Evening star., 1920-06-09
Delegates Fail to Giue Sign
Of Preference for Candidate
Wood sLieutenantsRejoice OuerAPpointment
of Watson and Duffeld as Chairmen
Of IUo Important Committees

ing up platform for ratification and
| that OF the credentials committee on
tne permanent roll of the convention
en- which the voting will be done.
Ine resolutions committee worked
late, but 1t sill had many interests to
| near from when it resumed today.
There has been no lack of advice as
to the style of platform architecture
| to be followed. No subject pertaining
! to any phase of the national life has
been sighted by those who have
sought TO guide the committee S
| views.
| Among those to be heard today was
Samuel Gompers. president of the
American Federation of Labor. bear
ing suggestions he did not outline in
| advance. Added Importance attached
to his appearance because OF the fact
| that the federation is now committed
to full political activity under a
slogan that no enemy of labor shall
gain public Office if labor can pre-
vent it.
shape Platform Planks.
While the full resolutions commit
tee is engaged with these hearings.
however subcommittee of thirteen.
named last night by Senator Watson.
and over which he will preside. will
proceed with the actual cutting and
fitting of platform planks On its face
mony on proposed party declarations
of principle. views of all candidates
for nomination being represented in
the subcommittee personnel. The four
United States senator's. including SEN
ator watson, who are included, recall
vividly diverging views as to treaty
ratification on the majority side in the
long Senate battle.
The credentials committee faced a
tremendous job when it assembled
\ inn, nfIt tDf fol
journed yesterday and began re-
sitting the counter claims to seats of
those who had already appeared be-
fore the national committee for pre-
liminary c1assificat ton. Far into the
night. despite every effort to shorten
permanent roll proceeded The com
mittee labored in the convention
building, and as the papers Of dele
cation after delegation were scanned
and passed upon with brief presen-
tations by counter claimants action
of the national committee was in the
main confirmed.
No Radical Change Forecast.
No radical change in the temporary
roll was forecast, certainly no change
that could affect in any way the out
come of the balloting. There were
some cases. however. where floor
battles on adopting the committee
hung the only prospect when the con-
vention opened today of a break in
the harmony and calm that under
laid yesterdays enthusiasm for the
party cause.
Deliberations of the resolutions
subcommittee as to the treaty plank
were watched with particular inter-
est. There has been an undercurrent
of feeling that if it did not satisfy
the Johnson-Borah demands for re-
pudiation of the league of nations
covenant in its entirety the two SEN
ators might carry the fight to the floor
of the convention itself. Both have
limited at such a course in recent
statements or speeches. and about
those hints has grown up talk of
johnson bolt.
Examination Of the remarks of the
two ''irreconcilable" leaders in the
treaty fight. however. discloses moth
ing of positive nature as to Senator
Johnson's plans and it appeared obvi-
GUS that Senator Watson had assem-
bled his platform subcommittee for
the purpose of avoiding a clash on