The Washington herald., 1920-06-30
Convention Grind Holds Delegates Fast Task Picking Candidate
CONVENTION
SIDELiGHTS

San Francisco. June 2s.-An early
morning conference Of McAdoo sup
porters today decided that their
Candidates name vonid be formally
placed In nomination. Burris Jen-
kins. Of Kansas City, will deliyer
ths nouinating speech. Missouri "
twenty third in the roll call, but
her turn iwu he awaited, IL was
decided, rather than attempt to get
some other State to cede the noor
earlier.
Thomas B. Love. Of Dallas, Tex,
declared just before the second ses-
sion got under way that NcAdoo
would be nominated not later than
the sixth ballot. The forecast fol-
lowed q series Of informal caucuses
called 20 determine the strength Of
the McAdoo support.
1T viii be Palmer or dead
locked convention with ultimately q
dark horse winner" one of Palmer's 8
managers said this afternoon. Pal
mers backers before the conxen-
tion was called to order were claim
ing 33e votes on the nrst ballot as
against claims of zoo by the McAdoo
forces
Gov. Cox's boom today appeared
stationary. The Palmer crowd re-
ported . weakening In the ranks of
Cox's supporters. with the asser-
tion that some OF his cohorts were
talking seeond choice for the hrst
time since their arrival In San
Francisco.
Former National Chairman Vance
Mccormick. Of Pennsylvania, came
forward today In support of a
plank pIedging the Democratic
party to enactment by Congress OF
a Federal corrupt practices act to
prevent the use of -siush funds"
in national campaigns.
Emphatic denial of rumors that
he Is In the pay Of the Anti-Saloon n
League was made today by Will
lam Jennings Bryan during the
battle between the -wets" and
''drys" before the resolutions COM
mittee. Bryan's statement was
adopted when he and former Rep
rcsentative Theodore w. Bell, OF
San Francisco. plunged the meeting
into turmoil during q clash. The
terrupted: who does this gentle
man represent" he asked. The
California Grape Growers Associa-
tion." Bell answered.
Il am fighting the damnable traf-
fic you represent" Bryan answered.
How much did you receive for
appearing for IL here? | ask the
gentleman whether he is now or
has been in the pay of the Anti
Saloon League" Bell retorted.
Il am not. nor have ! ever been"
Bryan answered.
Not a nickel" Bell pursued.
Not a nickel" Bryan answered.
Il did receive compensation for
some speeches l delivered for the
Anti-Saioon League last year. but
that Is all"
The Democratic resolutions COM
mittee was ciycularized today by
Lewis A. Cuvillier, member of the
New York Legislature, in the in
terest of a soldiers bonus plank.
The Republican national cODSen-
ton ignored 100000 world war
veterans in refusing TO approve the
bonus" the circular reads.
G. l.. Olson, State senator OF Utah
and a Utah delegate appeared be-
fore the resolutions committee with
proposals for a progressive plat
form, which should not approve a
LEAGUE Of nati"n> constituting gov
ernments which are committed
either to imperialistic ambitions or
the idea OF the commercial and eco
nomic subjugatlon Of peoples in in
dustrial slavery, which amounts to
the same thing.
Representative SABBATH. OF Illinois,
as spokesman for those favoring 4
liberalization and modification OF
the Volstead act" engaged in a
verbal battle with william Jennings
Bryan. who opposed any amend
ment to the law before the resolu-
tions committee today. Bryan also
clashed with Senator Carter Glass.
of Virginia. administration spokes-
man and chairman of the committee.
This dispute was as to whether
Bryan or the speaker for the vets
should be heard first.
J. Hamilton Lewis. of Illinois. one
tHc "Httl Oh tne
party and former Senator from his
State, went up to the press section
of the convention to say that there
are two things he would like to have
abolished. One, the national COM
mittee, and the other is the rule
which makes ii necessary for a can
didate to get a two-thirds vote of
the convention before he can be
nominated for the Presidency. Lewis
would have the ticket chosen by a
majority vote as is done in Republi-
can conventions. Speaking of the
national committee Lewis said it
ought ODE done away with because
it is a useless body and does work
which could better be performed by
the State combines. Furthermore.
degenerated into a mere collecting"
he said, the national committee has
organization, making collections of
money from sources which the
former Senator regards as question
able. 1t also functions as a body to
obey the will of the bosses, he said.