Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-06-25
LEADERS PUZZLED
OVER SETTLEMENT
Of CHIEF ISSUES
PLATFORM HOLDS FIRST PLACE
N LIST OF SUBJECTS NJ.
ING DiSCt SSED
UNCERTAINTY INCREASING
IIoosters for Palmer. Cox and Hall
Dofen Other Aspiranis Active
~ Fayorite Sons tdherents
Establish Headquarters.
ny Associated Press.

ny Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 2i.-Murc
and more elements of uncertainty ap
peared today In the lineup Of the dem
Ocratic national convention as the lead
ers Of e first magnitude arrived In
increasing numbers and put their heads
together over questions Of policies and
men.
The platform holds Its place as the
big topic of the convention and negotia.
lions with the problem Of bonedry pro.
hlbition the chief material for con.
iroversy.
Candidate Talk Rcyiyes.
Talk of candidates IN u mirobund
stage, for "A week. was revived appre'
ciably as the convention crowds gath
cred Boosters of Palmer. Cox and half
dozen other aspirnnts became incrcas.
ingly active among uninstructod dele.
gates and whole bcvy OF fayorite sons
and dark horseu blossomcd out with
headquarters.
Mean time the phantom McAdoo
boom s,alked sercncly through hotel
corridors and conference rooms. lcav.
ing behind train of uncertainty and
speculation. Though publicly executed
at the hands of Mr.. McAdoO himself.
the movement did not down. Indeed. it,
peramhulatiuns were suggestive Of the
pink of vigur and u turned up unin'
vited as the ghost at the council table
of more than one candidates manager.
in Quandary.
ON several quertions uf convention
organization. too the party chiefs were
In a quandary. There were rumblings
~ fiRs against Senator Glass. the
administration choice Tor chairman ot
the platform committee and the prob
lem uf choosing permanent convcn
tion chairman got into u mess which
threatened Ia uprct seriously the plan,
of rnme administration supporters
Senator Walsh of Montana who has
supported ratification of the pcac,
treaty with ia" republican reservations
promised to hc become the storm cen
Ter of organization fight In some quar-
ters. he WI urged ns candidat,
against senator Glass Tor head of IN,
platform committee. though other,
thought he should have the perman
cnt chairmanship Tie hld the backing
uf William Jennings Hryan and WI,
raid to De- favored hy other powerful
forces more or less out of accord Wit
administration policies.
Walsh May Bc Chairman.
The administration supporters have
ruggcHtcd Secretary Colby of the stat.
department or Chairman Cummings o
the national committee ~ permanent
chairman. but It wa siid to-day no de-
"isiun had lc-n ryn'hrd aud that Sen
ntor Walsh might BE- accepted as sat
isfactory. The general trend tonight
necmcd to De- pat him forward fu
the convention chnirmanship rithe
than for the head of the platform com
mittCc.
Chairman Cummings and other NJ
iional committee officials discountc,
talk of ~ ppcn antiadminis,ratio'
fight aud prot tfstrd vigorously agains
lobby gorsip that President Wilson wa
attempting o. dictate either In rcEar'
Ia the candidate or the platform.
II am aware" said Mr Cummings
"of no intention by the president &
communicat" to "a. convention IN AM
way. shapc or form. I anticipate ~
Volunteer suggestion from him"
senator GlnH'. who arrived last nigh
rcpuird spokcrnan of the white house
niso denied that the president woul'
seek to control the deliberations here