The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-06-09

race COnteStS
The convention faced the task of de-
Gliding a number Of the contests in
which protests were made against the
decisions of both the national COM
mittee and the credentials commit
tee.
The convention was in session only
one hour and devoted itself entirely
to routine preliminaries. The tempor-
AIRY organization was made permanent.
The report of the credentials commit
tee was approved with the changes
made last night, some Of which revers
ed previous decisions of the national
committee.
For it's second days sensation the
convention heard woman speaker
Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter, of Kan
sas-the first woman to address ma
tional convention.
Depew Entertains
Chauncey NJ. Depew entertained the
convention with brief address and
apparently the convention had decid-
ed to do away with a string of speak
ers who in previous years had enter
tained the convention while commit
tees were working for there were no
other entertainment" speakers on
hand. The next session will be at II
o'clock tomorrow morning.
The rank and file of convention Wis
OratOry and this year they are getting
it.
Saturday noon at the earliest" is
the estimate of leaders when asked
when adjournment may come. The
delay is more apt to be liable to plat
form difficulties than uncertainty over
/. nomination. The word has gone out
to give the radicals every chance to
give their views and stop any charge
of steam rolling. or as some call it,
IAN excuse for bolt"
Discuss Second Place
Until the platform is built there will
be no one named to stand on it. The
fact that more than half of the dele
gates are uninstructed has added to
the list of the nominating speeches.
There are three or four for some and
in some cases five or six for candi-
date. Between these speeches and the
platform contest it would not be sur
prising if the actual nominations of
the convention would be carried over
until Saturday. In reply to inquiries
as to what is in the air. on the vice
presidency are met with the unanim-
Gus response: Nothing. 1t depends
on who is put over to head the ticket"
The League Plank
The league of nations plank was
still underlined today, twenty-four
hours before the republican platform
was to be presented to the national
convention.
Members Of the subcommittee of
thirteen, when they went into session
to smooth out the remaining platform
troubles, expressed confidence that
they could agree, but all were some
what hazy on how it was to be done.
Senator Watson. of Indiana, head
Of the subcommittee maintained that
in the end the Indiana plank with
some notifications would get the sup
port of all republican elements. SEN
ator BOrah, of Idaho, and Mccormick,
of Illinois, thought there would have
to be material modification to pacify
the irreconciliables. The mild reser-
walton group also wanted changes
made, but in the opposite direction.
Platform builders reported substan-
tial progress on tentative drafts, with
promise of unusually quick action by
the resolutions committee as a result
of preliminary work. Group differ
ences remained, but leaders Of all fac
tions said there were higher hopes of
an entire harmony platform after
the planks are smoother and the shay
ings swept out in committee.
The league Of nations plank con-
tinued Monday to engross several
groups of the voluntary platform
construction corps. Another differ
ence loomed over labor policies, in
cluding demands. for indorsing anti
strike and similar legislation. Settle
ments of both, however, were predict
ed.
Dry Plank Discussed
The supreme courts decision on
prohibition brought forth renewed dis
cussion of prohibition plank. Pro-
hibition advocates were planning to
urge stringent enforcement plank
with a declaration against any "beer
and wine' amendments of the Vol
stead law. Many party leaders. how
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