New-York tribune., 1920-06-27
Burleson Reiterates His
Attacks on Volstead Act
After Conference With
Glass; Booms McAdoo
Calls Him Greater
Man Than Hamilton
Palmer Boosters Fail to
Stem Tide Rising in Fa-
vor of His Opponents
By Carter Field

SAN FRANCISCO, June 20
Stock in the McAdco and Cox Pres
idential booms rose steadily to-day
as delegations, individual delegates
and late arriving leaders poured into
town.
Postmaster General Burleson gave
out a statement CHASING McAdoo
above Alexander Hamilton and urg-
ing his nomination. Charles F. Muir
ply said the sentiment seemed to be
for Cox. The Ohio delegation, dis
playing much enthusiasm and many
banners, paraded all around the
headquarters hotels after disembark-
ing, to the inspiring strains of two
big bands which had come all the
way from the Buckeye State with the
delegation.
All Of Palmer's horde of press
agents, even including the two who
bear credentials as delegates from
the District of Columbia, failed to
stem the rising enthusiasm for his
two chief rivals.
Burieson Repeats Moist Plea
Mr.. Burleson made it very clear
that he was not speaking for any one
but himself. After a conference with
Senator Carter Glass, who is slated to
be chairman of the resolutions COM
mittee, Mr.. Burleson repeated some of
the strong statements he has made
about the ridiculous drastic absurd
and unreasonable" provisions of the
Volstead act. These provisions should
be repealed or modified, he said. The
party should go onsrecord as in favor
OF vigorous enforcement of the Eigh-
teenth Amendment but Congress
should legislate against only "intoxi-
eating" beverages. Beer and light
VINE, he said, should be barred if they
are intoxicating, and permitted if they
are not.
Congress should so define intoxi-
eating liquors as honestly to accord
with ascertained truth" said Mr..
Burleson.
Mr.. Burleson denied that he had any
bot arguments with Mr.. Glass. but
IN prasing Mr.. McAdoo a few minutes
later he mentioned five men as having
been great secretaries of the Treasury
and did not include Mr.. Glass. who
recently resigned the Office to become
Senator from Virginia. The four
great secretaries besides Mr.. McAdoo,
according to Mr.. Burleson, were
Hamilton, Gallatin, Waller and Chase.
Asked if he knew whether McAdoo
would accept the nomination, Mr..
Burieson declared that no one ever had
refused the Presidential nomination
from either of the great parties.
Five Paramount Issues Cited
There are five great issues on which
TIE Platform should speak, Mr.. Burle-
son prohibition. the bonus. the
high cost of living, relations between
capital and labor and the peace treaty
Decrying the thought Of paying the
soldiers for their sacrifices with money,
Mr.. Burleson said the Democratic party
should have the courage to declare it
self against the bonus. AS to labor,
the right to strike should not be pro-
hibited except in cases where strike
would threaten the health and life of
the peop e. particularly in the case OF
nationwide strikes. These the con-
venton, he said should have the cour-
age to say should be prohibited by law
On the ,high cost of living Mr. Burle-
son said the party should not hold out
the delusion to the people that the cos.
of living can be reduced by legislation
The on'y way to fiji the vacuum c7used
by the wars withdrawal Of 2o000000
men for four years from production is
by work. A few simple laws restrain
ing profiteers should be enacted, he
said, the Republican Congress having
refused to pass them at the request of
the President. The treaty plank should
declare for ratification without nullify-
ing reservations, he maintained.
McAdoo Men Organizing
Inspired apparently by assurances
that are perfectly satisfactory to them
that McAdoo will take the nomination
if it is rendered him, the McAdoo work
ers are perfecting an organization for
the fight. Judge Samuel B. Amidor,
will be the floor leader, and they are
now counting on a considerable slow
ing of strength on the first ballot The
first order of business, however. on the
part of all contenders for the nomina-
ton except Palmer. will be to permit
time for demonstration that Palmer
cannot muster anything like the two
thirds majority necessary to nominate.
1t will not be until this time arrives,
1
very apparently waning in number of
delegates, that the test viii come.
AS the convention strateeists see II,
the next development will be whether
Cox will be put over, and right up to
this point practically every disinter-
ested observer is agreed. The question
then is how many Palmer delegates will
go to Cox and how many can be held
away f~em .he Ohio Governor by bring
ing influence TO bear and by the
strength the drys are able to muster.
At this point it is expected that the
ma jority of the delegates from the So
called wet states, particularly New
York and Illinois, will be thrown to
Cox, and if it is clearly seen that
few more delegates would put him over,
the Edwards strength. centering on the
Jersey delegation. will be thrown to
him.
If Cox fails on this test the fight will