Wilson Holds Reins Attacks Add To Strength
In San Francisco on June 22 1920 Democratic leaders rally behind President Wilson as McCombs attacks the league of nations draw criticism. F H W Moore Coxs manager says attacks harm nominees and that Wilson’s power makes him indispensable to the party. Delegates anticipate a wide field with a nomination likely to require 728 votes.
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George Rothwell Brown
Washington Post Co
San Francisco
Calif
Wilson
William S. McCombs
League of Nations
Moore
Democratic Party
United States
Londonderry Seeks More Troops Amid Riots
London dispatches report Londonderry magistrates voting to urge Dublin Castle for instant military reinforcements and martial law as civil war rages. Ambushes, barricades, and street fighting persist. William Kane dies from a morning shooting. Edwin Price's funeral draws large crowds. Irish railway men resist muni tion duties amid political pressure from Lloyd George.
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Associated Press
Londonderry
Dublin Castle
Cross Channel
William Kane
Edwin Price
Price
United States
Ulster Regiment
Harding Ends Precedent, Unites 21-Member Campaign
The Republican campaign will be run by a 21 member executive committee headed by Chairman Hays with seven women. The body, announced after a Willard session, includes Will H. Ways as ex officio chair, Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, Ohio, and members from California, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Idaho, Kentucky, New York, Nebraska, Utah, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Oregon, and more. Harding endorsed the plan, praising amalgamation and urging Republicans to unite behind the ticket.
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Hays
Willard
Will H. Ways
Harriet Taylor Upton
Ohio
Harry M. Daugherty
Katherine Phillips Edson
California
Manley L. Fosseen
Minnesota
J.L. Hamon
Oklahoma
John W. Hart
Idaho
A. T. Hert
Kentucky
Charles D. Hilles
New York
R. B. Howell
Nebraska
Jeanette A. Hyde
John T
Adams
Iowa
National Committee
Clarence B. Miller
Fred W. Upham
Ilinois
Harding
Republican Party
Chraiman Hays
Wei
Senator Tarding
Guv. Coolidge
Senator Harding
Sear Strauss
James R. Garfield
Cleveland
Progressive Party
Senator McCormick
Illinois
John Hays Hammond
John T Kine
Connecticut
Wood
Washington
Marion
Coleman W Dupont
Delaware
Senator Sherman
Eph B. Kealing
Indiana
Daye Mulvane
Kansas
Willis Cook
South Dakota
Bursum
New Mexico
K Hynick
Guy Coolidge
Northampton
Mass
J Henry Roraback
of Estabrook
New Hanuyshire
Earle S. Kinsely
Vermont
T A Casswell
Fred M Warner
Michigan
Stemp
Virginia
Allan B. Jaynes
Arizona
Chicago
Billy
Gen Wood
Real fight to center on prohibition plank within Democrats
Postmaster General Burleson urged an open platform at the San Francisco convention. He called for modifying drastic Volstead provisions and said he would back repeal of the harsh parts, while opposing government ownership of utilities and supporting labor rights and league of nations covenant. Bryan and Davis supporters began organizing as debates over Armenia and platform issues unfold.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Burleson
San Antonio
Democratic Party
Albert S. Burleson
Texas
Oo Burleson
League of Nations
Presidential race to mirror Chicago convention dynamics
The piece notes that the upcoming San Francisco convention may not reach Chicago's scale or activity. It highlights how Chicago featured active campaign headquarters led by contenders like Sen Johnson Gen Wood Gov Lowden and others with Senator Harding also present shaping the nomination.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Johnson
Gen
Wood
Lowden
Harding
District G O P Factions Present New Alignment
Factions within District Republicans clash over alignment as Miller Scott Mitchell Gottlieb join forces with a Harding-Coolidge league while opposing Hoean Cobb Galliher Calladay Wink. Incorporators include Miller Jones Bradshaw Clarke forming a united slate. The history spans three factions and ties to Gen Wood and Harding boosters in Washington.
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Bistries
Columbia
Winfield Tones
Miller-Scott-Mitchell-Gottlieb
Hoean - Cobb - Galliher-Calladay Wink
Harding and Coolidge Republican League
Robert F. Miller
Winfield Jones
Aaron Bradshauw
H. A. Clarke
Aaron Bradshaw
Pradshaw-Murray
Miller- Scott-Mitchell-Gottlieb
Hicf
Harding
Coolidge
Loyal Coalition Leaders Oppose Sinn Fein Recognition
Chicago trip by Loyal Coalition officers Floyd Smith and Lloyd W. Smith to seek a platform committee hearing in San Francisco. They say telegrams warn Democratic leaders that Sinn Fein agitation lacks support from the American government and political parties seeking American backing.
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Eugerne
Dpamarest I
Loydan Trandolph W. Smith
Loyal Coalition
Sinnein
United States
Chicago
San Francisco
Lloyd
Sinn Fein
Colby Declines to Comment on Chairmanship Prospects
Secretary of State Colby left for San Francisco on the Twentieth Century Limited at 3 45 this afternoon. A small group spoke with him before departure but he refused to discuss the Democratic national convention or the chance of becoming permanent chairman, stating he is simply a delegate from the District of Columbia and knows of no grounds for speculation.
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New York
Colby
Cummings dismisses McCombs criticism as negligible
In San Francisco on June 22 Homer Cummings, then national committee chairman, called William F. McCombs critique of President Wilson autocracy a sporadic criticism of negligible importance to the party.
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San Francisco
William F. McCombs
New York
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
Homer Cummings
National Committee
California Woman Delegate to Name Wilson at Convention
San Francisco June 22 Miss Mary Fox a militant California Democrat and 1916 elector announced she will nominate Wilson at the convention. She said she has not been authorized by the President but believes naming his name will sweep the convention and secure his nomination unless the White House blocks it.
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San Francisco
Wilson
White House
Mary Fox
California
National Committee
McAdoo Name to Be Placed in Nomination Says Jenkins
Kansas City reports Burris A Jenkins, a preacher and publisher, declared William Gibbs McAdoo would be named at the Democratic convention in San Francisco with or without McAdoo’s consent. McAdoo later telegraphed that he did not want his name presented, urging Jenkins to refrain.
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Kansas City
Burris A. Jenkins
William Gibbs McAdoo
San Francisco
McAdoo
Jenkins
Kansas
Mr. McAdoo
Palmer Supporter Claims 400 Votes on First Ballot
Chicago dispatch reports Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer among a Pennsylvania Democratic delegation en route to the San Francisco convention. Warren Van Dyke says Palmer would enter as the strongest candidate with 74 of 76 delegates pledged, while the party notes harmony and no dissension. Tom Taggart notes the wet and dry issue is a legal question, not political.
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Chicago
A. Mitchell Palmer
San Francisco
Palmer
Valmer
War-ren van Dyke
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania State Committee
Roland 8. Morris
Philadelphia
Japan
Vance C. McCormick
Joseph F. Guffey
Pittsburgh
Bruce Bk Sterling
Uniontown
Tom Taggart
Indiana
Personal Liberty League Plans to Enter Politics
The District of Columbia branch of the Personal Liberty League plans to actively enter the national political campaign. A meeting called by president L. Iandin Grossman will be held at 2 tomorrow afternoon at temporary headquarters in the Victor building Ninth street and Grant place northwest. The Washington branch will attend the Democratic national convention in San Francisco with a three member committee. A downtown clubhouse is being organized by a committee led by secretary Capt J Walter Mitchell.
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District of Columbia
Personal Liberty League
L.iandin Grossman
Victor
Ninth Street
Grant Place
New York
Grossman
Washington
San Francisco
J. Walter Mitchell
Myron T. Herrick Predicts Harding Victory
Myron T. Herrick former Ambassador to France predicts a Republican win in November and the election of Senator Harding whom he likens to McKinley and Hayes. He sails for Paris for the international chamber of commerce convention aboard the Leopoldina. Also aboard are Maria de Le Breton and her niece Manuela Lloveras along with Clementina Dundas Sartolucci as they plan a French summer.
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New York
Harding
McKinley
Hayes
Myron T. Herrick
France
Paris
International Chamber of Commerce
Leopoldina
Maria de le Breton
Washington
Manuela Lloveras
Clementina Dundas Sartolucci
Snow pledges marriage if elected governor in Kansas race
Topeka June 22 United Press John TB Snow a bachelor farmer filed to run against Republican Henry Alen for governor and announced that his first act if elected will be to get married appealing to farmer voters and women in the campaign.
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Topeka
Kans
United Press
John TB. Snow
Henry Alen
Democrats fear railroad strike could hurt party at polls
The article notes that a major railroad strike would injure Democrats by alarming the country and provoking a conservative backlash. It recalls Gov. Connidge's strong popularity during a coal strike and suggests a Republican convention might have chosen him for first place. It mentions upcoming conferences in San Francisco between labor and Democratic leaders with expected economic and political impact.
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Conlidge
San Francisco
Irish Representation at Westminster Is Continued
June 22. In the house of commons the government accepted an amendment to the home rule bill to raise Irish representation to 46 seats, adding four Irish university representatives to aid minority interests in the south. The government opposed ending representation when Irish parliament unites. Walter Hume Long spoke for the government. the amendment was defeated by a large majority. Lord Robert Cecil said ministers lacked belief that home rule would solve the Irish question.
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Dublin
Royal Irish Constabulary
Amiens Street
Dublin Castle
Hoberts
Bantry
Brest
Cloughjordan
Lloyd George
London
House of Commons
Londonderry
Wilfrid Ashley
Ireland
England
Denis Henry
Cal Ashley
Lord Robert Cecil
South Ireland
Westminster
Walter Hume Long
Robert Cecil
Millionaire Crew Manages Danish Ship Frederick Will
More than 149 Danish bankers doctors lawyers teachers and farmers joined the engine and deck crews of the steamship Frederick Will, arriving from Copenhagen after a strike. The volunteer millionaire crew, kept anonymous by order of officers, helped the vessel sail. 700 passengers praised their effort and a banker, a mathematics professor, and a head of a Danish technical institute were among the engine room crew.
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New York
Frederick Wil
Copenhagen
United States
Frederik Will
Stre Heip League
Germany's New Cabinet Falls
A London Times dispatch from Berlin reports the Fehrenbach cabinet collapsed after the majority socialists refused to back it. Democrats and the People's Party also declined support, signaling renewed crisis in Germany's government.
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Iuondon
Fehrenbach
Berlin
London Times
Times
Fehranbach
People's Party
Rent Board Ruling Leaves District Court Tied to Appellate Decision
Judge Terrell holds the municipal court must follow the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court remains the only path for change. The ruling declares the Ball rent law unconstitutional, stripping the rent commission of power until higher court action or Congress intervenes. Landlords and tenants face entrenched procedures as the appellate mandate shapes future actions in Washington.
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United States Supreme Court
Rent Commission
Supreme Court of To
United States Courts of the
Distry
Congress
Washington
Court of Appeals Adares
Supreme Court of the
Ista Et of Calamiya
de Des Son
Ambers
Hebert PO Terreol
Munis
Terre
Department of Justice
Tall Rent Board
Hie
Hana
Agerievirl
Oaycegt
Carter
Tienry Ho Giasain
Court of An
Anpelate
Robbart van Oreder
Chef Faster Smyth
Fustne
Court of Appeals
Jude Robert Wo Tervell
Earier
Glass
Terre Send
Rent Board
Terrell
Tam
Hirsch Versio Black
District of Columbia
Court of Last Resort
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Gov. Cox
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Eclipse League
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