Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-11
ss'yL y yLSON GR|LLED
FOR INSIST INC
ON HAVING OWN
WAY ON TREATY
Committee, After Hours OF
Hard Work, Reports the
Results of Its Labor to
the G. 0. P. Meeting.
OPPOSING SENATOR'S
ATTITUDE Is UPHELD
Foreign Policy of the Admin
istration Founded on No
Principle; II Has Been HUI
initiating to u. S.


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Coliseum, Chicago, June
10.-After adopting the re-
port of the resolutions COM
mittee and thereby adopt
ing its platform, the repub-
lican national convention at
seven thirty-five o'clock to-
night adjourned until nine
o'clock tomorrow morning.
There was no fight in the
convention over the platform
with the hard fought plank
on the league of nations. All
attempt to substitute a mi
nority report went down un-
der a landslide of noes.
When the convention re-
convenes tomorrow morning
it would be under an agree
ment to nominate a presi-
dental candidate before it
ends its session. All the NOM
mating speeches are to be
delivered, all the seconding
speeches will be limited to
two for each nominee and
to five minutes each.
Under that agreement the
convention must finish it's
balloting before it adjourns
tomorrow night, leaving the
nomination of a vice presi-.
dent for Saturday. The
much discussed plank on the
league of nations is the one
which had caused the long
delay in bringing the plat
form before the convention.
AS finally agreed upon in
the resolutions committee
and accepted by the conven-
ton, it harmonizes the views
of the conflicting elements,
some of which had threat
ened to bolt the party.
The treaty plank accepted was
drafted by Elihu Root before his /
departure for Europe several weeks
ago, but revised in some details
to meet the views Of the contend
ing elements.
Covenant is Condemned.
1t condemns President Wilson's
league covenant, upholds the SEN
ate in its rejection of the treaty.
and endorses the principle of an
international peace concert in har-
mony with American traditions.
After impatiently marking time
all day for thee resolutions COM
mittee to complete its work, the
tired convention received the read
ing of the platform by Senator
Watson, of Indiana, the commits
tee chairman, and adopted it with
a great chorus of cheers. 1t nearly
drowned out minority report pre-
sented by Edwin j Gross, the
Wisconsin member of the COM
mittee, and signed only by him.
self The substitute provided fiat
rejection of the league idea. ad-'
vocated government ownership of
railroads and control of other
peoples, which the convention
hooted as "socialistic,"
The relative chances of the
presidential candidates apparently
were little affected by the plat
form agreement and on nominal
tion eve there was in evidence no
development which changed the
with Wood, Johnson and
Lowden leading, but without any
of them having enough delegates
to nominate. So far as the talk
Of those on the inside revealed
the attainment of harmony over
the troublesome treaty plank had
no reflex on any of the candi-
dates except possibly in the case
of Senator Johnson. He will not
now appear on the convention
floor and that is disappoint-
ment to his supporters, who had
believed that the appearance of
their leader in a treaty fight would
help his fight for the nomination.
Delegates Are Worn Out.
In accord with the plan to fin
sh up the conventions work on
a skip-stop schedule it was agreed
TO convene at . a. m, and to
hurry through the nomination
speeches and remain in contin-5
uous session until a candidate is
A plan seemed ac-
ceptable to most of the campaign
managers and 1t suited the dele
gates because they are worn out
and anxious for the big show to
end.
The convention held two sessions
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