The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-10
SURRENDER BY
REESE ERvAT|ON!STS
No Contest on Floor of Conven-
tion Over Treaty Plank
Which Threatened
Trouble.
SUDDEN CHANGE COMES
Committee Report This Afternoon Not
Expected to Create Any Ex-
citement What
SUDDEN CHANGE COMES

United Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, June 10.-A surrender
by the reservationist forces, headed
by Murray Crane, of Massachusetts,
today, suddenly changed the aspect
of the fight in the resolutions commit.
tee over the treaty plank, and in the
opinion of party leaders greatly re
| duced the danger of a contest on the
floor of the convention. ,..#<#
The Crane forces in the sub-com-
mittee of the resolutions committee
agreed to a plank whicn omitted the
thing for which they have been bat
tling-an affirmative declaration for
ratifcication Of the treaty with res
ervationS. s.. =
The reservationists were given con-
cessions by the Borah7J ohnson group
of bitter enders'' in the matter Of
phraseology, but Senator Borah de-
clared after the agreement that the
principle of no affirmation in favor of
ratification had been conceded.
The subcommittee was to submit
its unanimous report on the treaty
plank to the full resolutions commits
tee early this afternoon. Leaders
hoped, they said, that it would be ac-
cepted by the full committee.
When we learend of the action taken
by the subcommittee, Senator John
son, who had threatened to take the
question to the convention if defeated
in the resolutions committee said:
1T has been an all night fight con-
cerning this platform and my under
standing is there win be no declara-
tion in this platform in favor of the
league of nations, but that the plat
form will declare for the foreign
policies in harmony with those
of Washington and Monroe, and
! there is no intim alton even in the
platform Of a. ratification of the league
This is tremendous victory for Am
ericanism 1t is signal and over
whelming defeat for internationalism
and for International bankers. OF
course, | realize there are certain in
ternational bankers here today deter
mined not alone to write the platform
of the republican party, but deter
mined also to nominate a candidate
for president. They have been whip
ped on the first, according to the in
formation accorded me- and l am hop
ing that they will be beaten in like
manner on the second
"If the matter is settled as it has
been reported, I'll probably not go to
the convention. If it is not settled
in that way, l will go to the Conven
ton" ~=t -
That disposeS of the question Of
bolt Or third party?' Johnson was
asked. "a E *-.
Il don't know anything about. that"
he replied.
."It disposes of the first attack upon
the republican party by internatlon-
alism and international bankers; that
is all Well try to meet the second
with equal success"
Some political observers pointed out
that the apparent defeat of the res
ervationists may have been a strate-
gist move on the part OF the Crane
group to get the foreign relations
plank onto the convention floor in its
present form and then overwhelmingly
defeat it, thus practically eliminating
johnson as candidate.
| The subcommittee adopted Mexi-
! can plank without much discussion
The plank follows in principle the
draft submitted by Henry Lane Will
ison, former ambassador to Mexico,
land is a general affirmation of the
fright of Americans to protection and
! a pledge to see that they get it with
| out committing the United States to
| any definite steps. The plank does
/ not discuss conditions for recognition
Eof a Mexican government or advise
| Intervention. When the treaty plank
| is disposed Of for the time being, Sem
ator Borah will demand that the labor.
plank be reopened in the full commit
! tee. he announced. Borah is aissat-
isfied with the intimation of denial
of the right to strike in the declara-
ition against strikes against the gov
ernment. ~ Ea
| The full committee planned, if pos
sible, to conclude it's work in time to
report the platform to the convention
i at p. m.
Untitled Tonnage.
/ NEW YORK, June 10.-Unfilled