Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-09
By The Associated Press

more than routine business in prospect
A brief session to discuss permanent
organization was 70, ecast. During
ithe first hour the convention hall was
given to the usual preliminaries, while
the convention is getting ready to
get down to business. The band in
the balcony played popular airs, a
male quartette took turn at a little
jazz and a talking machine was az
tached to the electric machine.
Delegates and alternates were slow
in arriving and there was a marked
accent of notableS in the preliminary
moments
The drift to Lowden and the grow
ing strength" of Wood and the turn
/ of the delegates to Johnson" which
was heard so much talked about down
town were little In evidence In the
convention hall.
While giving uproarous approval
yesterday to Chairman Lodges key
note address, calling for destruction
of the Wilson dynasty" not q sign
of any pressing came from the thous-
ands whose votes will select the can
didate to undertake the job. There
were no demonstrations even for fa-
vorite sons. No mention was made
of the big three" among the aspir-
ants Wood, Johnson and Lowden
Working with unprecedented free
dom from centralized leadership or
boss" control the delegates promptly
ratified program designed to make
permanent the temporary organiza-
tion.
Adoption of the organization COM
mittee report a foregone conclusion
will place its gavel In Senator Lodges
hands, as the presiding officer and
send the session off on its second day
with little prospects that it will reach
ballot on Presidential nomination
Friday or Friday night.
Out of other developments yester-
| day which placed Senator Watson. OF
| Indiana, at the head of the platform
buildings machinery, the resolutions
committee and made Edward B
Duffield. of New Jersey, chairman OF
the credentials committee, General
Wood lieutenants drew much COM
fort.
Both men are delegates instructed
for Wood.
Little business confronted the del
egates when they assembled today,
With the temporary organization 10
be made permanent, no speech of
the permanent presiding officer was
on the program.
Matters in order were the report
of the resolutions committee as to its
progress in shaping up a platform
| for ratification and that of the ere
| dentials committee on the permanent
| roll or the convention on which the
voting. will begin.
The resolutions committee worked
| late, but 1t still had no interests here
when it resumed today. There has
been no lack of advice as to the style
of platform architecture could be
followed. No subjects pertaining TO
any phase of the national light has
been sighted by those who have
sought to guide the committee's
views.
was Samuel Gompers, president OF
the American Federation of Labor
Added importance is attached to his
! appearing because of the fact that
| the federation is under the slogan
| that no enemy of labor shall gain
public office if labor can prevent it,
Working all night at forced draft
speed, the credentials committee COM
pleted the permanent roll of the Re-
publican national convention at 4:30
O'Clock this morning. Previous rul-
ings on contests by the national COM
mittee were sustained in all but three
| cases.
| In disposing of 1913 appeals from
/ the decisions made last week by the
national committee. two delegates
were taken from Governor Lowden,
!
see and given to Wood. but in the
fifta district (Kansas City, MOI
where the national committee refused
| to seat anyone The credentials COM
mittee seated two Lowden men. leav-
ing the standing of the two candidates
| unchanged.
The permanent rule will be ready
for presentation to the convention
when 1t meets at IL o'clock this morn
ing.
| Robert R. Church, negro, Lowder
delegate was the Tennessee case ii
which the national committee wa!
Ioverruled. lie was ousted in favor o
lCharles f. Quinn. white, instructed fol
Wood, when Quinn's counsel declared
ithe Church faction had bolted the dis
ltrict convention.
| Other cases decided early to
day completing the roll of confirma
ltions of the national committees find
iings were:
Eleven Lowden delegates from
South Carolina seated.
The entire delegation from Texas
HEADED by National Committeeman II
iP. McGregory, and reported as split VI
Iamong Wood, Lowden. Johnson ant
Harding, seated.
The fifteen Virginia delegates. head
led by Representative c. B. Slant, seat
led.
There Is probability of further bat
ties on contested seats when the re
lport of the credentials committee i
laid before the convention. In SOM
leases, including the Tennessee. effort
Ito overrule the committee by the Vot
of the convention were planned.
Today's business consisted of hear
ing a report of progress from th'
,tommittee framing a platform and
report from the credentials committee
(which make up the permanent roii.
Missouri got back her two lost del
iegates through last nights action OF
Ihe credentials committee. which re-
lVersed the national committee decis-
lion that decisions I'm the electorate
lin Kansas City was so bad 1t would
ghot seat any of the delegates. Thai
irestored the total number of delegates
in the convention to 9S4 and th'
number necessary for nomination tC
1913.
The overturning of the nationa
committees decision in the Tennessee
contest also came as surprise
Robert r. Church. of Memphis. re
iputed to be one of the wealthiest ant
lmost influential negroes in the sOutl
had been seated by the national com
lmittee after a straight out black an'
white fight i'm which the whites charg
ed the negroes had bolted the conven
ltion. Church was seated by the ma
ltional committee and had the backing
lof many prominent members in hi
hight. The credentials committe
threw him out. The white conteste'
lan.oa1c 40 the aapnmfttea m faka fh