The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-09
CONVENTION
DOES HOURS
WORK; QUITS
Saturday Noon at Latest, is
Word on Adjournment -
Committee Work Has At
tention of Delegates.
HOLD OPEN HEARINGS
(By Associated Press)

CHICAGO, June 9-While commit
tees continued TO grind away at or
ganization preliminaries the Repub-
lican national convention went through
the motions of second day session.
1t escaped second keynote speech,
by the selection Of Senator Lodge as
permanent chairman, thus following
the plan of 1912 and 1916 of making
the temporary organization permanent.
The convention was in session only
an hour and devoted itself entirely to
routine preliminaries. The report of
the credentials committee was approx
ed with the changes made last night,
some Of which reversed previous de-
cisions OF the national committee.
For the second time the convention
heard woman speaker, Mrs. Mar
garet Hill McCarter, of Kansas, the
| first woman to address ma tional con-
vention.
The platform committee was not
ready to report and only sent word
that it was making progress.
Chauncey NJ. Depew entertained the
convention with a brief address.
There were no other "entertainments"
speakers on hand. The next session
will be from II o'clock tomorrow
See Adjournment Saturday
| Saturday noon at the earliest" is
the estimate of leaders as to when
adjournment may come.
The delay is more attributable to
platform difficulties than to uncer-
tainty over nomination. The word
has gone out to give the radicals
| every chance to present their views
and stop any possibility of charge
of steam-rolling or, as some called it,
IAN excuse for a bolt"
Prohibition crept into the hearing
Of the resolutions committee when
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel
for the Anti-Saloon league. and four
other drys urged the committee to
take a firm stand for enforcement Of
the dry laws under the Volstead act.
Wheeler said that the Democratic
party would be compelled to take a
similar stand.
Wanted To Oppose
When Wheeler finished, Committee
man Richa rds, of Washington, leaped
to his feet and insisted that he be
; heard in opposition, but he sat down
again when it was advised that he
would be heard in executive session.
Joseph Obergfell, of Cincinnati urged
-.
Others who spoke at the morning
session included Jane Addams, of the
Woman's international League for
Permanent Peace; Lucy Branham,
DIR. Robert Lovett and Miss Grace Alb
bott. for lifting of the Russian trade
embargo, and John Kelly and James
Eads Howe, for the enfranchisement
of itinerant labor.
AT 11:15 Chairman Lodge arrived
on the platform with National Chair
man Hays. A song leader tried to get
the audience to sing the Long Long
Trail but had hard time getting out
the voices.
The song leader stripped off his coat
, and rolling up his sleeves called for
more pep. He got a little better res
ponse and then took hand at three
cheers for the Republican party. He
had better luck with that than he did
: with the song.
,, , Lodge Gets and Tiger
Lodge stepped out to the speakers
space at IL: 20 and he got three cheers,
y y also tiger. DR.. John Timothy Stone
was today's chaplain.
, The convention stood while he Of
l. fered the prayer. In closing Bishop
: Stone led the great audience in the
;. Lords prayer. The song leader was
a on the job again and led the audience
y in the Star Spangled Banner.
: The convention heard the reports
- from the committee on permanent or
8, ganizHtion 1t was presented by Gov
ernor Morrow, of Kentucky. it's chair
man. AS agreed upon it recommended
= that the temporary organization be
:, made permanent.
. The convention liked the idea of
4 saving time and escaping another key
- ! note speech and adopted the motion
!, with cheers. Senator Lodge got an
Il other demonstration when he stepped
forward this time as permanent chair
man.
u THE best way to show my gratitude
4 to the convention for its action" said
" Senator Lodge, will be to tell you
!. there will be no speech by the perma.
% nent chairman"
(. The convention acknowledged its
" appreciation with more applause.
=. Senator Hiram Johnson visited the
% Nebraska headquarters today and
~ talked with the delegates bound by
q primary vote to support him. He as.
g. sured them that sticking" on their
, part would win him the nomination
Va Johnson men said that 13 out of the
states 16 would vote for him on the
first ballot.
al Later in his own offices he saw the
N Oklahoma delegation to the conven
-, ton.
- ~ Move Against coIored Committeeman
II The Georgia delegation decided to
a. Gay to hold a second caucus to con
- slider move to unseat Henry Lincoln
- Johnson, the Atlanta negro, who was
elected national committeeman, yes
terday.
The credentials committee in pass
! ing on the Georgia contest last nigh
~ unseated Johnson delegate and plan:
I'd we're then formed to call the delega
he ton with a view Of unseating John
as son.
k, Ideal convention weather continued
n, today. A cool crisp breeze blew OF
Lake Michigan and the sun was shin
ed ing. 1t was the remark of every on
as that the convention ball was UNUSUAL,