Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-27
REED WON 7 Be
ALLOWED To SIT
IN CONVENTION
AS A DELEGATE
Senator From Missouri and
Bitter Opponent of the
League of Nations Is Cast
Into Outer Darkness.
PALMER DELEGATION
IN GEORGIA SEATED
Attorney General Wins Im~
portant Victory; Both the
Cases May Be Carried 10
Credentials Committee.
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.ss MORNING. JoU~sAL SPECIAL Lssssp ~Ias,
Auditorium, san Francisco, June
ga leaders won a
sweeping victory in the democratic
national committee today, when
that body recognized the Palmer
group of delegates in the Georg a
contest and refused to give Sena.
tor James A. Reed of Missouri bit.
ter opponent of the league of ma
tons, a seat in the convention. The
vote to keep Reed out of the con-
Vention was "a to II and came at
ter u long public hearing and an
hour and a half of discussion be
hind closed doors.
The vote to seat the Georgia
Palmer delegates was unanimous.
forty-nine votes being recorded in
their favor with four committee
men absent. The action of the ma
lOnal committee in the Georgia
contest carries with 1t the re-elec-
ton of Clark Howell as a member
OF the national committee, his
delegates having selected him
the time they were named in Geor-
gia.
The Vote by States.
The vote by states on the re-
lection of Senator Reeds claims to
a seat in the convention was as fol-
lows:
For Reed: California, Delaware,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky,
Nebraska. Nevada. New Jersey, New
York, North Dakota. Ohio-l2.
Against: Alabama, Arizona. Col
orado, Connecticut, Florida, Geor-
gia, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Mary
land, Massachusetts,. Michigan,
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New
Hampshire, New Mexico. North
Carolina, oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee. Texas.
Utah. Vermont. Virginia, Washing
ton, Wyoming, Alaska, Hawaii,
Philippines, Porto RiCo-34.
Frank Quinn. who held the proxy
of f. B. Lynch of Minnesota, re
Trained from voting because he ey-
pected to he member of the ere
dentials committee and would have
to pass on the action of the ma
tional committee.
Arkansas. Louisiana. oklahoma,
West Virginia, Wisconsin and Dis
triCt of Columbia, were not record
ed as voting.
Before the vote was taken Com
mitteeman Moore. Ohio; salisbury,
Delaware; Mullen. Nebraska. and
Dock weller of California spoke in
favor of seating Reed.
Glass Opposes Reed.
Senator Glass, Virginia. made the
principal speech against Reed ana
was supported by by committee
man quinn, Rhode Island; Jones,
New Mexico, and Titlow. Washing
ton.
Norman T.. Mack, New York, in
voting for Reed. gave his reasons
and John w. Coughlin. Massachu-
sctts, explained his vote against
Reed
The majority of the speakers on
each side confined themselves TO
records in the Reed case ana the
league Of nations did not enter
much into the discussion, accord
ing TO some of the committeeman
senator Glass showed much feeling
ing in his speech against senator
Boed and because his close con-
nection with the president. was re-
garded by some committeeman as
reflecting the views of the Nhite
House. .ho
There was no discussion Of the
Georgia contest prior to the taxing
of the vote.
WIN Appeal Both Cases;
Friends of Senator Reed an
nounced that they will take his
case to the credentials comm t'ce'
In the meantime his seat Will ne
beId nv lanes r. Bradshaw, his al
ternate. ~ ,. ,,o
IN the credentials committee, II was
alleged by w. j. Vereen, a fneihpe,
Of the deposed group OF deiesa'eS
and, who was to be the next M
tional committeeman from Georgia
If the Hoke Smith-Tom watson
delegates had won their fisht pe-
fore the committee.
Kansas City Mo-, June 20
lanes Il. Bradshaw, alternate 10
senator James A. Reed as delegate
from the Fifth Missouri district 10
the democratic national conVen-
tion. announced here tonight that
he had voluntarily turned over his
proxy to Senator Reed and that the
latter was empowered to act for
him in all matters pertaining to the
business of the convention.
Mr.. Bra dshaw said he gave the
rroxv 10 Senator Reed just before
the senator left for San Francisco
and said that he did so because
re thought he highest interests of
party harmony demanded It,"
NJ Bradshaw declared business
prevented him from at
landing the convention In person,