel in the Cascade
\ w Durhams jumped into the fray on ef
r,stnrnn nrder with ndNse