The Washington herald., 1920-06-27
CONTESTS SHOW
WILSON IS GIANT
OF CONVENTION
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as having the effect of reducing the
voting strength of Missouri from sc
to IS. as James Bradshaw, the Reed
alternate, has not come to San
Francisco. That charge Of disenfran-
chisement OF the Democrats OF the
fifth Missouri Congressional Dis
trict was denied by administration
| leaders. who argued that under the
unit the full thirty-six votes could
| be cast.
The vote to unseat Senator Reed
came after genuine conflict in the
! national committee. Senator Carter
/ Glass, committeeman from Virginia.
made an impassioned attack upon
/ his Senatorial colleague from Mis-
/ souri,. He invoked that singing
! oratory that made him famous In
! Congress and gave him the title Of
Swapping turtle" He fayed Sena-
| tor Reed for the latter's attacks on
President Wilson during the Presi-
/ dents illness and he extolled the
/ man in the White House in eloquent
terms. There were few surprises In
| the voting. The committeeman from
! those States where Democratic or
{
/ ingly antagonistic to the Preside mt s
policies followed the bent of their
! local rank and file. The roll call
| follows:
To seat Reed: California, Della
ware, Illinois. Iowa, Kentucky, Ne
'braska, Nevada, Indiana. New Jer-
sey, New York. North Dakota. Ohio.
Total. IL.
=
Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Flor
ida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Maine,
Maryland. Massachusetts,. Michigan.
Mississippi, Missouri. Montana, New
Hampshire. New Mexico. North Car
'oIina. Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island. South Carolina, South Da-
kota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Ner-
mont, Virginia. Washington, Wyom-
ing. Alaska, Hawaii, Philippines,
Porto Rico. Total. 81.
! Absent: Arkansas, Louisiana.
West Virginia, Wisconsin.
Not voting: Minnesota, Oklahoma.
District of Columbia.
Lineup Made Plain.
The vote in the Reed case far
more than the sweeping unanimity
which marked the Georgia result
was viewed as giving a fair picture
of the pro and anti administration
Itorces in this convention. Although
Wilson leaders made no attempt to
restrain the smiles that spread
across their faces when the Georgia
decision was announced, none would
go so far as to predict that any
such unanimity could be expected
! in the resolutions committee or in
the committee itself. There were
technicalities in the Georgia con-
test favorable to the seating of the
Palmer delegates.
/ The antiadministration forces
could not muster anything ap-
preaching their maximum strength.
/ for such a vote. Something of the
bitterness attending the fight over
| the seating of Senator Reed was in
dicated by the counsel extended a
new member of the national COM
mittee by one OF the veteran admin
! istration leaders.
II would be enjoyable to give the
rames of the two men concerned,
but as they would of necessity deny
! il, that annoyance will be spared
them. The new member inquired
| how he should vote on the Reed
case. The veteran replied: Throw
him out on legal grounds or any
ether damned grounds. but throw
him out"
That coloquy was of interest be-
cause 1t was fairly representative Of
the mental attitude of the admins
/ tration group. 1t had been apparent
on the surface OF their conversations
| for several days and enabled those
of US familiar with ii to have no
feeling CT hesitancy about forecast
ing the rejection Of Senator Reed
from the convention.
Georgia Decision Easy.
After the administI II alton forces
had succeeded in their desire - cX-
clude newspapermen fro mthe COM
nnittee room. the Georgia case was
disposed of in chort order. Edmund
H. Moore, national committeeman
and delegate at lsrge from Ohio. in
addition tc being the campaign
manager for Gcv. James NJ. Cox.
opened the fight to seat Senator
Reed. Mr.. Moore said he was not
open to the charge of being anti
Wilson, decentralization or anti
League, and that he favored the
seating CT Senator Red because
right was on tho side of the Sena-
tor.
Brief speeches. limited to i've
minute rule. hut locking nothing in
fervor, followed. willard T. Sauls-
bury. of DelawOIe; A. F. Mullen. OF
Nebraska; Norman L. Mack, of New
York. and Isidore B. Dockweiler. OF
California. srokc in favor o. seating
Senator Reed. The addresses of Mr..
Mack end Mr.. DCckweiler were lit
tie other than exp,s nations of their
votes. they did rot enter in the is
sues of approval OF the league Of
nations. They protested against the
disfranchisemont OF the fifth Mis-
souri, Democrats.
Senator Glass was supported in
his demand for the rejection of
Senator Reed by Patrick H. Quinn.
| OF Rhode Isiand;' Senator Andrieus