Evening star., 1920-06-26
DELEGATES ROLL
FIGHT TODAY MAY
SEAT. SENATOR REED
Disposition Is Seen at San
Francisco Not to 0p-
pose Him.
Nv the Associa ted Press.


pletion of the temporary roll of the
democratic national convention was
in sight today when the national
committee resumed consideration of
credentials with the Georgia contest
before it and Senator Reeds effort
to gain seat on the floor with the
Missouri delegation also to be passed
on. Other business occupied the first
session of the committee yesterday.
preventing prompt disposition or
these troublesome questions
Committeeman expressed confidence
that the Georgia case would be put
through, probably without vote
against seating the delegation lined
up for Attorney General Palmer for
President.
They were not quite so sure of the
result on Senator Reed. Previously
it looked certain that he would be
denied a seat, having been refused
election as delegate at large by the
state convention. There were init
nations overnight, however. of dis
position among some committee MEM
bers not to oppose the senator's plan
for getting on the convention hoor.
Hotels Become Congested.
The influx of delegations which be-
gan yesterday continued and added
hourly to the physical and conversa-
tional congestion in hotel Hobbies.
Out of the din arose what some OBJ
servers professed to recognize as
squirt of nomination sentiment toward
Gov. Cox of Ohio. 1t sent the army
of news writers on the ground sour
rying about in search of its source.
The best they could make of il was
that the coming of several delegations
already in the Cox column had added
just that many to the Cox takers
with nothing definite to indicate add
ed votes for him later.
The elusive McAdoo boom also put
in a new, and this time public ap-
pearance. Bobbing serenely into sight
despite Mr.. McAdoo's personal efforts
to cho,oroform it some days ago, the
movement for nomination of the for
mer Treasury Secretary took the
shape of cards appearing in hatbands
OF delegates here and there with the
legend:
''Mac'Il do,'
As there is no McAdoo headquarters
or agency authorized to stimulate SEN
timent for him, so far as known, the
source of the new manifestation OF po-
litical immortality on the part OF his
boom was not clear.
Convention Suffrage New Subject.
Action of the national committee yes
terday in adopting resolution urging
the convention to grant equal committee
Sunf18e duu membership ~ NOtIlSH VI
the party gave the delegates another
subject to discuss. Woman delegates.
of whom there are an unusual number
present, were elated. Wives and fenai-
nine relatives of the man delegate also
participated in impromptu jubilations
that were held. The convention has al
most the look and manner of a tourist
excursion in some respects, so many
delegates have grabbed at the chance to
bring the family west on sightseeing 1
ufa urkSf Ia f6xux- OF
If the national committees plan is
ratified by the convention the commit |
tee will hereafter be double it's present
size and composed Of man and q
woman member from each state, with
equal voting powers. Delegates from
non suffrage states groaned somewhat
at the prospect, but they recognized
there was no escape from making the
appointments for women unless the
state in such cases was ready to forego
half its voting power in committee.
South Adds Color.
Arrival of part of the Pacific fleet
from the south added a touch of color
to lobby scenes and to the streets not
known in previous conventions Of
ficers and men piled ashore in boat
loads. In the busy corridors of the
hotels the white-capped folk Of the
quarterback. resplendent in gold
braid and flowing boat cloaks. took q
keen interest in getting a first hand
view of political convention proceed
ings and were themselves much OBJ
served by delegates from interior
states. On the streets the snappy
sup-browned young jackies, crisp and
trim in navy blue and jaunty white
watch caps, took cheerful part in any
celebration they could find.
Admiral Rodman, fleet commander,
viii arrive today with Secretary
Daniels as a passenger On his flag,
ship. The naval secretary is an old
political war horse aud is expected
to take an active part in party de-
liberations. He will be the fourth
member of the cabinet to reach the.
battlefield, Attorney General Palmer,
most active of presidential nomina-
tion aspirants, to judge from posters
and signs now displayed, and Secfe-
tary Meredith and. Postmaster Gem
the convention throng.
Meredith-Gerard aQuarters.,
Mr.. Merediths coming was signal
ICED by a new, manifestation of the
kinship of his presidential boom with
that of former Ambassador Gerard.
Announcement already had been made
that joint headquarters had been
opened for these two. thing un-
known to the Oldest habitue of poll
tical conventions. Today huge sign
appeared far up on the front of a
hotel. declaring that Meredith
1STdfu uedo4udTlcio WoulQ De lOuQQ
within.
Gavin McNab. in a way, host to the
democratic party as national commit
teeman for California. was host, in
fact, last night at dinner to his
committee colleagues. No political
speeches were; in order, and such Ak
ing up of platform or candidate states
as occurred was highly informal and
confide ntiai.
Out Of gossip started by the enter
tainnent, however, came a new report
of an impending fight on the chair
mauship of the conventions .resoiu-
ton committee which will draw up
the platform. &
Glass Believed slated.
Senator Glass of Virginia has been
generally accepted as slated for the
post, although there has been strong
talk within the last day or, two that
the job. Glass arrived two days ago,
while Senator Walsh came in yester-
day. The Montana senator has the
backing of w. j. Bryan, who also ar
rived yesterday, arwed and equipped. !
he -iitimated, for a knock-down and
dras-out fight against any attempt to,
slip O. wet, or even slightly moist.
plank into the platform.
Senator Walsh has expressed opposi-
ton TO q prohibition plank. Mr.. Bryan
also is credited with ideas of his own.
as to the league of nations plank, not
in accord with the Virginia state plat
form declaration approved by President
Wilson. Owing to these considerations
the fight over the resolutions commit
tee chairmanship was generally taken to
be a struggle between administration
and Bryan forces for control.
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