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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1920
Page
7
The WV delegation caucus elected Durst as chairman with A B White serving temp chair until Durst’s election. W I Hite from Huntington named to credentials, T F Fleming of Fairmont to permanent organization, W McKell to rules, A lk White to resolutions. Harry Scherr of Williamson elected secretary with Jesse V Sullivan as assistant.
Stock trading shows limited activity amid political focus in Chicago. Chicago and North Western dividends were cut with common stock to five percent and preferred to seven. Rails fell sharply. Anglo-French fives hit new highs in bonds while Liberty bonds and other domestic issues remained irregular.
Livestock markets show cattle receipts and prices mixed with firmness for beef steers and higher sales in parts, hogs opening weaker but finishing near higher levels, top hog prices around 14.00 while sheep and lambs reflect poorer quality with modest gains for best shorn lambs.
Report from the convention describes tepid opening with no candidate demonstrations as delegates await nominating speeches on Thursday. Three leaders hope three ballots prove none of the top three can command a majority, delaying decisive action until Friday.
Chicago June 8 The Republican national convention meeting here today is the tenth to be held in Chicago. Previous conventions with the nominations include Philadelphia 1856 Lincoln Dayton and others in Baltimore Cincinnati and St. Louis. The listing covers nominees from 1856 through 1916 with Taft Roosevelt Harrison and Hughes among the participants.
John 8. Darst was chosen chairman of the West Virginia delegation at a Chicago caucus held June 8. All delegates attended except J. H. Gaines, with a 9 to 6 vote for Darst. Virgil L. Highland of Clarksburg was re elected national committeeman unanimously.
Governor Allen of Kansas finished his remarks and sent the draft to Fort Sheridan for final approval by Major General Wood. The speech, estimated at about 2,400 words, would take roughly fifteen minutes to deliver.
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