The Nome nugget., 1920-06-12
WEDNESDAY trELEcRAPhIc)
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION BEGINS SESSION IN
 SWElTERINc WEATHER

Chicago. June s-The Republican
 National Convention began it's ses-
 sions this morning under bhste,fng
 hot weather conditions. The conven-
 tion was called to order by Chairman
 Will Ha"es of the Republican National
 Committee shortly after eleven o'clock.
 The Colesium was crowded to capacity
 at the opening hour. with all of 5000
 people occupying the seating space
 and other points of vantage.
 Hayes opened the convention with
 a brief speech in which he said: The
 republican party has met in this free
 and open convention to accept from
 the American people a mandate for the
 United States government. Four
 years ago the normal republican ma
 jority was 600.000 minus that of two
 years ago. in which it was one million
 two hundred thousand plus. Today
 honestly believe it is double that num- Der and in November it should exceed three million. In spirit l report
 more than progress: l report fuifill-
 ment. The greater part of the union has become ;ds d unit. It shall con- dnue so. Thers will be no bolt from this convention.
 Hayes then introduced Sen Lodge
 as temporary chairman of the conven- ton in the following words: By direction of your National Com mittee. I present the name of Honor able Henry Cabot Lodge. to accep, as your temporary chairman.
 The convention remained in session only two hours, adjourning until Wed
 nesday after pcrfecting temporary or
 ganiz:t,ion under the leadership of understanding that an agreement as been made Ia accept the temporary organization and chairman ,s a p,r- manent one, thus continuing the .;irel in the hand of Lodge.
 In his ;ddra's on assuming thc ch.ii onyos harhutndF -Soa.tor ETA Lodge. in referring 10 the defeat of the peace treaty in the Senate, said the republican senators considered the their daty'' and did not shrink from fulfilling it.
 Lodge declared that the republican party must drive the democrats from power. Mir. Wilson must be put aside" declared Lodge. frowning and shaking his finger. 'The chief mag. istrate must understand that 1t is hls duty to abide by the nations laws" said Lodge. and the dele. .ates. evil
 dently taking it as thrust at the president. broke into applause. The words made no appeal to the galleries, however. and the spectators remained silent.
 Lodges next thrust at tine president
 was his characterization of the execu- tive as "a democratic free trader of Sooialistic tendencies" This brought a big laugh from the crowd
 The shadow of Mc.Adoo is hanging darkly over the republican convention and many leading men among the delegates have made up their minds he will be nominated by the demo- crats at San Francisco. They also say there is no man now before the convention at Chicago who can cer- tainly defeat him. 'Is Wood such q
 man? Is Lowden: is Johnson?" Is being asked with increasing emphasis. The tendency in many places is to am swer these questions in the negative. No effort is yet being made to pick out compromise candidate. This will probably come later on as the present favorites disappear in the whirl of selection. Leaders admit that the first task k to get the favor ites out of the way before ses,<ing a compromise candidate if that can be done. It may be . big job; maybe a little one. Perhaps 1t cannot he done at all.