U.S. POLITICS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 26 June 1924, Page 7

U.S. POLITICS

THE DEMOCRATS. THE IDEALS OF WILSON. CHARGES AGAINST COOLIDGE. £7 CABLE- -PRESS ASSOCIATION - COP t aiQHI NEW YORK, June 24. Something <4 a reverent spirit possessed the Democratic: Convention tod;iy, when several delivered addresses eulogising tne late Dr. Woodrow Wilson t.t'X-1' resident). Passions were easily stirred, however, and rebel yells, namely, L*ie Southern Civil War viy, made a great dm. , Colour ana vividness abounded, -ahd the stir and movement touched every moment of the proceedings, from the singing of the National Anthem to the choice of the various committees. The efficient hand ol the .stage- managership was evident at every point, where the air of the arena was filled with Muttering small flags, which were released by mechanical means.' Senator Harrison gave his address, the roll of the- convention was called, the rules committee made its report, and the afternoon business of the convention was completed. The contest of the real forces, however, began in the hotel rooms, for the contents of the party’s platform are still uncertain. lirithe course of his speech to the Convention, Senator Walsh (permanent chairman) called attention to the bitter fruits of the Republicans, who had defeated Dr. Wilson’s foreign policies. Senator Waish condemned their failure to assure the establishment of an association of nations. He outlined the details of the oil scandals and made a charge that- President Coolidge had not hesitated to shield the culprits and attempt to suppress the- investigations. Senator Walsh condemned both the tariff and the nation's isolation as destructive of America’s best interests in the world. The Republican Party, he said, dare not take a step for the pacification of Europe.

“The Republican leaders would like to have the Democrats raise the League of Nations issue again,” added the speaker, “but it is more: important that we should abandon our fooLish antagonism to any world movement because it is connected with the League. The honour of our country demands a return to Dr. Wilson’s ideals, and the resumption of moral leadership in the world.”

At Madison. Square Garden, in the arena made famous by the historic pugilistic encounters, hosts of members of the Democratic Party, numbering 13,000 persons, opened their convention. There is fine tension existing between the Smith and McAdoo forces, every known arm of political manoeuvring being practised, from attempts to fill the spectators’ galleries with McAdoo partisans to arranging private deals whereby the support of delegates is traded with mathematical precision. New York is iust now suffering an incredible heat, but the melting temperatures mean little discomforts a rid cannot quench the real, enthusism of partisanship, which is so real that it is feared that lasting breaches may sunder the party before the convention ends.

NOMINATION OF MR SMITH. A STRONG APPEAL. mt CAHiii-paiaa Association—copyright Received June 26, 9.5 a.m. | NEW YORK, June 25. Mr Rankin Roosevelt, former Undersecretary for the Navy, in putting Mi 1 Smith into nomination for the Presidency before the Democratic Convention, stressed Mr Smith’s humanity, honesty and efficiency, and, apparently referring to Mr Smith’s Catholicism, reminded the delegates of their sacred trust to put from their hearts every ignoble prejudice. Mr Roosevelt, after attacking the Republican administration, concluded: “Give Mr Smith an opportunity for wider service, and pessimists shall no longer point the finger of scorn at our executive machinery.”—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn.