Lodge 10 Presides at Convention Amid Delegation War
At Chicago on June 8 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge was chosen permanent chairman of the Republican national convention. The credentials committee, chaired by Edward D. Duffield, resumed hearings on contested state delegations, with Duffield and William F. Lane elected to key posts. The committee limited hearings on delegates at large to ten minutes and districts to five, and sustained Arkansas and other contests while dismissing or delaying several challenges.
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Charles 8. Warren
Georgia
Roscoe Pickett
Georgia Delegates Seated After National Committee Vote
Delegates led by Henry Lincoln Johnson won national committee status as he was elected national committeeman. The Johnson faction secured three associate delegates at large for London while the Pickett side lost Wood delegates. Hooper of Tennessee urged the Pickett line, arguing seating was based on technical evidence and not merits. Johnson denounced exclusions of black representation and said his group was unanimously seated.
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Hooper
Tennessee
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National Committee
Johnson Belt
London
Wood
Chicago
Americans Endure Third Round in Muirfield Amateur
Two Americans Nelson Whitney of New Orleans and Robert A. Gardner of Chicago survived the third round of the amateur golf championship at Muirfield Scotland. Samuel J. Graham of Aireenwich Conn fell to Mac Donald of Bruntsfield after previously defeating Leslie Balfour Melville, 1895 champion, in round two.
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Nelson Whitney
New Orleans
Robert A. Gardner
Chicago
Samuel J. Graham
Aireenwich
Conn
MacDonald
Bruntsfield
Leslie Balfour Melville
Credentials Committee Seated Wood Delegate in Georgia
Chicago June 8 The credentials committee of the Republican national convention worked late hearing appeals on contested state delegations. C D Williams of Georgia was placed on the permanent roll replacing R B Butts, vote 27 to 4. Contests from five through eight districts were withdrawn and Frank Yogan and James A Covb unpledged seats sustained for Wood from DC.
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Georgia
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R. B. Butts
Johnson
Lowdon
National Committee
Frank Yogan
James A. Covb
District of Columbia
Subpoenas Denied for Graves and Robins in Martins Case
Washington June 8. Request for subpoenas of Major General William S Graves and Raymond Robins in the deportation proceedings against Ludwig C A Martins was denied by Immigration Inspector Sheil. He ruled their testimony would be irrelevant to the case.
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William S. Graves
Siberia
Raymond Robins
American Red Cross Commission
Russia
Department of Labor
Ludwig C. A. K. Martins
Sheil
Ratification of Peace Treaty Demanded by Labor Delegates
Montreal June 8 Delegates at the American Federation of Labor convention demanded ratification of the peace treaty by the U S Senate with no reservations to secure the league covenant. They urged protest against congressional tactics delaying ratification and backed friendly relations with organized farmers. James Duncan presided in Gompers’ absence as labor pushes platform demands from Chicago.
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United States Senate
American Federation of Labor
Resolutions Committee
James Duncan
Federation
Samuel Gompers
Chicago
Repulican Platform Committee
General Tax Drive Aims to Collect Delinquent Revenues
Washington officials announce a general tax drive to launch June 8. Flying squads will probe large cities to recover millions in delinquent taxes after officials report many dealers and collectors fail in their duties.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Seven Killed by Gendarmes in Austria Protest
Seven persons were killed and thirty wounded when gendarmes fired on crowds in Gratz Austria during a protest against profiteering in food. The incident occurred in June.
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Austria
Convention Opens In Free Meeting With Lodge Call
The convention started late but quickly began work with Senator Lodge urging party unity. Chairman Hays announced the Republican gathering is open to the people, approving a public date for government actions in the United States.
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Republican Party
United States
Lodge Keynote Fires Up Republican Convention
Chicago June 8 The opening session shows harmony with no bolts as Senator Henry Cabot Lodge delivers a two hour keynote attacking the Wilson administration. Delegates cheer calls to sweep the Wilson dynasty from power and to back Mexico policy under the Monroe doctrine amid platform and credential work to follow.
Wood delegates name Hitchcock field marshal and Knox floor leader
The Wood campaign selects Frank Hitchcock as field marshal for its forces and Frank Knox as floor leader for the present after a conference with the general. A strategy board includes William Cooper Proctor, Senator Moses, Norman Guld, and others with Galen L. Tait and William W. Boyd assisting Knox. Senator Prestigehuysen is offered floor leader.
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Frank Knox
New Hampshire
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William Cooper Proector
Moses
Norman Guld
New York
Major Knox
Galen L. Tait
Maryland
William W. Boyd
Ohno
Pretigehuysen
New Jersey
Watson 13 Chosen as Chairman by Vote of 41 103
The Republican resolutions committee elected Senator Watson of Indiana as chairman by forty one to three and began hearings to craft the platform. Ogden Mills of New York contested, while a sub committee prepared to tackle league of nations and other key issues for Thursday submission. Samuel Gompers, AFL president, was set to present a program and a Walsh delegation to argue for a plank on labor.
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New York
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Kansas
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Virginia
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Oregon
Harris Gilpin
Michigan
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Illinois
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California
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Mexico
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Yale
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New Jersey
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West Virginia Delegation Praises Virgil Highland Seats for GOP Convention
Charles Brooks Smith reports from Chicago that National Committeeman Virgil Highland secured the best seats for West Virginians at the Republican convention. About three hundred top West Virginians attended, with twenty women, and Highland’s staff filled roles from assistant sergeant at arms to ushers. The delegation re elected Highland for four more years after securing unprecedented patronage. Highland has spent months planning the arrangements and plans to return home after the convention adjourns.
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Chicago
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Highland
Lowe Yost
Morgantown
Washington
West Virginia
Women Seek Larger Executive Committee in Republican Party
The Rules Committee voted to recommend raising the national Republican executive committee from ten to fifteen members to include women. A delegation from the women’s section urged representation ahead of a possible suffrage amendment. Chairman Willis Hays indicated the national chair could appoint any number of women, with an eight men seven women balance possible.
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Dempsey Trial Opens Over Draft Evasion Claim
Testimony at the opening of Jack Dempsey’s draft case asserts he claimed wife, parents, a widowed sister and two children as dependents to secure a deferred classification. The government presents its case in San Francisco on June 8.
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New Vice Presidential Candidate Emerges in Montana Primary
Montana secretary of state sent delegation members certificates showing Joseph M. Dixon of Missoula won the preferential vote in the Republican vice presidential primary. Dixon's selection follows the Montana result and signals a potential ticket shift.
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Montana
Joeph M. Dixon
Missoula
General Pershing Announces Retirement From Active Service
General Pershing declared today that his contemplated retirement from active service had no political significance. He stated he would enter private business, the nature of which was not yet determined.
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Washington
General Pershing
Wood forces optimistic after first day at convention
Chicago dispatch reports Wood delegates won key committee chairs Senator Watson of Indiana for resolutions and Edward Duffield of New Jersey for credentials Frank Hitchcock named supreme strategist The tone remains hopeful but observers say the big showdown is set for Friday with further stage managing helping shape the race among Wood Johnson and Lowden supporters
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