Milford chronicle., 1920-07-02
WILSON RSes5e4H NC
ARE IN CONTROL
Convention Puts Administration
i Program Through.
REED OUT WITHOUT FIGHT
Senator Robinson, Of Arkansas, Elect
ed Permanent chairman-Unit Rule
For States Broken.


San Francisco.-With no recog
nlzed opposition at all the Democrat,
national convention went through
with the administration program.
1t perfected its roll of delegates
affirming The unseatng of Senator
Reed, of Missouri as delegate from
the Kansas City district, and approved
the seating of the Palmer delegates
from Georgia.
Without opposition it also accepted
the administration choice of Senator
Robinson, of Arkansas, for permanent
Chairman and settled down to hear n
second Keynote speech.
With some opposition from the
southern states and on motion Of Gov
ernor Smith, of New York, il sent a
,congratulatOry telegram to Governor
Roberts, of Tennessee, for his action
in calling a special session of the leg
islature 20 act on the woman suffrage
amendment to the constitution. 1t
recognized the women of the party
by giving them many places in the
list of officials, including Mrs. Martin
H. GIynn, wife Of the former governor
of New York.
Senator Robinson was escorted to
the platform by committee headed
by Governor BrOugh, Of Arkansas, and
began his speech.
The probabilities Of a fight over the
report of the credentials committee
voted not to seat Senator Reed as a
delegate from Missouri diminished
with reports that Reed would not car
ry his fight to the floor of the con
vention. The Reed case was the only |
ripple in sight on the smooth waters
OF the convention, and his decision 1
not TO carry the contest further rob |
bed the day of its only prospect of |
excitement.
Senator Robinson departed cOnsid- |
erably from his prepared address and |
launched into an attack on Senator
Harding, the Republican presidential
nominee, who, he said, had referred
to Hiram Johnson as a faker and
Theodore Roosevelt as a Benedict Ar
mold The Californians in the audi
Johnson and applauded roundly.
Senator Robinson got steady re-
spOnse from his audience which warm
ed up as he proceeded and gave him
one ovation after another, each sue
ceeding the preceding one in volume
as he scored the Republicans of the
senate far their course toward the
peace treaty and the league of ma
tiOns. He referred to the fact that
President wilson had been assailed
for not taking some Republican SEN
ators with him on the American peace
mission to Paris.
IF they couldn't have shown any
more capacity and ability in nego- (
tiating the treaty than they have Z,
shown In their consideration of it,"
he shouted, then Almighty God bless
Woodrow Wilson for not taking them :
along to Europe"
1t was a bulrseye shot and the au-
dience acknowledged the hit by rising 3,
and going in for a succession Of
shouts.
Hit 'em some mOre," shouted voic-
es from the galleries and the dele ,
gates
Robinson wound up with a league !
of nations peroration that brought the :
audience to its feet cheering and with n
three cheers for "Joe Robinson" :
The permanent chairman's first an 4
nouncement was TO announce that the !
report Of the committee on rules would !
be received =
Tho rulps ne nrasan+od h,, tho oo,, :
mittee proposed that nominating q
speeches cOuld be delivered before the "
convention while the platform com d
mittee was at work, but that no bal o
loting for presidential nominee could 7
proceed until after the party platform c
has been presented and adopted. g
There was no opposition to that or r
der Of business and the rannrt uas :.
adopted Nominating speeches were n
limited to twenty minutes and second b
ing speeches were limited to ten min O
utes and are not to exceed five in "
number. n
The resolution which permits the
breaking Of the uint rule In New York a
and in some other states was present n
ed by the chairman Of the rules com IL
mittee, and with scattering noes II d
was adopted. An expected fight from Il
the New York delegation on the issue el
did not materialize e.
Mrs. Alice Foster McCulloch, Of e.
Fort Wayne, Ind, the first woman to hi
be heard in the convention, offered w
the prepared resolution TO double the
size Of the Democratic national com o.
mitfee and make place for one wo- II
man from each state. The resolution ic
had previously been approved BY the W
ma ienal committee. A PENNSYLVANIA m
deieeafe moved that the resolution 90 oi
back to the resolutions committee and
got severai seconds. The ayes got Il pi
by The chairs decision. G
The convention adopted the resoiu- az
ton ny q heavy majority OF ayes and Il
only 2 few nos. fc
National Chairman Cummings, who re
Easy Question.
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