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Although the White House has kept
its hands od the prohibition fight, ad-
ministration leaders on tho ground, while
opposing Bryan's bone-dry plank on the
ono hand, are outspoken in their deter
mination that the convention shall do no
pussyfooting but shall make = clsar cut
decision one way or tho other. Chief
among these 10 Postmaster General Burle-
son. II is understood they arc not eager
for roll call on the issue. There has been
an informal counting OF noses on the
prohibition question and even the most
ardent vets agree that on , test vote >
majority Of the convention would be
optimistic Of the dry leaders say their
defeat would be by majority Of Fifty
votes and some Of them estimate the
majority a. high a. two hundred.
Tho subcommittee of nine actually
framing the platform worked through
the night, although without promise Of
bringing out the document today but
with hope Of being able to get into position
to pursue its work to finality with the full
membership of tho resolutions committee.
The first snaR was struck when Senator
Walsh Of Montana. who was generally
regarded as Bryan's choice for the COM
mittee Craftsmanship, but who withdrew
in favor of Senator Glass, the administra-
tion selection, opposed the plan Of having
the committee 60 ahead before obtaining
the views of the full committee.
GLASS HAS PLATFORM DRAFT.
II was no secret that Senator Glass
brought from Washington virtually
complete draft of such a platform az
President Wilson would prefer TO see
written and that Secretary Colby, another
member OF the drafting committee,
brought with him a League of Nations
plank embodying the ideas, If not actually
the language OF President Wilson.
The drafting committee started out with
a plan To go ahead with the planks brought
by Senator Glass and Secretary Colby and
build up the platform. Senator Walsh.
it was understood, declared that by in
sisting before the drafting committee
could go ahead with its work il would
have TO gather the views Of the member
ship of the entire committee formed IN the
light of the hearings held publicly. He
contended that the drafting committee
WAS merely an instrument 20 reduce TO
writing the views of the full committee
and that IL could not proceed without
IpAfUlnR HUefn. lnht cioWti hfaS
proceedings considerably until today,
when the individual members could be
called in. Meanwhile the subcommittee
continued TO work in secret on other phases
leading up TO the drafting and II was
announced that nothing was being de-
cided and that therefore nothing could be
announced. The situation was reduced
to the question of whether the resolutions
committee would accept the prepared
planks as brought from Washington by
Senator Glass and Secretary Colby or
insisting on making q platform Of its own.
Before the work Of drafting committee
had progressed far, George Creel who
was chairman a. President Wilson COM
mittee on public information during the
war, joined the conference. He came to
San Francisco with Secretary Daniels and
is acting as literary adviser TO the draft
ing committee to polish UP the phrases Of
the platform as Colonel George Harvey
did for the Republicans at Chicago.
BRYAN. who had declined to present his
plans To the subcommittee. held aloof
from the deliberations and worked alone,
preparing for his fight before the full
committee membership and later the
convention itself