The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-30
RECEIVE REPORT ON RULES

The permanent chairmans first an- nouncement was that the report of the | committee on rules would be received. 1t was presented by, Thomas J. Spellacy or Connecticut, an assistant attorney general in the department of justice The rules as presented by the com mittee proposed that nominating speech es could he delivered before the con- vention while tne platform committee was at work, but that no balloting for a presidential nominee could proceed until after the party platform has been pre- serted and adopted.
 There was no opposition to that order of husiness and the report was adopted Nominating speeches were limited to twenty minutes and seconding speeches were limited to ten minutes and are not | to exceed five ir number 1 The resolution which permits the break
 ing of the unit rule in New York and some other states was presented by the chairman of the rules committee and with scattering 'noes' it was adopted
 An expected fight from the New York delegation on the issue did not material l iZe.
 ] A resolution of thanks to the people of San francisco for their hospitality was
 adopted
 1 Representative Flood of Virginia of
 fefed a resolution to direct the national l committee to limit representation in the next national convention to the sane basis as representation in Congress. It
 proposes to include delegates from Pan
 ana Canal Zone with tie delegates from
 the other territories
 1 The resolutions was long and involved
 few of the delegates understanding it.
 and there were many seconds to a motion
 to refer the resolution to the resolutions
 committee.
 The aye es and noes were both loud and | a rising vote was called for 1 Confusion followed, and the reso! Iti on
 was ordered read again. It finally passed
 on an aye and no vote. 1t was merely a
 res olution to provide for the next con-
 veftion.
 WANT PLACES FOR WOMEN l Mrs. Alice Foster McCulloch of Fort 1 Wayne, Ind, the first woman to be heard 1 in the convention, offered the prepared
 resolution to double the size of the demo- cratic national committee and make a place for one woman from each state.
 The resolution had previously been ap-
 proved by the national committee. A 1 Pennsylvania delegate moved that the
 resolution go back to tbe resolutions
 committee and got several seconds. lMc ayes got it by the chairs decision. A point of order was also made agans, it.. the chair sustained the polnt of order
 and the resolution went back to the reso- lLtions committee.
 l Chairman Cummings wanted to make an announcement and Chairman Room
 son recognized him as 'tne delegate from 1 Connecticut"
 1 He got the resolution for women na- tional committee places back before the convention for further consideration 1 Mir Cummings explained that it was only the formal resolution creating ths i ormittee for another sour years and i taking in women members. If tine demo-
 cratic party is in earnest said he, in taking the women o1 our country III Us deliberations we ought to support this
 resolution and adopt it." 1 The convention adop.ol the resolutions | by a heavy majority of ayes and or.;y a few noes
 1 Mrs Gavin McNao of San Francisco Itook the platform at that point. She was wearing her hat and delegate called | from the floor hats off" Mrs. McNab
 smiled and removing her turban while 1 the audience applauded, began reading
 message to Mrs. Woodrow Wilson from | ''the women of the land" l The message was one of women's appre- | cia tion to Mrs. Wilson for care and de- votion to the President during his ii- ness The convention voted to send the 1 xcmens message. With that the conven- iticn adjourned until il o'clock tomorrow 1 morning.