Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-09
NATION SLEAGUESPLANK
HARD NUT TO CRACK
Sub Committee Of Platform
Builders Trying 20 Reconcile
All q. o. p. Views on
Treaty.
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ny Assoc lated Press 70 Every Evening
Chicago. June Working al night
At forced draft speed the Credentials
Committee completed the permanent
roll of the Republican National Conycn-
tion at 430 this morning Previous Hil-
lnea on contests by tho National Commit.
tee were sustained IN al but three eases.
IN dlsposng Of i03 appeals from the
decisions made last week by the NatIonnl
/ Committee two Delegates were taken from
! Governor Lowdou- ono IN Georgia and
/ one in Tennessee and given - General
wood but in the Fifth Missouri Kansas
I Cfv district where the National Com
i mittee refused 81 scat anyone thc creclen-
+ tlals committee seated two Lowdcn mcn
i leaving the standing of the two candidates
unchanged
/ The permanent roll vilI bo rcqd ior
/ presentation n the convention somr tirtc
/ today
Robert 4 Church. Negro Lovdcn
delegate, was the Tennessee casc in which
/ the national committee wg 0yerrupd He
was uusted in favor of Charles r. Quinn
White. instructed for Wood when Quinn
counsel declared the Church faction had
bolt / tho district convention
Other cases decidcd early to-day com.
plctod the roll All ronfrmafions n the
National committees findings. were
Eleven Lowden delegates from south
Carolina seated
The entire Texas delegation headed ~
National Committeeman III Fl Mar-
Gregory and reported ~ split IN among
Wood. Lowden, Johnson and Harding
seated
The fifteen Virginia delegates headed
by Representative g SIcmp seated
There 'g probability ~ further battles
- contested seats whcr the report ~ the
/ CREDENTIALS Committee H laid before the
convention IN some case including the
Tennessee case. efforts M uverrile the
COMMITTEES nv vote 0f the convention wcre
planned As the repOrt does not rrhody
any serious departure from the Temporary
roll or affect enough votes ~ make II an
important object for supporters of anv
candidate % override the committee
however, no long struggle was expected
The League 0f Nations question. con-
coded fo be The hardest nut stIli uncrark-
efl by the platform workers was the center
nf speculation everywhere as he sub
committee began its deliberations and
delegates scanned carefully but without
final conclusions the makeup If the
baker dozen entrusted with the real job
IF writing he league plank. II included
two senators iTreC0nClIanlv opposed r.
he fTeaty. fwo Senators VINO voted for
IL with reservations. and nIne other men
whose attitude has been less clearly defined
on the program II the hearings before
the fuil committee we're several events
regarded as likely 10 hold the interest
Of the members and perhaps start some
new rows among them Included in
those who were 10 appear during the day
we're Samuel Gompers president ~ the
American Federation IT Labor, and
delegation headed by Frank p Walsh
asking hat the party declare for recognI-
ton of the Irish republic
he subcommittee has for its char
man senator Watson Indiana, who also
i chairman Of the resolutions 90 mmiJtee.
He IS understood to have prepared
league plank fashioned IN part after that
adopted by Indiana Republicans, but
Senator Borah. Of Idaho, aided by Senator
Mccormick, of Illinois, IS expected TO
offer an amendment designed 70 make the
declaration nearly coincide with Il e views
of the treaty irreconcilables.
The fourth Senator at the sub-commit-
tee table Is Smoot. Of Utah, who Hith
Senator Watson voted for ratification Of
the treaty with resery alto S.
Questions oi taxation must be among
the first 10 hc gwen consideration Of the
Republican party f it would retain the
confidence OF industry. James Emery
general counsel for the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers. told com
mittce in laying before it that organic :
tons claims for attention. T e manu-
facturcrS as ed that tn natio s war
debt be funded into long term se tirltIes
and operation Of the sinking fund be post
poned until industry has ad an o9por-
tunity % recover from the strain of war
conditions The organization favors
reasonable government assistance to
those seryl z in the military forces,
but objected strenuously to any form OF a
general bonus, Emery Al |. The question
Of a bonus was linked inseparabl With
taxation, he argued. and therefore should
be handled carefully 10 avoid further
additions 70 the already too heavy tax
burden
AaRealizing that II had serious party
history 20 write, the subcommittee moved