Coolidge Support Tightens Amid Home Pressures
Chicago radio and telegrams from Massachusetts send strong Coolidge signals as Weeks joins the fight. Dismissing split ballots, Coolidge backers press for unity on the floor and shift away from delays.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
1
Chicago radio and telegrams from Massachusetts send strong Coolidge signals as Weeks joins the fight. Dismissing split ballots, Coolidge backers press for unity on the floor and shift away from delays.
The Republican resolutions committee in Chicago considers two planks on Ireland. One urges recognition of the elected government of the Republic of Ireland, the other supports Ireland’s right to determine its own governmental relations without external dictation.
Crane leads supporters who demand a declaration in favor of ratifying the peace treaty with reservations. Bitter enders led by Johnson vow to oppose and carry the fight to the convention. Wood is the goal as Sproul and the old guard seek to keep deserters in line for the first ballots.
John Page Sanborn of Newport R I announced his resignation as supreme treasurer after thefts totaling 109000 dollars from the New England Order of Protection were disclosed. Sanborn had long been a leading figure in the state and the order for 29 years.
In Chicago on June 9 a split in the Republican party over the League of Nations plank looms large with threats of a bolt or third party if reservations are not adopted. Senator Borah warned ex-Senator Crane he has until 5 pm to accept a negative plank avoiding U.S. ratification of the treaty and League deliberations.
A score rundown shows Detroit three Washington four St Louis zero. New York eleven Philadelphia one Cleveland six Boston three Chicago also.
Senator Watson said the platform would not be finished in time for presentation before 3 P.M. tomorrow. The convention may recess until afternoon or turn to other business after meeting at 11 o clock in Chicago.
Chicago June 9 W Murray Crane warns at a sub committee hearing that without a League of Nations plank the convention floor will be rocked by dynamite. Senator Borah and allies vow they will not back the plank and would sever ties with the party if it is adopted.
Paris June 9 The executive council of the League of Nations will meet in London June 14 to discuss league intervention in the Bolshevik entry into Persia.
Sanborn, who will be 76 in three months, lies gravely ill at his home on 265 Broadway after the discovery of his peculations a fortune lost in stock speculation over the last 12 years. He is reported to be dying.
Syracuse resident Frank Dunbar alias Clyde Edward Brooks was found guilty of bigamy after a two hour jury deliberation. He will be sentenced Thursday morning at Auburn by Cayuga County Judge Edgar M Mosher. The verdict was returned in the presence of two wives and a large gallery of spectators.
Police from Boston search for Herman Barney and Harry Manstir two convicted killers who escaped Massachusetts State Prison on May 2% and were tracked from Vermont to Beeby Junction before allegedly making for Montreal.
Germany refused U S demand before prize court over Frye incident. One year ago the Senate passed a bill on returning wire systems to owners. First large detachment of regulars arrived in New York from France aboard the Mt. Vernon transport.
Weather outlook shows fair and warmer conditions for Boston and surrounding areas on Thursday and Friday with rising temperatures. In New England and eastern New York a fair pattern is expected Thursday and Friday with gentle variable winds off the Atlantic coast north of Sandy Hook to Hatteras.
The forecast expects a bright and fair day and night with improving conditions. A warmer spell may arrive if the wind shifts from its current course.
Senator Penrose through his private secretary issued his first comment since the Republican convention opened in Chicago. He is generally understood to be entirely favorable to Governor Sproul and loyal to his aspirations, acknowledging the weighty general considerations at the Chicago gathering.
New York delegates in Butler shift off Nicholas Murray Butler on the first ballot choosing General Wood. A delegation conference met but failed to seal unity. Another meeting for possible reconciliation is planned for tomorrow.
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