Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-29
Wilson Forces Dominate
ub-COmmittee on
Resolutions.
BRYAN TO CARRY
FIGHT HIGHER UP
Will Ignore Sub Committee and
Garry His Dry, League of Nations
and Other PIanks Before the Full
Committee-Real Contest to Come
After Sub Committee Finishes Its
Oraft-To Bid For Irish Vote.
By Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
San Francisco, June 29.-Actual
preparation of the democratic plat
form, delegated last night to sub
committee of nine under administra-
| ton leadership, waited today while
the platform committee of fifty three
kept open house to hear final sug-
gestions. and arguments from many
sources.
Later liquor and the Irish question,
all subjects of disagreement among
party leaders, We're up for debate at
the committees public hearings. In
| addition there We're many speakers
on issues of lesser controversy, and
| there seemed little prospect that the
long list could be finished until late
In the day.
Bryan lgnors Sub COMMITTEES.
Meantime, as observers studied the
| makeup Of the subcommittee, 1t be-
| came more apparent that the real
contest over the PLATFORM would come
after the. sub ub-committees report had
been laid before the run comnaitte[
for review. William ]. Bryan said
he probably would not present hts
planks on prohibition. the league OF
nations and other subjects for sub
committee consideration at all.
Selected by Senator Glass. OF Vir-
ginia, after he had been unanimously
chosen chairman OF the platform
committee, the esub-committee was ex-
pected to show a majority Of admin
istration supporters and q majority
also against inclusion OF any wet
plank in the platform.
Gompers Shows Up.
At the beginning Of the public
hearing plea Tor enfranchisement Of
the citizens of the District Of Colum-
bia was made by commercial and
civic associations.
Presenting the petitions Of the
American Federation of Labor. Mr..
Gompers said his program was de-
signed to aid all wage earners, orga-
nized or unorganized. He told the
committee that unless the democrats
took a progressive attitude, they
could not hope ITO compete with
party that has written reaction
across it's baHners."
The republican party, said Mr..
Gompers, formulated a declaration
so lacking in principles OF progress
and safety that there must be some
avenue in which the intelligent un-
rest among our people can find its
expression and inforcement.
In the main, Mr.. Gompers said. the
proposals submitted by labor were
the same as those written into the
democrattc platform Of 1908, 1912 and
1915. He paid tribute to Prestdent
Wilson and declared the Keynote
speech of Chairman Cummings at the
opening OF the convention yesterday
was one Of the most masterful IN re-
cent American politics.
Same Demands Presented.
The federation's platform, as read
to the committee by Vice President
Woll, was the same as that present.
ed to the republican platform COM
mfttee at Chicago.
Court injunctions, Mr.. Gompers de-
clared, had annulled provisions Of the
Clayton antitrust law protecting la
bor.'
Labor is practically in the Same
condition as before it's enactment" he
asserted declaring courts had re-
quired men to do things they had no
right to do. The labor hearings were
closed with Mr.. Gompers' address.
Defeat For Bryan.
On the first division in the plat
form committee, on an angle of the
prohibition fight today, the Bryan dry
forces were forced, over their protest,
by vote of twenty seven to twenty
five to present their case first in the
committee hearings.
Unit Rule Rejected.
The committee on rules of the
convention tackled again today the
knotty question Of whether a state
delegation can be found by the unit
rule.
| The committee on rules adopted a
motion, today rejecting the unit r..le
in states in which there are laws re-
quiring> the election Of delegates by
districts. The effect will be to split
the New York delegation If the re-
port is adopted by the convention.
The vote was twenty-four to eleven.
State Senator Oleson, of Utah,
presented a number Of demands, as
he said "by the radicals" OF the
democratic party. He assailed At
torney General Palmer for abuse of
| the laws guaranteeing freedom OF
speech in the press. Applause greet
ed the statement that prohibition was
not political issue and should be