DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19051, 2 July 1924, Page 11

DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

FUTILE BALLOTS. NEW YORK, June 30 Six ballots and no nominee or even an indication of a nominee was the result of six hours' work of the Democratic Convention. The voting resulted: McAdoo 443, Smith 261, Underwood 41, Robinson 19, John Davis 34, Charles Bryan 19, Cox 59 Rplston 30, Glass 25, and Silzer 28. THE KLAN PLANK CONFLICT. NEW YORK, July 28. Yesterday’s great conflict over the Klan plank appears to have had one outstanding effect, namely, that no aspirant for Presidential nomination having connection with it is likely to be chosen. The Democratic Party leaders indicate that every effort will be made to heal all wounds, and assure a united party by choosing a man untouched by the Klan controversy. Thus, Messrs. McAdoo, Smith and Underwood would not be available. The vote over the Klan was so close that a woman delegate from Georgia altered the result by changing her vote, so that it permitted the proponents of all aspirants to claim some advantage from it. The situation promises the strang est results when the convention, after a Sunday rest, will meet tomorrow and begin balloting for the Presidential nominee. A note of relief was sounded by the supporters of Mrs. Lercy, of Springs, South Carolina, who announced that they will place her nomination for the Vice-Presidency.