New-York tribune., 1920-06-29
Wet Plank Will Never
r ac h Convention.
While Irish Issue Is To
Be MetWith Sympathy
Glass Is Chairman
OF Platform Body
Covenant Declaration Is
AlongVirginia Idea, but
Is To Be More Specific
From q staff Correspondent

SAN FRANCISCO, June 28.-Admin
of the building of the Democratic plat
form when Senator Carter Glass, o.
Virginia., was elected chairman of the
Resolutions Committee.
The election of Senator Glass in
sured the adoption of platform die
tated from the White House. The
platform, it was conceded when the
Resolutions Committee began its de
liberations, will follow the Virginia
State platform, which President Viii.
son has approved.
At the same time the selection OF
Senator Joseph T. Robinson, of Arkan-
sas, as permanent chairman Of the
convention assured the Administration
control should any anti-Wilson ideas
get before the convention in the form
of minority reports.
The only fight before the Platform
committee now concerns the League
of Nations. All factions concede that
there will be no wet plank There has
been an agreement among Administra-
tlon leaders and the National Com
n,ittee, that is in complete control here
that only a plank ndorsing the aspra-
tions OF all Oppressed peoples" will
be adopted, inslcad Of any plank that
lndorses the cause of Irish freedom
outright
Glass Author of League. Plank
The plank on the League of Nations
has already been written by Senator
Glass. 1t follows the Virginia plat
form but is more specific.
A declaration, enunciating the state
ment that no reservation is needed to
Article X Of the League of Nations
covenant, will be inserted in the Vir-
ginia treaty plank. l. vill be stated
that the Constitution of the United
States is paramount where the rights
of the United States in international
questions are concerned, and there will
be a declaration that because of that
promise no resolution is necessary.
On the general question of reserva
tions the Democratic platform will de-
clare for prompt ratification of the
treaty, without reservations which
would impair its essential integritv.'
The text of the portions of the Vir-
ginia platform that are to be included
in the Democratic national platform
follows
Portions of Platform
"The Democratic party favors a
League of Nations as the surest if not
the only, practicable means of main
tanning the permanent peace of the
world and terminating the nsufferable
burdens Of great military and naval
establishments. 1t was for this that
America broke away from traditional
isolation and spent her blood and treas
ure to crush colossal scheme of con-
quest We not only congratulate the
President on the wisdom manifested
and the vigor exhibited in the prosecu-
tion of the war, but we felicitate him
and his associates on the exceptional
achievement at Paris involved in the
adoption of a league and treaty so near
akin TO American ideals and so init
na:cly related to the aspirations of
civilized peoples everywhere.
I'VE commend the President for his
courage and his high conception of
good faith in steadfastly standing for
the covenant agreed to by all the as
sociated and Allied nations at war with
Germany, and we condemn the Repub-
lican Senate for its refusal to ratify
the treaty merely because it was the
product of Democratic craftsmanship,
thus interposing partisan envy and per-
sonal hatred in the way of the peace
and renewed prosperity of the world
"By every accepted standard of in
ternational morality, the President is
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