The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-06-30

orite candidates were placed be-
With all the candidates form
ally in nomination the conven-
tion will await the report of the
platform committee before pro-
ceeding to pick the nominee.
Balloting may not begin until
late Thursday or Friday. ~
The platform drafters plann-
ed to work continuously until
the document is completed. La
boring until nearly 2 a. m. this
morning the subcommittee re-
sumed it's deliberations at 10
o'clock.
A great crowd came to the conven.
tion hall prepared for day OF ex-
citement. Campaign managers and
delegations actively supporting can
didates were we'll prepared for the
day. All sorts of devices for arous-
ing the enthusiasm of the crowd and
for noise-making purposes we're
brought in and concealed until the
OppOrtune time arrived for bringing
them out.
Definite and final instructions came
from the east today that William G.
McAdoO's name was not formally to
be placed before the Democratic ma
tionaf convention. Burris Jenkins, OF
Kansas City, who was prepared to
make a formal speech changed his
plans again. AK
Atty.-Gen. Palmer, Gov Cox, Ohio;
Chairman Homer S. Cummings, of the
Democratic national committee; Gov.
Edwards, of New, Jersey; Senator
Hitchcock, of Nebraska; former am
bassador to Germany, James w. Ger.
ard; Senator Owen; John w. Davis
were to be nominated.
Want scrimmaqe
Both the Cox and Palmer forces
viewed with evident satisfaction tho
scrimmage within the McAdoo forces
which has been threatening to bring
McAdoo at front at once and make
the nomination a three-cornered con.
test from the beginning. Palmer's
forces, in a formal statement, said
the attorney generals position was
stronger than ever before, announced
that his forces were intact and claim
ed votes in the convention which
would be cast to favOritie sons and
then switched to Palmer.
CoX's forces were involved by the
wet and dry argument which has
ranged around its candidate and it's
outside issues which have been in
iected in the campaign, and were
up their lines.
Talk Dark Horse
Despite tho promise that the con-
vention would have big three at
the outset dark horse was ever more,
persistent. The names of Vice Presi-f
dent Marshal, Ambassador Davis and
Mr.. Cummings were always heard
when dark horses were being dis
cussed. The Cummings boom grew
from a mere demonstration of en-
thusiasm to formidable proportions in
twenty-four hours which followed the
chairman's opening address. His grow
ing boom, however, brought with it
opposition from Bryan, who sometime
ago denounced the national chairman
for making a speech at banquet
given for Gov. Edwards, an avowed
wet candidate. h.
The decision of the platform sub.
last night in disregarding
a straightOut wet plank calling for
the repeal of thS eighteenth amend
ment or annullment of the Volstea1
act reduced the issue to whether
there should be a beer and wine Or
a bone dry declaration or ignore the
subject.
6ryan's Position
Whether Bryan hopes to win or
not he intends to fight in the old.
time fashion, which has furnished
fireworks for many Democratic con-
vention. He stands by his determina-
ton to force every delegate to regis
ter his vote on the wet and dry is
sue. If a plank which he considers
wet is to be taken into the platform.
There has been an informal counting
Of noses on, prohibition and even the
most ardent vets agree that in a
test vote the majority would be rec
orded for dry plank.
The subcommittee OF nine actually
the platform worked through
The night although without promise of
bringing out the document today bu.
with hope of being able to get in po-
sition to pursue it's work to finality
with the full membership off the COM
mittee.
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