Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-29
READ REED AND
GEORGIA CROWD
OUT OF. PARTY
Credentials Committee Backs
Administration, Seating
3 Missouri Palmer Men.
WOMAN's BLOW COUNTS
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 2o.-The
smoothly running machinery Of the ad-
ministration forces functioned perfectly
in the committee on credentials early to-
day and three consistent opponents Of
the whitehouse-Senator Jim" Reed OF
Missouri and Senator Hoke Smith and
Tom Watson of Georgia-again went
down to defeat at the hands of the ad
ministration supporters.
After a lengthy session which began
last night and extended into the early
hours Of the morning the. committee sue
ceeded in agreeing onfa report which viii
be reported to the convention today, rec
omm ending the denial Of a seat to Sena-
tor Reed end dismissal of the claims Of
the Hoke Smith Tom Watson delegates
from Georgia.
The committee voted 43 to In favor of
dismssing the Smith Watson claims and
the seating of the twenty eight Palmer
pledged delegates from Georgia.
In the case OF Senator Reed the vote
was 80 to against allowing him to par
ticipate in the convention.
Only one final appeal is now open to
the defeated leaders and 1t is admittedly
a forlorn ore.
They can. II desired. bring their cases
before the convention itself today hy hav-
ing some friend on the credentials com
nittee submit minority report.
PRECEDENTs
ARE RARE.
Instances where the convention, how
ever. has overturned the action of the
full national committee and the CON
vention committee itself. are so rare that
they may he decide to accept the defeat
a~d 81 ha
The unseating Of Reed and the seating
of the Palmer delegates was not accom-
plished without considerable work.
For nearly seven hours the committee
wrestled with the two cases, taking
ample testimony and hearing much ora
tory from representatives. of both sides.
AT the end the opinion seemed to pre-
vail that the trio Of Wilson opponents
had been disciplined and the vote In
each case was convincing
In the Reed case nine members Of
tho committee swung away from the ad-
ministration's wishes and voted To give
the Missouri senator his seat
They were Florida. Massachusetts,
Nebraska. New Jersey, New York. Ohio.
Utah. Alaska and District Of Columbia
Six members Indiana, Iowa. New
Hampshire. Vermont Hawaii and Porto
Rico. were recorded as not voting.
The New Jersey member, Charles n
Gallagher of Trenton, was. empAatia. In
IFS vote
NEW JERSEY MAN
STANDS By REED.
LAS a delegate from Woodrow VII
sons home state, his own town and his
own county. ] vote for Jim Reed" de-
clared Gallag CHER. as he strode from the
committee long after midnight and made
for his hotel without waiting 10 vote
on the remaining contests.
Only four states lined mp with the
Smith Watson faction In the voting on
the Georgia cases.
They were Colorado. Massachusetts,.
Oklahoma and Utah.
II was a weary crowd Of delegates
that made up the committee early today
after a session lasting most Of the night.
The committee met at o'clock last
night. organized and with W. d. jamie
son Of Iowa as chairman and Hugo
Asher OF California. secretary, and started
in to hear the mass Of evidence.
There we're TWO women on the COM
mittees-Mrs. Guilford Dudley Of Nash
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