New-York tribune., 1920-07-02
Upsets
Platform on
Dry Question

the two-thirds vote to suspend the rules
and go ahead with balloting could be
attained, developed that managers of
all the candidates were opposed to It
because they felt it would get them
out of position"
When Mrs Bass had finished, Chair
man Robinson, fresh from a conference
win Chairman Glass and expecting to
make max report on the progress of tho
tlatiorm Committee, stepped onto tho
speakers runway, but the Illinois dele
gatlon loudly demanded speech from
James Hamilton Lewis
Mr. Lewis, however, did not speak
and Senator Robinson went on to an
nounce that the National Committee
selectlons would be announced and
tnat Immediately afterward he would
make an announcement REGARDING the
progress OF the Resolutions Committee
Wnen all the commit assignments
nad peen reported Chairman Robinson
took the speakers platform again to
make ms announcement. There were
calls or We want to hear Bryant"
from the galleries.
Convention Cries Platform
Chairman Robinson recopnized Gavin
/. .McNab, of California, who moved rat
ihcation of the national committee as
signments
Disappointed at another delay. the
convention called platform! Plat
form!' and Bryan! Bryant" The Sc
lectlons were ratified, nevertheless.
senator Robinson then told the con-
ventlon that after conferring with the
platform committee he had found them
stlll IN session, with prospects of con-
tlnulng for a considerable time. He
SAID the chair was assured the com
mlttee would be ready to report early
IN the morning. There were yells Of
dlsappolntm at that, and in response
to calls for Bryan Senator Robinson
SAID the Nebraskan was unable to be
present because he was busy with the
Platform Committee. When. on mo-
tlon to adjourn until 10 o'clock to-
morrow morning, the convention broke
up for the night.
With John W. Davis, Ambassador to
Great Britin; Senator Glass, of Vir-
ginia; Senator Simmons, of North
Carolina, and Francis Burton Harrison,
Governor General of the Philippines.
added to the list of those formally
presented. the convention at the end Of
its midday session found itself run
out of business.
Seek to Start Balloting
On motion of Wilbur W. Marsh, a
delegate from Iowa, and treasurer of
the national committee. an attempt
was made to suspend the rules which
required the platform to be adopted
prior to balloting, and go ahead with
the voting for a nominee
Such a suspension of the rules re-
dc
gates, and it was quickly apparent
from the shouts of disapproval coming
from all corners of the hall that the
prevailing wish was to dispose of the
platform before proceeding to the
balloting. Mr.. Marsh therefore with
drew his motion and the convention re-
cessed until 8 o'clock, while the plat.
form committee continued to labor
When it begins balloting, the con-
vention will have before it field of
fourteen candidates, headed by a "big
hree'-McAdoo, Cox and Palmer-a
scattering Of lesser lights and pad
dock of dark horses nearby.
Chairman Robinson called the ses-
sion to order at 11:20 o'clock Whole
sections in the state spaces were still
unoccupied in some parts of the hall.
The delegates who were present wanted
to talk rather than come to order, and
Chairman Robinson had to DO some
vigorous and continued whacking with
the gavel.
Why in the world should it take a.
man five minutes to sit down." he re-
marked to some Of his assistants.
After sending the police through the
aisles to clear them the chairman got
the delegates seated and Bishop Mich
OILS of the Episcopal diocese of San
by leading the convention in recital
of the Lords Prayer. Then the organ
pealed off The Star Spangled Banner"
and the convention chorused in the
strains of the air.
At the close Of the singing Judge
Murasky, of San Francisco, took a
place at the speakers stand and re-
cited the Battle Hymn of the Re-