Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-27

delays the completion of their
work beyond Tuesday noon, %the
session that day may be another
routine affair 1t is undecided
whether the nominating speeches
for the nine or ten men who will
be presented to the convention will
be delivered before the platform is
brought in, At the Baltimore con-
vention of 1912, the nominations
were made before the platform was
adopted, but the usual custom is
just the reverse.
Nobody processes to know what
candidate Mr. Bryan favors. No
on processes to know with any
greater degree of certainty what
candidate President Wilson and the
administration forces may favor.
Put at every turn of the road, as
seeker after information searches
through the delegations in an at
tempt to assess their preferences
and leanings. the elusive McAdoo
movement hobs up
Many Shifting Arguments.
The play Of politics is expected 10
show many shifting alignments as
the convention proceeds in its dis
cussions of party issues. There are
many "wets" who, opposing Mr..
Bryan on the prohibition question,
will be found to he with him in
battling the administrations desires
on the league of nations. Per con
ira there are drys who will leave
the Bryan camp as soon as the is
sue is closed and join with the ad-
ministration in what 1t seeks to dc
in the making of party platform
The Palmer people are working
hard to get for the attorney gen.
eral the heaviest possible showing
on the first ballot. They have an
eye to the tradition of the party
-unbroken until 1912-that the
man who gets majority gets thc
necessary two-thirds as the logical
consequence. The Cox people pro
fess to he satisfied with their pros
pects on the preliminary halloting
and claim accessiOns from the elim-
ination which are sure to come af-
ter certain pledged and comnlimon-
tary votes have been delivered.
There are out and out McAdoo del
egates who disregard wholly the
former secretarv's declaration that
he does not wish his name to be
presented. and claim that the con
vention will only need to take a
few ballots to topple the majority
into their column. The claims of
adherents of other candidates are
full of confidence and hope.
Talk Of n Deadlock.
There Is the same talk of dead
lock and compromise among the
gathering delegates, McAdoo Is gen
orally brought out in the end. His
supporters, seeking a majority for
neither Palmer nor Cox. feel that
in such an emergency the former
secretary would he drafted an"
could not decline to make the race.
The twenty-four hours preceding
the assembling of the convention.
however. will produce something
more definite. Delegates will he
caucusing and making their first
and second choices. and there VIII
be indications of which way senu-
ment is turning.
At the moment, however, atten-
ton is centering largely on Mr.
Bryan and the delegates are woh-
dering how much Of an old-time
rumpus he may kick up. Mr.. Bryan
himself is not oblivious to this spec
ulation and is saying nothing.
Kentucky for the League.
Resolutions favoring the league
of nations covenant without reser-
vations which impair its essential
integrity and declaring the prohi-
bition question mot an issue in this
campaign" were passed by the
Kentucky delegation in caucus to-
day. They were intended to in
struct the action of Senator Beck
ham. elected member of the con-
vention resolutions committee for
the state at the same session.
Miss Laura Clay. a descendant of
Henry Clay, was elected vice
chairman of the delegation.