Evening star., 1920-06-30
IRISH PATRIOTS
KEEP COMMITTEE
ROOM IN UPR0AR
Platform Makers Are DEL
uued With Demands for
Varied PIanks.

SAN FRANCISCO, June oV.-Opeh
warfare over the Irish question ana
other troublesome issues OF the demo-
cratic platform began yesterday In
storm and swept the platform committee
hearing. while in private the leaders
continued their negotiations for a set
tlement to keep the hostinties irohi
sprea ding later to the floor OF the con-
yention itself.
The Irish issue was argued in sucn
militant fashion that the crowded CON-
mittee room was in almost constant up
roar. Opponents Of the proposal for rec
IGNITION of the Irish republic were
kent under a hail Of heckiing ana oe.
~. n;eio,, from Irish sympa thiZers and once
~ twice were called short and ugly
W-orfls while the committee cnalrfnaH
nounf3ed unheeded with his gaVei anu
sergeants-at-arms tussled WIN eae
crowd in an Intellectual enort 10 Keep
order. racoenition
.,an,s Us led by Frank P. Walsh ana
the opposition was handled by DaHAli ..s
T.Jovd of Boston, president OF the Ivy a'
Coalition.
Gompers Hits G. o. r.
1abors platform was presented to the
committee by Samuel Gompers, VINO ne
clared the republican party nau NJ Ia =
hor vote must find some avenue eise-
where for expression OF its desires.
Presenting the petitions OF @ sne
American Federation OF LABOR. Ml. MI
Gompers said his program 3
signed to aid all wage earners, ,S she
nor,,,;ttee ~ that unless the democrats
took a progressive attitude, .neS
could not hope ito compete VIII
party that has written 'reacsion
across it's banners
the enemies of the democratic party
snreadinr an insidious propa-
randa. seeming to assume that we are
conninp here to hold a gun at your
heads We do not come In spirlt
Of compulsion. but as % your %.t;on le,'oT of
citizens asking TOT ;.sts" usI ~
AZ the beginning Of the puonc
hearings a plea for enfrancnlSemeht. !.
of the citizens of the District OF
Columbia was made by commereiai
and civic associations.
Philippine Independence UP.
A Philippine Independence plank
was asked by J. P. Melencio. repre-
ssnt;nr the Filipino mission, and by
Resident Commissioner RanerV;
They contended the Filipinos had
demonstrated their capacity for I'M = =
mediate independence. the appear oA
MI. Melencio brought th$ convention
and spectators to their feet IN cheeIS >
ths Srsf incident Of the kind during
Mrs Wiiiiam Kent Of California. rep
resenting the Women's 1nternatonal
League for Peace and Freedom. urseo
program to forward world peace.
Aplank for inland waterway develop
ment was presented by Edward F. Goi-
ira. national committeeman for Mis-
souri,. and James E. Smith. St LOUIS
president of the Inland waterway Asso-
citation.
bv farmers also was urged by DR.. W.
n Walker, president Of the California
Farm Bureau Federation. He also ais
approved of government ownership or
operation Of railroads
Resolutions for compensating ex-
service men, presented by Richard A
Jones of the Washington delegation,
nrovide for ''selective or optional COM
pensation" and condemned the 'hypo-
critical conduct Of the republican Con-
gress" on the bonus bill.
A plank to deal with japanese immi-
grafton and land ownership was SUD
nitted by v. S. McC1atchey OF Sacra-
mento. It would favor laws providing
for the exclusion Of non-assimilable peo-
ples and forbidding those already here
ownership and control Of the SOIL" Mr..
McClatchey had calculated. he told the
committee that at the present rate OF
increase there. would be 100.00o.000
Japanese in the country at the end Of
40 years
The plank was supported by Senator
Phelan Of California