Indiana daily times., 1920-06-29
READ REED AND
GEORGIA GANG
OUT OF PARTY
Continued From Page one.)

vile, Ienn., anu Mrs L. l. CotHam o1
Little Rock, Ark.
Although tired from the excitement Of
the first days session aDI. heavy eyed
! at the long vlgii, they s.mely stuck
it out in the tobacco smoked atnos-
phere of the stuffy room and listened at
tentively to the presentation of evi-
dence.
In both cases they voted with the sd
ministration supporters.
WOMAN STICKS
TO HAND BLOW.
One other woman sat through most Of
the long session.
She was Mrs., w ". Martin, an alter
nate from Cape Girardeaux, No. and
she stuck it out IN order to make a
speech against Senator Reed.
She got her chance long after midnight
ana it was due 10 q great extent 10
her convincing argument that the vote
against seating Reed was so large
"Kansas City and the Fifth district.
from which Senator Reed comes. is so
boss ridden that IL needs a good clean
ing, she told the committee.
1T Is not only boss-ridden. but IT has
two Kinds Of bossas-'rab bbit bosses and
goat bosses
The Fifth district needs to be taken in
hand by Missouri and attended to.
You have all seen n spoiled child get
stubborn and say, I want that or moth
ing at all.
We'll, in this case Ma Missouri said TO
the Fifth district. you viii have to take
something else besides Senator Reed or
go hungry.
Now the bad child is trying to steal
down to the pantry and take what has
been forbidden.
If no one sits in Senator Reeds seat
| the Fifth district and Missouri herself
is better Off, because they are better rep
resented by nobody at all than by jim
| Reed"
Senator Reeds side of the argument
was presented by Francis P. Wilson, dis
! trict attorney OF Kansas City; Joseph B.
Shannon, a political associate. and by
Emit p Rosenberger of the Ninth dis
trict.
lie was opposed by f. r Goltra. Mis-
souri, national committeeman and by Col.
John Gosgrove, an So year old veteran OF
| Bonneville. Mo.
shannon declared Senator Reed was
being denied a seat solely because OF his
opposition to Mr.. wilson's policies, par
ticu'arly the league Of nations.
Since when.' shannon demanded, has
he democratic party held a convention
and read out of the party every man
who does not .ndorse the league os ns-
tions?
"Rems... Der, gentlemen. that at Chi
cago two men holding as widely di-
yergent Views rs Murray Crane and BIZ
Borah got together on the same plat
form on this question.
why can't we apply the same prin.
tiple here?"
shannon's pleas, however. fell on deaf
ears.
The members of the committee. 75
per cent Of whom we're advocates Of the
league, were determined that the senior
United States senator from Missouri
should get out and put him out they
did, with considerable gusto.
HECKLED BY
GALLAGHER.
Col Cosgrove was "heckled" by Gak
lagher Of New Jersey.
Cosgrove declared he believed in "stict
ing with the orga niZation." which he
charged senator Reed with falling to do.
Cosgrove also was an ardent supporter
OF Wilson.
You believe in going along with the
organization. eh2 said Gallagher. Then.
tell me. do you ever know Of Woodrow
Wilson sticking with the organization IN
ali his life p
Il don't know" replied Cosgrove. 81
think Mr.. Wilson IS too broad. too big,
too much Of n humanitarian to be bound
by a machine.
He Is a friend 81 humanity"
Senator Reed himself did not attend
the hearing. leaving on his friends the
task OF looking after his interests.
The smith Watson Palmer case was
more easily disposed OF than was the
Reed contest.
The insurgents were represented by ex
Senator Thomas II. Hardwick of Georgia
and by Col. II. II. Perry of Gainesville.
STRESS THEIR
STRONG POINT.
They presented the facts Of the three
cornered Georgia primary to the commit
tee, stressng the fact that the Palmer
delegation represented but one-third OF
the democratic voters OF Georgia. while
the Smith Watson combination had re-
ceived the votes Of two-thirds
The Palmer delegation was represented
by Albert Howell Of Atlanta and by II.
II, Dean Of Gainesville.
They declared the Georgia law gave
MT Palmer the right to send a delega-
tion 10 the convention, as he had polled
a slight plurality over both Smith and
Watson in the primary.
Dean drew many laughs from the
committee by comparing the cnse TO a
three handed poker game.
Palmer. he said, had shown down a
pair of aces; Watson a pair Of kings and
Smith q pair of Jacks
By all the laws OF Hoyle, he declared.
Palmer was the winner, but after the
showdown Smith snd Watson had com
bined their hands, making two pair and
claiming the pot.