Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-30
HIS NAME NOT
TO Be PLACED
IN NOMINATION
Eleventh Hour Decision Is
Made; Balloting to Be-
gin Tomorrow.
"SLIGHTLY MOIST"
PLANK ADOPTED
Subj Committee Virtually
Has Agreed Upon All
Principles.

Auditorium, San Francisoo,
June HS0.-Senator Owen of Ok
lahOma, former Ambassador Ger.
ard and National Chairman S.
Cummings were placed In nOmi-
nation for the presidency during
the first hour of the Democratic
national conventions session to.
day:
OF Nebraska was presented to
the convention during the second
hour.
Former Governor Schallen.
berger of Nebraska nominated
the administration leader in the
senate treaty fight, In brief
speech.
The nomination speech for At
torney General Palmer followed
the presentation OF Senator
H1tchc0ck's name.
Auditorium. San Francisco, June
2O.-The Democratic national con-
vention assembled today to hear can
didates placed in nomination and with
another last minute change in the
plans Of the McAdoo forces which
hnally precluded the presentation of
his name. There were no changes re-
specting the placing of other o.ndi-
dates IN nomination and the prospects
we're the convention would GO
through in continuous session to-
day and get all the nominating
speeches out Of the way, leaving to-
morrow free for the balloting.
Although it was said by admins.
tee Of nine drafting the platform had
virtually agreed in all important par.
ticulars, the subcommittee after q
brief conference with the entire
membership of the resolutions made a
public announcement that 1t was not
ready to report and would work. in
secret until seven thirty tonight, wher
another report would be made to the
full committee.
Meanwhile administration chiefs
declared that a prohibition plank
slightly moist" had been agreed up.
on which would preclude the adoption
Of William Jennings Bryan's bone dry
plank. They further predicted with
f1nality that the League of Nation:
plank would be adopted "just a.
Woodrow Wilson wants it, without the
ditting Of an Il or the crossing of {
Although the hour of meeting hae
been advanced today to clever
o'clock and the plan was to get al
early start on the business of nom
mating which was to be sure to be in
terrupted with prolonged demonstra
tions, the delegates were not respon
sive to the idea of a prompt earl!
start and were as slow in arriving a!
they had been on any other day.
The prospects were that the con
vention would be as late in getting
under way as it had been on any 9th
er day since it began.
San Francisco, June 30.-Strippet
for action, the Democratic nationa
convention today swung into the busi
ness of selecting presidential nomi
nee.
With all nominating addresses re
stricted to twenty minutes, and sec
onding speeches to five and limited t.
not more than three in number to
candidate, each of the possibilitie
had not more than 35 minutes for full
description Of his merits and capacit
for the nations highest gift.
Speeches were on the program
nominating:
Attorney General Palmer.
Governor Cox of Ohio.
Chairman Homer S. Cummings
Of the Democratic national COM
mittee.
Governor Edwards of New
Jersey. =
Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska.
James w. Gerard, former am
bassadOr to Germany.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma.
John W. Davis, ambassador to
Great Britain.
Three Cornercd Fight.
Both the Cox and Palmer force
viewed with evident satisfaction tn
scrimmage within the McAdoQ force
fContinuad m na1a ~