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vatc:i r ' C..,-f.!'-': "ti r.-i- V TWENTY PAGES. TODAY - RALETCHlNrC.; .FRIDAY. I.". ;G;-"J':LY--2. 1920 TWENTY PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FiVC GCNTS VCL CXII. NO. 1 . - - ( .TP.'GEFOIES L.AYSWiTGlI Gli.IS ,0.1 III MS D!:p!ci:od With Reception Ac corded By Tennessee De!s :; - eaticn at Frisco campaign to depend CM DATE OF MEETING President and Hiss Karearet Viiaon Said To e Uesiroai TbirNorth Carolina Be The : ; Thirty: sixth State; Internal revenue Department watch. - in; Agents In State ' " New and Observer Bureau, 003 Diatrlet Nat BaakBldg. By E E. POWELL - (By Special eLesed Wire.) Waablngtoa, July 1. A press dis patch from Baa Franeiseo today indi eating that National suffrage leaden 1a the convention city wsr dUpleaaed with tin reception accorded them by the Tennewea delgatioa and wen carry- .Jog - their cam to the Tar Heel dele I gatea ia tiewed hen aa indicating that uffrag hdvoente nay yet tnra their heavy artillery loose ia North Carolina during the special session, It all depends, aay the leadera, ta the date Governor Biekett calls the North Carolina- session-. -Should ha summon -it to meet as early as August 2, it U i protty aafe bet that the administration forces. would bring aa mueh pressure to bear aa poaaible and have it fiaiahed. The Tennessee session ia called for August and while ratiicatioa then ia eonaldered certain, the chance an regarded good enough in North- Caro lina to mke the fight from the jump. r Teaateaea "MB Ratify Even should : North Carolina reject the amendment ia special . seasio which ia a thing Democnta cant bring themselves to believe it would have little, if any affect ort Tennessee, which is looked upon aa absolutely certain to ratify. The an II regis ta - hare reached the point now, where with Victory ia their kandi, they feel that they have something to offer as well as to aak and the 8tat that appeari most anxious to claim the distinction of completing the two-third vote ia apt to be invaded with most earnestness. r President Looks To K. C." . Then is a story current in Wshln ton, besides that the President aad hit dauitti ter, Jdias Margaret Wilaoav would like very mueh to sea North Carolina ratify and become the thirty-out fctate. ThaJTerdai's prima interest la the premiaes is to clinch for the Democratic party the endit of making enfranchisement of the women possible in time for them to vots in the fall lections. .;, :;;:v.,::.;,':-;vv i K Miss Wilson is no leas aa aTdeat ad vacate of votes for wo mem than is her father and it is said that she berame interested in the North Carolina aitua ' tioa the past summer while at Grove Park Inn. Since that, time aha has watched the situation ia the State care fully and long before it was know that the Tennessee legislature could act ea the amendment, the President had takes up with party leaden ths fiorta Carolina situstion. f It ia significant ia this connection that Senator Furnifold McLendon Sim on is leaving 'Washington tonight or tomorrow for the State to remain then probably nntil Congress meets ia De cember. - Just how active the Senator will be ia North, Carolina ia the inter est of the suffrage movement, should the fight center in Baloigh, is a matter of speculation- He plans to arrive ia the State In time to east hie vote la tne second primary lor Uameroa Morri son, but to remain out of the political arena until everybody cools off. Adverting to the President's request that he use his influence ia the suffrage cause in North i Carolina, the : Senior Senator said recently that if he did actively urge upon the General Assem bly ratification of ths amendment, that it would be the first time he ha sug-f (tested to or asked the lawmaker of North Carolina, anything since the Watts jnrt law waa up for consideration - Whatever the senior1 Senator -doeey and it is to be surmised from his State ment to ths State convention last April that he wants North Carolina to de liver the. needed State to ths -auff ra cists, it can be aaid authoritatively that he will devote his major effort to the exploeioa of fears about the negro won-en. Having led the fight for white anpremacy in 98 his friends feel that he- ia eminently qualified to puncture thia bug-t-boo . . . . . - To Watea Federal Areata. It became known hen today following several appeals to the Whits Bouse and to the Internal "Bevanne Commissioner, that strict watch over ,the activities of the Federal agent ia North Carolina will be kept Saturday at the direction of Commissioner Williams. Following letten of complaint, which have been received by officialdom here,, some of which have been sent to Senator Sim mons and referred to the commissioner, the Whits House and the Internal Beve nue Department have been ia long die tsnce telephone communication with North Carolina and as a result of these conversations it was decided to observe 'the political activities of the revenue officers st the polls- - - - C smplslst of - Interference ia US gubernatorial contest has been inci dental to ths complaint that the same - officers have been eondnetinar a smooth. but effective propaganda against ratifi cation. This matter was reported' to J. Patrick Tnmulty last , week, as re ported in this correspondence, and sines then friends ef ...Miss Margaret Wilson have succeeded tn bringing more direet- ' Jy to ths President himself this ait- tnon.- - , ;. . The linking together of two distinct develnpments ia the situation justifies ths su'ezestion that the President him rrlf eommanieated with Commissioner Vi::iams and as a result the Commis- !'-nr ennrlii(1,t to Tut watrhera about Governor Of VermorUMay Call Special Session Soon Indicates Immediate Convening of Legislature of Vermont to Take Action on Suffrage Amendment Following Confer ence at Washington With Senator Harding, the Republican Nominee for President Doth Conferees Issue Statements " Washington, July 1. Governor Clem rati of Vermont, aftr a eonf etencs hers tonight with Senator Harding, the Be publicaa preaidential aomiase, indicat ed that he would immediately call the Vermont legislature in special session to act on the Federal suffrgas amend ment, -.''v ': ; The Vermont governor, while not stating deilititery" his wurse ia-thertttt-frags matter, waa quoted as saying ia a statement from Senator Harding's of fice that: ia "frankly confessed, then was a preponderance of Bepublieaa ad vice ia favor ef a special sesaioa called to eonaider ratifleatioa. Statements wen iseaeff 1 toUi Sea ator Harding and Governor Clement re garding the conference, which took place at the former's home. There was so statement by either as to whether the governor same to Washington at the iavitatioa of the Bepublieaa can didate or on his ewa volition. ,. -. Harding's Statement. ' Senator Harding had the following to say regarding the conference! It gavs me an opportunity to tay to Governor Clement that I was deeply In terested in the final disposition ef the questioa ef ntlfleaUoa and I told ths Govsrnor frankly that if my sdviee was wanted, I would be glad to see Vermont Bepubliesns close ths greet franchise reform. The women through Benson Warns Foreign Inter ests Not To Interfere With . U. S. Plans WsshUgton, Jul 1Z-(By the Asso ciated Press.) Warning foniga .inter ests aot to attempt Interfere see with the development of the Amerlesn mer chant marine, Chalnnaa Benson, of the Shipping Board, declared today that the board was determined te buna up aa American merchant marine as eontenv. pted by the Jones shipping act despite tlir-its and ptopsgsad by such intei eis te defeat the law. " ' r The TJnited BUtis," said ; Admiral Benson, "is ia earnest la its sfforta te place withia the nwnershlp-hy. Catted States citUeaa the control ef at least a part ef its traffic ia imports sad ex ports. If it should, . cy sny penioie means, be held that the departments of ths government lack sues, authority as will insure their being able to protect American interests ia such, control, addi tional authority ' will be asked by the administration aad undoubtedly will be rranted by Consmsr - . ' ' r "Fore iir a carriers tad those ia the United States interested more ia foreign than American institutions will do well te 'let sleeping dogs lie.' . Wamiaa Fellows Threats. Admiral Benson's wsraing wss sound ed ia a talk te representative of facias Coast ehambera ef commerce and trade bodies and American railroads, whe have been disturbed by threats of foreign camera to divert business Irom Amer ican port on the Paeifie Coast, beeaaas of the section of ths merchant marine let permitting a preferential rate over carrion withia the unitea mates . on merchandise moving ia export aad im nart in American vessels- Buck a threat, the ettairmaa saia, u "futile an idle." , WiU Allocate Ships. - "If suck a threat ia sincere and the attempt is made te so divert ths busi ness,' Admiral Bensoa continued, "the Shipping Board will allocate American ships to move the business. The Ship ping Board and the Interstate Commerce Commission will follow this sctioa by other steps, which would further protect tie interests of the tinted States against eueh foreign efforts to defeat the pur poses of the merchant marine set- Nothing could oretly bring about the enforcement of this section of ths law than' adoptioa by foreign carrion ef their threat to divert busi ness from .American ports. MAY TAKE ACTION AS RESULT DECKER ATTACK Waahintrtoa. July L Action probably will be takea by ths Navy Department withia 24 honra ia the matter or itear Admiral Benton C Decker's reeeat at tack oa Secretary Daniels and Assistant Secretary Boosevslt, was saw today by Acting Secretary or;: in . xvy Coontr. ' 'r-.'- Admiral Coontn declined to - iadtaate what action he expected to do taken, but said the matter aad beea referred to Seentary Daniels, whe is attending the Democratic National Convention at Saa' Fra neiseo. , " . ' ' . r PREMIER BORDEN, OT CANADA WANTS TO CITE CP HIS JOB Ottawa, July 1- Desire te retire from political life was expressed by Sir Bobert Borden, premier of Canada, at geaeral csuras ef unionists hen to day. CALL OX NORTH CAROLINA TO GIVE VOTE TO WOMEN - Ssa Frsaciaeak, Jaly Lr Ths ensT rage plank, as' approved by the plat form committee, ia anderatsed te fol lew the lines ef that framed la the Bab'cetamittew, calling ea ths Deme. crmtie Geveraon sad .Legislatures ef Tennessee, North Carolina and Flor ida te complete ratification ef the aanTrage amendment la time te per. wilt the women te rote next Ne vember- filUSTUOIHIIIDER M'ADOOOPPOIIEIIIS SHIPPIIIG PROGRAM MIIIUS LEADERSHIP out the Nation are deeply Interested la the national campaign and the ratiflea tioa must bs closed soon if they ars universally to participate ia the Federal election- I would be gratified, ef course, to have Bepublieaa Vermont close the gap, but - Governor - Clement under stands X was aot trespassing ea his authority in giving him such an rpinioa ia the course ef our con-fenncfc'rr--,'"'''"-''"'r!: Ceveraer Clement's StatemeaL ' -' Govsrnor Clement, ia his statement, ssid: ; " ' ' - ' ' ' ' ' "I have been calling on Senator Hard ing aai we discussed the state of ths anion agreeably, you saa be sun, and we discussed suff rags ratifleatioa by Vsmoat' Our Stats Bepublieaa' eon. veatioa asked me to call the sitra session.' Chairman- Hay haa urged it ea bshglf ef the national eommlttee and many requests came to me from dels gates to the rational convention. Naturally, I wanted Senator Hard Isg's views snd hs suggested aa early rail- My reluctance is due to a feeling tHit Vermont pnfen to change - ths fundamental laws very deliberately. We caa only change ur State eonstitntioa by one direct appeal to the people and the favorable action of two Legislatures. We are reluctaat, therefore, to ratify by a LegUlature which waa elected at a time whsa suffrage was aot an issue-'' - Combination Against McAdoo To Prevent His Nomination : Is Still Working . Ssa Franeiseo, July 1 The attempt at s combination against the aomination of WUlIant .0- UcAdoe was still being carried oa whsa the coaventloa went into its sight session, but it still was without any definite result. lack of jheadwny was Sacribtd te the absene of eentral control aad. to the feeling atong many st those impor tuned to join that it was really directed I gainst Fretldent Wilsoa rather than wholly a movement against lisAdoo. That feeling, Jts asgwagejwas its weakness. Another real difficulty was that many of ths supporters et candidates hsving enthusiastic following, ehiefly Falmsr snd Cox. armed that they should aot be asked to desert their candidate until it had been developed whether they caa gain strength- Ia these esmpe wen scattering delegate who preferred Me Ad oo to any "dark horse.'' The pro. moters of th-attempted combination against AteAdoo wen proceeding aeaui' torily and ons sfter another they con tinued to bring forward such names as former Speaker -Clark, viea-rresiasnt Marshall, Homer 8. Cummings, - Bain bridge Colby and svea WUUam ht7t3h 1 e Rallying Point, f. ''' Clearly aad admittedly than wss no asms about whieh they could rally. The Cox aad Palmer leaders laughed at the idea of "swapping off" at so early a stags aad asserted it had not been dem.J onstrated that MeAdoo eommanaea a Disss ia ths running te cause them to fesr him it was with them plainly a ease of waitinr to bs shows- hilrthrreal "leaden were sealing with the platform discussion, thoss who for one reason er another oppoeed Me Adoo, Palmer and Cox kept up their In formal conferences. Many contended that a few ballots would easily-show ths impossibility of nominating either Palmer or Cox and ths bitterest admin. titration - ODoonent warned delay - 4a effecting sv program whieh might bring them to ths issue at a time too late to defeat McAdoo. Delegate without pro nounced convictions embarrassed these leaders by demanding to know why it was that a combination waa necessary Ia many instance this forced the ad mission that the principal argument why they thought McAdoo should not be nominated was that he waa the son-in-law of the President. The sdmjnistra tloa dearly was ia eontrol ef the coa ventloa aad tbirexplanstioa dearly wss unpopular in many ouartere on that account. All faction have beea canvassing the Stat delegations to determine the actual strength for eseh of the lesding candidates. The returns do not sgree, but the nearest to an impartial esti mate obtalnabls showed that on the first ballot the strength ef Palmer would bs shout 878, with - McAdoo following with 174 and Cox l i third place with 160. This left 411 delegates scattered among the - other elevea candidates placed' la nomination. . '. . :' . hfADOO CONTINUES SPHINX- LIKE POLITICAL SILENCE Huntington. N- Juno. 1 WUllam G. McAdoo retired at 9 o'clock tonight Without having broken his silence as to whether hs will accept the aominstiou for President ea- ths Democratic ticket, should the delegate name him. Newspaper men journeyed te the Mc Adoo home tonight at S o'clock to find all the light in the house extinguished.-! They learned from ths -watehmsa -that Mr. McAdoo had gons to bed POLITICAL FORTUNE TELLLER 1 IN NEW TORK "IN TROUBLE New-Yorkr July 1. Alleged ' to have predicted thst Governor- Smith -would he nam ins ted for president 'by ths Democrat is tatlonal convention, Mrs. Annid Criswell waa arrested at a hotel hen today en a charge of fortuns tell ing. Ths political forecast was said to hare beea msdiu to two' police women, ' dhyai3saysd:;;fT' OFTALKiSTOVARD 1.1' Nebrasknn Says Former Scc - retary Is Handicapped; By. Wilson Relationship- PALMER AND COX BOOMS NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY Bryan Says "Crown Prince .01 Argument JjcslnitllcAdoals Already Being Used By Be jpubllcans, and Asks If Fam Dynasty Is Likely To Be come Popular In The U. 8. By WILLIAM JENNINGS BET AN. (Copyright, 1920, by W. J. Bryan.) ii Saa fraaciaeo, July ' 1 The rul kdopted ly the committee on resolutions forbid the reporting of anything don la th eommlttee nntil the platform is ready for the convention- At X am a member ef the committee I cannot sty anything from' which conclusion may be drawn. As it la Imposiibl te know whsa ths sommlttes will be able to re port and impossible to do any writing betwsca the conclusions of the commit tee work aad the actioa of ths conven tion, I am compelled to turn from the subset ia which Z feel the deepest Interest to a. subiect of seeoadary im portance, viat The personal slsment is verv much overestimated. Supporter of a candidate become in flamed with the idea that everything doDcnd noon hi nomination, and w are told "aa goes Podunk, so gees the Natioa and can carry Podunk' Thu is ssDeeiaily tins ef ths pivotal ststes States liks Kew Tork nd Indiana and moT rsecntly Ohio hnveVelsfaned 4 hold ths selections in their hand. In disaa haa had the Tlce-Presideney from the tim when the memory of man run. aetk aot to the contrary aad the New Tork delegatioa takes ths Democratic party up ea the mauataia aad offers it the earth every lour years Just bow Ohio poses as a pivotal State, but it does aot taks much to make pivotal State out of any commonwealth that ha a candidate- Since the Presi dential election four yean ago turned en a few vote ia California, its a poor State that cannot prove to its own satis faction that it leetorial vote may de termine the Presidential eeutesV and therefore "nominate enr'siaa tnd save thoawty." - - v . j . President Must Approve, . LI One thing i apparent, "Ke-oae aa bo Bomlnatad without the approval Of th President' Th Bepublieaa coa vention had to wait for word from I tlek-bed in Pennsylbania aad thia coa vention wait for word from a sick maa In Washington, but Fsnros wss in po litioa to confer with others. Hen we are dependent upon intuition. ' No one ay hen "ia a multitude of counsel then if safety-" . ' Mr- Palmer mad hi campaign oa th theory that h represented the Pres. ideat. Ia Georgia the question v whether th voters would sustain the administration by voting for Mr. Put msr or permit a eruel world to ssy that th President hs beea repudiated, in Miehigaa Mr, Palmar agaia appeared a representative ef th President' ideas and his force hen are marshalled tinder the leadership of th Hon. Vance Me Cormick, chairmaa of the Democratic eommlttee la the last campaign, aad row as near to. th President aa any oa I permitted to get, but Mr- Palmer team to be dipping nnd thia conven tion, whieh I so unwilling, if it caa be judged by its leaders, to admit that any mistake ha been made during the pant eight yean, doe aot seem to be rallying to th aupport of A.r- Palmer, Somehow then is a lack of the vim and the determination whieh is so evident whenever any ons suggest that then is any part of the country in which any Democratic voter ha reached a differ ent conclusion on any subject from that to whkh the President haa arrived. Cox Boom Dying Out.. . . . The Cox boom seems to have (pent it fore.. The Governor of OhI bss done many thing worthy of commend' atlon. (peaking politically. It could not quit bo aaid, a of the rich young maa, of him that be -had kept aa the commandment from bia youth, but he certainly doe "lack one thing," and that i loyalty to th home ia it death grapple with th saloon. A maa who caa take an oath to aupport th con stitution of hi Stat and then ait In his offie at th capital and without protest or lifting a hand to prevent it, watch the brewers, the d'stillere end liquor dealers," temporarily out of - business, but hoping to return, attempt to., over throw everything that ' th temperance forces of Ohio have accomplished in 60 years. Bucn a man is sot tne maa to put .ia the White. House, at such a time this. When' hs tied up - with th brewers at Cincinnati and want into th Governor' offle with a . majority oaly about half as great aa hi ineresse ia ths county la which- Uaouinati is located, he sold hi birth-right for a mess of pottage and ia polities it takes mora than two yean to get., .a birth right out of the' pawn shop. No man can' go before th 26,000,000. of women votera with th smell of beer on hi garment.- ' r ''" 1 "r"'-- ; Drirt la Toward McAdoo ' Th drift is toward MeAdoo.: We nn told that th- President really doeea't want MeAdoo, but thia doe not harmonise with the fact- that govera ment employees an diaregarding Mr. MeAdoo express wish snd trying to fores the nomination upon him over hi protest. ' Mr. McAdoo, cannot ia my judjrment, carry through the campaign the handt- esp of Bis relationship te th Presi dent, no matter howlovable a maa h may be or how popular he ia with cer tain group of voter. He will be th target of every enemy of the President without the President abiluy to.ei- iContipued ea Page Two.) ADOO (IT FRISCO LliiliiGSESlI; '' tr.-rr . ..I,.. ' r' JJelsgateiileaLUst of Nomi nsting Speeches and men l Recess For Platform SIMEONS AMONb THOSE . 1 PLACED IN NOMINATION Oonrention To Take Up Flat form at Right session. With ' Little Prospect of BsHotinf . Before Today; Ponrteen Can r didates. Presented, IXcAdoo, . Cos and Palmer "Bif Threa - Baa rrsndseo, July 1. Oss brief so ioa early today brought the Demo cratl National Coaventloa te the oad of th tedious business of hearing asmi- nting spseche";" 4,:s;::jc:. , With John W. Davis, ambassador to Groat Britain, Senstor Glsss of Vir ginia, Senator Bimana, of North Care Una, and Francis Barton Harrison, gov srnor general ef the Philippines, added to. the list of those formally presented, th convention at th end ef it mid day session found itself 'TMout-ef bust Tho nsoluUoas essnmittee, framing the platform,' was aot ready to report aad aep word it would aot be ready before S o clock tonight. Oa motion of 'Wilbur W. Marsh, a delegate' from Iowa, aad treasurer of the National eomnUttee, aa attempt was md'to uspead th gules, whieh' re quired th platform to be adopted prior to balloting, and go ahead with the vot ing lor a aomlnee. - ' Bach a suspennoa of the rule re quired a two-third wot of the dele gate aad it was quickly apparaat from th houtc of disapproval coming from all 0Twa.Utha. aaU.thtt tka pre vailing wish was to dtspoee et the plat form before proceeding to ballot! ag. Mr. Marsh,' therefore, withdrew his motion and the eoaventioa reeeased un til 8 o'clock, while the platform com mittee .aontiaued to labor. . , , t t. Fearteea CsBdidats. Whea it, disposes of. the, platform, with the inevitable contests over prohi bition, the League of Natioa and the Irish question, and goes oa with ths business of balloting, the eoaveatioa will have before it a field of fourteen candidates, headed by a "big three" MeAdoo, Cox and P4m- a scattering of lesser light, aad including a pad dock of "dark horse" aearby. : Unless some of the-expected platform fights fail to materialise there seemed little prospect of the eoaveatioa get ting te th business of nominating a candidate at th aight sessioa aaless it proposed to remain at work until daylight. The, movement to perfect e combination against MeAdoo etilT was going ea when the eeavemtioB went into the alsht sessioa but consideration ef the saedidatee still ; was obeeared - la soms measure by the platform fight and the oueetlon of whether William J. Bryan was going to win Or low oa hi prouibltloa planav Row Over Irish Matter. - The convention went into the" aight sessioa with a row oa the floor brew ins? over the attempt of Irish sympa thizers among delegates to force info the. platform a plank declaring for recognition of the Inaa republic ia a caucus of tha pro-Irish faetionista new ia a room aext to the .resolutioas com mittee room, plans to carry th drive to th floor wen mad after a caucus ultimatum bad beea ignored by the com mittee, which voted not to hear Frank P. Walsh, of Kansas City, in further presentation ot th esse oi tne xnsa republic . . : - There wa some question a to now convention rules would affect, the pro posed attempt to plunge the eoaveatioa itself into the Irish fight. SUFFRAGISTS SEE HOPE OF ACTION BY FLORIDA Washington, D. C, July.lV-The Na tions! Womsn' Party, in a statement tonight, declared that sentiment favor ing a special essloa" of th- Florid logtslatur to act oa the Federal Suf frage amendment wa indicated ia re plies of legislators to a test poll being taken by the womaa party. Th Florida state constitution, like that of Tennessee, contain a previaioa prohibiting a legislature from actisg oa a Federal constitutional smeadmsnt unless elected sfter . the ameadmeat has been submitted to the 8tat. So licitor General Friersoa la a recent opinio held thst th Tennessee pro vision, had been invalidated by the Wlalnn at tka Rimrama Court in the Uhio . referendum cass.f-v . v . a MRSVJOSEPHUS DANIELS RETURNS TO WASHINGTON ' (BvTSiiecisl Lsssed Wire.) ' Washington, D. C- July 1. Mrs. Jo- sephus Daniels, wife of ths Secretary of the Navy, returned . to Washington today from New York, when ahe ar rived several dsys - age - the liner U Fayette from Europe. Mrs. Daniols attended the International Suffrage Al liance meeting at Geneva recently a the official delegate from the.Ameri ean government, being appointed by President Wilso. Mr. Daniel la very enthusiastic over ' the suffrage situation in Europe. . Eimioss laptACSD isr KOIICIATIOlf AT FI-ISCO o VrT'. . jmmm-.i.-t-.. ,., Senior North7 Carolina Senator among the 14 candidate bow befon Demo- emtio Convention at JFriaeofor prsl' dential aomination, bib Bams being put forward at the morning session yester day.. Ths North Carolina delegate an instructed for him, aad will stand by long aa there i a chance for hi nomi natioa. v -.; Placed In Nomination By W. C. NewlandiSeconcedby Charm Ing -Caiifornia-Womar. : BT ' JOHTf A. LITDICSTONB. JW-- - .' (Staff Correspondent.) Baa Francisco, , July 1. On the ev ef balloting for the Presidential aomt aee, McAdoo supporters claim' to have the situation ia hand so aa to put him ever, although a combination of big State like Kew Tork aad Illinoi have eaouva vote against him . to prevent nomination unless a rift caa bo mad ia their frost. -Mrs. McCann, of California, seconded the aominatioa of Senator Simmone to day alter W. C. isewiaad had pre sented hi asm. Th convention gave Simmon an ovation aad th fair . tali forniaa with her charming manner got a big hand. Th steering committee for the M'Adoo fort.i composed of S. B. Amidoa, Eanma; Charles Boeseh snstcta, niinois; T. B. Love, Texai Cons Johnso. Texas; Jouetts 8houshs, Kansas; A. v. JdcLraa, North Carolina Stssrt Gibbouey, Connecticut! B. S. Whaley, South Carolina. Tkerer;-tu T"f reeling of enseness in th coa vent ioa ever the aominatioa with a aard fight indicated. The seconding speeches for McAdoo brought applause from ail parts of the auditorium which was. mon general thaa that for any 0tnereanoiuate. Mr. IsetU BrownTor West Vlrginla.1 seconding Davia' nomination, thrilled ths eonventioa' with a speeth -that emiilled the best maff ea ths convex tioa floor. Mayor Matthew P. Snyder, fe - four - terms Democratie mayor in th Bepublieaa city ef Los Angeles, wao was oora ana reared In North Caro lina,-today invited th Tar Hsel dels- gates to visit his city. WILL DEFINITELY CALLT TENN. ASSEMBLY AUG..9 Washiagtoa, July 1. Governor Rob- srts, of Tennessee, !' a telegram re ceived tolght by the National Woman' Party, df -lared definitely that hs would call a special session of the Tennessee legislature of hia SUte to meat August 9th for the purpose of acting oa the Federal suffrage amsndment. The governor's telegram was th first announcement from him of the day" of the. special sesaioa, although it had been stated several dsys ago at ths capitol la askvale that August had bee decided oar ' The telegram as mad public at bead quartern of the Woman' Partir here mid. ' ' ... 1 wiah to thank- you ' sincerely for year telegram ia reference te the ratl- leatioa ef the aineteeath ameadment. I have definitely announced that a spe cial sessioa of lb legislature will be celled ' to convene August r9, official call to be issued' at an early date, and that subject ef ratification of the nine teenth, amendment will be Included in the enlL" 1 ' t, ; . AsMrieaa Esperta Arrive. London.' July 1. A dispatch to the London Times front Brussels describing the allied jstissdoas f of4oorrow's-eon. fennes, snnouaees the . artivsl of "small unofficial American delegation of ttii,ial'Ynftw .... ' ': . Call Off General 8trlke. ' Boms. Jnly I. Ths labor sivhanee has called off ths general strike. Condi tions sr again aormaL C0III1II GIVES i iioiisolioii VILLMEETAGAIil . AT 10 A. H. TODAY Convention Met LastNichtlft. Receive Platform, But Was , Disappointed. 7 ; ALL NIGHT SESSION OF - COMMITTEE-' 1 M PROSPECT Started To Make Bepprt Wltb L ont Mentlonlnf .Prohibition, Bat Decided To , Give Bryfiti Another Opportunity For a Dry Plank, and . Deadlock Followed 'A . - . ' . Saa PrBBcUee, Jnly 1 After a fa til night Meslon, tivea over pria clpally to wait for the wet and dry .- fight to come etT, the Demecratle national convention finally feand the platform committee unable to report, and without preapeete of making a report before tomerrew mernlng. It adjonrned at KiM " o'clock, anUl 10 o'clock tomerrew- meraiag. , ' , , . . r . While the eonventioa marked' time down la the big hall, tacked away la one earner ef the big build- lng ths platform commUtee eenUa- ed .its effort to hsrmoalse Its re- -- pert. After practically closing up the qaeatloa eace, the committee do- -dded to give W. J. Bryan another - -opportunity te present a prehlbltlsa plank. Apparently Mr. Bryna mads ' each headway with his arguments thst the committee, which It was once thought would ooea mshe Its ' . report with a majority, dstermlaed to leave the prohibition tssae out ef Us docameat, found Itself aaable , to atake a report at alL Permanent Chairmaa Boblasea i fcad a soafereace with Senator Glass, f the raaolBtloas eommlttee, aad It ', wss finally aaneuueed that there waa ) . 1 . little nrnanaeta ef tha eammlttM k. Ing ready to maka Its report before V reWWaTfOW aVMPEaiaiyo- ; 1 --V--r Amid yells ef disappointment from a record-breaking crowd, which -called for "Brysa, Bryaa, Brraa,' y ' and Sre waat to hear Bryaa' the eoaveatioa adjourned tattl oater. -' r morning. The, prospect ware aaid to he that tha resolutions seta. ' mlttea weald work all eight. . Saa Franeiseo, Cat Jul-- l-Furloot wsrfsrs ovsr ths prohibition plank be gaa 1st today-la thtatfoTtr " corns mlttee of the Democratic National Coa vention, with very prospect thst il would b carried later to the convention floor, ao matter what th committee fi nally should decide. While the convention watted for th committee's work to be completed, wat nd dry wen locked in a (truggl which some member thought it might take hour to terminate, Leaving th subject until last, be eauae it wa th most troublesome of all, - the committee had mad it de cision en the Irish questioa and the league of nations and hsd cleared away all of th. lesser controversies deelayi tag it report. , , ' But so long a prohibition remained . tla dispute", committee members asreed thst their troubles wen far from over,' Fight Oa Irish Plaak. . Aside from the wet and dry Issn th biggest fight of th day wa cen tered in the Irish Plank. Overruling its sub-committee, the eommlttee threw out ths sdministrstion plank prODosins- to senvs ins nsn proDiem to the league . i or moons ana adopted ia it stead declaration of sympathy aiyT pledge io iaas wnaiever ' aioiomatie . action would be in -eoneeaane with interna tional comity. (, . ? t. In making their decision th nlat- form maker also rejected by a two to on vote tha plank proposed bv or ganised Irish" sympathisers and back ed by a caucus of about 00 conven tion delegates for diplomatic recogni tion or ins irisn repuoiis. At the sams time, in aa adjoining room and caucus laid plan for carry ing it ngni to tn , convention floor, on f-wnii prospect " for floor fight on prohibition and t he Irish vroblem wero-incTeasingriil likelihood that th league of nations also would be a siih- Jet of opea' hortlUtle li Virtunliy dls- sppeared. The word wss passed around that most of th administration chief her wen content to let the - leaa-uc plana stand as it wss when-it emerged from last, aight stormy eommlttee meeting. ' BefenrweJ Beservstlon. The reference to reservations, added (Continued en Pg Tare.) , HIGH POINT'S CENSUS .FIGURES GIVEN AS 14,302 Washington, D. C- July 1. Th pop ulation of High Point, North Carolina, wa announced today by th Census Bureau a 14,302. . The - bureau figure show that the population of the Tsi Heel manufacturing town increased by . 60 J per cent during the past ten year, th Increase in number of per sons being 4,777. , .- leOJflft-Fire-at-JKor-W Key West, Fla July 1. Fire lat to night destroyed two large sheds snd s quantity of cedar log snd lumber, the property of ths Key West Box Fsetory Co.. and a tuar 'which was on the win s adjoining ths (fox factory's plant on the water front. The loss is placed at t '),- 000. Origin of ft fire is not known.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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