Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-30

 maj objection to this convention of any committee coming into our district When he received the message to stand by the president at the last elections we stood by him and others did not. We protest against this convention setting aside our regularly elected delegate, James Reed"
 At the mention of Reeds name the convention went in for wave of misses and booing. Chairman Cummings again asked the audience to hear what shan non had to say.
 shannon attempted to proceed but the convention was disinclined 10 hear him,
 Sit down" and get out if you don't like it." Shut up and like shouts came from the crowd.
 'aThe speaker is entitled to fair hearing before this convention,' said Chairman Cummings. There was some applause to that.
 T am going back to Jim Reeds dis trict." continued Shannon, when he could be heard and report to them that at the last minute we were still protesting against your coming into our district and setting aside the action of our local con- venton."
 Go ahead" shouted somebody, and Shannon left the platform.
 
 tion took the platform to answer Shan non.
 Shannon's intimation that Reed had been denied his seat because he was renegade democrat he said, was not within the facts"
 Reed Asher said, had been rejected by the Missouri state convention. Chairman Cummings put the motion to adopt the report and there was a roll ing chorus of ayes. There was some scattering noes mixed in with the whack- i ing of the gavel, which announced the unanimous vote"
 Tine prospects of fight disappeared. Then Chairman Cummings read a tele- gram addressed to Governor Roberts of | Tennessee, congratulating him on calling | a special session of the legislature to consider ratification of the woman suf- frage amendment MT. Cummings rec 1 ognized Governor Smith of New York. Smith. amid demands that he take the ! platform, but which he ignored. moved 1 that the telegram be sent. There were shouts of "No7 from the Georgia and | other delegations. but the telegram went. There is another announcement which am little reluctant in making" said Chairman Cummings. Tt is that the state law requires the removal of the hats of the ladies at public gatherings. Several hat pins came out and several million dollars worth of hats came of while the men of the convention had a gook laugh.
 i Senator Robinson Permanent Chairman The report of the committee on perna- nent organization came next and was l presented by former Governor RalstOr of Indiana His announcement of the choice of Senator Robinson as perma nont chairman drew loud rounds of ap plause as did the announcements that other temporary officers would be made ! permanent.
 1 Chairman Cummings wanted to make ans announcement and Chairman Robin
 son recognized him as "the delegate
 from Connecticut
 He got the resolution for woman na tional committee places back before thu convention for further consideration. 1 MT. Cummings explained that it wa only the formal resolution creating thu
 committee for another four years anC taking in women members. If the dem
 ocratic party is in earnest" said he," il taking in the w1mcl of our country il
 it's deliberations we ought to support thi
 resolution and adopt it.
 The convention adopted the resolution
 by heavy majority of ayes and only
 few noes.
  | from his prepared address and launched into an attack on Senator Harding, tn republican presidential nominee, who, h. said had referred to Hiram Johnson as 5 fakir and Theodore Roosevelt as a Rene dict Arnold.
 ? The audience cheered every thrust a I the republican candidate.
 While Senator Robinson was deliverinl ! his speech. the leaders and convention
 managers took the opportunity to confe in the railways and tentatively, agree that when the convention adjourned thi afternoon it would be under resolution ; to assemble again tomorrow morning a ! II o'clock. when the delivery of nominat
 ing speeches will be begun. It was sai : there was no plan to hear the nomina tin speeches at today's session. The permanent chairmans first an
 nouncement was to annouhce that the. re
 port of the committee on rules would b
 received. It was presented by Thoma
 J. SpeIlacy of Connecticut, an assistan T attorney general in the department c
 justice.
 The rules as presented by the commit
 tee proposed that nominating speeche
 could be delivered before the conventio , while the platform committee was a work but that no balloting for pres 2 dential nominee could proceed until afte |. the party platform has been presente Q and adopted.
 . There was no opposition to that orde
 of business and the report was adopted
 Nominating speeches were > limited 4 twenty minutes and seconding speeche . were limited to ten minutes and are nc ' to exceed five in number. Il The resolution which permits the break
 ing of the unit rule in New York and
 some other states was presented by th | chairman of the rules committee and wit $ scattering "nays' it was adopted. : expected fight from the New York delt : gation on the issue did not materialize II A resolution of thanks to the people ( San Francisco for their hospitality wa ' adopted.
 Representative Flood of Virginia offeI t ed a resolution to direct the national con - mittee to limit representation in the ne1 t national convention to the same basis . y representation in congress. II It proposes to include delegates frol the Panama canal zone with the delt
 gates from the other territories. u The resolution was long and involve, U few of the delegates understanding i
 and there were many seconds to a mt
 ton to refer the resolution to the res' a lutions committee
 l. The ayes and nays were both loud an n a rising vote was called for. s Confusion followed and the resolutio O was ordered read again
 It finally passed on an aye and na