Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-02
convention speculation will be one
of the first results.

instructed delegates are hOldlng the
balance Of power, and already plans
for sounding out their preferences
are being discussed. A caucus Of the
uninstructed ones some time after
Sunday Is one of the plans being
considered. Quite irrespective of any
decisions the national committee
may make on the pending contests,
the unrestricted delegates will still
remain in the majority. and the
managers of the various candidates
are working on plans to bring them
to their support.
Platform Probabilities.
Such discussion Of the platform
plsnks as Is going on among the ma
tlonal committeeman seems to indi
cate that a majority feel that the
suffrage question is parallel one in
many respects. because It has been
lput before the states with the en-
dorsement Of the party and is await
ing ratification. In the field Of for
eign relations there seems to be an
agreement OF opinion that the MeSf
can plank will follow the pronounce
Iment Of four years ago in which the
democratic administrati tion's policy
was denounced and as regards the
peace treaty and the league of ma
tons, the plan adopted by the Indi-
ana state republican convention may
Esepve as a nucleus for a plank in the
national platform.
No one on the ground as yet pre-
sumes to venture what the labor
plank will be, but there seems to be
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probably be the most difficult one to
frame.
Chairmanship Up in Air.
Ihe selection of a permanent chair
man seems to have made no progress
In the last three or four days. There
Is no6 less talk among national COM
mitteemen Of the selection iof former
Senator Beveridge, Of Indiana, and
more talk Of an agreement on Sena-
tor Mccormick. Of Illinois. Political
leaders here who are supporting Sem
ator Mccormick claim to have the
approval of Senator Penrose for their
choice. II contest should develop
over the selection, there is always
the possibility that the convention
might revert to the plan 1t followed
IN lsl2 and 1916, and make the tenn
porary organization the permanent
one.
A delegation from the Philippine
Islands has arrived In Chicago to
urge the adoption of a full independ-
ence platform declaration by the re-
publican party.
Johnson Delegates Seated.
IN Its first decision effecting the
Johnson forces in convention the re-
publican national committee, by SO to
y. voted to seat delegates from the
Ienth Minnesota district who are
counted as favorable to the can
dldacy OF the California senator.
Representative Shall. Of MinnAa.
/ polis. and =. N. ,aGithum, OF Bunaio.5
3sos I'm were ~ - dslc..
Eeates from the Tenth Minnesota dis
trict by vote OF SO to IL. Their
acc accompanying ON alternates also were
In taking up the Tenth Minnesota
contest. between two Wood and two
unpledged delegates. Secretary Miller
announced that both claimed to be
regular delegates. Representative
Shall the blind congressman. was
one OF the unpledged delegates.
Further time to check evidence in
the Georgia case was given to the
subcommittee headed by Charles r.
Warren, of Michigan, who said
comparison of duplicate state con-
vention rolls would take much more
time. H. L. Remmel, of Arkansas.
proposed that both Georgia delegates
be seated with half vote each. but
was voted down.
Strong Arm Methods Alleged.
julius e. Haycroft, OF Fairmont,
Mimi, spoke for the Wood faction.
and John @. Priebe. of Minneapolis,
for the unpledged pair. who were re-
ported to favor Senator johnson. In
volved in the fight were the bolt by
the Wood delegates in the district
convention and regularity Of the con-
ventton call. Mr. Priebe imputed
strong arm methods to the opposi-
ton, while the Wood contingent de-
clared the Shawl faction unfairly de-
manded increased representation in
the convention.
The Mississippi contest, which fol-
| lowed Minnesota's involved twelve
delegates pledged to Wood, against
twelve uninstructed. chosen at sep
arate conventions March 81 and Nav
S, respectively.
Wood Delegates Rejected.
The fight pivoted on the question
of party regularity. In connection
with the contest it developed In the
senate investigation that $4,000 Of
Woods funds had been sent to Missi-
sippi, but Frank H. Hitchcock, Wood
manager testified that he had moth
ing to do with ii, and regarded the
Wood delegation Illegal
The Wood delegates were denied
seats on the first roll calf the COM
lnittee has taken since the committee
began deciding contests, after a spir-
tied discussion which brought out the
charge, which the committee accept
ed. that the Wood delegates had been
chosen by a .rlnp convention.
The attorneys for the Wood dele
gates told the committee they had
left the convention because they were
denied police protection. The attor-
neys for the Johnson delegates char
acterized that statement as laugh
able" and q falsehood.
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