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VOL. XXII. NO. 94.
GEORGIA CONTEST IS BEFORE NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Bryans Hardest Fight Awaits Him at Frisco
COMMONER FACES
STRONG LINEUP IN
CONVENTION FIGHT
Administration’s Machinery
and Spokesmen Are Ready
for the Expected Assault
of the Nebraskan
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.—Wil
liam Jennings Bryan arriving here
today faces one of the hardest fights
of his career to wrest from the ad
ministration control of the Demo
cratic national convention.
The convention as at present or
ganized is practicalyl soli din charge
of the friends of President Wilson,
and the program is to put it on rec
ord as indorsing the executive’s pol
icies, particularly the League of Na
tions, and to go into the campaign
on that issue.
Mr. Bryan is believed to be de
termined to break up this control,
prevent the convention from flatly
Indorsing the league and making the
race on President Wilson’s record,
and to inject a number of new is
sues into the situation. When he
steps from the train in San Francisco
this afternoon, however, he will find
his opponents, who have been on the
ground for two weeks, apparently
“sitting pretty” and confident, that
the commoner’s eleventh-hour arrival
will not seriously annoy them.
Administration’s Program
The convention situation today is
this:
The temporary chairman will be
Homer S. Cummings, chairman of
the national committee, -whose resig
nation Mr. Bryan demanded several
months ago.
Mr. Cummings has a key
note speech, applauding the record
of the administration, it is under
stood, and putting forward the
league issue.
The permanent chaJrmanship is
scheduled to go to Bainbridge Colby,
secretary of state, who was appoint
ed by President Wilson after he
practically removed Robert Lansing
because he disagreed with the exec
utive. Mr. Colby is now on his way
here from Washington, and if elected
he is expected to make an extem
poraneous speech, which will amount
to a statement from the president to
the convention.
Chairmanship of the' important
committee on resolutions, which will
frame tha platform, is scheduled to
go to Senator Carter Glass, of Vin
ginia, who is now on the ground
with the League of Nations plat
from plank adopted by the Virginia
state convention and approved by
the president, as a model for the one
he wants to go into the national
platform.
Bryan’s Platform
Into this situation comes Mr. Bry
an. Administration leaders are so
confident that he will be impotent
that they are inclined te laugh at
any possibility of his changing the
existing order. But the Commoner
is expected to get into speedy touch
with leaders who are against the
administration program and en
deavor to organize an effective op
position.
It is understood that Mr. Bryan
has some platform planks of his
own, including one for government
control of railroads and one for a
national network of good roads, and
while not desiring the convention to
go on record agaipstjthe League of
Nations, he probably will advocate
i “middle course” plank that would
push that issue into the background
Clarksville, Tenn., and
Other Census Figures
Announced by Bureau
WASHINGTON, June 25.—The
census bureau today announced the
following population figures:
Clarksville, Tenn., 8,110, decrease
i3B, or .5.1 per cent; Fall River,
Mass., 120,485, increase 1,190, or 1 9
Jer cent; Grand Rapids, Mich., 137,-
>34, increase 25,063, or 22.3 per cent;
heading, Pa., 107,784, increase 11,-
13, or 12.2 per cent; Vincennes, Ind.,
17,210, increase 2,315, or 15.5 per
:ent; Leominster Mass, 19,745, in
irease 2,165, or 12.3 per cent; At
leboro, Mass., 19,731, increase 3,516,
»r 21.7 per cent; Methuen, Mass..
L5,18t, increase 3,741, nr 32.7 per
:ent; Cumberland, R. 1., 10,077, de
irease 30, or .3 per e»nt; Donora.
J a., 14,131, increase 5.5'7, or 72.9
>er cent.
CURED HER FITS
Mrs. Paul Gram, residing at 916
'ourth street, Milwaukee, Wis., re
ently gave out the following state
sent: “I had suffered with Fits
Epilepsy) for over 14 years. Doctors
nd medicine did me no good. It
eemed that I was beyond all hope
f relief, when at last I secured a
reparation that cured me sound and
Fell. Over 10 years have passed
nd the attacks have not returned. I
rish every one who suffers from this
emble disease would write R. P. N.
<epso, 13 Island avenue, Milwaukee.
Vis., and ask for a bottle of the
ame kind of medicine which he gave
le. He has generously promised to
end it prepaid, free to any one who
nites him.”—(Advt.)
WOMEN AID POLICE IN ELWELL CASE. Friends of the murdered society gambler, turf
man and bridge whist expert, Joseph B. Elwell, are giving police great assistance in their hunt for
the slayer who shot him to death in his apartment. Miss Beatrice Tremaine (right), a dress
model employed by Lucille, says: “Joe Elwell was one of the finest men who ever lived.” A letter
showed her acquaintance with Elwell, but she had not seen him recently, she said. Mrs. Viola
Kraus left, with whom Elwell attended a dinner party *the night before he was murdered and
with whom he had an engagement to play golf the following* day, has given detectives valuable in
formation. Deputy Dooling says that there is not the slightest evidence involving Mrs. Kraus in
any intrigue with Elwell. Below’ is, Mrs. La Verne Davies, another girl said to have been a friend
of Elwell, from whom the police hope to obtain m ore information that may help them in their in
vestigation.
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UNION LEADERS
. EXPRESS FEAR OF
TRAFFIC TIEUP
CHICAGO, June 25. —Heads of fif
ten railway men’s organizations in
conference today declared the rail
situation the most menacing they
had ben called upon t 6 face since
the war and expressed doubt of their
ability to preX’ent complete “paraly
sis of transportation unless they are
given co-operation by the railway
labor board now considering wage
demands.
“The men have reached the break
ing point in patience,” declared W.
G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen.
Judge R. M. Barton, chairman of
the board, isued a statement in
which he said the wage decision
would be made as soon as possible,
but in justice to the roads, workers
and the public, proper deliberation
must be had.
W. N. Doak, vice president of the
railway trainmen’s organization, de
clared the board had demonstrated
the futility of such methods of est
tling wage disputes.
“The board members are sitting
as advocates,” he said, "instead of
as judges.”
Dee Blames Wilson
W. G. Lee, president of the Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen and
spokesman for the union leaders,
laid responsibility for the present
situation at the door of President
Wilson in a statement issued before
the meeting opened.
Mr. Lee charged that the president
had permitted the railway adminis
tration “to dally along” for nearly a
year after the men presented their
demands, and that it took the presi
dent forty days to appoint the rail
way labor board after the Esch-Cum
mings bill authorizing it had be
come law.
“We are her to discuss some way.
of avoiding the danger because of
the government’s delay in passing
on our wage demands,” Mr. Lee said.
“Unless immediate action is .taken
we fear the transportation system
will be paralyzed. We don’t know
why there should be any longer de
lay by the railroad board. Every
pressure possible has been brought to
bear to get a decision.
“One of the biggest dangers to be
faced now is the one big union idea,
propagarida of whic his responsible
for the sporadic strikes now going
on. It is up to the powers to decide
whether they want the one big union
idea, which caused strife in 1894, or
whether they want the strong, sane
organizations which have kept the
men in a reasonable mood for many
years.”
Mr. Lee denied that the unions
were planning to call a general strike
to force a speedy decision by the
wage board.
Board Besents Criticism
Meantime the labor board is hur
rying its efforts to reach a decision.
Board members believe they are be
ing made the “goat” for past blund
ers and are said to highly resent de
mands that they rush a decision.
One member pointed out that the
government had had more than a
year to deal with the workers’ de
mands and had been unable to do
anything.
“Now, after holding hearings for
six weeks, we are expected to study
the data presented and then agree
on a decision -in a few days,” he
said.
“We have about 100 questions to
be dealt with and they can’t be dis
posed of i na few weeks.”
Chairman Barton admitted today
he had wired President Wilson an
answer to his telegram, urging an
early decision, but refused to say
> what its contents were.
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SNIPERS ACTIVE,
SOLDIER KILLED
: IN LONDONDERRY
LONDON, June 25.—Snipers were
busy in Londonderry during the
■ night, according to a Central News
dispatch from that city. Troops fired
on disorderly elements several times,
and also dispersed looters. At
about midnight the firing became so
intense that the searchlight on the
destroyer anchored in the harbor was
turned on the city in an endeavor to
locate the men engaged in the fight
ing.
i A former soldier named Austin was
| killed while crossing a street.
MAN MURDERED, HOMES
DESTROYED NEAR BANTRY
I BANTRY, County Cork, Ireland. I
i June 25.—What twas apparently a >
■ concentrated series of outrages ■
! against Sinn Feiners occurred here
■ last night, one death and the burn- ;
j ing of several homes and supplies 1
resulting.
Cornelius Crowley. 20 years old. |
was shot dead in bed by a group of
masked men who later set fire to the
shop and dwelling of a local mer
chant. Broth Crowley and the mer
chant were reputed to be prominent
in Sinn Fein circles.
Three other houses were broken
into and threats of shooting made
against the occupants. One of these
houses was destroyed and two were
; damaged by fire.
Bill Would Punish
Those Giving False
Information to Press
' ! With the idea of affording protec
’ | tion to the newspapers and to the
j general public of Georgia, Represen
? . tative John Y. Smith, of Fulton, will
> introduce next week in the house a
s bill making it a misdemeanor for
any person to furnish false informa
tion to a newspaper.
Mr. Smith on Friday morning in
dicated his Intention to put the bill
. j into the legislative hopper early next
. ; week and vigorously to fellow it
. through committee for consideration I
I by the full house.
, I It is understood that the need for
' ' such legislation has been emphasized I
L i recently by the fact that various i
. , newspapers throughout th,e state
( j have been imposed upon by unscru-
I pulous persons prompted by motives
i of revenge. Instances have occurred
■ ■ within the last two weeks where
r I false announcements of marriages
;; and engagements have been furnished
' to newspapers and in one case nota
' i bly, that of a young lady in Dublin.
j Ga., the publication of such an an
’ I nouncement is alleged to have caused
' ■ her to commit suicide.
| Mr. Smith’s bill is expected to re
’ i ceive the solid support of both
1 I branches of the legislature, as favor
i i able expressions were heard Friday
r j by all members to whom the sub
ject was mentioned.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1920.
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SPLIT REPORT ON
PROHI QUESTION IS
LIKELY AT FRISCO
BY DAVID LAWBENCE
(Copyright, 1920, for The Atlant- Journal.)
SAN FRANCISCd, June 25.—The
majority report of the platform
committee of the Democratic na
tional convention will declare for
the enforcement of the prohibition
amendment as the lav.’ of the land.
Senator Glass, chairman of the
resolutions committee, is a dry, but
m’ore than that he believes in re
specting constitutional amendments.
There will be a - minority report fa
voring. a modification of the • Vol
stead law so as to provide a liberal
Interpretation of the eighteenth
amendment -not inconsistent with
its meaning as laid down by the su
preme court /of the United States.
The details have not been worked
out, but asking congress to fix a
percentage of alcohol to be used in
light wines and beer that could
come within the category of non
intoxicating beverages is one of the
. suggestions being made while
i others would adopt a simple resolu
tion commending President Wilson
1 for his veto of the Volsted act.
With respect to the Irish ques-
I tion omitted by the Republican con
i vention, there will be a plank on
, the subject here. The approach to
I the problem that is being most dis
cussed is one not merely sympathiz
ing with the aspirations of people
struggling for liberty and inde
pendence, but concretely pledging
the next chief executive, if he be a
Democrat, to invoke article eleven
of the covenant of the League of
Nations .in behalf of Ireland.
If America becomes a member of
the league she would be able, under
that article to draw to the atten
tion of the league or any member of
it the distressing situation in Ire
land. It would not be possible for
England to resent officially the en
trance of the United States into the
forum as a champion of the cause of
Ireland because article eleven says
it is “the friendly right” of any
nation to call attention to any mat
ter affecting the good understand
ing between nations*
President Wilson has again and
again referred to article eleven in
his public speeches and in his
answers to queries from Irish so
cieties, but has never gone so far
as to pledge himself to invoke ar
ticle eleven in behalf of Ireland.
This, it is pointed out, a convention
and platform can do. It would be
a pledge to take up the matter of
Irish self-determination in an offi
cial way with Great Britain through
the medium of .the league. The
i plan is meeting with the favor of
j many members of the resolutions
| committee.
i HEALS TrOMACFfROU
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AT HOME
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tape worms or other worms, is being
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He is so confident of results that
he guarantees absolute satisfaction
in every case or there is no charge
for the treatment. If you suffer
from stomach trouble or any kind
of worms, send him your name and
address today, as this notice may
not appear again.—(Advt.)
Assembly May Divert
Motor Taxes to Relieve
Shortage in the Treasury
Two Bills Introduced in
State Legislature to Help
Tide Over Temporary Fi
nancial Stringency
Both branches of the state legisla
ture held short sessions Friday morn
ing, devoted chiefly to the introduc
tion of new bills. They adjourned.
shortly before noon, to meet again at
10 o’clock Monday morning.
Efforts to relieve the temporary
financial stringency of the state
treasury took definite form with the
introduction in the house by Repre
sentative George Carsw’ell, of Wilkin
son, of two bills providing for the di
version of the motor vehicle license
tax fund into the general treasury
and the replacement of this fund
from the ad valorem tax revenues
before December 20, 1920.
The introduction of these two bills
had been previously«indicated by
Mr. Carswell, who is chairman of the
house appropriations committee, in
a speech delivered on the opening
day of the 1920 session.
Under the present statute the mo
tor vehicle lidbnse tax fund is main
tained separate and apart from the
general funds of the state, to be
used only for the construction of
good roads under the direction of the
state highway commission.
Mr. Carswell’s bills proposes that
this fund, which amounts to about
81,700,000, shall be used to liquidate
appropriations to various state de
partments and institutions now re
maining unpaid. He also proposes
to use a part of this fund to meet
the general expenses of the state,
in view of the 'shortage of funds in
the state treasury and the pressing
necessity for additional finances to
tide things over until fall, when the
great bulk of -the ad valorem tax
money is paid in.
Under the provisions of the com
panion bill, the full amount of the
motor vehicle license tax fund divert
ed for these purposes would be re
placed by December 20, 1920, to be
held for the original purposes for
which the fund was created.
While it is anticipated that con
siderable opposition will be mani
fested in certain quarters, leaders in
the house predicted Friday morning
that both bills would pass by a large
majority. Mr. Carsw’ell has given
notice that he will press both meas
ures vigorously and secure early
consideration both in committee and
before the house.
Directly along this line and with
a view’ to ascertaining the exact fi
nancial status of the treasury, the
house adopted Friday a concurrent
resolution introduced by Mr. Moye,
of Randolph, providing for the ap
pointment of a joint committee to
investigate the financial condition of
the state relative to the existence of
a casual deficiency. The members of
this committee will be the speaker
of the house, th# president of the
senate, the chairmen and the vice
chairmen of the appropriations com
mittees of both houses, the comp
troller general, the state treasurer,
the secretary of state and the gov
ernor.
The committee is charged with the
duty of making ap immediate inves
tigation, and if a casual deficiency is
found of making'recommendations to
the general assembly as to the best
method of obtaining relief.
After passing two or three local
bills and permitting the introduc
tion of aoout twenty-five or thirty
new measures, the house adjourned at
11:15 o’clock until Monday morning
at 11 o’clock, Central time.
Announcement has been made that
on Tueday afternoon a public hear
ing will be held on the tax revision
measures before the w r ays and means
committee of the house. These two
bills, introduced by Mr. Arnold, of
Clay, after submission by the state
tax commission, which held public
hearings in various Sections of the
tate, were tentatively considered
last year and have now reached their
third reading in the house. At the
request of Mr Arnold, however, they
have been recommitted to the W’ays
and means committee for further
consideraton.
Mr. Rogers, of Elbert, has been
somewhat embarrassed by a pub
i lished error in regard to his bill
amending the motor vehicle license
tax act. He has introduced a meas
ure fixing the license tax on cars
with not more than twenty-three
horse-pow T er at $5 instead of the
present tax of $11.25, but by inad
vertance it w’as published as $25. His
measure also provides a tax of 30
cents per horse-power for each horse
power in excess of twenty-three.
Bills Passed
The following bills were passed
by the house:
By Mr. Tankersley, of Irwin —To
pay SBO to Mrs. D. W. Pope on ac
count of pension to the late Mrs. S.
C. Faulkner.
By the Floyd delegation—To pro
vide a pension for Mrs. Francis
Shores, of Floyd county.
iSTATE SENATE ADJOURNS
UNTIL MONDAY MORNING
After a session Friday which lasted
for just thirty-five minutes, the sen
ate adjourned until 11 o’clock Mon
; day morning.
i Nine new bills w’ere introduced,
notable among these being a bill by
Senator Ivan Allen, of the Thirty
fifth district, which would regulate
the sale and inspection of automo
biles. It provides for a uniform
bill of sale which shall be inspected
I by the sheriff of the county in which
I the sale is made, and arranges for
i a permanent record of bills of sales
| of automobiles in the office of the
1 secretary of state. This is a com-
I painion bill to that introduced Thurs
' day in the lower house by the Ful
i ton county delegation.
Senator Smith, of the Seventh dis
: trict, called for action on his bill
which proposes to amend the law
I irf regard to warehouse receipts,
adopting in regard thereto the uni
form warehouse recipt act. This
bill was advanced through its third
reading, and deferred by unanimous
consent for final action on Monday.
Discussion was begun on the bill
by Senator Dorris, of the Forty
i eighth, relating to regulating mar
; riages and marriage licenses, and it
was indicated that vigorous opposi
tion would be offered against passage
of the bill.
Advocates of the capital removal
bill would not talk in the senate
hall Friday on their plans, but-it was
hinted that preparations are being
J made to have the bill given its final
reading on Thursday or Friday of
1 next week.
FHIEffiDFMOO
TO ■WE HIM
OVER OmOTEST
Telegrams Urging Them to
Stop Activities and Take
Him at His Word Prove
Unavailing.
BY DAVID I.AWBENCE
(Copyright, 1920, for. The Atlanta Journal.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 25.
The veil of doubt concerning the
McAdoo candidacy is lifting. Friends
of the former secretary of the treas
ury have formed a militant organiza
tion determined to nominate him over
his own protest. Telegrams are
coming to several of these men to
stop their activity and take Mr. Mc-
Adoo at his word, but they are un
availing.
Indeed, the latter is reliably re
ported to have told Senator Glass
in a conference in New York last
week that if his name were presented
for nomination, the Virginia senator
was authorizefl to say it was being
done without his consent or sanc
tion.
Neverthless, Senator Glass is open
ly for McAdoo's domination and will
make a fight for it. The story told
by men in the confidence of Mr. Mc-
Adoo bears out the reasons given
publicly by the former director gen
eral of railroads. They say he has
considered the question from every
angle and that he has a horror* of
having the “crown prince” argument
and criticism of a similar vein con
cerning his relationship with Presi
dent Wilson flung at him and his
family during a political campaign.
McAdoo, Man of Hour
They declare, moreover, that Mrs.
McAdoo has been consistently op
posed to the return of her husband
to public life. She knows the extent
to which pubjifc and private criticism,
together with the almost superhu
man burdens of the White House it
self, can interfere with personal com
fort and happiness. Her own father
broke down in health and her moth
er died while in the White House.
Every friend of McAdoo here says
he is thoroughly sincere in his disin
clination to run for office. Why nomi
nate him then?
To that question comes the uniform
answer from these same McAdoo men
that in a time like this, personal
tastes or convenience cannot out
weigh the duty that a man may owe
to his party and his country. They
are absolutely determined that Mc-
Adoo is the man of the hour and
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DR. BURRIS JENKINS
WASHINGTON. Dr. Burris
Jenkins will nominate. W. G. Mc-
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Democratic candidate for presi
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FRISCO IS CALLED
‘PROMISED LAND’
OF SUFFRAGETTES
B YDOBOTWY DIX
(Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta
Journal)
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.—1 f
the Republican national convention
at Chicago was the Mount Nebo on
which th,e feminine Moses who have
led the suffrage hosts stood and
looked over into ‘he political prom
ised land, the National Democratic
convention at San Francisco is the
land itself into -which they have de
seeded and filed their homestead
claims.
Where there was one woman in
attendance on the Republican con
vention, there are ten present at
the Democratic convention. Most
of them have no official connection
with the business ofp icking presi
dential timber, but every sister of
them is a red hot politician from
the buckles on her pumps to the top
feather in her bonnet. She’s is here
to see how the political machine
goes around, and she counts on
making a sensation when she goes
back hime by telling her club all
about it instead of paralyzing them
with her new clothes, as was tft.-j
--habit of erstwhile Susan whets.
traveled.
France and Allies
On Cordial Terms
PARIS, June 25.—Most cordial re
lations exist between France and her
allies, said Premier Millerand in the’
chamber of deputies today.
Questioned regarding “divergences
between the French and the allied ha
tions,” the premier declared amid ap
plause from the entire house:
“Never has the union been closer
than now between England, Italy
and France.”
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Supporters Are Planning
to. • Offer McAdoo as
Compromise—- Prohibition
Fight May Not Develop
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25.—Thw
Democratic national committee in
making up the temporary roll of the
convention today was scheduled to
settle two fights for convention seats.
One of the disputes centered on the
contest over Georgia’s twenty-eight
seats, while the other Involved one
of the two seats from the Fifth Mis
souri district.
Senator James Reed, one of Presi
dent Wilson’s most bitter opponents,
chosen by his district as a national
delegate, was rejected by the Mis
souri state convention and his seat
declared vacant. As the matter
stood, the alternate, James T. Brad
shaw, of Kansas City, a Reed adhe
rent, was slated to occupy the sena
tor’s place in the national convention.
A few days ago the persons who
constituted the district convention at
which Senator Reed was • elected
unanimously re-elected him. The na
tional committee has taken the atti
tude that the district convention, aft
er discharging Its duties in electing
him originally, had no legal status,
and that Senator Reed Would have to
file a formal protest with the com- '
mittee.
Up to an early hour, Reed, who is
now in San Francisco, had not done
this. »
Should he fail to make a contest
before the national committee he
could still take his case before the
credential committee which makes
up the permanent roll, or even later
go before the convention and ask that
he be included on the permanent roll,
Georgia Contest
There are two full delgations from
Georgia, each claiming the right to
be seated. The delegation elected by
the regular state convention is head
ed by Charles S. Jarrett, president of
the National Farmers’ Union; it is
uninstructed as to candidates, but
opposed to a platform indorsing the
League of Nations as brought from
Paris by President Wilson. The oth
er delegation, chosen at a meeting of
tl»2 supporters of A. Mitchell Palmer
which was held after their participa
tion in 'the regular convention, is in
structed to vote for the attorney gen
eral.
The contest for national commit
teeman from Georgia is involved in
the fight for seats in the convention.
The Palmer delegation, if seated, will
present the name of Clark Howell for
le-election, while the Barrett forces
will nominate W. J. Vereen, who was
chosen by the Georgia state conven
tion on a roll call vote.
The committee’s decision in the
Georgia contest will be appealed to
the credentials committee of the con
vention, it is believed, regardless of
• which of the factions is placed on
the temporary roll.
The Reed case may prove dif
ficult to deal with. An effort to place
the senator on the floor of the con
vention, although the Missouri state
convention rejected him as a dele
gate-at-large, was expected, and, be
cause of his attitude toward the ad
ministration during senate battles
over the peace treaty, it was said to
be possible strong
would be met before the committee.
McAdoo Boom Pexslsteut
The third contest, from Oregon,
was not regarded as a serious case
and might not, it was said, material
ize at all. In fact, national commit
tee officials did not know before they
assembled to examine credentials
what appearance was to be made in
any of the contest cases.
Overnight developments showed
two matters that have been in a
nebulous stage since the first Demo
cratic leaders arrived here to be
approaching more definite shape.
These were the mysterious and per
sistent boom for nomination of Wil
liam G. McAdo, even against his
flat declaration that he was not a
candidate, and the conflict as to a
prohibition enforcement plapk in the
platform.
McAdoo adherents were said early
'today to be shaping their plans to
withhold his name from the ballot
ing throughout the early stages.
They have learned that the former
secretary of the treasury still has a
strong following, but are said to feel
that in view of his attitude it would
not be expedient to present his name
Unless the expected deadlock
tween the leading candidates, Palmer
and Governor Cox, of Ohio, should
develop.
In that event there appeared to be
little doubt that McAdoo would be #
put forward to break the blockade
with the assurance considerable
stdength at the start. His friends
are said to have put their heads to
gether to formulate plans of this na- ;
ture, and map out vt tfee
subsequent campaign to o’bt*>w few
him the two-thirds majority on
which Democratic nominations must
rest.
May Ignore Prohibition
On the prohibition enforcement
question, heretofore the most promi
nent subject of discussion in cwk
vention circles, there developed yes
terday a sudden movement to ig
nore the question entirely in the
platform. Suggestions of this na
ture came to Chairman Cummings
of the national committee, from
camps representing various shades
of opinion ranging from bone ar? to
almost as completely wet.
These feelers toward a harmony
program were not clear enough, how'-
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