Omaha daily bee., 1920-06-27
TROUBLES BEGIN
FOR TRAINERS Of
Demo PLATFORM
BurleSon First to RuffIe Calm
Of Carter Glass-EmitS
,>,. Ye|p on Liquor
Issue.
BY GRAFTON WILCOX.

Ut party, principles for the delegates
&c take home and show to the folks.
y, First to ruftie the patience of Sem
tpr Garter Glass of Virginia, who
will be chairman of the resolutions
Committee. was his old friend and
cabinet colleague, Albert Sidney
Burleson Of Texas, the postmaster
general. who arrived this morning
end emitted loud yelp when he
saw what the Wilson forces were
proposing to do over the liquor
issue.
-Ihe postmaster general made q
be line for the safe where the Viii
son platform as framed up-to- date
has been protected from designing
fabalists" OF the United States SEN
ate. These lurking foes of the White
House program include those who
would tear its league of nations en-
aorsement plank to shreds, radical
AIIicts and radical drys who would
fsstroy all the tissues Of its proposed
declaration of enforcement of the
prohibition amendment with a half
fHarted sop to the man who thinks
the liquor enforcement officers have
heen too rough, and the friends Of
Ireland who are absolutely flab-
b1reasted by the attempt of the ad-
lMnistration forces to link a straddle
Ter the cause of Irish freedom with
the plank proposing unqualified en-
tersement OF the Wilson league OF
nations.
= Ruffles Glass.
ut is not know exactly what Mr.
Burleson said to Mr.. Glass when
lH read a proposed administration
Hfank on the liquor issue damning
the saloon forever and declaring for
enforcement of the 18th amendment
with few words about enforcement
Which would not constitute 'vexa.
ttous invasion of the rights of the
Citizens" His words m front of the
Platform safe probably never will
he recorded in history but they were
cpough to arouse the calm exterior
Of Senator Glass who muttered
Something about these dad blamed
fellows who won't let we'll enough
alone. Later Mr.. Burleson publicly
declared that there must be a
Straightforward declaration of pur-
poses on the prohibition question
and that congress should repeal un-
reasonable, drastic and absurd pro-
Jisions of the Volstead enforcement
law.
"A administration forces also found
when they awoke this morning, that
tie spirit of American-Irish rebel
licn had broken out over night like
a. house afire against their plan to
offer the friends of. Irish freedom
the open door of the league of ma
tbns for settlement of their griev-
ssRAees.
--."That will never do at all" said
Edward F. Dunno of Illinois, former
governor and one of the leaders of
rseland's fight for independence
80 do that would submit the case
to packed jury. 1t would be
nduch better for the party if the
platform said nothing about the sub
jSct than to inject such a proposal
as this. In the first place, as things
stand now, America would have no
yoice: On the jury would be France
Italy and Japan. all tied up with
Great Britain by secret agreements.
Then there would be Belbium under
the guns of Great Britain, Spain
afraid to move against England,
Greece also at the muzzle end of
British cannon, and Brazil The
frieHdsssof Ireland might get one
vote~ard abe lucky to get that"
/. Walsh Wrought Up.
|. Senator David I. Walsh of Massa-
ohusetts also was much wrought up
over "this thing that the administra'
tion forces are Trying 20 hand the
friends of Ireland"
THE friends of Ireland will take
rtott1irfg. at all from the democratic
party if-that is all they can get" he
said "That is exactly what they do
not want. 1t is sop. Why this
ridiculous proposal is the very thing
that puts the shackles on instead Of
releasing them. To attempt to force
through such thing will start the
erandest row you ever saw and
there is some potential force here in
the aggregation Of. friends of Ire
land"
Besides Burleson and the friends
Of Ireland, the platform builders of
the party also found drawn up in
battle. array on their left flank, Will
liam ]. Bryan with two loaded guns,
one aimed at the wet issue and the
other. drawing bead on the league
Eeastworks. Mr.. Bryan insisted
that he would not be thwarted in his
determination that the party go on
recoyd with an affirmative declara-
ton for unmodified enforcement of
the prohibition law.
, Son the league issue Mr.. Bryan,
who will Be the Nebraska member
Of the resolutions committee, is not
going to make much fuss about what
the administration wants in the way
of endorsement, but he will insist
upon the incorporation of a plank
urging the adoption of constitu-
tional amendment giving majority
instead of two-thirds of the senate,
the power to ratify treaties. The
administration forces, of course, will
fight it and they expect to send Mr..
Bryan home again with another
notch in his stick of political de-
feats. ,r,.
Palmer Has Planks.
{ Attorney General A. Mitchell Pal
mer got into the platform building
this morning with series of planks
on the high cost of living issue.
They are largely the measures rec
ornmended by the president to curb
profiteefins and probably will be
accepted by the resolutions commit
tee in substance at least.