Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-06-28

ing session to perfect pre-
limlnaries for the week 8
! work.
The bic fight over prohibition and
the lesser fight over the league of ma.
tions and the Irish question were laid
aside bat not forgotten. while the
rarty chiefs and delegates sound the
i keynote by which they hope to hear
! the country respond
Nothing but set events were on the
program, but contest was in the air.
and tussle over the Craftsmanship of
the resolutions committee which will
mould the platform only paused, to
t he resumed again when the convent.
! ton adjourned until tcmorrow's ses-
! sion.
McAdoo Boom In Full Swire.
Issues rather than candidates con.
tinue to be foremost but the an
nouucement that William G. MeAdoo
would not reject the nomination put
new life into his boomers and today
| they began where they left off last
night. pertecting an active organiza-
ton to push for his candidacy openly
on the floor Of the convention
The McAdoo boomers at a meeting
early today selected their floor man
ayers from many state delegations
and field marshal for their whole
organization, whose names, it was
said, would be announced later Moth
ing further from McAdoo directly il
expected to supplement the announce.
ment from National Commit aeeman
! Love Of Texas, his friends and spokes
man, that assurances have been given
| that the nomination would not be re-
| fused McAdoo's friends said they
would go ahead on Mr.. Loves as
surances confident the convention
could not agree on neither Palmer,
nor Cox, and that a slide to McAdoo
would start after the early balloting.
Uncover Cox Divorce.
| Attitude of the Gov managers to-
ward the publication here on the eve
| of the convention of the governors
| divorce ten years ago. was to ignore
| it entirely. Cox delegates pointed
out that in long and active polit-
/ cal career, the divorce case had never
! before been brought into campaign.
| Ohio leaders insisted the story was
an attempt to play on any sentiment
against divorce that might exist
among women delegates The Cox
people today We're conducting an in
vcstigatiOn to develop who brought
out the story.
Session Perfunctory
San Francisco June 2S.-DelegateS
and leaders were prepared for fight
over the platform and candidates as
/ the Democrats national convention
'asaembeld today for its opening ses-
sion.
The actual convention work itself
was only preliminary and perfunctory
but tho arrival OF convention day
served to bring further into the open
the questions which had been divid-
ing delegates and perpleXing the elder
politicians in their preconvention con
fereuces,
The keynote speech Of Homer S.
/ Cummings as temporary chairman
was the principal feature Of the days
program. Later in the day the new
~ selected convention committees
were to furnish the first real devel-
Opmnnts as they began their tasks OF
writing the platform, hearing contests
over delegates and making up the con
yentiOn rules and a slate OF perman-
.ent convention officers.
The livest subjects n the minds OF
the delegates was manieStly the i'm
: pending prohibition fight but talk OF
candidates was gaining more ana
: more attention as the rival managers
J got down to cases with the big bodY
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