The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-30
SAHARA" IS
WAR-SONC OF
ANGRY BRYAN
But the Subcommittee Goes
Right Ahead Preparing to
to Put Slightly Wet Plank in
Platform.
TWILL INDORSE LEAGUE
(By Associated Press)

udy, tApl cSoCu ulo uloodLlol dCllOIl Will
the wet" and dry" situation before
the resolutions committee and said
that he expected to fight in the con-
vention and hoped to gain distinction
as a reviser of platforms.
According to administration chiefs.
the subcommittee of nine drafting the
Democratic platform has practically
agreed on prohibition plank which is
described as slightly moist" and as
being in support of the constitutional
amendment" but with declarations
for personal liberty and against
''vexatious interferences."
| After a session of less than half an
hour, the subcommittee suspended its
deliberations temporarily and left the
| hall this morning.
A league of nations plank, the same
administration chiefs said. had been
agreed upon Just as Woodrow Wilson
wants it, without the dotting of an i
or the crossing of t."
Follows Virginia Document
| AS forecast, it follows almost iden.
tically the line Of the Virginia plat.
form previously approved by Presi-
dent Wilson.
A careful count of the full commit
| tee and a survey of the convention,
| these administration chiefs said, made
them confident that Villa m J. Bryan
could not get his plank into the plat.
form.
The agreement was In such form.
| they said, that it was not improbable
| that the work would be laid before the
full committee on resolutions late this
afternoon.
Il have no hope of glory as writer
OF the Democratic platform" said Mr.
Bryan at breakfast Il am a member
Of the resolutions committee, but not
| one of the sacred nine. But tell you,
| they know now that this issue cannot
| be settled in a committee room.
Takes Only One Man
1T takes only one man to bring In
a minority report and there is tha
one man on the resolutions commit.
tee. l came here as a delegate from
| Nebraska to take the case before the
| thousand other delegates assem- bled
here, and let them answer
Il came here to do what I can for
the people, not to see what I can get
the people to do for me. If l can
help this world to Danish alcohol, and
| after that to Danish war; if l can do
that. no office, no presidency, can Of
fer the honors that will be mine
The Bible says that one with God
will chase a thousand" Mr. Bryan
said, "and that is about the number l
have to fight. 1t says that two shall
put 10000 to flight. and l am looking
for the other man"
Hasn't Any Choice
Speaking of candidates, Mr. Bryan
co he hoG LII 6
! nor endorsed any aspirant If the con
vention ever reached a point where it
sought his advice or suggestion, he
added, he could name dozens of Demo.
Gratis worthy to sit in the White
| House.
On the suffrage question, he said he
hoped that Tennessee would ratify the
national suffrage amendment before
the resolutions committee made its re.
port.
Il want to take those 26 million
women's votes,' he said, "and defy
| the VETS"
Commend Administration
| Although Chairman Glass said none
OF the proposed planks had yet been
adopted definitely by the subcommit
! tee considerable of the upcontroverted
sections were reported practically
complete.
Among these were commentator of
many acts of the Wilson administra
ton, the executive bureaus and the
records of the Democrats in congress
| together with attacks on the Republi
| can legislative course.
| So far as the main body of the plat.
| form was concerned the subcommittee
found little difficulty in agreeing
The Virginia platform, endorsed by
! President Wilson and brought to Sar
Francisco by Senator Glass, was said
to have furnished the basis for declar.
ations readily agreed to, regarding the
| general principles of the party
| Senator Glass sat as chairman oil
the subcommittee, and his advocacy
of administration policies was second
ed by Secretary Colby. A majority oi
the other members were regarded as
administration supporters and the
chief objector to the banket endorse
ment of the league of nations desired
by the administration, was said to be
Senator Walsh. who voted in the sen
ate to take the Republican reserva
| tions.
May Not Object
Some of the administration mem
bers were said to be for outlining di
rectly in the platform the sort OF
reservations that should not be con
sidered as nullifying the league cove
nant, while others wanted merely q
blanket declaration for ratification
without destructive" reservations.
Those who argued for a bill of par
ticulars, declared one easily could be
found In the speeches OF the president
last fall, when he told many western
audiences he would not object to res
ervations restating what he consid
cred already was in the covenant.
Sitting with the subcommittee dur
ing part of its deliberations, was
George Creel. head Of the publicity in
formation bureau in Washington dur
ing the war. It was said he had beer
called In to clarity the language fol
the platform
The platform committee members
| considered most likely to start th<
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