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Just before the Democratic Convention reached Manhattan, a newspaper was born into the metropolitan field. It came forth in the early hours of a sultry June afternoon, and fairly won the title of an evening paper. With Governer Al Smith, William G. McAdoo and "Red Mike" Hylan all in the same town at the moment of its birth, it was perforce born under Democratic auspices. And it was christened The New York Bulletin...
...Governor Al Smith, it was believed, had chosen Franklin D. Roosevelt, his campaign manager, to nominate him?a sort of return compliment, since Governor Smith seconded Mr. Roosevelt's nomination for Vice President in 1920. For a seconder of his nomination, Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, sister of Lady Astor, was suggested...
Irving Berlin wrote a campaign song for his friend Al Smith. The song concluded...
They're dusting off the furniture for Al...
This recalls the song which Al Jolson sang to Warren G. Harding on the occasion of a visit to the Marion front porch...