During the bitterly divided 1924 Democratic National Convention , Cummings tried to calm the delegates by formulating a compromise plank on the controversial issue of the Ku Klux Klan , which had been revived in the previous decade . Unlike most Northeastern Democrats , however , he supported William G. McAdoo over Alfred E. Smith for the presidential nomination
1924 Democratic National Convention
1924 Democratic National Convention
Homer Stille Cummings