The Washington herald., 1920-06-30
Steam Roller Squashes Reeds
Fight for Contention Seat
Vets and Drys Continue Battle

lawyer. after v. d. Jameson, of
Iowa, chairman of the committee,
had been introduced.
The paragraph in the report re-
lating to the Reed case was as fol-
l6ws:
after careful examination your
committee finds that Joseph. B. Shan
non is the only delegate from the
Fifth district and that there is no
other delegate entitled to seat
in the convention from the Fifth
Missouri district"
Protest From PIatfor1u.
Shannon Immediately arose 10
voice the protest of the + lth dis
trict voters against the throwing
out of Senator Reed. He attempted
to make himself heard from the
floor. but was interrupted so per
sistently by the Wilson shouters
that he was compelled to g q the
platform. His protest was couche5
in temperate language and wEs far
from being as belligerent "a II
would have been IL Senator Reed
himself had been permitted to make
it. shannon said:
"As the sitting member from q 2
Fifth district of Missouri, / vish 20
make the final objection to the con
vention, or to any convention. state.
or national coming into our district.
the banner Democratic distri't oS
Missouri. the one district Of Ais
souri, which when We receivCI the
message last year to stand ~ TIE
President, did so by 100000 major
ity. We protest against Thu con
vention or any other conventiCa set
ting aside our selection of the Hon
orable James A. Reed, the regp arly
elected delegate"
Shannon was interrupted Ny 8
chorus of jeers and boos from mos
of the delegations which strongly
support the President. He contin-
ued:
I'VE protest at the setting aside
of Senator Reed for no other reason
than that he saw At to differ with
someone on a question that four
years ago no one in this convention
had ever thought of.
Mr. Reed was not charged to sup
port anyone with whom he might
differ on this question nor with any
thing else. We are disfranchised by
the action of this committee"
women's, Hats on.
Cummings then made an an
nouncement that a law of this State
required tn women to remove their
hats. 1t was promptly complied
with. although Cummings "spoofed'
the fair delegates, for there is no
such law on the California statute
books.
Former Gov. Ralston, of Indiana,
looking all the world like Grover
Cleveland, read the report of the
committee on permanent organiza-
tion which seated Senator Robin
son as permanent chairman.
Robinson got 4 big cheer when
he mentioned President Wilson and
a bigger cheer when he said that
If suffrage were ratified by either
Tennessee or South Carolina the
Democrats would get the vote of
the women the labor vote and the
soldier vote, and the Republicans
would not be a factor in the 1920
race. He was scarcely cheered
when he concluded.
After Robinson concluded his
speech there came the introduction
of resolutions and more than once
the convention held it's breath in
fear that some one might arise on
the floor and read a resolution that
would tear the convention wide
open." as a delegate from Florida
expressed 1t
There were resolutions thanking
San Francisco for it's entertainment
and providing for the enlargement
of the national committee to give
each State a woman representative.
So great was the fear that a resolu-
tion on the Irish question or on some
other issue might come in that re-
pcated efforts were made to have all
referred to the resolu-
tions committee.
The convention weathered the
threatened storm, however, without
any resolution to disturb it's
The last resolution was by Mrs.
Georgia c. Ormsby, of Oakland, ex-
tending the sympathy of the con-
vention to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson.