New Britain herald., 1920-06-10
PARTY MACHINERY SEEMS DEADLOCKED
10 Agreement on Candidate or
 Platform Yet

Chicaho. June tn.~-The third day rof the republican national conven- ton opened with the party machinery for the moment at least doubly dead locked
 There had emerged from endless negotiating behind tho scene no agree ment either a- to Il presidential caI- dtdate or on even U tentative draft of vital blanks in the platform on which the party will stand.
 Overnight the league of nations ts- sue had been swept suddenly upward to position of oyershadowing i'm portance, almost of menace tn party ' councils. tt was tho rock m which tho special harmontzinE sub-Commtt- tee on platform split after hours nf fruitiess labor toward compromise. Unable to agree on any declaration proposed to ho incorporated in tho platform the subcommittee adjourned long after midnight. X disa agrecmcnt report from the subcommittee faced the full committee on resolutions when it assembled at n. m. to take up the task.
 Meanwhile the convention itseif must mark time No real progress could be made with its work and an- other early adjournment seemed like lS today
 When the mass of more than 900 foatnore delegates arose to resume the endless round nf candidates camre and other headqua rtCrS that nlls the days for them pending tho final stru-- gle of ballottnE, the atr about them was tense with whispers of impendinE events. Undcnnahtc rnmors Of serious runtures hct~een fractional leaders were abroad. There was talk of bolts and Of what delegations would walk out in that case. and there was no one to say from where thiE talk came.
 \ few hours ago it was the anti league forces against which a cry of prospective tusurrccttau was raised Yesterday the pro-IeaEuers the res ~srvationists'. were openly charged ny Nhsir opponents with having brought discord into the council of platform makers.
 And underneath this dispute on is- sucs still lay the unsolved riddle of the candidatcs--wood, Johnson. Low den os who?
 Turn to the Treaty.
 The first sharp turn 70 the treaty | question negotiations by the select subcommittee Of the resolutions com | mittee came yesterday when former | Senator W. Murray Crane Of Massa- l ehusctts, joining the ranks Of those | taNortnE qualihed acceptance or The leag gue covenant, served notice on the 1 conferecs that such course must he | followed or. backed by senators who | t9ok that position in Washington. tho | light wop,a be ~srried to the floor of | tho convention. '.'r This wna turning the cucmy's guns | upon him with n vengeance. Thereto | fore apprehension h ~ prevailed | among those leaders struggling fo" | party harmony that n would he the | ''irreconcila bles" who would stir to | action the uncertain waters of m ''un- | bossed'' convention 1T their views against the icaEue were not met in the | platform.
 For moment the trreconciIable I forces in the select committee dumi- | mated by Senators Borah and Me | CoFmick seemed taken aback. They l sprang to arms then In full force and | from that time until after 1 o'clock | thia morning the battle wagcd fu- rioualy behind locked doors of the | hotel bedroom whore tho committee | men in rhirt sleeves and worn by tho | tong strain ssarched every avenue for possible escape from an open break. | Echoes of the contest spread quick