Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-06-11
PEACE RE|GNS SUPREME
AS DELEGATES PREPARE
To END WORK SATURDAY

Accomplished; Vice Presidential Aspirants to
Have Their Inning on Last Day Of Gathering.
Coliseum Chicago June 1oAter adopting the report Of the
Republican national convention at s5 o'clock Thursday night
adjourned until o'clock Friday morning There was no fight
the League of Nations An attempt to substitute minority
report went down under a landslide Of noes.
under nominate candidate before
ends its session All the nominating speeches are to be de-
nominee and five minutes each Under that agreement the con-
leaving the nominating Of vice president for Saturday
The much discussed plank the League Nations is the
before the convention As finally agreed upon
committee and accepted by the convention harmonizes the
the conflicting elements of which had threatened
1t condemns President Wilson's uphold the senate
of the treaty and endorses the principles of
international peace harmony with American traditions
o eempe M the son
with cheers the reading of the by Senator Watson OF
of cheers It nearly drowned minority report
by Edwin Gross the Wisconsin member of the committee and
the league advocating ownership of rail-
and contained other proposals which the convention hooted
The relative presidential candidates apparently
little nterered with by the platform agreement and on
nomination eve there evidence development which
changed the situation with Wood Johnson and Lowden leading
far as the talk those on the the
the troublesome treaty plank had reflex on
candidates possibly in the of Senator john
He will not now appear on floor and that is
dsappoinment to his supporters believed the
of their leader IN treaty ght would nep MS ngnt
for the nomination.
In accord with plan finish the conventions work
skpsop schedule it agreed to at and to
hurry through the nomination speeches and remain
session until candidate is nominated
The plan acceptable to most of the campaign
and suited the delegates because they are worn out
and anxious for the big show to end.
The convention held Thursday Meeting first at
II a. m quickly adjourned when word brought that the
work of the resolutions committee still unconpeted The
began and then two hours whled
away music speeches and cheering before Senator Watson
brought in the platform.
resolutions committee arrived the platform with Senator
Smoot and others had been working the document The
that the period of waiting and also
ognzed Jm Watson who proceeded to present the report
They gave him reception of cheers.
The treaty Republicans record for agreement
among the nations the of the world and de-
cared the covenant the league gnay failed to accomplish
The treaty plank further declared that the League covenant
repudaed degree wholly and unustfabe the
The unfortunate nsstence of the president upon having is
without change the plank declared required Scra
tors to vote their own Judgment or submit to the commands Oh
a dictator"
The plank also approved acting in
opposition to the covenant and pledged the Republican adn
with the other nations of the world
the full duty of America to civilization without
surrendeng the right of the American people its udg
and its power in favor of justice and peace
The foreign relations plank the last of the platform ana
peoraon declared that the Republican party had ability
fulfill world obligations without sacrificing our naonai
honor W..
The convention got real thrill when Senator Watson
struck plank which declared free speech and tree as
semby but added that advocacy OF vlolent
the law to be liners
were cheers and the convention and waved flags
His mention of Theodore Roosevelt IN connecuoh
with conservation brought out another demonstration
foreign relations plank one the was wang
for with its the peace treaty Attention gnteneo
Watson reached that part OF the parorm cheeeo