New-York tribune., 1920-05-12

give two such important places as per-
manent chairman and chairman Of the
Resolutions Committee--the committee
which writes the platform the
same state.
Doubt Plank on Treaty
AS to the league Of nations plank,
the idea that the plank will contain any
Endorsement, no matter how veiled, of
the league Of nations. 1t will be 80
easy to avoid such an Endorsement, by
simply commencing the action of the
Republican majority IN the Senate for
refusing to accept the league without
"Americanizing" reservations Ito re-
move the obligations President Wilson
sought to impose on this country, that
most Senators and members Of the
House do not believe the national CON
vention would ever take a step which
would close The door in the face Of the
ireconcilables.
The treaty killers, it is suggested.
constitute a considerable fraction Of
the Republican party. 1t is further
pointed out that their number, starting
off at the opening of the fight with
only one. Borah, has gradually in
creased until it numbers more than
one quarter of the Republican Sena
tors. The indications from Chicago
that the national committee favored
a plank which would indorse the league
as well as approve tho Lodge rcser-
vatlous are regarded here as particu-
larly absurd in view OF the fact that
Senators widely differing on the treaty
have reached virtual agreement on
what the plank should be.
Another point of interest to Repub-
llCanS and Democrats alike hare (
news from the Democr ratio convention
in Illinois. Apparently for the first
time IN twenty-five years the Illinois
Democrats are going to the national
convention of the party without con-
test and without even dssensions.
AmaZement was created here in Janu-
airy when Roger c. Sullivan, the biz
boss of Illinois for many years, walked
into the committee room arm in arm
with cxMayor Carter Harrison, of Chi
cago, his political enemy for quarter
clliation effected then has gone on
with Sullivan's followers since the
death of the big boss
The interesting part of it is that the
splits in the Democratic party which
have made it so easy for the Republ-
cans in Illinois for the last twenty-five
years seem to have been removed, and
" is entirely possible that Illinois will
again become one of the great pivotal
states, as it was before these reforms
began.
Johnson Men Alarmed
The group of supporters of Senator
johnson in the Senate became greatly
alarmed to-day over reports from the
meeting of the Republican National
Committee that the Republican leaders
intended to ask the convention to adopt
a plank indorsing the Versailles peace
treaty with the Lodge reservations.
Senator Borah, leader of the treaty
irreconcilables in the Senate, declared
the treaty opponents would fight to the
last ditch to prevent the adoption of
such a plank. He said that he doubted
the report, and also doubted report
that the Republican leaders had decided
to back former Senator Albert J. Bev-
eridge for permanent chairman of the
convention.
If the Republican leaders are sup
porting Beveridge, whose name was pro
posed originally by Senator Borah for
the position, Senator Borah sugge sted
that they probably are doing so with
the idea of dropping Beveridge in the