Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-06-30
Bryan and Bell Clash
Over R ep resentation,
Each Arguing for Re-
spective Interests.
Bone Dry DIV o Gates
Forced to Present Pro-
posals to Whole Com
mittee.

San Francisco, June 29.-0n the
first division in the platform COM
mittee On an angle of the prohibit
tion fight Monday, the Bryan dry
forces were forced, over their pro-
test, by vote of 27 to rs to present
their case first in the committee
hearings.
The vote was taken after Mr..
Bryan argued that as the vets were
Issue they should speak first. W.
Bourke, Cochran of New York an
swering for the vets, declared they
wished not to reopen any issue which
had been settled.
What hearing the procedure might
have on the final outcome Of the plat
form issue was not clear. but Mr.. Bryan
maintained it had no significance at all
as indicating the attitude of the committe
on the wet and dry issue itself.
Bryan ockran Clash.
The clash came as soon as the COM
mittee took up the prohibition issue. Mr..
Bryan and Mr.. Cochran wrangled for half
an hour on the point. Chairman Glass
finally interrupted to say that it appear
ed that no one wanted to talk" SO the
question would be passed over.
This is not a time for joking"
shouted Mr.. Bryan.
THE chair is not joking" retorted
Senator Glass, pounding the table, land
resents the suggestion"
On motion by Borden Burr of Ala
bama the drys speak first. Mr.. Bry-
an demanded a roll call and the motion
was adopted 81 to 25.
Bishop James Cannon of Tennessee
opened for the dry forces. whose speak
ers were introduced by Mr.. Bryan. He
said efforts were being made TO put a
"wet brand on the Democratic party.
"If you oppose the 18th amendment
do not nullify it." he said. 'If you want
to amend the Volstead law, go to con-
gress."
Mrs. f. A. Yost, Washington. d. c.,
representing the Women's Christian
Temperance Union. said strict enforce
ment was moral duty" and asked a
plank pledging honest" enforcement.
enforcement Plank Asked.
Frank M. Silsey, representing the
Presbyterian national general assembly
also asked for an enforcement plank
and protested against any weakening of
the Volstead act.
Former Representative Richmond
Pearson Hobson of Alabama. submitted
q plank expressing party pride in the
national prohibition amendment. Char
les j. Hall, representing temperance or
CARNATIONS, said prohibitionists had
been handed a gold brick at Chicago"
Henry Clay Needham of the national
prohibition party asked if the Demo
Gratis wanted these millions Of votes"
referring to the dry sentiment in the
country.
Introducign Wayne b. Wheeler, rep
resentiDg twenty-five prohibition organ
izations and the Anti-Saloon league of
America Mr.. Bryan said that many
other organizations would file petitions
and briefs. As a member Of the com
mittee Mr.. Bryan said he would defer
his own remarks.
18th Amendment Stands.
The eighteenth amendment, Mr..
Wheeler said 'has come to stay"
The square-toed issue you men have
to face" he said, is whether a beer
and wine modification will nullify it. We
think we can prove that it will
Not only popular sentiment but the
opinion of all the courts,' Mr.. Wheeler
said. upheld the opinion that bone-dry
laws were necessary for effective en-
forcement of prohibition.
ITO open the way for wine and beer
to be manufactured and sold is null-
fication pure and simple" Mr.. Wheeler
politics because it would ALLEVIATE the
great prohibition majorities that have
been returned in so many states.
'In these days of unrest you can
not 60 before the people on platform
advocating a notification or lax en-
forcement of law"
Bell Speaks for Vets.
Former Representative Theodore A.
Bell Of California, opened the case for
the vets II deny the right to assume"
he said. "that the American people will
submit for all time to come to the in
tolerance Of the 18th amendment" He
assailed the position of Mr.. Bryan,
reading from various platforms upon
which the Nebraskan had been candi- |
date. In 1890, he said. the platform |
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