Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-09
CONVENTION LISTENS
TO REPORTS TODAY
Not Even Second Keynote
Speech TO Enliven Proceed
ings at Chicago
~ Associated Press TO Every Evening

CHfCAgu. ttfNE
While committees continued n grind
away at organization prelimlnariez the
Rcplhican \atlunal tonvnniion gent
through tho motions II SECOND dar
session
II eerapcd second keynote speech.
hy the election of senator Lodge AZ PR
nanent chairman thus following tte piau
If 1912 and 1916 of making tbs tenn
porarv organization permanent
Tpdav.s husnrss consisted nf hearing
report ~ progress from the committee
framing a platform and report from
tho credentials committee which makes tip
the permanent rpil
Missouri got back her two lost dele
gafes through last nights arflaU III TIE
credentials committee which reversed the
national committee dortaiou faat CON
tIItions IN the electorate In Kansas itF
were al bad It would not seaf 7ny ~ the
flcleuafrs That restored the iptal ntrn-
her If delegates ia the convention ~
q9i and ~ fhn number for nomination
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TheaverttIrping of national committee
Ierlsrpn III the tennessee contest also
culne AZ surprise Hobcrt II hurch
of Memphis repnted to tn one If the
wcnithirat aud mosf Influential Negroes
III lie south bad hnen seated bv he ma
tlnnal committee after straight ruf
hlack and white hight II wiueh hr whites
charged that He Negroes had bottled he
convention Church said ~ favor Low
den. waa seated bv the national committee
and had the backing IF many prominent
members n his fight The crcdrusials
committee threw him ont The white
contestants appealed % the committee ~
take the Republican organizafion ln
Memphis out of the hands of the Negro
domino ton
Ideal convention weather continues to-
day ! cool crisp breeze hlew 1T Lake
Michigan and the sun was shining.
Governor ~urnui ras iln early todav and
resumed conferences WITH part~ leaders
after series III meetings 9lth deiegates
from different parts q. the country last
night
The 4pcciai telegraph wirc from Penn
syiyama headquarters fo Senafor Pen-
rose hornc m PhIladpiphn CONTINUES -
carrv The dolngs ot %" party Tenders nerc
10 the PENNSYLVANIA senator Penrose
hes gwen advice ID the Pennsylvania deie-
CATION IN connection WITH Governor
~rFoul candidacy bpf - iar - ran p"
learned has NOT set offered definite s'Ig-
gestlons - leadcr- among the national com
mlfteelneu regarding the work of the con-
veutIon
The Republican National Committee
assembled for Its second session today
alth little more than rnI me III prospect.
: brief session - perfect e permanent
organization Vas forecast
During the first hour before { ha opening
the convention hall was gwen over - the
usual entertainment prehmnarles which
are counted on 70 andse and hold dele
gHfcs Nhtle the convention Is getting
ready to get down 20 business.
The big band up n the balcony played
popular airs 2 male luartctte took turn
- little lazz and talking machine was
attached 70 the electric 3mp3Iners when
have been installed - rarrv Z be voices Of
the speakers to the farthest galleries.
delegates and alternates were slow IN
arriving and there was a marked absence
of notahles in the preliminary moment.
The growing strength Of Wood
and the turn II delegates - Johnson,
and the drift tow3rd I.nWien Of which
one heard 50 much talk down town we're
little in evidence n the tonTeutl0n Hail
The delegates y no arrived early seemed to
be talking ANYTHING but politics. and even
he visitors galleries were slow IN filing
up.
N&ttSt iFt tAit Aftfttttat AAf1ts fftF f-Al
hand earlv and as they scattered about
the floor photographers sought them
# There was no fashion display It waS too
warm Ouc woman with furS wrapped
close about her neck finally had to shake
them
The report II he Credentials Com
mlttee Mas adopted without dissent and
the convention next heard the report from
he committee on permanent organza-
ton
Il Was presented bv Governor Morrow
0f Kentucky is chairman
It WAS recommended that hi tenn
porarv organization bc made permanent
The convention adopted the NOTION with
cheers
Paul Rowland Of Cleveland. O pre-
scnted the report Of the committee on
rules and order oi business.
The onlN new material II the rules,
Chairman Howland said was an increase
IN the executive committee of the Repuh-
hcan National Committee from ten to
fifteen members, and q new assistant
secretary.
" ithout saying s. In expressed terms,
he said tins is to take care ID our rein.
foreemeutS to the Republican party
the Ladies'
The understanding i that the addi
tional places will 20 to women
The convention speedily adopted tn,
report
Ii was III f5Chairuian Lodge arrived 81
the platform With National Chairman
HAYS A song leader tried to get th,
audience x sing the Long, Long Trail
hut had hard time getting ont the voices
When hc called for three cheers lor til,
Republican party hc had better luck
Chairman Lodge stepped ont to th
speakers space ~ / 20 o'clock and h
got three cheers also with tiger
Dr John Timothy Stone Was today