The Alaska daily empire., 1920-06-29

sembling an hour later than usual,
the Democratic National Convention
faced a routine, time-killing session
today to give opportunity for COM
mittee work.
The convention was called to or
der at l o'clock and following pray
er by the Reverend William F. Mich
OILS, Episcopal Bishop of San Fran
cisco, heard reports of the commit
tee on credentials and committee
on organization and the address OF
Sen. Joseph T. Robinson, of Arkan-
sas, permanent chairman, in which
he roundly scored the Republican
platform, Republican Presidential
candidates who spent large sums in
pre- convention campaign expenses
and Republican Senators who fought
ratification of the peace treaty.
A spectacular fight on the floor
of the convention over the refusal
of the credentials committee to seat
Sen. James A. Reed of Missouri was
promised, but even this was hedged
about with uncertainty.
Glass Elected Chairman
The resolutions committee organ
lied last night by una nflnouslye elect
ing Senator Carter Glass of Virginia,
the administration S choice, as Chair
man Sen Thomas J. Walsh, pre-
viously mentioned as contestant
for the Craftsmanship, seconded
Glass nomination.
The committee on permanent or
ganization recommended Sen. Joseph
r. Robinson of Arkansas, a known
administration man, as permanent
chairman.
These choices gave the admins
tration forces virtually complete con-
troll of the convention machinery.
Glass appointed Secretary of State
cambridge Colby and Sen. Walsh on
the platform subcommittee but
omitted William J. Bryan, leader Of
the dry forces.
Balloting After Platform
The rules committee adopted
resolution providing that nominating
speeches should be made before
adoption of the platform but that
balloting should not begin until after
adoption.
The credentials committee seated
the regularly elected delegation from
Georgia, headed by former Sen. Clark
Howell The delegation Is favorable
to the candidacy of Atty. Gen, A.
Mitchell Palmer for the Presidential
nomination.
Sen. James A. Reed of Missouri,
an Observation-Disclosures leader. was
excluded from a seat as a Missouri
delegate, after four hour argument,
by a vote of 81 to o. Reed was un-
animously reelected to represent the
Fifth Missouri (Kansas City, dis
trict after the Missouri State Con-
vention had rejected him and order
ed the district to name another del
egate.
Platform Builders Begin
Rumbling of Democratic discord
over various planks in the platform,
especially prohibition, hourly become
more ominous as the platform CON-
mittee today began it's work. Many
experienced platform builders said it
might be three days before the work
was finished and even then 1t was
regarded as virtually certain that a
minority report would be made.
Hope that the gathering storm
might spend itself behind the closed
doors of the platform committee has
been all but abandoned by the lead
ers. who are preparing to face an
outbreak of tempestuous debate on
the floor of the convention itself.
Such a development, 1t was agreed
everywhere, would hold many dra-
matte possibilities including fur
ther complication of tho uncertain
outlook as to the Presidential NOM
ination.
| Adminlstration's Attitude
The question of a platform declara-
tion against the present bone dry
law almost took the whole stage for
| itself today as the delegates contln-
ued to discuss Postmaster General
Albert Sidney Burleson's proposed
plank for modification OF the Vol
stead Act.
BY many accustomed to regar