The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-02


Chicago, June "A delegation
from the Philippine Islands, head
ed by jaime lie Veyra. has ar
rived in Chicago to urge the adop-
tion OF full independence plat.
form declared by the party. "Un.
der the Jones law, of August %,
1916, declared MIR. DE Veyra,
"the Philippines were promised
their independence as soon as sta
bic government could be establish
ed on the islands, The Philip
pines have that state govern
ment today the official repe-
sentative in the Philippines testi-
fled to its existence.
Claims Of contesting delegations
from Florida and Georgia continued
today to occupy the attention OF the
republican national committee. Every
effort was being made to speed up
consideration OF the cases, SO that
the committee might pass on the
claim OF 10 other states which have
not yet even been heard. The pros
poets to clean up the slate before the
convention meets, next Tuesday, seems
to be growing.
The first order Of business today
was a supplemental hearing for the
regularly reported delegation from
teeman Mean and the contesting
delegation, headed by II. L. Ander-
son, Of Jacksonville.
/ With that disposed of, the commit
| tee planned to- pass on to the Georgia
case, involving the seating Of dele
gates pledged to Major-General Wood,
I CT counted in support Of Governor
/ Lowden. The claim of the latter
| delegation, headed by Henry Lincoln
Johnson. an Atlanta negro, that 1t Is
the regularly reported delegation is
disputed by the former delegation,
known as the Pickett faction. which
contends that It should be considered
the regularly accredited delegation,
as Roscoe Pickett is the accredited
state chairman. Nevertheless, the Of
fcial committee list gives the john
son delegation as the regularly re-
ported one and the Pickett delegation
Of Senator Johnson here tomorrow.
fight brought before the committee
the first clear-cut case in which 4
case Of Wood or Lowden forces was
involved and 1t took first place in
interest in the pre-convention period.
The Johnson forces are counting
on a burst of speed, with the arrival
pf QTphnCnn hQra
A speed parade" and demonstration
have been arranged. A large delega-
ton of service men who saw service
with the American forces in Siberia,
which the senator fought to have re
turned home, win be in the escort.
Senator Harding is coming also
on Thursday. General Wood is here
at his headquarters at Fort Sheri-
dan, and Governor Lowden is already
here Such discussion Of the platform
planks as is going on among the ma
tional committeeman seems to indicate
that a majority feel that the prohi-
bition question may be regarded as
one not necessary to be included, be-
cause the issue has been written
into the constitution and has become
the law Of the land.
Many committeeman feel that the
suffrage question is a parallel one in
many respects, because 1t has been
put before the states with the en-
dorsement Of the party and Is await
ing ratification. In the field Of for
eign relations these seems to be an
agreement that a Mexican plank will
fellow the pronouncement Of four
years ago, in which the democratic
administrator policy was denounced,
and as regards the peace treaty and
the league Of nations and the plank
adopted by the Indiana state republi-
can convention may serve as nu-
cleus for the plank in the national
platform.
No one on the ground as yet pre-.
sumes to venture what the labor
plank will be, but there seems to be
q common agreement that It will
probably be the most difficult one to
frame. I
The selection Of a permanent cifair'
man seems to have made no progress
in the last three or four days. There
is now less talk among the national
committeeman of the selection OF
former Senator Beveridge Of Indiana,
and more talk Of an agreement on
Senator Mccormick Of illinois, d