New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-11

power to act. and not political con-
'TIIe,ntion, should deal with the subject.
iHey also were reported to have con-
tended 1t would interfere with affairs
of friendly nation.
The proposed suffrage plank calling
upon state Governors whose legisla-
lures have not ratified the amendment.
10 can special sessions. was reported
TO have been fought principally bv
Connecticut members. They pointed
out that Governor Holcomb Of Con-
necticut had refused to call the Legis-
lature on the ground that such call
would be Illegal and the proposed
plank, they declared, would be an af-
1r01t e the Governor. In view Of the
threatened fight. the substitute suf-
frage plank was inserted.
Prohibition Plank Lost
The Republican platform plank, de-
signed to deal with prohibition, glot lost
IN the shuttle to-day, furnished a new
thrill for vets and drys and raised
some question Of its legal status.
The plank does not mention prohibi-
ton, but is Claw and order" decla-
ration for impartial enforcement of all
laws.
In a mix-up FROM confusion of plat
form work the plank was left from the
great pile taken to the Coliseum and
read by Chairman Watson of the reso-
lutons committee. 1t was not read to
The convention and was not in the plat
form Is officially adopted, but Chairman
Watson, Senator Smoot and others in
charge OF the document declared it
was adopted by the resolutions COM
mittee and is part of the platform.
Dry leaders were assured, before the
no lr1f+ ton ho, Id
for the Coliseum, that the claw and
order plank was in the platform under
Senator Watson's arm. No report of its
absence was had tonight until Senator
W atson' s attention was called to the
omission. Prohibition leaders also
were under the impression that the
platform listed the Volstead enforce
ment act among Republican Congress
sional achievements, but as read it con-
tanned no such Endorsement
Few Votes on Enforcement Plank
The claw and order" plank, members
of the Committee explained, was de-
signed to fill the gap caused by the over
whelming rejection by the Resolutions
Committee Of the proposal of William
Allen White, of Kansas, for a plank
specifically pledging enforcement of
the Volstead law. Mr.. Whites plank
got only six or eight votes. Some pro-
WORKERS were disposed to
make fight Cor the White plank in
the convention, but it got nowhere,
the move being opposed by Wayne B.
Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti
Saloon League of America.
When informed that the platform
pointed with pride" to the Volstead
law and also contained the general law
and enforcement plank, Mr.. Wheeler
said it would prove satisfactory, al
though rot entirely meeting dry
wishes. He also expressed satisfaction
over keeping any wet or moist declara-
ton from the platform.
As originally drafted for the resolu-
lions subcommittee work, the law
and order plank contained the follow
ing clause, which was dropped out
later:
with regard to the sale and manu-
facture of Intoxicating beverages, the
Republican party will stand for the
enforcement of the Constitution of the
United States as it shall be declared
by the Supreme Court"
This clause, leaders explained, was
written before the courts decision last
Monday.