The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-10
TREATY PLANK
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he would not stay longer in the NEE,
ing, but Smoot implored him not Il
bolt.
Then the conference with Lodge
was decided on.
Charges of bad faith and broken
agreements were hurled at the reser
yationists by the bitter enders anc
some of the compromisers.
Senator Watson declared vigorous
lily the present situation is the resu:.
LOT Republication by reservatsonfst SEN
Iators Of an agreement made to accep,
la certain treaty plank. now known
las the Washington plank. According
to Watson, Senators Lenroot and
kellogg, Borah and others had prevt
ously accepted this plank.
| Murray Crane was held respon-
!sible by the peace makers Tor
icausing the trouble.
i A row over the labor plank as
drafted by the subcommittee also
was in prospect today.
! Senator Watson, chairman of both
! the full and the subcommittee saic
every effort would be made to make
| a report to the convention this AFTER
noon.
Recess Until Afternoon.
CHICAGO, June 10.-Over the pro
tests of six or more dissenting COM
mitteemen the resolutions committee
today voted to recess until one p. m.
today to give the subcommittee,
drafting the platform, time to COM
plete the league of nations and Next
can planks.
Committeeman U1lman, Connect
cut, secretary of the committee and
other committeeman, protested against
this move, declaring it was an attempt
to jam the subcommittee platform
through the resolutions committee at
the last minute when they reconvened.
Ullman asked why the full commit
tee could not go on sitting this morn
ing, considering planks already agreed
by the United Press today.
I'VE ought not to have to jam the
platform through at the last minute
O'clock" Ullman said. '"The draft
of the platform has been given out
to the press and we are to be called
back here at the last minute to be
told that the convention is waiting for
the report, and that we had better
hurry up"
Committeeman Crosse, Wisconsin,
moved to recall the subcommittee and
transfer the platform question to the
full committee, but Chairman Watson
explained that there were many Ques-
tons which could not be discussed
in public.
The committee abandoned the idea
after Watson predicted dire possible
ties, presumably a bolt, unless the
serious situation now existing over
the treaty plank is. ironed out agreea-
bly,
Il don't believe it would be best to
take up the entire question in public
because there are conditions which
make it necessary that we must work
together or there will be a situation
growing out of this convention that
none of us wants to be held RESPONSE
Die for" Watson warned.
Watson said feeling over the treaty
issue is so deep-seated that the utmost
care must be used in reaching an
agreement.
Watson denied the subcommittee
has only intention of making rub
Der stamp" out of any one.
The subcommittee then returned to
it's own room to wrestle with the
league of nations plank
Ogden Mills, representing the res
reported shortly before
eleven a. M, that an agreement had
been reached with the faction on the
league of nations plank that would
facilitate reporting the platform 10
he full committee and the conveu-
ton" He would not say what this |
agreement was.
Mills made the nnouncement fol-
y
opposes the league. and Senator ReeC |!
,moot, who has been acting as an IN /
between the two groups. !