Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-30
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| ment law, were said to have been vir-
tually thrown overheard by tacit con-
sent in the subcommittee, but the fight
for a beer and wine" plank on one
hand and some sort of a prohibition
declaration On the other. was reported
still in progress, Secretary of State
| Colby favoring a beer and wine proyi-
sion.
Settlement Not I'm Sight.
No basis for settlement of the
| liquor dispute was reported in sight
| when the subcommittee resumed
/ be inSistent upon prohibition ex-
press. If only to the extent of a plank
promising enforcement of the Con-
stitution and laws generally and not
| specifically. The proposal to keep
the platform entirely silent on the
subject also was still prominently
discussed.
The platforms course also was de-
pendent today upon the suhcommit-
tees conference with the full COM
mittee:: 1t was thought the subcom.
mittee's report of progress at last
nights session might develop inn
portant discussion at the 10 o'clock
session today. 1t was expected
| however, that the full committee
would recess until this afternoon or
| the subcommittee. .'
Although Chairman Glass said none
of the proposed planks had yet been
adopted definitely by the subcommit-
| tee, considerable Of the uncontrovert-
ed sections were reported practically
complete. Among these were com :
| mendation of many acts of the Will
son administration, the executive bu-
reaus and the records of the demo-
Gratis in Congress. together with at
| lacks on the republican Legislative
| course. d 1E .-s1|h ..
Virginia Platform Basis
So far as the main body of the
mittee found little difficulty in agree
ing. The Virginia platform. in
| dorsed by President Wilson and
brought to San Francisco by Senator
Glass, was said to have furnished
the basis for declarations readily
agreed to regarding the general
principles of the party.
Senator Glass sat as chairman of
1.-THE subcommittee, and his advocacy
| of administration policies was second
ed by Secretary Colby. A majority
of the other members were regarded
as administration supporters, and the
chief objector to the blanket indorse-
ment of the league of nations de-
sired by the administration was said
to be Senator Walsh. who voted in the
Senate to take the republican reser-
vations.
Some of the administration MEM
bers were said to be for outlining
directly in the platform the sort of
reservations that should not be con-
sidered as multiplying the league cove
nant, while others wanted merely a
blanket declaration for ratification
without obstructive" reservations.
Those who argued for a bill of par
ticulars. declared one easily could be
found in the speeches of the Presi-
dent last fall, when he told many
western audiences he would not OBJ
| ject to reservations restating what
he considered already was in the cove
nant.
George Creel There.
Sitting with the subcommittee dur
ing part of its deiiberations was
formation bureau in Washington
during the war. 1t was said he had
been called in to clarity the language
| for the platform.
The platform committee members
considered most likely to start trou-
Bile in the full committee were w. J.
BRYAN, Senator Walsh of Massachu-
sets and Bourke Cochran of New
York All of them were left out OF
the little circle of nine, and all OF
them had ideas that, they said, the
tIuu C0mm1IL6c duu pCE hAPc liC JUL
lvention itself would have to consider
Mr.. Bryan's principal fight was to
be waged for an Affirmative dry dec
IIaration which he already had drafted
but declined to submit to the subcom-
imittee. A league plank emitting any
pledge to ratify the treaty was to be
the vehicle of Senator Walsh's fight
and a recognition for the Irish re-
public. was to be asked for by Mr.
Cochran.
Difficult Question.
That the subcommittee would APP
prove some sort of a positive decla-
ration for the treaty's ratification was
a foregone conclusion. What might
be done about Ireland was a more
difficult question to answer. but one
suggestion was that a plank might
be recommended declaring that the
Irish problem should be brought be-
fore the bar of the league OF nations
| Secretary Colby, who is the admin
listration floor leader in the conven-
ton, and who. like Senator Glass
talked platform issues with Presiden nj
Wilson before leaving Washington
was said to have prepared the
Language of the plank originally put
before the subcommittee as an admin
istration suggestion.
Mr. Bryan, who had declined to pre-.
sent his planks to the subcommittee
held aloof from the deliberations and
worked alone preparing for his fight