Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-15

daily press, will be called upon for a !
eneach no one doubts sir. BRYAN. it |
is known. would respond and make a |
sneech of support for the president
and all the things Mr.. Wilson stands
for The Nebraskan was quoted last
night as saying that he had nothing to
offer the convention except that which
the president wanted.
His plank will be mine" Mr. Bryan
was reported to have said 81 expect
IN go before the people in his behalf"
With the program for the day car
ried out, the convention is expected to
adjourn until 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning when the resolutions commit
tee will be ready to report With the
adoption of the platform more oratory
is looked for and then a recess will be
declared until Friday night when the
presidential nomination will be made
The gathering of the convention crowd
today was not as spectacular as yes
terdav when the suffragists enlivened
the occasion and lent much color to
the scene,
Sub Committee at Work.
The subcommittee of the resolu-
tons committee went into session to-
dav long before the convention met
/ and il planned TO sit until the work
was ready for the full committee The
/ full committee is to meet at 3 this aft
| ernoon to receive the report of the
! smaller body if it is ready to make one.
| The subcommittee, which was named
| late last night, is as follows.
| Senator Stone, Missouri chairman.
| Representative Rainey. Illinois.
Senator Walsh, Montana
Senator Hollis, New Hampshire.
Representative Fitzgerald, New
! York.
Senator POmerene. Ohio.
Former Representative A Mitchell
Palmer. Pennsylvania.
Senator Martin, Virginia.
| Governor Stanley, Kentucky.
Speech Attracts Platform Builders.
A declaration on Americanism ap-
peared to be of paramount interest
among them and the presidents Flag
dav speech at Washington yesterday
received some attention from the plat
form builders before they began the
final draft of this plank. 1t was said
President Wilson's idea of what the
plank on Americanism should be was
teIegraphed here last night. II virtu-
ally charged conspiracy On the part OF
some foreign born citizens to influence
foreign and domestic affairs and con-
demned organizations that failed to
repudiate such alleged conspiracy, it
was said.
Presidents PIankS Received.
Planks prepared by the president
have been turned over to the sub-com-
mittee by Secretary of War Baker
who brought them here from Washing
ton. 1t is learned there will be ne
specific mention of Mexico in the dec.
laration of principles but that the re-
lation of the United States with the
southern republic will be covered in d
general way in the plank dealing with
foreign affairs. This plank will de-
clare that every nation has right tC
regulate its own internal affairs.
Adequate protection for Americans
at home and abroad will be among the
, announcements and a permanent
peace tribunal will be looked upor
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ness plank for defense that will MOI
= only satisfy democrats but will please
2 the progressives, the leaders say. The
= platform will contain an unequivoca
expression against war for aggrandlze
; ment.
Only Friction on Suffrage.
: If there is any friction in the resO
. lutions committee it will come oVel
the equal suffrage question. There
are some committeeman who are op
| posed to any reference to the equa
rights question; some want declara
F. ton along the lines of the plank in
serted in the republican platform
: while there are still other committee
= men. who would favor a federal con
l stitutiOnal amendment giving womeI
the right to vote. While opinion is di
vided there were predictions made tina
l the democratic party would go at leas
r as far as the republican party ant
probably a little farther by making
stronger declaration in favor OF tn
= principle of woman suffrage.
Rainey to Write Final Draft.
7 There have been several tariff
S blanks submitted to the resolution
: committee and Representative Ralne.
: has been asked to write what is eX
t pected to be the final draft. 1t wa
said that in view Of the scarcity o
e dyestuffs because of the Europeal
S war, the platform would provide 10
+ that industry being given measure o
n protection for about five years. Con
l. sideration will be given to a plan
e favoring government aid for termina
: warehouses for storing, grading an
n weighing non-perishable farm pre-
S ducts. The American Society of Eqult
S and the North Dakota Society c
n Enuitv- renreSented here BY Delegat