The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-07-02
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Heat In SquabbIe Over PlankS
Develops Today Ballot
ing Hour Uncertain
BY GEORGE n HOLMES

STAFF CORRESPONDENT l. p SErNiNE
AUDITORIUM. san FRANCISCO.
cal. July after nearly tour days
and nights Of ceaseless toll the res-
olutions committee Of the democratic
Of the democratic national convention
succeeded in working out and present-
ing to the fun convention today
platform which represents practieal!y
4 complete and sweeping victory fer
Wusonian pelic.es.
CONDEMNS REPUBLICANS
The league Of nations is endorsed
completely IN the language Of the nov
famous Virginia platform" which +
supposed to have been dictated BY the
White House and demand is made for
immediate ratification Of the peace
treaty The republican senate i
strongly condemned for its failure in
this respect.
FOLLOW THE REPUBLICANS
On the wet and dry question around
what bitter fight was waged, the plat
form is silent Like the repubiea4
platform adopted at Chicago. no men
tion is made Of the matter at all.
The Irish plank, another measure
over which there was considerable
fighting, expresses sympathy for Ire
IaS1d's struggle for self government.
public. nor does it contain a recommen-
dation for recog ognition for any irish
government in Ireland such as vas
waged by the ardent pro-IFish ele-
ment Of the party
IGNoRs THE IRISH
Bourke Cochran of New York. Who
conducted the fight for inclusion OF
such plank. said today the fight may
The platform. as submitted TO tn
convention. represents q signal defeat
for Wm ] Bryan. three times the
party's nominee for the presidency. Il
differed from the president on t.se
league of nations issue and he fouga
tooth ana nail for inclusion ii t..e
platform Of a bone dry plank IN bota
dghts he was defeated The platform
endorses Ihe league OF nations ard
Ignores prohibition.
Cndaunted and still full Of battle.
Bryan will carry his fight 10 the floor
today and b. offering amendments seek
to change the platform by direct vote Of
the full convention.
DEFEAT FOR MANDATE
Only one Of President wilson's for
ign policits went down to defeat IN the
platform. This was his proposal taat
The T. 5. assume a mandate for Arnon-
Ia. The Armenian plank in the plat
form merely expresses our deep and
earnest sympathy for the unfortunate
people Of Armenia and ignores COM
pletely the mandate asked by the presl-
dent.
one small concession was granted TIE
opponents Of the league of nations
-a--
ment on the plank in the final hours
which declared that the Democratic
party does not oppose the aceeptanee,
Of any reservations making clearer or
more SPECIFIC the obligations of ths
United States to the league Of nations
This amendment was written in b.
Senator David Walsh Of 1Iassach4-
setts and represents saving The faces.
Of those Democratic senators who voted
for the Lodge reservations vote in the
senate.
HERE rs LEAGUE PLANK
The league Of nations plank is as
follows
The democratic party favors the lea
que of nations as the surest. if not tse
only practicable means of maintaining
the permanent peace Of the world and
terminating the insuferable burden #
great military and naval establish
rnents
we commend the president for his
courage and his high conception -
good faith in steadfastIy standing fer
the covenant agreed to by all the as
sociated and allied nations at war with
Germany and we condemn the repub-
lican senate for its refusal to ratlfy
the treaty merely because il was tie
product of democratic statesman nship.
thus interposing partisan envy and
personal hatred in the way IF the peace
and renewed prosperity Of the world
"By every accepted standard Of
tCon'inued or pase nsA1