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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-03
DAVIS SECOND CHOICE OF THE MADOO men
AND FIRST CHOICE or anti MAD0O PEOPLE
Mark Sullivan Sees Curious Situation in San Francisco
Convention as the Hour Comes for Opening Ballot
Prolonged Deadlock the One Big Chance for the West
N%irginian.

agreed upon John W. Davis. but they
have agreed upon him not In tho spirit
Of an aggressive last-dItch fight: they
spirit that they must have some oandi-
date at a ranyinG point. and that he Is
the best man.
In short. in Your correspondents
Judgment. the ginger has more or less
gone out Of the anti-McAdoo tight. and
the leaders Of that element arc now
for John ". Davis merely in the spir.t
IN which they would be for any nrst-
class man.
Curiously enough. John W. Davis. It
seems to your correspondent. ls also
tho second choice Of the McAdoo peo-
pie. but as things stand now McAd"o
ought 10 VIII. The delegations sup
porting his opponents are full of Scdr-
lion. Even in Pennsylvania. Palmer's
home delegation. there is some hcAdoo
sentiment.
VIII wilson Intervene
As to Cox. the situation is more or
less the same. In short, II seems I"
your correspondent that the only think
which could now prevent hcAdoo>
nomination would be the direct intCrdtc-
will never be persuaded that Mr.. Wilson
personally is not Identified with III"
administration group that backs Nc
Adoo. but that is the fact. Mr. Wilson
personally has never taken part In the
McAdoo movement, and the large num-
bcr Of Office holders who are here work
ing for MCAdoo are doing 50 with one
uneasy eye on the White House lest
they incur tho presidents displeasure.
Only the direct interpretation OF a mes
sage from the president himself could
now make the McAdoo movement lmpo-
tent. The president may or may no;
take that step. II he does not ne WI
never be able TO escape the responsible
ity Of having named his s~on-in-la".
This will be true in spite Of the fact
that he has never afnrmativciy lift"i
his finger in MCAdoo's favor. However.
this IL now u matter for the coming
campaign.
So the situation stand al A moment
when the beginning OF the hallotlnE Is
presumably = matter "f hours. II should
b added that both the Palmer. FORCES
ard the Cox fnr~ccs.esPeCiallN tho fcr'
ner. continue 10 Assert confidence IN
their strength.
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Cox Men EIated Over
Absence of Dry Plank
In the Dem Platform
~ MA1X SULLIVAN.
tcopyrGSt ny The mts0hg s1oeR.)

SAN FRANCISCO. july 2-Thc Cox
managers were elated by the omission
OF the plank on the prohibition cues
.tion. They have been telling the DEL
on the ticket. Cox himself would be me
platform. His incl,nations toward the
wet side OF the argument have been
held forth 10 caStcrners as the COM
handing reason for his selection;
OF course the absence OF a prohloltlon
plank helps both Palmer and McAdoo
for each IS a pronounced dry and could
not have run on a wet platform: Inc
supporters Of lalmcr, Cox and McAao
all have more 10 gain by the action
taken by the resolutions committee in
leaving the prohibition plank out or the
pla tform than trying to write a com
promise that might prove embarrassing
TO each.
The pressure came not from the lead
INK candidates but from wet states like
Illinois. New York. New Jersey and
Maryland. None % these states cared
much about the leading candidates or
tho effect Of the prohibition plank on
their respective chances. Those who
sought a wet plank were therefore al
ways in the minority.
Senator Glass, chairman OF the plat
form COMMITTEES. had been advised by
the White House before ne came 10
San Francisco tina, II might better be
omitted but TO compromise the issue II
possible. Senator Glass wrote a com.
promise but Il failed or adoption ana
the only thing on which the major part
OF the committee could agree was the
omission of the whole business. Bryan
Of course. disSCntcd and planned 10 CRATE
before the convention during the day
The delegates have waited so long for
tho hallotIng that they are adverse 70
protracted debate. There has been a
plethora OF speech m~akinS-tTo days
~ il. So as soon "a Bryan is disposed
II the haliotjng will begin.
The leaders arc still undecided as 10
whether to force several ballots today
and then adjourn or TO Keep on ballot
ing throughout the night until a nom
nation is made. While san Francisco
is cool and comfortable there is 4 dis
tjnct disposition To " nd up the conNcn-
ton on Saturday night and start east
Il Is not as deeply rooted As was the
Republican lmpatlcnCc at Chicago TOY
the distances are greater n trains are
not as quickly arranged. A deadlock
hat would carry the convention into
next week will be ~strenuously fought
hut the supporters of n one OF the
three leading candidates can prolons
the battle and will do so as long as tney
think Victory is possible. And BESIDES
tho precedent of two score score PAT
lots at Baltimore in 1912 Is not forsot-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-03
Nv MARX SULLIVAN.

Special dispatch to The lntelllgcncer.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL july as
Il seems 10 your responoe ~"
the situation is McAdoo far in the LEAD.
with John W. Davis in the curious po-
sition Of being the second choice OF tns
McAdon people and the hrst cholcc OF
the anti-McAdoo people. Inc SonEsn;
ton has now settled down into McAdOp
and anti Adoo. In this division each
group has a following Of about hall the
convention. and neither group mas d
following Of two-thirds necessary 10
win.
The anti-McAdoo forces have enough
votes TO prevent his nomination II they
should stand fast. ou, persons WIN
long experience in observing tniS hItu
of situation are not persuaded that Iho
anti McAdoo group have the character
istics essential 10 success in any backs
to-thc-wall stand asaint a powerful can
ddate.
rrgEArt rot Anh-MeAdoo.
The leaders OF this anti.McAdoo group
SO far been counting on the cooperation
OF a third powerful leader. Thomas
TaEgart. OF indiana But there ~ somo
reason for saying that TaSgart does
not stand with them.
Aside from failing to have lagHa
with them. the anti-McAdoo group oth-
rrwise lacks elements essential TO sue
cess. For ono thing. the leaders or mo
anti-MCAdoo group do not seem 20 our
correspondent. to have suticlcnt deter
m,nation They do not have the i'm
placable. almost savage. quality nee
essary in a leader II he Is 10 make thls
kind Of a fight successfully. Neithcr
do they have the compactn"sS among
their followers that Is necessary. New
York Is supposed to be one or the wv"
states in the van Of the nti-McAdo"
movement. but the New York delcga-
ton Is shot through with sedition IN
favor Of MrAdoo
Furthermore. the anti-McAdoo group
has no, 40 far had 4 candidate. They
have spent most Of the time so far IN
trying 10 agree upon some on" canii-
date with whom TO max the hHht
against McAdoo. But they AVE never
been able 10 md one suitable for IN"
purpose. All day Yesterday they trici
10 limo up in favor Of toior. out IL
quickly become apparent hat Colby
was not available.
Strength q Davis.
rust now they have more or less
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Refused To
MEDIATE II
Mingo Operators Declare
Only Strike Issue is Rec
ognition Of Union

WILLIAMSON. w. Va. July Coal
operators in the Williamson field today
declined to submit their controversy
with the striking union miners to tho
federal mediators, F. l. Feick and L. H
Thomas. who arrived here several daye
ago and have since been e~ndeayorinG 70
bring about a settlement.
The issue here Is recognition or the
union said the statement issued BY q
spokesman for the operators. upon
that issue there can be no midote'
ground. We must either recognize the
union or we must not and as 4 Is our -.
tention not to recognize IL. We = -
no purpose in. submitting the case 10 IL
Department OF Labor"
1t was also stated for the opefato@O'
that they are interested In a maximum
Of production and they believed the eeG
results could be obtained by operating
the mines as they are.
Quiet prevailed throughout the ~
gion. No real test Of the force OF 0e
strike was expected until early nsxf
week, "a it was pointed out. miners N
this section usually take a Few days
vacation at this session.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-03
General Wood Pledges
Support to Harding

NEW YORK. July A half hour
conferences today betwcen Mator-Gen-
craI Leonard Wood and viii H: Hays.
Republican national chairman, caused =
furry Of excitement in the ofnces OF
tho party's national headquarters wnen
A report filtered through the cioSeo
doors Of Hays office that more tnah
passive support Of the Harding cam.
paIen had been offered by the genera
Genera Wood will do everything
consistent with his position as an amy
officer TO further Senator HarulnHs
election" one OF tho executives OF =
campaign announced while the 1ntes'
view still was in progress.
The report that lhc general - On.
listed whole-heartchly In the Harding
campaign was strengthened when
was learned tina nc was planning 20
cali on Senator Harding at the lattefy
home in. Marion. Ohio, within the next
few weeks.
General Wood would not admit that
his can on Chairman Hays had any
pnliticaI significance. He said ne T11
in New York solely as an escort 10 MIS-
daughter, Miss Louise 3. Wood. VINO u
10 sail for France tomorrow on the Ia
II am not in politics." the general
said. Il merely dropped In for a pSf'
sonal that with Mr.. Hays while Talj'
ing for my daughters boat to sail.
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cluded his speech for the bone dry
plank. but when the balloting began 1t
became apparent that much of the en-
thusiasmi was PERSONAL tribute to his
past service to the party. and not an
eIpressien, Of sympathy with his pres
emit -Views. -
xfzoss for Kearvt.
With the platform adopted. the on
Yention was up, with It's schedule and
the voting on presidential candidates
began. There werc some Kisses when
Massachusetts cast one OF her thlrty-SiN
for William r. Hearst and there was a
roar OF applause a m later when
II from that state went to Palmer.
Another nash Of handclappinE followed
announcement Of the FIRST vote for Will
liam J. Bryan. II came from Michigan.
When the roll call was close TO the
half way mark. Palmer and McAdoo
were running neck and neck for the
lead with the former a score or so
ahead.
Not General WOOD.
When the chairman OF the New
Hampshire delegation announced thre"
votes for Wood. ne was drowned out by
demands to know whether the candi-
date was General Wood. j lot OF good
natured raliery followed and then It
was explained that the votes verc for
Chandler N. Wood OF Boston. presi-
dent OF the Metropolitan Trust com
pany. As the roll call went on there
were few states outside OF those hav-
ing favorite sons that did not scatter
their total among several candidates.
Texas was an exception. giving her
solid delegation Of forty TO McAdoo.
The total on the vote rejecting the
substitute on the Irish plank was $751;
votes against II with +och votes for H.
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Harding TO Motor Home
Via the Lincoln Highway

WASHINGTON. July 2-Warrcn G.
Harding. the Republican presidential!
candidate will 90 by automobile from
Washington 10 his homo in Marion. o..
where on Monday nc will attend a HON"
coming celebration in his honor. Ar.
rompanied BY Mrs. Harding, he VIII
leave here tomorrow morning and "X-
poets 10 reach Marion soon after noon
on Monday.
Fart Of the trip will he made over
the Lincoln National highway, hut tn"
cXaC, itinerary was withheld. Senator
Harding said that deciding 10 motor t"
his home. he and Mrs. Harding were
following n custom they had practical
ever since hr has been in the Senate.
In order that the candidate may get
A. much rest as possible a lcisurelr
trim will be made with several stops IN
route.
The senator's office will go to Marion
by train.
In preparation for his trip. the sen
ator devoted most of iodays time 10
clearing up routine work and receiving
few callers.
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RACE BETWEEN THE
TWO PARTIES TO PUT
SUFFRAGE ACROSS

WASHINGTON, June - race 0A-
tween the Democratic and Republican
parties for the honor OF enfrRnchtsin1
the women Of the nation in time for
their participa ton in the November
elections today appeared probable. The
two parties. the Indications were, would
has a majority: the Democrats through
the Tennessee legislature and the Re
publicans through the vermont law
making body.
Governor Roberts Of Tennessee, In re-
Sponsc to an appeal from President WI.
son announced several days ago max re
would call the legislature Of his state
in special session to act on the 1eoeIai
suffrage amendment. M
Governor Clement. OF Vermont, alter
2 conference here last night with SenA.
tor Harding. the Republican candloaee
for PRESIDENT. intimatcd that he would
call the Vermont legislature, known 70
he favorable toward the suhrag &c amend-
ment. in session to act on a ratincation
resolution. -
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DtCllNJSSlCu III NV
The reSUl, of the prohibition battle
was 20 leave the platform without any
reference at all to that subject.
ON the Irish plank the vote included:
Kentucky. yeas .: nay -
Maryland. yeas s: nays 8.
Ohio, yeas 81. nays =.
Pennsyivania yeas so; nays 20.
Mss hss.sssssstts~ essts ~ tbfs
lows on Bryan dry plank:
Kentucky. 80 ?: nays ~
Maryland. nays l6.
Ohio, yeas >: nays IS.
Pennsylvania, yeas I. nays 81 tsome
not voting)
West Virginia. yeas 2; nays ~
Virginia. yeas IL. nays 22fz.
On the Cochran wet plank the vote in
.cluded:
Kentucky. yeas /; nays IS.
Maryland. yeas - nays ~.
Ohio. yeas rs: nays 90.
Pennsylvania. yeas a: nays 20.
West Virginia. yeas 5; nays Is.
Virginia. yeas. !: nays %.
". J.. Bryan led the fight for adoption
Of his bon dry plank. but il was buried
after a dramatic day Of debate.
A cider. wine and beer plank cham
pioned in an emotional speech by W.
Bourke Cochran. OF New York. also was
thrown out by the convention along
with a plank for recognition OF the irish
republic backed by several organizations
OF Irish sympathizers.
In the battle for the platform as
framed. the administration forces were
Glass. OF Virginia, during a debate IN
which both sides stirred delegates and
spectators 10 repeated burst OF emo
tional enthusiasm.
Mr.. Bryan got a bowling demonstra-
ton 81 twenty minutes after he con-
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SIZES GAS

PTTTSRURGH. July @.-T"stifyinG
before tho federal commissioner in the
StCntoe Natural Gas law hearing here
TO-DAY. i II. Tonkin. general manager
Of ,hC rcnplcs Gas Company. said the
gas shortage last winter would have
boon appalling Wcrc 1t not for the Nc
Hccsrort field. which had been deNel-
opcd in m" fall.
kin is now PLAYING out. Tho high
dav for our company in tn" MCkc"s-
port hcld last year gave us 3t.Oon.nOO
cubic feet Of gas" said Mr.. Tonktn. To-
day We arc receiving from 4""n II" .
; NNn 400 rubl.. feet. and to obtain this
We arc pumping"
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PRISON roR HAR-roNIo K8N.

NEW YORK. July c.-Prison san:
fences totaline hfty-nlne months
lines aggrcgatIng $4,000 were gtveA
three officers Of the Gramatan Hate
Tonic Company. and the Herba Product
Company by Federal Judge Grub her4
today for violation Of the Folstsaa -
internal revenue acts.
The defendants vera charged win
having sold for beverage purposes pars
Of $4,000 gallons Of hlEh-Erade alcoho!
Withdrawn from warehouses supposedly
for manufacturing purposes.
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Scattering sote"' Z,
J. SW''"' = jaws o.
l.
ArKansaS-oNeh' y Curn'h'nH', -
FAifornia-Smith. - umninS;
EDWARDS, J. G'asS, / N'e,afu' l. N't'''A'
unnH''nsH, -
tonnecticu'-' umn1'"SS'
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StnhSin- un,'","h, -
philippinCS-Harrison. ..
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W OF ana DRY Battle.

WI OF hn0 ohy
SAN FRANCISCO. July Late TO-
day the Democratic national convention
was slowly making its way ihroush
the battle Of the vets and the dryS.
William Jennings Bryan had present
cd his bone dry plank, ana rom nc
ran had Offered a plank pcrmlttlns
homo consumption OF cider. light wines
and beer. The time was apportiohro
between the sides BY suspension OF me
rules, and the convention went INTO th3
Behind Bryan. proposing his bone
dry plank, and Cochran. proposing his
moist one. stood tho administration
forces rcady 70 ask the convention ~
ignore the question entirely, as haa
hcen lone in the platform as presenter
by tho resolution committee.
BRYAN. showing the old-tiine hrs OIL
hie oratory. fairly leaped to the front
of the platform TO take w INC nattlT
he has fought 50 lonE. WIN IlperaI
quotations from scripture lamoasted INC
LIQUOR interests in his regular fashion
Richmond Pearson Hobson and Mrs.
Peter Olcscn of Minnesota also spoke
for a hone dry plank.
Six minority reports on various SUP,
iccts wcrc before the convention. all
10 be disposed Of before the bailotinS
The wet" Plank.
The text Of the substitute plank Of
rcrCd BY ". BOurk" Cochran is a. fol-
lows:
THE validity OF the eighteenth
amendment to the constitution has been
sustained by the supreme" court. ana
any law enacted under. its authority
mus, be enforced. In the interest or
personal liberty to conserve the rights
OF the states. We favor federal lcGiSla-
ton under the eighteenth amendment
IIoyin tho manufacture and sale for
homo consumption only OF cider. light
wines and beer. preserving to IN" va
rious states power To fix any alcoholic
content thereof other than as fixed ny
congress-. as may he demanded by tn"
onInion or wishes Of zach locality"
Duffy for Irish Plank.
T J. Duffy Of Fast Livcrp"o!. g..
took VT tho argument for the minority
Irish plank. declaring that IL seemed
TO nave become apparent that il was
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ANIl-KkD00 PEOPLE
UNABLE To AGREE ON
MAN TO UNITE UPON

SAN FRANCISCO. July TN com
bination ain william c.. McAdoo
found itself tonight. TO use the ahsua
- ~ The administration leaders.
Thou any candidate on whom 70
roaIescc. McAdoo supporters continued
20 nrcdict a nomination for him some
where near the NTH ballot. .
While the convention was engaged IN
,he demonstrations and discussions or
Inc platform night. McAdoo leaders were
working TO make acccsslons from the
Ncld and the inner circle OF old ltne
Re domination Of the presidents son-ln-
law continued at work. but privately
.sid they we're accomplishing little be-
cause they could find no candidate ABOUT
whom all the forces OF McAdoo couio
he conferred.
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FEW OPERATIONS IN
MINGO FIELD CLOSED

WILLIAMSON. W. Va. July Med
Istn-S of the department Of labor. fol-
lowing conferences with mine operators
and nnion officials. left for Washington
todaT 20 present their reports TO tho
federal authorities. The results OF the
conferences were not made pubic.
Few operations IN the immediate as
tract have been reported closed on ac-
rount Of the strike order effective Tues
d.v midnight. Production tor the first
day II the strike was 20 percent OF the
nnnrE according TO loading reports OF
IN, Norfolk and Western railroad which
handlcd all the coal In this vicinity.
Operators claim there - always a
faulng of OF production TOT the nrst
Ssn, a. va Of Zach month as many miners
Voluntarily take a short %acation at
'h.~ time.
Several mirHs suspended operations
rNda, until after July I. ? holiday.
ur,ch many miners pill observe, Il IS
AID
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Democratic Platform
Unchanged. Wet and
Dry Planks Defeated
National Convention. After Prolonged Debate, Gives iS
Approval to the Entire Reported Declarations OF ING
party Policy From Its Committee On Resolutions.
Irish Amendment Beaten On Roll Call. -

san FRANCISCO. July 2.-The DEM
ocratic Platform as framed in the resp
lu,ions COMMITTEES. declaring for the
peace treaty. expressing synTaxnS 10,
| ireland. and saying nothing at all apout
prohibition. came unsCathed through d
furious floor fight today ana was
adopted without amendment IN a efea'
avalanche Of applause. -,
In Quick and successive votes lh'
convention voted down by nCaNE ma
iorities all attempts to amend the report
of :hc platform committee and threw
out all substitute proposals lnciuoIhs
the bono dry plank by William j. Bryan
! and the wet plank offered by. w. bourke
Cochran The administrators league OF
nations plank as reported by inc com
; mittce was~suStaincd against all attack
The administration supporters were IN
control by heavy maJoritlcs All alohs
i'hc line. The amendment to the irish
plank was also defeated.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 2-Dccllnlnc
10 include in the platform any reference
In tho prohibition issue. the democratic
/ convention rejected today both the bone
dry plank. fathcred by Vim J. Bryan
and the cider. vino and beer plank pre-
| scntcd BY Bourke Cochran Of the New
iiOrk delegation. 800,
! yes: eight absent or not voting.
The official vote which beat the Coch-
| ran moist plank was 7c6'2 against "
! end ESQ voting for il. Eleven and a half
; votes were absent.
without n roll call tho convention
: voted down Mr.. Bryan's plank for the
, publication Of an official newspaper by
the federal government.
The Bryan profiteerinS plank was re-
jected by reclamation.
In quick succession the convention
then voted down also the plank offered
by Mr.. Bryan declaring against compul-
sorv military training in peace m =,
! The Bryan lea OF nations PLANK
shared the same fate. going out in a
great chorus of noes.
4 plank for a commission 10 investl-
| gate the feasibility Of a soldier bonus
: also was rejected without a roll call.
! The substitute Irish plank was next IN
order and a roll call on II was ordered.
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OLYMPIC OBTAINED.

NEW YORK, July ALLEGED to have
vioIated health regulations at CherbourH
nv permitting 10 Storage passengers GO
EMBARK without being subjected TO riSio
physical examination. tho steamship
wns detained at quarantine today when
il arrived here from Southampton ana
Agents provided small craft TO take
ashore today first and second-caoln Pas"
sengcrs. The l."2l storage passenkst.
Iii "a, removed tomorrow to one OF
tho governments quarantine stations:
The ship will be thoroughly fumiEatec
before docking. -
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R1e cAMP-MEETINa OPENS
AT MOUNTAIN LAKE PAX

Snccial Dispatch to The lntelliseneef.
''MOUNTAiN LAKE PARK. Nd, JUL,
Tho great 1nter.denominationn'
ramp meeting opened here his eve
ming and will continue until July l!:t-
u,ehnn w, r. Oldham. Buenos Aires,
SOUTH SosTHp America; Rev. II. S. Morrisen.
Kentucky: Rev. T. J. Miller. NashyillS;
Rev Guy l.. wilson. Maine: Rev. .: B.
Wce,fali. Pittsburgh. Rev. A. j. DOL
hon has charge Of tho ring meetings.
Wies Minnie Shay. Baltimore, is direct:
ing tho childrcn's meetings. Prof. and
Mrs. A. II. johnson Of Ohio conduct
the singing.
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SIS Percent Wage
Increase In the Tin
Plate Workers Scale

Special Dispatch to The IntGlliEenCcr.
COLUMBUS, o., July 2-comnit-
tees Of the western Shss and Tin
Manufacturers association and h
Amalgamatsd Association Of Iron,
Steel and TIN workers today reached
an agreement on . new scale FOR the
workars which increases the present
rate Of pay ga psr cent Unions VIII
b permitted to organize all plants
Bign1ng the agreement.