The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-06-09
RrI. RARr CAMPBELL

rsT4re ceRREsFcspERT ! NJ SERVICE
CHICAGO. June 9-Behind closed
doors the platform steering commit
k4ee" composed OF thirteen members OF
the resolutions committee. started IN
today TO gather up the loose ends OF the
lleague of nations and other disputed
planks The rest Of the resolutions
Ecorrittee conducted public hearings At
r-hieh samuel Gompers. president of
t4he American Federation Of Labor and
Others were TO be given ample oppor-
+unttv to present their views to
how the republican party should stand
on the industrial situation and other
pressing public questions.
STRIVES TO PREVENT FIGHT
The steering committed IS striving
20 prevent a renewal on the convention
Naor Of the bitter controversy that rag
81 for months in the senate between
n. mild reservationists" and the "ir-
reconciIables.
Senator. .Berah.. Of Idaho, leader of
the 'irreco nciiables' who is on the
steering committee. Is willing, he
said to carry TO the convention II
necessary his insistence upon an un-
cualfhed reanirmation OF the doctrines
or Washington and Monroe regarding
tentanElins foreign alliances and Eur
opean interference with american a.
fairs.
40 MENTION OF RESERVATIONS
Senator kellogg. Of Minnesota.
"n1iId reservationist." opposed the
EBorah idea.
! Both Borah and Kellogg were said TO
l7ne in accord that there should be no
mention Of the Lodge reservations in
t4he league plank. but that it should be
confined to an endorsement Of the act
ion of the republican majority Of the
txsnate in refusing to accept the lea
que covenant as it was sponsored by
President Wilson.
The two senator's talked freely Of
tcarrying their fight to the convention
Anoor If either could not have his way
WEARY OF LEAGUE DEBATE
A number of delegates expressed
Ahemselves as being weary Of the lea
hEu. as subject for debate
Kellogg and Senator Lenroot OF Wis
Aconsin declared however a canvass
4hey had made of the situation disclos-
led an unmistakable trend on the part
fnf many delegateS toward ratification
Of the treaty with reservations Bo-
-ah. on the other hand. was equally
fnsistent that the Indiana league plank
with certain notifications and amen
Hments, would hnd FAVOR with the con-
bVention.
The steering committee" which
Parnust tackle the dispute between the
l~miId reservationists" and the 'irre-
sconcilables" consists Of:
WATSON on COMMITTEE
Senators Watson, Indiana; Smoot. ~
Utah: Borah, Idaho; and Mccormick.
illinois and william Allen White kan
lras; John F. Neylan, California: D.
Lawrence, Virginia: Louis A. Coolidge.
Massachusetts; Ogden L. Mills. New
York Wallace McCamant. Oregon;
william Hepburn. Kentucky; Gov. p.
Livingston Beekman. Rhode Island and
Harris Gilpin. Michigan.
II was understood the league plank
cnow stands as.
Endorsing the action Of the republi-
ran-controlled senate in refusing TO
accept the league covenant as sponsor
&c by President Wilson.
Providing for an international court
Of arbitration. as proposed by Senator
Knox.
Conderning President Wilson for
having kept the American people in
a technical state Of war with Germany
because OF the senates refusal to rsti-
~ the treaty in accordance with his
wishes.