The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-26
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GIVE BALLOT
FOR M'ADOO
So Burleson Says, Arriving for
Big Show - Contests on
Delegations Being Cleared
Up Today.
REEDS SEAT IN DOUBT
(By Associated Press)

here during the night for the Demo
cratic national convention, declared
that he and the entire Texas delega-
tion would vote for the nomination OF
William G. McAdoo.
The action of the Republican con.
Vention in adopting a platform which
he said, concealed its attitude on the
leading questions confronting the
country, would not be repeated in San
Francisco.
Completion Of the temporary rollcall
was in sight today when the national
committee resumed consideration of
credentials with the Georgia contest
before 1t and Senator Reeds effort to
gain seat on the floor with the Mis-
souri, delegation also to be passed
upon.
Other business occupied the first
session of the committee Yesterday,
preventing prompt disposition of these
troublesome questions.
Thought Palmer Would Win.
Committeeman expressed confidence
that the Georgia case would be put
tnrough, probably without vote
against seating the degelation lined I'D
for Attorney General Palmer for pres
ldent They were not quite so sure
of the result on Senator Reed.
previously il looked certain that he
would be denied a seat, having beer
refused election as delegate at large
by the state convention. There were
lntlmations overnight, however, of a
disposition among some committee
members not to oppose the senator's
plan for getting ON the convention
floor.
Cox Spurt Is Seen
Inc influx of 0alepataS uyb
Yesterday continued and added hourly
10 the physical and conversational
congestion in hotel lohbies Out of
the din arose what some observers
professed to recognize as a spurt OF
nomination sentiment toward Gov
ernor Cox of Ohio.
IT sent the army of news writer's on
the ground scurrying about in search
OF its source. The best they could
make OF IT was that the coming of
several delegations already in the Cox
column had added just that many to
the Cox takers with nothing definite
10 lnolcate added votes for him later
The elusive McAdoo boom also mt
in a new, and this time, a public ap-
pearance. Bobbfng serenely into sight
despite Mr.. McAdoo's personal efforts
to chioroform it some days ago, the
movement for nomination of the for
mer treasury secretary took the shane
or cards appearing in hat bands of
delegates here and there with the
legend "Mac'n do" AS there is no
McAdoo headquarters nor agency
authorized to stimulate sentiment for
him, so far as known the source OF
the new manifestation of political i'm
mortality on the part of his boom was
not clear.
Women's Resolution Up
Action OF the national committee,
yesterday in adopting resolution
urging the convention to grant equal
committee suffrage and membership
to women Of the party gave the dele
gates another subject to discuss.
Women delegates, of whom there are
an unusual number present, were
elated. Wives and other feminine
relatives OF the men delegates also par
ticipated in impromptu jubilations
that were held.
The convention has almost the look
and manner OF a tourist excursion In
some respects, so many delegates
have grabbed at the chance to bring
the family west on a sightseeing trip
while they were at 1t.
II the national committees plan Is
ratified by the convention the COM
mittee will hereafter be double its
present size and composed of a man
ard woman member from each state
with equal voting power
Delegates from non-suffrage states
groaned somewhat at the prospect,
but they recognized that there was
no escape from making the appoint
ments for women unless the state in
such cases was ready TO fc-ego half
its voting power IN committee.
Pacific Fleet Arrives
Arrival Of part OF the Pacific fleet
from the south added a touch Of color
to lobby scenes and to the streets not
known in previous conventions Of
ficers and men piled ashore in boat
loads.
Admiral Rodman, fleet commander.
will arrive today with Secretary DAN
iels as a passenger on his flagship.
The naval secretary is an old political
war horse and is expected to take an
active part in party deliberations. He
will be the fourth member Of the cab
met to reach the battlefield
Mr.. Meredth's coming was signal
lied by a new manifestation Of the
kinship Of his presidential boom with
that OF Former Ambassador Gerard.
Announcement already had been made
that joint headquarters had been
opened for these two, a thing un-
known to the oldest habitue Of polit-
ical conventions. Today huge sign
appeared far up on the front Of ho-
tel declaring that "Meredith-Gerard
headquarters" would be found within.
Gavin McNab, in a way host to the
Democratic party as national commit
teeman for California, was host In fact
last night at dinner to his commit
tee colleagues. No political speeches
were in order and such fixing up of
platform or candidate states as oc-
CURED was highly informal and con.
| ffdential.
Out Of gossip started by the enter.
tainment, however. came a new re-
port of an impending fight on the
craftsmanship of the conventions
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