The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-21
DEMOCRATS MAY MAKE CHANGE IN
 THE PARTY LAWS
Reeds Seat to Be Contested at San Francisco Con-
 vention Indicated
By Associated Press

San Francisco, June 20.--A contest over
 the seating of United States Senator James A. Reed of Missouri as dele gate. and recommendations for com plete change in party law so to es
 tablish definitely the status of women in the party organization probably will come before the democratic national committee at its meeting here next Fri day preparatory to the national con
 vention, party executives said today. It also was announced that Attorney
 General Palmer would leave Washing ton for San Francisco tomorrow and that United States Senator Carter Glass, prospective chairman of the convention resolutions committee, will be here Wednesday, Gov. Edward l. Edwards of New Jersey is expected to arrive Friday or Saturday.
 The Reed contest possibility developed today when 1t was learned the senator had been restored as delegate at convention of the Fifth Missouri con. gressonal district delegates yesterday after his name had been thrown out and his place declared vacant by a state convention. The question is one of juris- dction between the state and district conventions.
 l Senator Reeds antagonism to certain | policies of the administration will make 1 any cont est in his case one of tremend- ous importance, according to leaders | here.
 There as thirty-six dele sdssa 1osa afgs- souri.
 | Until yesterday, the eniy contest ir view was that involvfrg ae twenty
 eight Georgia delegates, aose adher- | l.tl A.r 4rsa | eral Palmer and by the ia esion of .iie
 party headed by United States Senator
 I1oke Smith and Tom Watson. On the result of this contest will also ! Cepend the right of Clark Howell, old est member in point of service on the
 national committee, to be renamed to 1 that post Howell is for Palmer. The | Smith Watson faction is advancing w. l c. Verenn, who was named on the com
 mittee by state convention which was
 maintained that Howell should continue. It was pointed out that Attorney Gen. eral Palmer, who is member of the | national committe, could act as his own counsel in this contest if he desired l to do so.
 1 Plans to establish definitely the status | of women in the party still were in a formulative stage today.
 National Chairman Homer S. Cum l mings, Vice Chairman J. Bruce Kremer, National Treasurer W. w. Marsh of l Iowa and National Committeeman Nor man F. Mack of New York headed q party which tried out the acoustics of the municipal auditorium yesterday. To- day they acknowledge the test had been successful in every way and that an- ruciators similar to those used at the recent Chicago convention would be used only for roll calls and other routine. ! Tn view of the improved acoustics since | tte auditorium has been prepared for the I convention, they declared, the formal speeches could be heard without any | amplfyng 6evice being utilized 1 Portland. Ore June 20.-There will | be a contest in the Oregon delegation
 to the democratic national convention, ii, became known today. John L.. 1 Schuylemen of Portland and R. R. l Turner of Roseburg will present rival
 claims for the seat to which the late c. T. Baldwin of Klamath Falls was | elected.
 Schuylemen bases his claim on the l fact that he received in the primaries tie fifth highest vote for delegate at | large, with four to be elected. The death of Baldwin, he contends, en- 1 titles him to the place. The democratic l state central committee declined to concede this claim and has selected l Turner as the fourth delegate at large.