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"MOIST" PLANK
AGREED UPON
Bryan OisgruntIed Threatens a
Floor Fight.
PLATFORM NEARLY READY
League of Nations Declaration Ap-
proved Just as President Wilson
Wants It

San Francisco, July According
to administration chiefs the sub-com-
mittee Of nine drafting the Democra-
| tic platform has virtually agreed on
prohibition plank which is described
"as slightly moist" and as being in
support of the constitutional amend
ment but with declarations for per-
sonal liberty" and against yexatious
| lnterferences."
A league of nations plank, the same
| administration chiefs said has been
agreed upon "just as Woodrow VII
/ son wants it, without the dotting of
an i or the crossing of a st.
AS forecast it follows almost identi-
Ecally the line of the Virginia plat
form previously approved by the
president
A careful count of the full commit
these administration chiefs said,
made confident William Jennings Bry-
an could not get his prohibition plank
into the platform.
In handling the prohibition ques,
tfon, administration leaders were re-
ported to be maneuvering to bring be-
! fore the convention a plank which
could be championed as an admins
tration measure" To this end it was
planned to include a clause indorsing
, President Wilson's veto of the Vol
stead act.
If this could be accomplished 1t was
believed the administration strength
on the convention floor would be more
! than sufficient to push 1t through
That a floor fight on prohibition
could be avoided was believed by ad
! ministration leaders, as well as pre-
dicted by the "drys" to be impossible.
On a straight wet or dry question it
was generally conceded the majority
of the delegates would vote dry, but
the proposed slightly moist" plank.
| backed with declaration upholding
President Wilson. was believed TO
have better than good chance.
Little trouble over the administra-
ton treaty plank was experienced in
| the b-comnittee. It's handling was
| left entirely to Secretary of State
Colby for advocacy in the full com
lsmittee and also in the convention.
Mr.. Colby, according to reports, fa
vored wine and beer plank in the
/ subcommittee.
Bryan, IN fightinC mood. speaking
breakfast gathering ssed
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ESdry. situation before the fesoi as
committee He said he expected to
fight in the convention, 'and hoped
to gain distinction as a reviser of
platforms"
II have no hone Of glory as the
writer of the Democratic platform"
he said. 81 am member of the reso-
lutions committee, but not one of the
Sacred Nine But tell you now that
this issue cannot be settled in COM
| mittee room.
'It takes only one man to bring In
minority report and there Is that
one man on the resolutions commit
tee l came here as a delegate from
Nebraska, to take the case before the
thousand other delegates assembled
here and let them answer
ST came here to do what l can for
| people, not to see what | can get
! people to do for me- If | can help
| this world to Danish alcohol and after
that to Danish war and If 1 can do
that, no office, no presidency, can Of
fer the honors that will be mine.
1.-The Bible says 'one, with God,
shall chase a thousand" and that's
about the number l have to fight. It
saws two shall put ten thousand to
light and l am looking for the other
| man."
Speaking of candidates Mr.. Bryan
said he had made no choice himself
nor endorsed any aspirant. If the
convention ever reached point where
| it sought his advice or suggestion, he
added. ST could name dozens of Dem
ocrats worthy to sit in the White
| House."
On the suffrage question he said he
| hoped Tennessee would ratify the ma
tional amendment before 'the plat
| form is adopted
81 want to take those 6,0O1000 wo-
mems votes," he said, "and defy the