Arizona republican., 1920-06-25
PLATFORM BECOMES CHIEF PROBLEM IN
 PRE-SESS|OV DAYS
LRepubIican A. p. Leased wirel

SAN FRANCISCO, June 24-More and more clements of uncertainty ap peared in the lineup of the Democratic national convention today the lead CTS of first magnitude arrived in in creasing numbers and put their heads together over questions of policies and men.
 For the time being the platform held it's place as the big topic of cogitation and negotiation, with the problem of bone dry prohibition the chief material for controversy. Talk of candidates, in moribundstage for a week, was revived appreciably as the convention crowds gathered. Boos ters for Palmer, Cox and a half dozen other aspirants became increasingly active among uninstrueted delegates and a whole bevy of favorites sons and dark horses blossomed Out with headquarters of their own.
 Meantime, the phantom McAdoo boom stalked serenely through hotel corridors and conference rooms, leav- ing behind a trail of uncertainty and speculation. Though publicly execut- ed at the hands of Mir. McAdoo him. self. the movement did not down. ln- deed, it's perambulations were sugges tive of the pink of vigor and it turned up uninvited as the ghost at the coun- cil table of more than one candidates manager
 On several questions of convention organization, too. the party chiefs were in 2 quandary.. There were some rumblings of a fight against Senator Glass. the administration choice for chairman of the platform committee, and the problem of choosing perna- nent convention chairman got into a mess which threatened to upset seri- ously the plans of some administration supporters
 Senator Walsh of Montana who vot- ed in the senate last March for ratifi- cation of the peace treaty with the Republican reservations, promised to become the storm center of the or ganization fight. Tn some quarters he was urged as candidate against Sen- ator Glass for head Of the platform Ecommittee. though others thought he should have the permanent chair . manship instead. He had the backing g of William Jennings Bryan and was said to be favored also by other power I full forces more or less out of accord l with some administration policies.
 The administration people have sug- ! gested Secretary Colby of the state de- partment or Chairman Cummings Of 1 the national committee as permanent chairman. but. il was said today that no decision had been reached and that ! Senator Walsh might be accepted as ! V
 night seemed TO he to pat him forward for the convention chairmanship rath- CT than for the head of the platform l committee.
 Chairman Cummings and other na- tional committee officials discounted talk of an open anti administration
 fight and protested vigorously against
 lobby gossip that President Wilson
 was attempting to dictate either in re-
 gard 10 the candidate or the platform T am aware" said MT. Cummings
 "of no intention by the president tc communicate to the convention in any
 way, shape or form. I anticipate nc
 voluntary suggestion from him."
 He added. of course there could be
 no restraint on the presidents friends
 in any communication they might care
 to establish with the white house i though he said the whole attitude ot
 the chief executive had been let the
 convention work out its own destiny
 Senator Glass. who arrived last nigh
 from Washington as the commonly re-
 puted spokesman of the white house
 also denied that fhe president would
 seek 10 control the deliberations here The senator came to make fight faV orable to the administration, but if he
 brought any word of white house pref
 erence between candidates it did no show mp on the surface in today's con . ferences.