The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-07-01
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UP FOR PRESIDENT
WILSON'S ENEMIES ARE KICKED
OUT.
Glass Leads Fight.
Hoke Smith-Tom Watson and Reed
Factions Plan to Take Matter to
Floor-Committee Unanimous.

San Francisco, June 26.-Adminis-
tration leaders won sweeping vic
tory in the Democratic national COM
mittee when when the body recog
nized the Palmer group of delegates
in the Georgia contest and refused to
give Senator James A. Reed, of Mis-
souri,, bitter opponent of the league Of
nations, a seat in the convention. The
vote to keep Reed out of the conven-
ton was "a to IL, and came after a
long public hearing and an hour and
a half of discussion behind closed
doors.
The vote to. seat the Georgia Palmer
delegates was unanimous, forty-nine
votes being recorded in their favor
with four committeeman absent. The
action of the national committee in
the Georgia contest carries with it
the reelection Of Clark Howell as a
member of the national committee,
his delegates having selected him at
the time they were named in Georgia.
The votes by states on the rejec-
ton of Senator's Reeds claim to a
seat in the convention was as fol-
lows:
For Reed: California, Delaware,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Ne
braska, Nevada, New Jersey, New
York, North Dakota, Ohio-twelve.
Against Reed: Alabama, Arizona,
Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Geor-
gia, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi,
Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire,
New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia,
Washington, Wyoming, Alaska,
Hawaii, Philippines, Porto Rico-24.
Frank Quinn, who held the proxy
of F. B. Lynch, of Minnesota, re-
Trained from voting because he ex-
pected to be a member of the Gre
dentials committee and would have
to pass on the action of the national
committee.
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma,
West Virginia, Wisconsin and Dis
trict of Columbia were not recorded
as voting
Before the vote was taken Commit
teemen Moore, Ohio; Salisbury,
Delaware; Mullen, Nebraska, and
Dockweiler, California, spoke in favor
of seating Reed.
Glass Opposes Missourian.
Senator Glass, of Virginia, made
the principal speech against Reed and
was supported by Committeeman
Quinn, of Rhode Island; Jones, OF
New Mexico, and Titlaw, of Wash
ington.
N. e. Mack, of New York, in voting
for Reed gave his reasons, and John
w. Coughlin, of Massachusetts,, ex-
planned his vote against Reed.
The majority of the speakers or
each side confined themselves to rec
ords in the Reed case, and the league
of nations did not enter much into
the discussion, according to some OF
the committeeman Senator Glass
showed much feeling in his speech
against Senator Reed, and because OF
his close connection with the Presi-
dent was regarded by some commit
teemen as rejecting the views Of the
| White House.
There was no discussion of the
Georgia contest prior to the taking
Of the vote.
Friends of Senator Reed announc-
ed that they will take his case to the
credentials committee. In the mean
time his seat will be held by James T,
Bradshaw, his alternate.
The Georgia contest will also 90
to the credentials committee, it was
declared by NJ. J. Vereen, member
of the deposed group of delegates
who was to be the next national COM
mitteemen from Georgia if the Hoke
Smith-Tom Watson delegates had
won their fight before the committee
Chronometric CircumlOCutiOn.
The cjfy man was comparing his