Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-07-03
CONVENTION HEARS L0NGPLA ATF0Rm READ

of Alabama, who spoke on the prohi-
bition plank.
Mr.. Bryan yielded ten minutes to
Mrs. Peter Oleson of Minnesota, who
also supported his prohibition plank.
Cochran Replies.
w. Bourke Cochran was then recog-
nized for 30 minutes to reply to Mr..
Bryan's arguments, and such speakers
ON the beer and light wine plank.
Mr." Cochran told the convention that
had Mr.. Bryan consented to let the
committees report stand he doubted
whether the vets would have raised the
question.
Mr.. Cochran presented a substitute
for Mr. Bryan's prohibition plank and
declared that Mr.. Bryan having pre-
sented the question of prohibition, thank
heaven the convention could no longer
dodge it,
The Wet Plank.
The plank which Mr.. Cochran pre-
sented, while declaring for validity of
the prohibition amendment, also declared
for the manufacture for nome use only
of cider, light wines and beer. The con-
yention greeted the reading of that
phrase with mighty shout and pro-
longed cheers. It reserved to the states
the right to fix alcoholic contents.
Edward L. Doheny of California was
the next to bring in minority report.
1t was in part the Irish plank for
which an unsuccessful fight had been
waged by organized Irish sympathizers
in the committee but as read by Mr..
Doheny it did not contain a declaration
for recognition of the Irish republic.
Soldier Relief.
Presenting minority plank on soldier
relief, Tom Lyons of Oklahoma declared
the Lewiston on its adoption in the COM
mittee had been so close that three
roll calls before it was certain that it
had been defeated.
PROFITEERiNG PLANK.
Twenty minutes were allotted to
Thomas J. Spellacy of Connecticut, an
assistant attorney general who did not
speak but yielded five minutes to Rep
resentative Lonergan of Connecticut
Briefly he presented the merits of the
profiteering plank he offered and which
he said he could not get into the Re
publican platform because nearly all the
profiteers were there in the convention
or in the galleries.
The plank now was offered to the
Democrats, he added, in order to drive
out of the party any proflteers who
might remain in it.
Universal Training Plank
The plank against universal military
training also was argued very briefly
by the speaker and then he turned te
his league declaration.
L want the constitution changed he
said, SO we can get out of the war te
establish the great principle of demo
| cracy. II we declare here for ratification
OF the treaty with reservations the ma.
jority of the senators agree on. the re.
publicans will join us in the declaration
or we will take most of the Republican
party away.
Isn't it better to take this stand
which will assure acceptance of the Lea
que of Nations. which the people want
and put the banner of progress into the
hands Of Woodrow Wilson to carry for
| ward?
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, usec
| the remainder of Spellacys time. alsc
talking on the Irish question.
| Charles F. X. O'Brien of Jersey City
who placed Governor Edwards in nom
ination earlier in the week spoke in sup
| port of the Irish sub resolution.
| Then Bryan took the platform agar
| to close up his argument for his bone
| dry plank. He spoke 20 minutes.