Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-30

San Francisco Calif., June 29.-The democratic national convention wound up its preliminaries today and prepared to Set down to business tomorrow.
 With administration forces continuing in apparently complete control it per fected ils organization, accepting Sena- Tor Joseph r. Robinson of Arkansas, as ns permanent chairrnan; permitted states Co upset the unit rule. and pro- v.dcd for taking women on the demo- cratic national committee.
 The convention, after a three hour session. adjourned 10 resume at Il O. clock tomorrow morning.
 What thc second session lacked in the dramatic fire of the opening day, it made up iu the smoothly working con tr1I which administration supporters ex- crc.scd AnJi-Wilson contests. such as that of Senator Reed of Missouri, for a place on the uior were swept away with ruthless bus good-natured haste.
 Even the "boos" and misses which erected mention of Senator Reeds name had a tone Of humorous ridicule.
 The announcement of "'7animous vote" delivered by the chair against feeble chorus of noes hes. Ind there never failed Co bring cheers and laugh ter from the masses Of delegates.
 The great auditorium was filled with even a greater crowd today than yester- day There was no vacant seat in the impressive sweep Of the galleries, rising sie,,iy u walls Of faces on three sides of the floor Long before the days bus irese could proceed The huhbub of con versatlou rumbled and mumbed steady urdartone to the music Of band and pipe organ.
 Boomers for Attorney General Palmer OF Governor Cox took a lively f i'm
 r~. #rr- a inv g- lures senator Robinson had a little difficult fv keeping the machine going at the rrca Af- Cummings had set. There was d i.-tIe confusion on parliamentary pro- crdure at timc-. and once Mir. Cummings ntervcncd Go straighten out resolu- tion Co perfect the conventions plans to riyo women full and equal represen- tatton on the national committee. The committee women already have been elected by many delegations.
 The delegates were still of a mind foi more rounding or inc republican party and thc Chicago platform when Senator Robinson delivered his speech as perma- rr-t chairman. He woke them to up- raarfous approval when he shouted that hc made "no apology for article ten oi fhe league covenant To the accompan- .-,a~t of aur.lause he lambasted the sen
 
 crasfIration in dealing with the treaty and for its rules that a senator talk to such an extent on any subject that no tody but God can stop him.
 The chairman had got the convention un GO a good pitch by that stage and vith perspiration rolling down his face from fine effort tO drive his words to the farthest corners of the big building, h' leaned down over the roped speakers
 rNnn 0f sre- he shouted tht fat took a greater lime to defeat the treaty than the armj ami navy took 10 win the war
 The delegates leapcd to their fee cheering. It was a minute before h' coum he heard again. shouting;
 And they left the treaty right wher' t was when the president brought i back from Paris
 Failure of the president 10 take witt him Go the peace conference. member of senate had ranSled in some senator fl1 hearts Senator Robinson continued fua he added tlfat if the president hat done go and the senators had shown n more intelligence at the conference Il drafting the treaty than they have show f1 its consideration-then God bles Woodrow Wilson for leaving them a Again The delegates clamored thei agreement
 M- Cummings. in putting through resolution conCratulating Governor Rob e-ts of Tennessee for having called rneciai session Of the legislature to dea with the suffrage amendment, got cheer when he declared it unanimous in tn face Of a rnu.ter Of negative votes cor Ing mostly from the vicinity of the Geor gin and other southern delegations.
 "American women are for peace an against war" Senator Robinson told th convention. "and they'll vote for that you give them the opportunity. If you ndd 70 the soldier vote, the woman vol and the democratic vote, the republican won't set enough votes to make thei a factor in the coming election
 Another great shout of approval wer up 10 he red0ubled in vigor- when tn chairman closed his address with tt charge that "the republicans have trife with the hearts and conscience of tt American people in their handling of tf peace treaty"
 The dry issue got into the session froi an amusing angle. An announcement that a corps Of nurses and sixteen dot tors were conducting a hospital in tt auditorium drew the fire of a delegate
 "Do they write prescriptions?' he d. rnanded in a voice that carried throug the hall Galleries and .ofior joined in hurEt of laughter from which rose cri, nf Doctor. Doctor" Hospital corps tn way and the like. When he could ! heard the secretary shouted This is dry hospitar' and the convention run hied again with mirth.
 Various routine measures transactc undsr the rules before the platform presented and nominating speeches b. gun aii were cleared away before t days adjournment
 Ruies Committee Report Accepted.
 The adoption of the report of the r71l committee finally settled that nomint tons will not be made until after a pla form had been adopted Candidates vi know before hand what the principl of the party are to be. Delegates wei hack tonight 10 the always engrossir task Of Eossiping in hotel corridors aboi candidates for nomination, pending con ulcfion by the committee of its dificu task In shaping a chart of principles which the party shall steer its couroe the troubled political seas between no and next November.
 It was 150 o'clock when Chairns Cummings called the national democrat convention 10 order.
 The Reed Case.
 Joseph B. Shannon of Kansas. City, delegate from the fifth district of MI souri. wanted 10 make a statement ( Inc Reed case and Chairman Cummin, aad to intercede with the convention hear him. He- took the platform