Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-26
Squirt OF COX
SENTIMENT IN
DIN At FRISCO
Ohio Governor Being
Strongly Talked as Del
egates Arrive.
COMMITTEE MAY
SEAT SENATOR REED

Favor-Palmer Delegation From
Georgia Probably Will Be Re-
d-ConversationaI and Physi-
cal Congestion in Hotel Lobbies.
BY Associated Press.
San Francisco, June 26.-Comple-
ton Of the temporary roll Of the
democratic convention was in sight
today when the national committee
resumed consideration Of credentials.
with the Georgia contest before it
and Senator Reeds efforts to gain a
seat on the floor with the Missouri
delegation also to be passed upon.
Other business occupied the first
session OF the committee yesterday,
preventing prompt disposition Of
these questions.
Committeeman expressed conf
dence that the Georgia case would
be put thru, probably without vote,
against seating the delegation lined
UP for Attorney General Palmer for
president.
They were not quite sure OF the
result OF Senator Reeds contest.
Previously it looked certain that
ne would be denied q seat. having
been refused election as a delegate
at large by the state convention.
There were intimations over night.
however. Of disposition among some
committee members not to oppose
the senators plan for getting on the
convention moor.
Much Cox Talk Heard.
The influx Of delegations which
began yesterday continued and added
hourly to the physical and CONVEX
sationAl congestion In hotel Hobbies.
sOutsof the din rosa what some OBJ.
servers professed to recognize rs q
squirt OF nomination sentiment to-
ward Governor Cox, OF Ohio.
It sent the army Of news writer's on
the ground scurrying about In search
OF its source. The best they could
make OF it 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 added votes for
him later.
MACH 20" Cards Appear.
The elusive iMcAdoo boom also put
in a new, and this time, public ap77
peaxance. Bobbing serenely into sight
despite Mr.. McAdoo's personal efforts
to chloroform it some days ago, the
movement for nomination Of the form
er treasurey secretary took the shape
of cards appearing in hatbands Of
delegations here and there ''Mac'n
de-"
Action OF the national committee
yesterday In adopting a resolution
urging the convention to grant equal
committee suffrage and membership
to women Of the party gave the DEL
egates another subject to discuss.
Women delegates, of whom there are
an unusual number present, were
elated. Wives and other feminine rel
atiyes Of the men delegates also par
stiyipated In impromptu. jubilations
that were held. The convention has
almost the look and manner OF a
tourist excursion in some respects, SO
many delegates have grabbed at the
chance Of bringing the family west
for a sightseeing trip while they are
NJ T.
If the national committee plan is
ratified by the convention the COM
mittee VIII hereafter be double its
present size and composed Of a man
and a woman member from each state
with equal voting power. Delegates
from non-suffrage states groaned
somewhat at the prospect, but they
Recognized that 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.
Four Cabinet Members There.
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels will
arrive today on a warship. The naval
secretary is an old political war
horse and Is expected to take an ac-
tive part in party deliberations. He
win be the fourth member Of the
cabinet to reach the battlefield. At
torney General Palmer, most active
Of presidential nomination aspirants.
to Judge from posters and signs now
on display, Secretary Meredith and