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Show - TREND TOWARD CANDIDATE IS LOOKED FOR I Ml - m, A JUL. ) , Sin ii I Carter Glass Platform Chair-man; Chair-man; 'Bryan Excluded From jH Sub Committee SENATOR ROBINSON H PERMANENT CHAIRMAN H iH Close Observers Look for jH l rend Toward Some Seeker of Wilson's Job IH SAN FRANCISCO. June 23. After a night of successes in the formation of committees, administration forces in control of 'the Democratic national convention pressed home their vie- jH tories today when the delegates:' gath-crcd gath-crcd for the second session. Administration forces went into the second day of the Democratic national convention apparently in full control of the situation.. Senator Glass of Virginia, as chairman of the resolu-tions resolu-tions committee; William J. Bryan ex-eluded ex-eluded from the sub-committee of nine chosen to actually draft the plat-form plat-form while Balnbridge Colby, sccre il tary of state, sits as the rcpresonta- H tlve of President Wilson; Senator H Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas,, an-other an-other staunch administration sup- jH porter chosen for permanent chairman , UH of the convention, and administration 1 men at the head of other committees, was the line-up brougnt out of what. IH had promised to be a contest.. 'jH Trend Toward Candidate;. "Whether 'a combination. Cf the qp- jH position 'forces caj?.. 'he accomplished to Htom -tho-fldeoCfthe success of the administration men(".wjis not' revealed VTth fhe aitua'Cron apparently1 well In hanp, close observers of convention JH developments would, not be surprised to sec the next move to be a definite I 'jH trend toward some particular candi-date candi-date for the presidential nomination IH While administration forces have jH worked in concert to control the ma-chinery ma-chinery of the convention there is no assurance that the community of in- MH terest among them -vM continue when the balloting has reached the end of the preliminary stage of compliment-ary compliment-ary voting. There are many who be-lievc be-lievc there will be no definite drift of presidential sentiment until after the platform has. been adopted and the candidates dcfinltclv know upon what character of party principles they are jH expected to stand. There was no sur-face sur-face indication when the convention met today that thore was any material change in the relative standings of the presidential candidates. jH Committee on Platform The full committee on platform oc-cupied oc-cupied the hours before the opening , of the convention, which was set for ill 1 p. m. In giving hearings to various lH interests that had planks to offer for the platform. The sub-committee IH meanwhile remained Inactive. The committee on rules abjo met jH early and threshed out the unit rule ll question, an effort being made to tH adopt some regulation that would not ' come in conflict with stale primary j Nominating Speeches i Delegates were expectant as to H whether nominating speeches woulil be reached today or tonight. The i commltteo on rules decided that nomi- ' H natlng speeches may be delivered in H advance of adoption of the platform ! IH but that balloting should not begin un-til un-til the declaration of principles had ' IH been decided upon. If there is no ex-tended ex-tended discussion of the credential and rules committee reports, the convon-tlon convon-tlon will reach that stage in the pro-cecdings pro-cecdings where nominating speeches would be in order. The ,blg speech of today's session was that of Senator Robinson when he relieved' Temporary Chairman Cum- t JM mlngs'and look permanent charge of IH ;ihe, proceedings. |