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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1920
Page
29
Pennsylvania delegates shift toward Sproul amid Penrose and Lowden concerns as Wood gains ground. Talks between Wood, Sproul, and Governor Sproul buoy hopes, while Johnson’s plan to kill him off could split the convention. Lodge appears set as permanent chair with Beveridge, MeCormick pushing for balance.
CHICAGO June 1 R B Howell Nebraska national committeeman announced he will lead a fight at the Republican convention to amend party rules cutting Southern representation from 160 to 80 delegates. He will seek four large state delegates and two from each congressional district where GOP vote meets specified thresholds, with support from Wood followers.
A gavel carved from a rafter of Independence Hall will be used by Chairman Will H. Hays to open the Republican convention in Chicago. Mayor Meare took the gavel to Chicago to symbolize independence and Americanism, presented by Wilfred Jordan, curator, after recent hall renovations.
The national committee awarded Governor Frank C. Lowden 88 of the 197 contested seats, while Wood and Lowden factions battled for Southern delegates. 7,800 delegates were not sent to the national convention.
Rivalry for choice places in the Republican convention organization, including the permanent chairmanship and key committees, dominated by the state contests and chairmanship races. Mills of New York and Watson of Indiana led for the platform committee, with Smoot of Utah discussed for credentials.
Providence June 4 The Rhode Island GOP delegates and alternates left Chicago today perplexed by Governor Beeckman’s announced bid for Vice President. They voiced surprise and offered no official comment, with some suggesting the move may be camouflage for a Senate ambition.
The article reports factions affirming a platform while debating phrasing. Lodge opposes changes to the plank, seeking to avoid fights over wording. Crane backs Lodge on treaty issues, with conferences guiding policy and a resolutions committee to finalize the platform.
Republican platform writers in Chicago work through disputed planks on the Versailles treaty and league of nations, industrial relations, and Mexico. Senators from Idaho and New Mexico push for strict foreign policy lines while Brooks Borah and Lodge seek consensus, with agricultural interests organizing to back platform planks.
George W. Perkins, noted capitalist, has been in a private sanatorium for two weeks suffering a nervous breakdown. His daughter, Mrs AF Seaman, says his condition is not serious and he will return home to Riverdale soon. Perkins cannot attend the Chicago convention as a Bronx delegate.
New York leaders converge on the Congress Hotel to decide whether Brooklyn delegates back Butler or Wood on the first ballot. Wadsworth’s delegation asserts him as leader, while Calder and Mills are discussed for key committees. The tone hints at party infighting, fundraising talk, and preparations of New York figures for the Chicago convention.
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of New York joins leading Republican aspirants in Chicago to push a declaration of principles. He urges international court of justice and world peace efforts, opposes isolationism, and proposes a three zone world with regional order. He explains Article X history and notes a prior Wilson era proposal rejected by the Foreign Relations Committee.
A 58 member delegation from the National Manufacturers Association travels from Chicago to San Francisco to press a nine plank platform on government and industry at the Republican National Convention. The platform seeks regulation of combinations, labor relations, taxation, immigration, merchant marine, foreign trade and war bonus, with many members arriving for the convention and a headquarters opening at the Blackstone Hotel.
Chicago June 6 Polite yet impressive picketing of the Republican National Convention was agreed on by National Woman's Party leaders led by Miss Alice Paul The plan calls for a peaceful picket outside the Coliseum with banners from over twenty states and workers at state headquarters Pickets aim to persuade governors to call special sessions to pass suffrage measures while denouncing Republican opposition to ratification
The piece assesses President Taft’s challenge to Senator Johnson in the Republican convention, noting audacious leadership tactics and fears of timid delegates. It discusses gallery influence, Sinn Féin voices in Chicago, and Johnson’s push to be named nominee via committee rules and convention majority pressure.
Harvard officials postponed the museum opening built largely from Adolphus Busch contributions. Heavily barred doors deter visitors as a caretaker watches over the silent exhibits. The opening is put off until after peace is declared.
The Maine and New Hampshire Republican delegations, totaling about seventy five, departed for Chicago to attend the Republican National Convention arriving Monday afternoon around 2 o clock.
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