Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-25
DRY ADVOCATES
HOLD MAJORITY
BIC COMM TEE!
Bryan's Generalship to
Keep Bone-Dry Forces
in Full Control Resolu-
ton Proposals.
Commoner Also Expect
ed Will Direct Contests
Over Nations League
APPROVAL Plank.

DRY ADVOCATES :. :. :. .S6
San francisco. June 24.-mob-
ilization of DemocraticI nationa!
convention forces for the expected
clash over a prohibition enforce
ment plank In the party's 1920 plat
form will approach completion Fri
day when W. ]. Bryan arrives on
the scene.
The Nebraskan is generally re.
garded as field marshal for the
bone-dry clement. He may also
function as supreme commander OF
allied and associated interests op-
posed to President Wilson's plat
form Views, and his arrival Is ex-
pected to see battle lines for the
whole platform sharply drawn.
While the enforcement question re-
mained the outstanding issue with the
factions as far apart as the poles, in
terest in other platform questions was
stimulated by the presence of Senator
Glass of Virginia. who is known to be
fully advised as TO the presidents views
on what the party should do on the
league of nations issue and similar
questions. Supporters of proposals 70
modify the Volstead enforcement act
are claiming presidential favor for their
proposition. but up TO date Mr. Glass
has not indicated what views Mr.. VIII
son may have expressed in this regard
during the conference which preceded
the senator's departure from Washing
ton.
Commoner favors Party Record.
Mr.. Bryan has already disclosed that
he has plank of his own to present
on the enforcement question. He is un-
derstood 10 favor putting the party on
record for rigid enforcement of the
prohibition amendment to the full limit
of the Volstead measure.
Between the suggestion which gained
the support of Senator Owen of Okla
Iona, first of the presidential aspir.
ants TO reach the scene, and that Of
the enforcement notifications advocates
the gulf is so wide that no possibility
of compromise is visible, unless it
should be based on an agreement TO
follow the platform of the Virginia
Democrats and ignore prohibition en-
tirely
The bone drys have a working major
ity on the committee This is admitted
by the modifiers of whatever shade Of
opinion. They also are credited with a
slight majority in the convention itself;
but the would-be rain makers who view
with alarm the present drouth are very
hopeful this can be upset.
There is pressure to expedite pro-
ccedings as much as possible. For
that reason it was said Thursday that
if an enforcement plank was framed by
the committee, probably IL would be
Allowed to go to the convention with
no time devoted to COMMITTEES
debate by its opponents, but would be
by a fatty contradictory
minority report that would bring the
whole subject into the open forum OF
the convention itself.
Only Convention Questions.
Leaders have not modified their
opinion as expressed by Chairman Cum
nings of the national committee, that nc
,ther platform issue would fail to be
adjusted in committee. Mr. Cummings
lad knowledge, it is believed, of the
,ourse both administration forces and
he Bryan faction proposed as to the
eague issue. In some quarters his state.
nent was taken as a hint that q COM
promise program on which harmony
ould be based had already been worked
nut for submission to the committee.
There was no anticipation that differ
ng views on the labor plank, profiteer-
ng. radicalism or any other subject
ould not be brought into accord qpickly.
League Question to Clear.
Mr.. Bryan's arrival should clear the
ir as to the league itself. Leaders here
aH apparently are prepared to accept
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