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Newspaper
Helena Independent
Location
Helena, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1920
Page
5
In Chicago the Republican national convention opens amid deadlock and disorder as delegates, unorganized and evenly split, seek a leader to emerge. The likely battleline pits Wood and Johngan against unknown rivals as the party braces for a contested nomination. Page 3, Col 3.
In Chicago June 72, the push to make the convention's temporary organization permanent gains momentum. Western delegates back prolonging the session as rail travel worries grow, while organizers prepare for a large Portland Mystic Shrine gathering and Westbound trains report reservations.
Associated Press reports the convention opens with temporary organization and a keynote by Senator Lodge as temporary chairman. Committees are appointed and routine work begins. Some expect a permanent temporary plan and possible balloting for presidential parties may start late Wednesday, though a Thursday draft call seems likeliest.
Senator LaFollette rests at his bedside following an operation to remove an infected pall sac. Dr. W. J. Mayo reports him out of danger. The senator, from Wisconsin, plans to attend the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
Republican platform insaders report substantial upheaval today on tentative drafts with promise of quick action by the resolutions committee. The League of Nations plank engrosses several groups of the platform construction corps while labor policy differences arise and prohibition plans loom regarding enforcement of the Molstead Law. Materinity leaders advocate continued discussion.
Shelley is chosen as national committeeman amid a Republican leadership change. He predicts a Republican victory with Johnson likely to be president and Ford aiming for governor, as he calls for a party cleanup in Montana and expresses confidence in the party’s popularity with the people.
Calvin W. Brown, chief of the organization service for the Chamber of Commerce, urged that good citizenship requires action for the community’s benefit. Speaking at the Placer Grill gathering, he said wealth or private virtue alone does not make a citizen, and chambers should provide opportunities for civic participation.
Chicago June 7 less than an hour after the supreme court prohibition decisions William J Bryan delivered a speech to movie machines at the apostle hotel. Cameramen urged for action and recorded his reaction as he posed in front of the cameras. The scene captured a curious moment amid the day’s court rulings.
Baton Rouge June 7 the senate passed the federal suffrage amendment to the third reading after a heated debate. It will come up for final action Thursday.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a legal proceeding in which Judge Julie W. Pook overruled a motion directed verdict, citing testimony from Lee Magee. The document references a National League baseball club and a United States district court, but many words are garbled and details are unreadable.
Delegates at the American Federation of Labor session pressed to reaffirm support for an Irish republic and call for British forces to withdraw from Ireland. Peter J. Brady of New York presented the Irish question resolution, with its fate referred to committees for consideration. Samuel Gompers urged opposition to compulsory labor and backed the labor movement’s stance.
Ambrose Galliger of Bismarck, a former sergeant with American forces in France, was beaten and strangled by a mob at Richardton Stark County on Sunday for professing sympathy with the National Nonpartisan League. He reached Bismarck later that afternoon to tell the tale.
The supreme court today dismissed motions of the Reading company and its subsidiaries asking the court to modify dissolution decrees. the matter concerns the 7 The su prone court.
The United States Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision led by Justice Vaudevanter, ruled the prohibition amendment and the enforcement act constitutional. The ruling, seen as a decisive blow to wets, upheld federal and state enforcement powers while limiting legislative actions that would thwart prohibition. Commentary branded the decision as ending the liquor trade, with reactions from anti-saloon advocates stating the fight continues against beer and wine amendments and enforcement taxes.
In Chicago on June 7 the convention opened with Rev Gardner McWhorter testing his prayer voice using electric amplifiers in the large hall. Workers paused five minutes to hear how loud the sermon would travel. The clergyman explained the need to project so every attendee could hear clearly.
District officers of the United Commercial Travelers will conduct the annual district convention in Melena Thursday and Friday. About 73 members and visitors will attend with sessions in the first hall. Senior grand councillor WT Maney of Great Falls is due to arrive Wednesday morning, per Helena Council chair Reesthoned C. Grant.
Associates Press reports on June 2 that suffrage pickets promised a peaceful protest, with Chicago Mayor Thompson’s office confirming no rough handling and police will permit picketing. Mrs Holy Scott Baker and Doris Stevens campaigned for presidential support, and urged Vermont and Connecticut to convene special sessions to pass the federal amendment. Governor Sproule of Pennsylvania planned to contact Vermont’s governor by telegraph or telephone to press for a special session.
Paris June 7 The International Congress of Agriculture met there for the first time since the war began Representatives of France the United States and other nations attended The congress decided Germany should not participate in the conference but will be allowed to join next spring The congress also moved to enter relations with the League of Nations
The longtime Congregational minister Reverend Mesert Kiltall died last evening at age 164 in Waterlan lin. He served seven years in ministry, first at Walden Vermont, and celebrated Nigelle Mandredth birthday on July 27, 119.
General Pershing announced his retirement from active duty in a letter to Secretary Baker. He said he could give up military duties without impairing the service and wished to engage in something more active. He will remain in the service until the army reorganization act is completed and would be at the nation’s disposal in any future crisis.
Delegates at the Associated Advertising Clouds of the World convention in Indianapolis discussed church advertising. William C. Freeman of New York argued the church offers unmatched merchandise when it advertises, while Merle Sidener of Indianapolis criticized the church for being too passive and not promoting its strengths.
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