The Washington herald., 1920-06-09
MILD ELEMENT
!. IN SADDLE AT
CHICAGO NOW
Old Guard Conquers Radi-
cal Opponents Of League
Of Nations.
FAVOR RATIFICATION
Maneuvering for Candidate
And Committee Work
Leans Conservative.
by ROBERT T. BARRY.
(Publie Ledger Service.)


Chicago, June s.-The conserva-
tives are lin the saddle. Their ma
chine is beginning to function. 1t
is apparent not alone in the man
euvering over the nomination, but
1t was demonstrated in the organi-
zation of the all-impertant resolu-
tons committee this afternoon. The
radical opponents of the. league OF
nations have no chance of carrying
that committee for their program OF
condemnation OF the treaty. They
realize 1t and are shaping their
plans for a bitter fight on the floor.
A subcommittee on platform, sat-
isfactory to the conservative wing
of the party, was named by Senator
James z. Watson, of Indiana, after
he had won an easy victory in the
fight with State Senator Ogden
Mills, of New York. Mills, an ar
dent advocate of ratification of the
treaty with reservations, received
three votes against forty-one for
Watson. 1t was not the desire OF
the leaders to select a man so
frankly hostile to the treaty oppo-
nents, who number some of the Sem
ate's most prominent old guarders.
Mr.. Mills carried into the resolu-
tions committee a treaty plank in
dorsing ratification of the treaty
with the Senate reservations. 1t was
the recommendation OF the advisory
on platform and policies.
Of which he was chairman. He will
fight for it's adoption by the resolu-
tions committee.
stand for Ratification.
The mild reservation" Senators
on and off the subcommittee on
platform are aiding him by trying
to persuade delegates that the Re-
publican party must stand for
Senator Borah, of
Idaho. leader in the fight for de-
of the treaty. professed
to be entirely -~satishsd-ssith the.
personnel of the subcommittee. He
is a member of It as is Senator
Medill Mccormick. of Illinois. an
and John Francis
Neyland. of California, an ardent
Johnson follower.
An impression was spread abroad
that the Mills program might pre-
vail in the resolutions committee,
but that was disputed and denied
by the Senators who opposed rati-
ication, even with the Lodge reser-
Senator Borah looked for
no more serious setback in the COM
mittee than a redraft OF the Indiana
platform which straddled the ques-
tion and left both of the treaty
groups without a fat reputation.
The best thought on the subject
in that belief. There is no
current indication that either the
or the mild reserva-
.ionists can hope for complete vic
.ory on the treaty issue.
Issues Threshed Out.
Soon after Senator Watson's cleo
ion, warning elements on platform
ssues began to stage their demon
,trations. The vets and drys were
irst. The delegates from Porto
Rico were in conflict over a dec
aration as to the form of terri
.orial government to be urged. The
platform subcommittee began hear
ngs on all matters to enter into the
party statement of principles.
'2-B
Among the planks urged by or
yanized forces were greater relief
Tor disabled soldiers. resumption of
trade with Bolshevist Russia, con-
iemnation of the Federal Reserve
Banking Act. stabilization of the
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