The state herald., 1920-07-09

Adoo boom appealed to the galleries
and the people in the street, and espe
clally TO the women. The latter cam.
where, and made II evident HAT he
WIS the real fuvorltc of the fair sex.
"ic always has done the sulnre
thing, and besides that he has been the
friend of woman suffrage" they said
AS for the fnvoriie sons, the
strategy In their behalf generally took
the form of quiet determination Ia
Keep ON voting for them until the rest
of the convention, finding none of the
leaders could win, should come to Ona
of them MS u welcome compromise. OF
course In many eases the favorite son
was dropped after he hnd received the
proper number OF complimentary bal
lots.
Denounced Republicans
As has been said, the admlnistra.
tion forces controlled the organization
and early doings Of the convention.
1t was called to order by j. Bruce
Kremer, vice chairman of the national
committee, ut noon Monday, and his
address wns so vOluminous TINT ID
seemed there would be little left for
the temporary chairman to say. That
official, who was Homer s. Cummings,
chairman OF the national committee,
did find that Mr.. Kremer had antici.
pated many of his points, but he de
llvered speech nevertheless that won
the hearty praise of all who heard or
rcnd II. OF course he devoted the
usual amount of time to denouncIns
the Republican party and Its doings
and he did 1t In fine style. And he
naturally extolled all that his own
party had done. The vast audience
listened to all this with interest, but II
evidently was awaiting the speakers
pronouncement on the great issue OF
the League OF Nations. This may be
epitomized by the quotation of thres
sentences:
"We will not submit TO the repudia-
ton of the peace treaty or To any
process by which II is whitfield down
To the vanishing point"
ut is not reservation that the Itrcsi.
dent stands against, bur notification"
"'rhc trouble with the treaty of pence
is that il was negotiated by n Demo
cratic president"
Every time Mr.. Cummings swatted
the Republicans. praised the Demo.
crats or mentioned President Wilson
there was demonstration that
brought delegates and galleries 10 their
feet and started the band or the Pipe
organ. Finally, however, he was per.
miited to finish his speech, and the
formal prcliminaries of the first day
members Of committees. Then, on mo
iion OF Governor Gardner of Missouri,
telegram of congratulation was sent
to the President and the convention
adjourned.
Palmer Delegation Seated.
The committee on credentials got
busy nj once. with only two Import
ant contests to settle. One OF these
was the case Of Georgia. The Palmer
| delegation from that state was seated
as regular, despite the strenuous pro-
tests Of the delegation representing
the Hokc Smith-Tom Watson combInn.
ilon. This did not take long. Then
came the fight over the seat claimed
10y senator james Reed of Missouri.
For three hours the debate ragged, aud
a resolution was adopted tint Reed SIS
not legally accredited ana Is not en-.
Titled To seat In the convention"
There was little effort. then ar later, tc
conceal the fact that Mr. Reed was OK,
cludeh because Of his opposition 10 the
President and his policies. but there
were few who mourned his fate. On
Tuesday. when the credentials com
mltiec reported To the convention, Jo-
Seph u. shannon. the other delegate
from Reeds district, took the platform
to protest formally against the steam,
rolling of the senator. lie WIS greet
rd with storm OF misses and dcrisivc
howls To which he replied with some
vigorous language. but the commlttee
report was adopted with only few
opposing votes. Soon infer senator
Reed went home, still protesting That
he wns Democrat and was unaitcr.
ably opposed to the League OF Nations
Robinson Permanent Chairman.
The second day OF the convention
was again devoted largely to oratory.
for the program included the instnlln.
iIon Of senator Joseph 7. Robinson Of
Arkansas ns permanent chairman md
the delivery OF his address. Robin,
son was the administrations cholca
for the position aud Mt no time wns
there reason To regret the selection
He presided throughout the many scs
sions With dignity. flrmncss and fnlr-
mess. In his speech he went over most
Of the ground covered by Mr., Cum.
mings, but he put more pep Into his
dcnunclnilons of the Republicans and
aroused greater enthusiasm In the
audience.
Frisco Royal Entertainer