The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-30
VIII Either be Rolled Out Flat or Climb up Into
Drivers Seat and Take Hold of
Wheel.
BATTLE FOR DEMOCRATIC CONTROL.
League of Nations is Small Matter in Com
parison With Wet and Dry Issue,
Bryan Thinks.

through today and part OF TOMORROW.
The tentative platform draft on which
1t agrees will be submitted to rhe
full committee and, after acceptance,
placed before the convention for rati-
fication.
Senator Walsh, one Of those who
was reported to have voted against
either wet or or dry plank in the
subcommittee, denied this today and
said he was not present when any
such action was taken.
COMMITTEES Goes to Auditorium.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 3O.--After
short meeting this morning, mem
bers Of the resolutions subcommittee
drafting the democratic platform
went from the Palace hotel to the
Auditorium to confer with the full
committee. It was understood that
several members Of the full commits
tee insisted the plank writer's should
be told just how far they can 90 in
writing declaration on the league
OF nations, liquor and other big is
sues.
Senator Glass reported to the full
committee that it would be impos-
sible for the subcommittee to com
plete it's work before late today, and
suggested it be authorized to con-
tinue it's deliberations.
Senator King. Utah, moved that
the committee recess until 7:36 p. M
to give the subcommittee an oppor-
tunity to go ahead, and that motion
was adopted.
Glass invited members of the full
committee to appear before the sub
committee to submit planks or dis
L., ~ AE<,~ry 1N>
to expedite matters somewhat and to
mo1lify some members of the full
committee who feared that the sub
committee might exceed it's authority
in some way in drafting the platform
if left to it's own devices. The meet
ing thereupon resolved itself virtu-
ally into meeting of the full COM
mittee.
Senator Pomerene, Of Ohio, who
voted for the Lodge reservations, to-
day submitted to the subcommittee
treaty plank. as follows:
I'VE advocate adoption of the
peace treaty without reservations
which would impair its integrity. We
believe this is the best and most!
practical way to restore peace. But
if such differences Of opinion exist
as to the form or substance of the
reservations proposed as to prevent
such ratification, then we demand
that they be so harmonfzed that the
treaty will be ratified without un-
necessary delay. This is solemn
duty we owe the country and hui
manity.'
Pomerene's plank expresses the
view OF that group of democrats who,
while supporting the president, deem
ratification at once the essential =
thing
Through Senator Walsh Mrs. Rob
ert Armstrong Dean, president of the
California Federation Of the House
wives league, submitted to the full
committee a plank against profiteer
ing It provided:
Additional legislation to make the
Lever act more effective.
Prevention Of boarding, speculation
and manipulation Of foodstuffs.
Federal control of the warehouse
system - .-
All Nine Deny Rumor.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 30.-Every
one of the nine members of the reso-
lutions subcommittee fatty denied to-
day a widely circulated report that
the committee last night rejected
proposal to put wet plank in the
democratic platform.
The members are Senator Carter
Glass, chairman: Secretary of State
Bainbridge Colby; Senator Walsh,
Montana; Vance Mccormick. Pennsyl-
vauia; Senator Mcclellan, Tennessee;
Horace Hawkins, Colorado; George
H. Hodges, Kansas; NJ. NJ. Crane, Tex
as, and W. r. Pattangall, Maine.
There was no vote taken either Tor 4
mally or informally, and no decisions
formal or informal were reached, they
declared individually.
The report in question said the wet
plank proposition was defeated six to
three.