Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-09

ties running through the whole
theme of discussion, il appeared to
night that the great drama of the
senate committee rooms had been
transferred complete to new
| background.
Whether the convention floor is
| in turn to repeat the history of the
| floor of the senate with the con-
testants carrying their fight into
the open as they did at Washing
| ton, remains a question of specu a
ton and some concern among the
party's titular leaders.
Neither the irreconcilables nor
! the mild reservationists were ready
! tonight to take the middle ground
plank fashioned by the pre-con-
vention platform builders and each
element was prepared to present
a draft of its own.
May Reach an Agreement.
Failure 10 get an agreement so
far was declared on both sides,
however, to be no barometer so far
as the final outcome was concern
ed. 1t was said that the senators
taking leading parts had become by
long experience SO wary of the
dangers of binding agreements on
the subject that they preferred to
retain some liberty of action until
the resolutions committee was
ready to act.
On the side of the irreconcilable
Senator Borah of Idaho. a member
of the resolution committee, held
off from final acceptance of the
underground plank and kept in
readiness the one prepared by him
self and Senator Johnson. Repre-
senting the mild reservationists in
the platform conferences were
Senators Kellogg of Minnesota,
Hale of Maine and Lenroot of Wis
consin although none of the three
was on the committee.
Completing the lineup, Senator
Lodge of Massachusetts and Sena-
tor Watson reproduced their Wash
ington efforts to bring the extremes
into agreement.
Subject Full of Dynamite.
On the outstanding principles to
be embodied in the plank, all the
senators have long been in sub
stantial agreement At conferences
ton, it is understood all agreed that
the platform declare against the
covenant of the league as written
at Versailles, must uphold the
stand of the senate in refusing to
ratify the treaty and make a gen.
eral statement of faith in the
theory of international questions.
The question of putting these prin-
ciples into language, however, is
where disagreements begin.
Among all the senators there is
a distinct aversion to letting. the
contest get to the convention floor
even for a minute. They realize
how full of dynamite the whole
subject it. and they know what a
wide field of bitter debate would
be opened. So they all declare the
effort to reach an agreement be-
hind the doors of the resolutions
committee will be sincere and de.
termined.
Treaty Issue Not Involved.
1t was universally declared that
no angle of the treaty fight was
involved in the contest between
Senator Watson and Mr.. Mills for
the resolutions Craftsmanship and
that the difference of opinion as to
who should head the committee
was based on personal grounds
purely Isaac M. Ullman of Con-
necticut, was appointed secretary
of the committee.
The first petitioners to get the
ear of the newly formed committee
were a group of women represent |
ing the National American Women
Suffrage association. They stood |
at the door as the members went |
into executive session to organize
and presented each with a circular
asking that the convention take |
such action as would make ratifi- |
cation of the suffrage amendment |
inevitable and immediate" AL |
though the association thanked the |
party for its past efforts, the COM
munication added, the women of
the country We're unwilling to ac-
cept a blanket assurance from
party leaders that they now were
doing all they could.
Later at the public hearings
Lucy G. Branhan of Baltimore,
presented a petition from the AM
erican Woman's Emergency COM
mittee condemning the admins
tration's Russian policy and advo-
eating resumption of trade rela-
tions with Russia.
Too Much Initiation.
Former Representative Fowler,
who for eight years was chairman
of the house banking committee,
declared the present federal re-
serve system and the manipulations
of the reserve board permitted in
flation and were injurious to the
financial welfare of the country.
Professor Fisher blamed initiation
for the high cost of living and
wanted a commission to investigate.
Speaking for a delegation from
the national capital, L. S. Gottlieb
asked for the franchise for resi-
dents of the District of Columbia.
When discussion of the appoint
ment of subcommittee on q
platform started. c. c. Hamlin, the
Colorado member, insisted that the
work of the committee of III
should be submitted to the entire
committee before work on a plat
form was begun. Mr.. Mills ex-
planned, however, that the III
were named only for the purpose
of reporting on various subjects
and that reports should be mailed
to the members of the national
Separate Air Service.
F. H. Laguardia of New York,