The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-09
SHORT SESSION
DOES FAST WORK
ON THE ROUTINE
Senator Lodge Made Perma-
nent Chairman of Convention.
Organization Committee Report
Adopted Unanimously.
To ENFORCE FIVE MINUTE RULE
No Delegate To Be Allowed to
Use Up Valuable Time.
Increase in Membership Ma
tionaI Committee Allowed.
WILSON SCORED BY DEPEW
Veteran Republican Rebukes
President for Peace Policy.
Adjournment Cannot Come Be-
fore Saturday Is Prediction.
No Delegate To Be Allowed to
Use Up Valuable Time.
Increase in Membership Ma
tionaI Committee Allowed.
WILSON SCORED BY DEPEW
Veteran Republican Rebukes
President for Peace Policy.
Adjournment Cannot Come Be-
fore Saturday Is Prediction.

Coliseum. Chicago. June s.-The
!. Republican national convention was in
session only an hour today and de-
Voted itself entirely to routine pre-
liminaries
The temporary organization was
made permanent the report OF the
credentials committee was approved
with the changes made last night
some of which reversed previous de-
cisions of the national committee.
For its second day sensation, the
convention heard a woman speaker,
Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter. of To-
peka- Kan, the first woman to ad-
platform committee was not ready to
report and only sent word that it was
making progress.
Chauncey Depew entered the con-
vention with a brief address, and ap-
parently the convention management
had decided to do away with the tir-
ing speakers who in previous years
have entertained the convention while
the committees were working for there
were no other entertainment speak
ers on hand.
AdjOurns Until Tomorrow.
The next session will be at II
o clock tomorrow morning.
During the first hour before the
opening the convention hall was given
over to the usual entertainment pre-
liIninaries which are counted on to
amuse and hold delegates while the
convention is getting ready to get
down to business. The big band up
in the balcony blSred popular airs
male quartet took turn at g. little
jazz and a talking machine was at
tached to the electric amplifiers
which have been installed to carry
the voices of the speakers to the farth-
est galleries.
Delegates and alternates were slow
in arriving and there was marked
absence of notables in the prelimi-
nary moments.
The drift to Lowden" and the
growing strength of Wood" and the
turn of the delegates to Johnson"
which one heard so much talked about
down town were little in evidence in
the convention hall. The delegates
who arrived carly seemed to be talk
ing anything but politics.
Managers in No Hurry.
At IL o'clock the opening time, the
convention hall was not half full. The
principal candidates managers know
ing that today's proceedings were
largely perfunctory, were in no hurry
in coming and remained downtown,
rounding up forces and strengthening
their lines Many of the important
figures of the convention, too, were
engaged in the work of the resolu-
tion committee framing the platform.
At 1l:15, Chairman Lodge arrived
on the platform with Chairman Hays,
a song leader tried to get the audience
to sing he Long Long Trail" but
had a hard time getting out the voices.
The song leader stripped off his
coat, and rolling up his sleeves. called
for more pep. He got a little better
response and then took a hand at
three cheers for the Republican party.
He had better luck with that than he
did with the song.
To Order at 1870 O'Clock
Chairman Lodge stepped out to the
speakers space at 1920 and he got
three cheers also with a tiger.
Dr. John Timothy Stone was today's
chaplain. The convention stood while
he offered prayer. In closing Doctor
Stone led the great audience in the
Lords Prayer. The song leader was
Immediately on the job again and led
the audience in the Star Spangled
Banner"
They brought out a stout oak table
for Chairman Lodge to whack his
gaVel on. He called for the report of
the credentials committee. Chairman
Duffield. of New Jersey came to the
platform TO present it.
Credentials Report Adopted.
The report recommended the changes
decided upon at last nights meeting
Of the committee. Mr.. Duffield moved
the adoption of the report Robert r.
Church, Of Memphis, who had been
unseated by the credential committee,
said he would not ask the convention
to consider a minority report.
I know I am entitled to sit"
said Church, but I shall take my
fight back to Tennessee" The report
of the credentials committee was
adopted without dissent and the con-
venton next heard the report from
the committee on permanent organi-
cation. 1t was presented by Governor
MORROW Of Kentucky. its chairman
AS agreed upon, It recommended that