The Washington herald., 1920-05-30
SENATORS BUSY
PLANKS
G.. O. P. Leaders Here Build
ing Platform Under Ad-
vice of Penrose.
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resentative Frederick n, Giliett. Of
Massachusetts,. Speaker Of the
House, and Representative Frank
w. Mondell. of wyoming. majority
leader of the House. state sena-
tor Ogden L. Mills. OF New York.
chairman Of the national commit
tees executive committee on poIi-
cies and platform. is also participst-
ing in the pow-wow. -
Penrese Busy on Phone.
Senator Boies Penrose is taking a
hand by telephonic proxy. Early
and late in the day the long dis
tance wire leading out of Senator
Watson's ONCE is buzzing with con-
versstIon with Filbert 325i, the Old
Guard generalissimo's number in
Spruce street. Philadelphia. Hardly
a decision OF Importance. apparent
ly. is taken without consultation
with the stricken Pennsylvania @.
o. p. leader.
So much can be stated with
positiveness-the paramount plank.
that dealing with the treaty and
the league of nations, has not yet
been hewn and sawn into formal
shape.
All shades Represented.
All shades of treaty opinion. 1t is
claimed, are represented among the
Nil
cIlable Johnson -Borah camp. though
not represented by those two prin-
cipal members OF the Battalion Of
Death. is said to have two spokes-
men in the conference in the per-
sons of Senators Knox and Brande-
gee. The treaty plank has been de-
cided upon in principle. but not in
physiological detail. 1t will be the
Indiana plank. with reservations.
notifications and Interpretations.
One of the things that the irrecon-
Cilables are insisting ii shall in
clude is an out-and-out tribute to
the part they played in laying the
Presidents treaty low.
Labor PIanks Ready.
Another plank already fixed upon
with more or less definiteness is
the one dealing with industrial
relations. 1t does not recommend
anti-strike legislation. 1t approves
OF collective bargaining. While AZ
mitting the right of a man in any
branch of employment to cease
working. the plank will deprecate
organized interruption" OF public
utilities or services of any kind
that serve the general interest and
convenience of the community.
The plank will advocate the set
ting up OF some form OF impartial
tribunal for settlement of labor
disputes, such as the recently en-
acted. transportation act provides
for.
"Isms" All Lobbying.
1t seems that the platform
moulders are suffering incessanI
pressure from amateurs and in
terests" OF all kinds. Every ism"
in the country wants to squeeze
into the Republican magma charta.
A deputation from the National
League of Women Voters turned
up yesterday with several thou
sand words of recomme ndations on
every phase of women's questions.
recommending their inclusion,
more or less textually. in the Chi
cago platform.
The National woman's party an
nounced last night that they are
going to make their presence felt
in their own militant way at Chi
cago. The refusal of the Republi-
can governor of Vermont. Percival
". Clement, to call special ses-
sion of his legislature to pass a
fnW n inf
women to go to the polls in No
vember, has induced the Woman :
party to clear for action.
To BE Led by ID. c. Woman.
The announcement that the leg
islature of Delaware is going to
adjourn on June = without having
ratified the suffrage amendment is
another reason why the militant
women are putting on their war
paint for Chicago. The "AmaZons"
who arc going TO give the national
convention a taste of what Chair
man Will H. Hays recently expert
enced in Washington will be led by
Mrs. Abbie Scott Baker. of Wash
ington, political chairman OF the
woman's party. Her band OF cru
saders will include Mrs. Lawrence
Lewis, of Philadelphia. ratification
chairman; Mrs. James NJ. Rector.
Of Columbus. Ohio; Mrs. Lillian
Kerr, Of Colorado Springs, Coll;
Miss Elsie Hill. of Norwalk, Conn;
Miss Alice Paul, chairman of the
Woman's party, and Mrs. Florence
Bayard Hilles, State chairman. of
Delaware.
No hint could be obtained last
night as to what the women are
going to do at the convention. But
they are willing to have 1t inferred
that it will be something designed
to make delegates sit up and take