The Washington times., 1920-06-22
Wilson, Harding, and Supreme
Court Given Broadsides
BY Senator.
WANTS "sMAPPY" PLATFORM
oklahoma Candidate Will Go to
the Mat With Admins
tration Forces.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SINS.
international News Service.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 22.-Sena-
tor Robert l.. Owen OF Oklahoma.
first OF the Democratic candidates for
the nomin alton for the Presidency to
arrive here, today fired his opening
broadside. Among The victims Of his
shrapnel were.
President Wilson
Republican nominee Warren @.
Harding.
The "wets'' and the "drys"
The Supreme Court.
The Republican platform makers.
Dealers in the necessities.
And then some.
II. L. OF l.. REAL ISSUE.
81 am opposed" ne said. his dark
eyes swapping. TO the league OF ma
tionA or liquor. being carried into
.he campaign as the main points in
twspute. The real issue Is the high
cost OF living.
II favor a plank, calling for the
ratification Of the treaty on terms ac-
ceptable to the ma jority OF the Senate.
The treaty must be gotten out OF the
way ohSc.
II favor a plank declaring for the
strict enforce ement of the Eighteenth
Amend ment. and IL the Volstead act
isn't strong, enough, then i favor
making IL stronger. j think II is
sufficient. however" he added with a
smile. "for a butchers beef steak
contains more alcohol than Is allowed
under it's provisions.
II favor Federal control. by license,
OF all concerns distributing the ne
cessities OF life. making II possible
for the public to procure what II
needs at a fair price.
RAPs SUPREME COURT.
I oppose . few men. appointed for
life. geverpisG this couatry. ! mean
the Supreme Court. and ! say IL with
out apology. u II not the suprere
Courts fault, however. but the fault
-f Congress asd Of the people, BE-
cause neither the enc nor the other
offerr sny coaplsist. The Coasttts-
ttou Aoes not have 20 b. ehnaged 10
remedy this. Coagress can Dc II very
simply BY drawing . line beyond
which the Supreme Court - not to
Go.-
Senator owen did not mention Pres
ident Wilson by name. But he frank
ly ODJtCttu u inc photioth.
given out by the White House. as too
verbose in general and too vague IN
the specific matter Of the treaty plank.
which favored ratification without
reservations detrime ntal to the docu-
me mt as whole.
"Why. Senator Lodge himself would
accept that" Senator owen said. His
contention all along has been that his
reservations improve the document
rather than injure II.
WANTS SHORT PLATFORM.
"The Democratic platform ought to
be short" he went on. at took near
ly 1000 words for the Republicans to
state their beliefs, but the Democrats
ought TO do theirs on one page.
Truths can he set forth In few wsrds.
IL 10 only when there's soaethinx to
hide that . lot OF words are needed ~
Senator owen called Senator Hard
ips "the standpatter Of standpat-
ters.-
"Now they arr saying he r. q pro-
eressive,- the OkIshonan remarked.
.because they know only q prosr~s-
sive can win In this election. The
work OF the Republicans At Chicago
was f'ne-for the Democr.ts. Their
platform and their ticket spprecisbly
sdd to the chances Of the opposition.-
Senator owen intends to go to the
mat with opposing factions OF his
party. This means a fight against
the Administration forces under the
direct, even IL long distance. leader
ship OF President Wilson himself, who
has repeatedly insisted upon the
treaty and league being made the
paramount issue OF the campaign.
HOT FIGHT IN OFrING.
II means also that the Senator from
Oklahoma will oppose the attempt OF
Gov. Edward Edwards, of New Jersey,
to make prohibition one of the Is
sues. In both these battles he will
have on his side William Jennings
Bryan. now on his way here, admit
tedly bent upon annihiliatine the
"wets" and blocking. II possible. the
wilsonian plan OF making the league
the chief issue OF this years Presi-
Dental contest.
SO a night hovers in the not distant
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