Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-06-26
WILSON FORCES
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EVIDENCE SHOWS
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his campaign and by tomorrow the
cunning at candidates and their mana
gers among the uninstrucied delegates
~ expected 10 lac at it, height
The committee met late today 10
make up the temporary roll 81 d"i"Fai
- to consider contests ana 90 dispos"
of other husincr preliminary in 90"
opening of the convention next Mon
day. Homer = Cummings chairman &C
the committee. presided. Probably
the largest number IT women that ever
attended a meeting 81 the COMMITTEES,
was present Among the early arrivals
was senator james \ Reed ~ Ms
iluri. who claimed q seat m the con
Nentlon a. delegate from the ifih
Missouri district
Represcniatiyor ~ the two groups %
delegate cout"stng iUr GcUrgia.s -
s,ats. were on h.nd.
There WAS yig rlus applause when
Chairman Cummings suggested the
sending If a Telegram e. Governor Ron
erts of Tennessee. urging him Ia call
q special session II tn, Legislature. To-.
ratily the federal suffrage amendment
Report Approved
The committee approved the cNecu
tives report on temporary officers ~
the convention. which recommended
that Homer s Cummings be- the ten,
porary chairman. pleasant incident
at the meeting was the presentation 81
a gold badge 20 John I Marin ~ Mis-
souri,. honorary sergeant az arms ~ tn.
national committee.
There was a buzz through the com
mlttee room when Francis VI. Wilson.
United states district attorney Tor the
western district II Missouri presented
the certified action ~ the democracy
a the fifth Missouri district" in elect.
Ing senator james \. Reed a delegate
10 the convention. lie asked an oppor
iunlty 10 present the facts 10 10. com
mittee and Vas Informed that he would
he heard AZ the proper time Il II un
derstood the seating II senator Reed
would be- considered by sub commit
tee. -
On the suggestion II national com
mlfteefnan / B Duckwciler. California.
the convention will BE- asked that when
Il adjourns On Monday. Il b. until l
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. IN order 20
permit the visiting delegates tu take
a steamer excursion Tuesday morning
when the question approving the
temporary roll came up. Il was an
nounced that several states were shor'
their full delegations and the question
arose how the vacancies shall be- filled.
kftar a sr.u.raf .fts.tt..t,,, a ,,..tt.s,
was made by Thomas u. Love. Texas
authorizing state delegations 90 nll
vacancies. The motion was tabled 81
ter several committee men said their
designations would on vacancies O. suit
themselves
Delegates Abseb..
New Hampshire and Delaware were
among the states that had delegates
ahe~nt.
J. Bruce Kremer. Montana vice
chairman of the committee. moved that
contests be- heard by subcommittee of
five appointed By the chair.
r. H. Moore. Ohio. moved = suhsii. |
tute that contests be- heard By the full 4
COMMITTEES In executive session and u
was adopted by vote Of 20 10 90
The committee after a brief discus !
sion placed on the temporary roll the 4
name q two delegates and two alter. ,
mates from the Panama canal zone !
This VII Eiye the canal representation
In q democratic national convention FOR |
the firs; time. II the delegates are scat.
ed by the credentials committee In the 4
case Of John l. schuytemsn. who pro.
tested against the seating 81 Il. u !,
Turner as q delegate at large from 1
Oregon. the committee decided % seat ,
Turner. Turner vas selected delegat \
at large by the Gfegon state commit
tet 20 call the vacancy caused by the /
Death Of q. r baldwin.
schuyleman appeared before the com.
miftes and argued that he should nll 4
TIE vacancy On the ground tina, he ~
cesscd the NTH highest vote In the
race for the four places A. delegates
"a large.
schayleman announced he would .
carry hif case 20 the credentials com
fnttfee. The committee then took 40 4
tne OeorEia contest Clark Howell 4
leading the A. Mitchell Palmer groun |
ot dsleeates said he would take only
ten minutes 10 present his side Il tn 4
case.
Former Senator Hardwiok wanted
thirty minutes A. some q the com. /
mitteemen had early evening engage |
nnents. u was decided 70 take IN the |
Georgia case tomorrow and the cor, /
mittee adjourned until 10 a m.
The committee adopted withou, dis
cas<ion a resolution % h. submitted -
tne convention. providing that her.
after each state and territory b. rem.
resented In the national committee nv
one man and one woman 10 h. selected
according 20 fiaie laws az party rule
where no state Law covers tho election
national committeeman. The resn
istion tirn provides That the woman
"miiter hemb-rs o. f-rve the n.xt
i".f ,sars 10 selected by m. s,,,.
eaesa'len 70 the i,rc-eni conyentlnp II
"'e Resolution l. adopted