On July 8 , 1924 , he offered the invocation at the opening of the 21st session of the deadlocked 1924 Democratic National Convention , calling on the delegates to put aside " all bigotry , all intolerance , all racial or sectional or denominational smallness of nature , " and for the candidates " to sacrifice any selfish egotism for party harmony , to sacrifice personal ambition for the national good . " During the 1928 campaign , Kinsolving strongly supported the Democratic nominee , New York Gov. Alfred E. Smith , defending him against criticism of his Roman Catholic faith and his opposition to Prohibition , and traveled to various states making speeches on behalf of Smith
1924 Democratic National Convention
1924 Democratic National Convention
Wythe Leigh Kinsolving