The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-03-19
ANOTHER PLANK REPuDlATED.

Indiana, is in a fair way to get him.
self disliked by the Administration. A
bill having been introduced to provide
an additional district judge for Eastern
Pennsylvania, Mr. Cullop moved this
proviso:
'That the president shall make public
all Endorsements made in behalf of the
person appointed as such district judge
In so doing, he reminded the House
of a plank in the Baltimore platform,
which reads:
of representatives for extending the doc
trine of publicity to recommendations,
verbal and written upon which presi-
Dental appointments are made"
Remembering that plank and the ar
dor with which Secretary Bryan had
advocated It's principle. the house adopt
ed the proviso, as 1t had similar mo-
lions of Mr. Cullop in the last and
present Congresses. Perhaps Speaker
Siark NleWeu tHe pioSceuiHb with INV
more satisfaction that 1t promised to
pin down President Wilson to this plank
and that It put Mr. Bryan in the posi-
ton Of having made trouble for the
president.
But the senate baked. 1t struck out
the proviso and its conferees stood pat.
Senator Norris took up Mr.. Cullops
fight, quoted Mr.. Bryan's utterances In
favor of publicity, and forced vote. on
which he was defeated. Several confer
ences were held but the senate stood
firm. Finally Representative Clayton,
one Of the presidents spokesman, moved
that the house recede from its position
and consent to strike out the proviso
Mr.. Underwood and Mr.. Palmer both
told how badly Pennsylvania needed an
other Judge and urged that the house
be content with having Endorsed the
principle at stake and recede.
Then came Mr.. Bryan, Of Washing
ton, to support the policy which the
the other Mr.. Bryan had made his own
before becoming secretary Of state. He
began by saying:
1.-THE Cullop amendment is democratic
medicine, put UP in q democratic cap
sule. and I think 1t Is good enough for
the democratic party to take"
Then he commended the presidents
reply to the suffragists as an example
Of fidelity to platform pledges, though
he ommitted to speak OF Mr.. Wilson'S
reputation of the canal plank or o.
Mr.. Wilson's silence on the single tern
plank.
Mr.. Thompson, of Oklahoma, also &
Democrat, tried to pin his party dowr
to its principles and embarrassed hi
leaders by recalling the votes by which
publicity Endorsements had been ap
proved. In the sixty-second congress
a similar motion by Mr.. Cullop wal
adopted by 151 to "a. all except thirteer
Democrats favoring It, At the recen
special session another like motion wal
adopted by ITO to 81. On both occa
sions Mr. Underwood and Mr. Palme
had voted against 1t, though they nov
said the house should be content will
having Endorsed the principle. Mr.
Thompson most inconsiderately quoted
the following words of Secretary Bryan
thus risking unpleasantness between tn,
president and his premier:
"A man who really believes that tn,
president should be permitted to maxi
his appointments on secret recommend
ations cannot be trusted to represent
democratic constituency"
The house finally yielded to the sen
ate by a vote of 145 to 1877, which show
that there is considerable independence
among the democracy and that man
of them are disposed to hold the presi
dent to strict adherence to his platform
1t can be inferred from the personalit
of the men who opposed the proviso 4
both senate and house that the presi
dent does not desire to publish appoin
tees Endorsements. The democrati
leaders will probably put the subjec
to sleep until 1t again becomes usefr
as a means of marrying a republica
president
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