Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-06-10

Cbicapo June awhile tho Ren,hIican
national convention holds daily routine
sessions and the managers of the can
didates continue to hustle and hope and
predict the real nght Tor the moment
mas switchcd pack 10 the League OF
Natons.
IL centers on the question or "hether
the hepuoilcan party Is going 10 uecidre
ha'iS dsdinsl tnc hedsue VI ->a''o's Vi
~hcther IL is eolhS TO decidre LOT league
with reservations
"hlle 'ho uelesa,e9 were asseii'u'lns ~
,ne Coiiseuf'i to-"d| 10 'hahc "ei'h'oi
house aiu 'no iei'ia,"ue' VI VIC
poiaiS oisa''iNa ,'ol' Wv pe 49,. w ,.'
anu W nedi no'"'is ','o,e cs ~ a,
pa an y. a..
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oen.ne ', .io - .uns -. ..h,a
'orr. ny ,.1S,,,aSiei. ,,,oar tha, viii
s, ~ 49,, it,. % r-ovent tho
RenubIican marty from going before the
country with any sort Of an endorsement
of the league idea, and thus become the
tail to President wilson S KITE as Sena
tor Johnson himself puts II. Inc element
opposed to them argues II Will be sorr9
thing for the party II their views pre-
vail.
.IJPSETS CONVENTION PROGRAM.
ca involved has the hrht become and
20 indefinite are the prospects of its end.
that the program tor the convention TO-
morrow is upset ana thrown INTO oouo''
1t meets at IL O'CLOCK ana mas nothins
further before 1t but 10 near the rePor'
Of the resolutions commitlee' adoPt
platform and nominate candidates. one
plan has been prepared to skip the plat
form, until the committee Is ready 70
report, and go ahead with the nominating
speeches. Those who propose 1t MAINTAIN
it is possible to do so under the rules
of to-day, which provided for "untinish
ed business" at the bottom of the list
of procedure. They contend the platform
could be considered the unfinished bust
ness and the convention could get the
nominations out of the way without re-
manning idle while the resolutions COM
mittee fights out the league issue.
$50 .,n1ovDI,~ opposrD
| "oOD A-'D
| The Wood and Lowden people particu
| larly express themselves unaiterapiS oP
| posed to that plan or procedure IL coui'
of course, be done under suspension o.
the rules which would require unanimous
| consent, but the Wood peopfe say the!
would object to it, recess until th'
resolutions committee works seems Il
be one solution
KNOX ROOM REVIVED
Will. oil this ;s go;n, on the Kno,
boom has been revived, and during th
day, Of all the dark horse booms. seemed
to have some new momentum, always TAX
ing into consideration the common ide;
that the convention will turn to othe
fields II johnson. Lowden and Wood fai
to show strength promising maJorit,
soon after the first few ballots.
One story being told in connection VIII
it, was characterized by Senator Johnson
through one of his lieutenants. as beln
absolutely ridiculous but was niuch ois
cussed.
This story ran that II no nomlnatio
were reached up TO the hfth ballot, sen
ator johnson would lay hin candidac
aside II the convention "o"io grant % h'
and Senator boiah unlimited time 10 dis
cuss the cahdioacies ana pre-cohFenuo
campaign expenditures OF WOOD ana Lo"
den. TIE o,her angie OF the story wa
That Senator Knox won,o De oroueht ot
as a candidate at that ,uncture' Couple
with the general kho"leose VI c!os
friendship between senators JohnSoo an
Knox ana their Hteeoohas p's'.o
losether asa'he' s-..,.'
'nls s'o'y iui'''".u ,.ho,,',,, =. 40
piece Oh GOSSIP Vi ."e 10Y Iohnsa
thro"h oo"n oy "e""'''
JOHNSON NOT DlStC hhEp
Wood talk which began running
Stroneei ~ iasoa ,n,narers
TO uis'uro tno 80 Joh,
i. conference oi 49, {, was sal