Arizona republican., 1920-06-25
JIM REED
 LIKELY TO BE STORM
 CENTER IF CONTESTS

SAN FRANCISCO, June 24-Mem- bers of the national committee. which meets tomorrow afternoon to complete the temporary roll of delegates to the Democratic convention. anticipate lively time if Senator James A. Reed of Missouri appears and tries to have himself placed on the list. The Mis- souri senator, who is bitter opponent of the league of nations covenant and who has opposed many of the admin istration measures in the senate, ar rived here late today to fight his own battle for recognition as a delegate.
 Although the senator claims to have been elected a delegate from the Fifth Missouri district. his name does not appear on the list of delegates made up by the secretary of the national com mittee for submission to the commit tee tomorrow.
 The Missouri state convention some time ago rejected the selection of Reed as a delegate by the fifth district Democrats. According to the records of the national committee here, the fifth district did not select a delegate to fill his place during the life of the state convention but reelected Reed at a subsequent meeting.
 According to Executive Secretary Hollister of the national committee, it is claimed Reeds election was il- legal and for that reason his name was not placed on the temporary roll Tor approval by the national committee. It was also said by Mir. Hollister that James T. Bradshaw of Kansas City, an alternate. would be recognized as Senator Reeds substitute The other regular delegate from the fifth district is Joseph E. shannon. Kansas City.
 It was said that if Senator Reed S credentials were not recognized an eff fort would be made by the senator to obtain a proxy in order to get on the floor and fight the administration plank on the league of nations. Sup porters of the Wilson administration made no secret of their intention to resist Reeds efforts to participate in the convention proceedings.
 The Georgia contest. the only one officially filed with the national com mittee, probably will be considered by a ub-committee before final action is taken by the full committee This is a fight between one set of delegates favoring A. Mitchell Palmer for presi- dent and another known as the Hoke Smith-Tom Watson group. The ad- justment of this dispute is expected to settle the contest for national committeeman from Georgia Clark Howell. oldest committeeman in point of service in the national body, is lined up with the Palmer forces and is op- l posed by W. C. Verenn.
 ] Talk of contest from Oregon, where | a delegate at large died and his plac, ! i mittee. was not taken seriously bl members of the national committed J. L. chuylsman, who ran fifth in the contest for the four places as dele gate at large, is said to claim that b, reason of the vote he boiled he shoulC l have been selected by the state com l mittee. Members of the national com mittee here, however, expressed Tt | opinion that the selection of the stat committee would stand unless it wa | shown that party rules were violated Senator Reed said here tonight tha he had no statement to make regardin, his status as a delegate. He said hi | credentials were regular and woul' be filed with the national committe tomorrow and if they are rejected h proposed to file them with the ere dentials committee of the conventio when appointed. Further than this h had mapped out no program, the sen ~ -ator added.
 Senator Reed said he could get a
 the proxies he wanted in the event hi credentials were finally rejected. II
 did not agree with National Chairma
 Cummings that proxies were not per i misSible in the convention.