Evening star., 1932-06-29
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Special Dispatch TO The star.
CHICAGO, June 29.-The Democrats,
waiting on the serious business OF plat
form making and nominating, devoted
a recess interlude today TO laughter and
applause of the offerings of bevy of
entertainers.
will Rogers, invited to the speakers
stand bv the uproarious demands of the
Oklahoma delegates, accepted the nomi-
nation and said he'd try to. carry on
until I'VE can get enough of the Plat
form Committee members sober enough
to turn in a platform.
Eddie Dowling, the stage star, intro
duced Rogers.
will struck a pose and declaimed:
II always knew that any convention
was a Joke and now 1 know it.
"All I have to do Is to stand mere
and act the fool until the Democratic
party can agree on prohibition-and
that means I will be here from now on.
Seems Like Old Times.
GAS soon as we can get enough OF
the Platform Committee members sober
enough to turn in a platform we VIII
get under way. ,,.. .oos
don't know what to do. 1t seems
like old times to be up here with Tom
Walsh-like being back in-What year
was that-1924.
"The applause you gave yesterday to
John w. Davis not only showed a nne
spirit. but it showed that you've got
long memories: .,.t,
Jimmie Cox. Does anybody remember
that far back?"
II was here during the late Repub-
Hco,, ,,y,risinp and I'm here for the du-
ration Of this mess. 4.
Pm going to be the first speaker on
this platform to have good woru ior
the opposition The Republicans old
the best they could with the little they
had.
Likes All Candidates.
at like all the candidates. I'm not
going to pick any one of them. / hate
to think that some Of them have TO
lose
II like Gov Roosevelt
He was interrupted by roar from
the Roosevelt delegates, but he asked
them to never mind the parade.
Everybody got chance to cheer as
he named the candidates one by one.
"Al Smith-my Lord-we all like
him. he said, ANY one who has been
around likes Al. And Garner-he's
peach. You all know Ritchie-a big
man from a little State-to know
Ritchie is to like him."
He forgot to mention Bill Murray and
the Oklahoma delegates carried the
State flag up to the platform to remind
him.
Don't forget this thing" he went on.
when you go home don't act ike
Democrats, act like the candidate is
the man you came here to see nomi-
mated Don't go home sore. Don't say
you nominated the weakest man. l
don't see how he could be any weaker
than his opposition-if he lives to next
November he's in, that's all.
Presents Glee Club.
When Rogers quit. Dowling called for
Gene Tunney, who had been sitting in
the press box. to come up "ano take
bow" But Tunney couldn't be found.
Then Dowling presented the Franklin
County Democratic Glee Club of Co
lumbus While they were assembling
the master of ceremonies presented
Clarence Darrow of Chicago, the cele-
brated lawyer.
Back on the stage Darrow rose and
bowed, while the crowd cheered, but he
declined to make a speech.
The Glee Club, masSed far back on
the speakers stand, dressed in white
with bright green ties. sang. Here's to
the Democracy" to the tune of Rudy
Vallee's Maine Stein song.
Oklahoma yelled for Senator Gore,
one of the party's hardest hitting spell
binders and he entertained the walters
with a speech lambasting the Republi-
cans, as he had done on a similar oc-
casion four years ago at Houston.
Darrow Makes Talk.
The blind Oklohoman poked gibes at
the Republican convention which just
two weeks ago was in session here in
the Stadium, and asked for Democratic
victory in the Fall.
Dowling asked Rear Admiral Byrd,
the famous explorer, and brother OF
Virginia's favorite son, Harry F. Byrd,
to come to the platform from his place
in the Virginia delegation. But just
then Clarence Darrow consented to say
a few words
He told the delegates that while cur
noble President Is relieving the bank
ers and railroads an the United States.
the unemployed must get some relief
and it's up to you to find way TO
do it,"
Some one on the floor called for Mrs
Woodrow Wilson. who throughout the
previous session had been looking from
a box on the rim of the delegate en-
closure.
Dowling PACED he-, but the widow OF
the War President was not present.
James w. Gerard former Ambassa-
dor to Germany, filled in the gap with
a short Democratic speech.
ANY good Democrat can win in the
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