The Nevada County picayune., 1920-07-01
ROBINSON IS CHAIRMAN OF
 CONVENTION
Arkansas Senator Holds Meet. ing of Democrats Under
 Smooth Working Control.
MAKES BIG HIT
 WITH SPEECH

San Francisco. June 29.-The Demo- cratic national convention wound up it's preliminaries today. and prepared to get down to business tomorrow.
 With administration forces in appar- ently complete control, it perfected it's organization. accepting Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas as it's perma- nent chairman. permitted states to up women on the Democratic National Committee. and prepared for having candidates nominated by adopting an order of business which will permit the delivery of nominating speeches be- fore the platform is brought in.
 Balloting for a nominee however, will not be permitted before Il plat form has been adopted
 With the slate thus cleared of pre- liminaries and arrangements set for the principal business, the convention after three-hour session adjourned to meet at II o'clock tomorrow mOrn- ing.
 What the second session lacked in the dramatic fire of the opening day it made up in the smoothly working control which administration sup porters exercised. Anti-WilsOn con- tests. such as that of Senator Reed of Missouri for place on the floor, were swept away with ruthless but good natured haste.
 Even the .boos" and hisses which greeted mention of Senator Reeds name had Il tone of humorous ridi- cule
 The announcement of unanimous vote' delivered by the chairman and there never failed to bring cheers and laughter from the mass of dele gates.
 The great auditorium was filled with even greater crowd today than yester- day. There was no vacant seat in the
 
 impressive sweep of the galleries rising steeply in walls of faces on three sides of the floor Long before the days business could proceed the hubbub of conversation rumbled and mumbled a steady undertone to the music of band and pipe organ Boomers for Attorney .I {, To u lively if impromptu part in the en- tertainment features.
 Senator Robinson had little difficult ty keeping the machine going at the pace Mir Cummings had set There was Il little confusion on parliamentary pro cedure at times and once Mir. Cum mngs intervened to straighten out q resolution to perfect the conventions plans to give women full and equal rep resentation on the National Committee. The committee women already have been elected by many delegations. The delegates were still of Il mind for more pounding of the Republican party and the Chicago platform when Sena or Robinson delivered his speech as permanent chairman. He woke them to uproaronS approvial when he shouted that he made no apology for Article 10" of tn eI.eague covenant To the accompaniment of applause he lamhasted the Senate under Republican leadership for procrastination in deal ing with the treaty. and for it's rule that a senator may talk to such an ex- tent on any subject that nobody but God can stop him."
 The chairman had gotten the con- vention up 10 good pitch by that stage and with precipitation rolling down his face from the effort to drive his words to the fariheSt corners of the big build ing. he leaned down over the rOped speakers stand.
 Tt is the shame of the Senate" he shouted. that it took Il greater time tO defeat the treaty than the army and navy took to win the war"
 The delegates lcaped to their feet cheering. It was minute before he could be heard again shouting:
 And they left the treaty right where il was when the president brought it back from Paris
 Failure of the president to take with him to the peace conference members of the Senate had rankled5in some sen