Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-28
FIGHT ON PLATFORM
TO OVERSHAOOW. ALL
Discussion Of Candidates Suhor
dinate 10 Prohibition and
Treaty Pisnks.
By Associated Press p livery Ev.n'nr
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Assembling ~ noon today gor thrr
first session dcleKafo- - The Drfno~ratff
/ National Convention heard fhr krgnrff
speech nv National Chairman funmnE.
| and perfected prelimnsries. c'olrtnr thr
way for the real work q finding Prne.-
Dental candidate
Noon was fixed for ihe orerinr irft
hours before that ticket holder gsfh~rri
IN the spacinus building which f1r tht
/ occasion seats more than l2O00 uorrors
Thosr who did mot hold fckcfs rerl
barred from approaching fhe mafr 20
trance by fences hiddcn w arrrru nt
California evergrerns
Decorations n -hn convention hsit
had the stars and stripes ~ The d0mins1i
feature
The seats ~ the D92 deicrafee r-re
comDactlv assembled rl0sn ~ tho ui-t-
form and stretched almost aer1es ihe
width of the hail Here and there .trol
/ the State and territorial standards uadc
: of California redwood showing tho Iora-
tions Of the delegations. Directly be-
hind were the seats of the alternaies and
al about them in 2 circle were places fur
more than ten thousand other persons
With the exception of patriotic
touch gwen AZ the start bv the presenting
4 of the colors BY detachment n MARINES
the opening preliminaries were not un-
f. like those of prior conventions. The
I feature was the keynote speech which is
I understood 70 have had the approval 81
\ President Wilson.
I With the prelirninafieg over fhr fur
I big convention committees viii promptly
/ got down 70 work he greatest interest
/ centeEs IN the committee on resolutions
where the paItv issues will he fought oui
with good prospects that some ~ them
will feach the convention floor for 5naI
4 decision. ln the meantime Managers
I of Presidential boOms were keeping Is
I touch with Delegates and working III
\ position IN the eaIly ballotlng.
Delegates and leaders we're prepared
for q fight over both platform and candI-
dates as the Democratic National Com
rentlDn assembled today Tor O. opening
+ session
The actual convention work itself was
( only preliminary and reriunctory. hut
the arrival of convention day -rrveyl 'o
bring further INTO the open he question
which has beeni dividing delegates snd
perpleUng the Older politicians q then
Z pre-conventon conferences.
The keynote speech 81 Homer + tlm-
mings aa temporary chairman was rrr
principal feature 81 the day program.
Later in the day the newly selected con-
I ventIOn committees were to furnish t1c
first real developments as they began
their task 81 writing the platform, hear
ing appeals from contests over delegate
seats, and making up the convention rules
and a slate Of permanent convention li-
ticers
The subject ot keenest interest 70 rhe
delegates manifestly was the Impending
/ prohibition 6ght but talk Ji candidates
was gaining more and more attention as
+ the rival managers got lown r0 cases
with the big ho,iy ui unlastrUctel laL
7 unpledged delegates
Today for the first time entIre eon-
vention personnel Was here and the ap-
I posing el-ments were taking definite
bearings.
The latest turn 81 the McAdoo boom
furnished a new angle 90 the convention
preliminarles, hut rs prccise effect on tle
relative situation Ci The candidates 0a-
not rct clear. announcement that despite
his declaration that be- did NOS want th,
nomination, ne would be- willing 20 arrept
It. was variou-lv accepted bs ,hl -c.erD
elements ia the fght.
VI ADOO s rUzzLE
Bv some 10 was declared he develop
mcnt meant that McAdoo. whose slp-
porters hitherto had planned % ke.p
hlm IN the background for several ballots.
now would be ara active contender 'rsm
the start and that m consequence. .le