Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-06-09

tee or III.
Although the 1eanings of some of the
members has not been revealed, it was
said an effort had ben made to make the
subcommittee representative of all the
extre mes of Republican opinion, par
ticularly on the still unsoved treaty
issue.
The other members are: William AL
len White, Kansas; William Hepburn.
Kentucky; Senator Reed Smoot, Utah;
ID. Lawrence Groner Virginia: Louis A.
Coolidge. Massachusetts; Ogden l..
Mills, New York; Senator William +.
Borah, Idaho; Wallace McCamant, Oro
gon: Governor r. H. Beeckma., Rhode
Island and Harris Gilpin, Michigan.
As at first announced by Senator
Watson, only eleven members were in
ciuded on the suDco mmlttee. but the
names of Senator Mccormick, another
of the senate irreconcilables, and Mr.,
Neylan were added later.
DeIuged With Petitions.
When the resolutiones committee for
mally organized and plunged into the
grind of hearings and conferences out
of which will come the party's plat
form. ieluge of applications and peti
tions descended on the committee table.
Chairman Watson declared almost con
tinuoHs sessions would nc Lecessdrs.
night and day. TO give hearings to all
of those desiring it, and to work out
a program of party declarations in
time for submission TO the convention
on Thursday.
Those clamoring for an audience in
cluded vets and drys. suffragists and
anti-suffragists. economists, Irish sym
pathZers, labor leaders, and many 9th
ers who thought they could give the
committee winning ideas for the plat
form. Some were heard but the ma
jority, including the labor representa-
tives and a delegation which wants free
dom for Ireland. had to be put off until
next day.
Limit on Hearings.
Before the hearings had gone far by
unanimous vote il was decided to put
a time limit on all who desired TO be
heard. On questions where two sides
were TO be presented. the allotment was
10 minutes in all, equally divided, and
on all other subjects it was five min
utes.
Among those who appeared Tuesday
afternoon and evening were Professor
Irving Fisher. of Yale. who advocated
an investigation of currency initiation
former Representative Charles y.
Fowler of New Jersey, advocating re-
vision of the banking and currency
laws: and S. p. Bond. of Missouri. who
wanted price fixing in wartime declared |
in violation of the constitution.
Gompers on Hand
Samuel Gompers president Of the |
American Federation OF Labor, is here !
to present his program. A delegation |
headed by Frank p. Walsh. is to argue /
for plank advocating Irish freedom.
Despite six months of work by the |
committee of Ill. and several weeks of /
conferences among the leaders in Wash !
ington and elsewhere, several trouble /
some platform questions remain TO be !
Nations plank. anti strike legislation, the !
soldier bonus, and a long string of pro
posal by farming interests.
A determined effort would be made, |
it was said, to have the platform include !
a plank at least endorsing III general
terms the action of the Republican
senate in writing an anti-strike pro-
vision into the railroad bill. In many
quarters that proposal met with fiery
ers on hand were expected to help in
the fight against it.
Want Dry Plank.
A declaration for enforcement of pro-
libition will be. asked Of the committee,
/
% be in agreement that the liquor issue
should be considered settled. 1t was
suggested that as compromise. a plank
might be framed declaring generally for
strict law enforcement.
Many leaders also want to let rhe suf-
rage question alone, but there are some
think the platform should urge the
'atification of the suffrag. amendment
o be completed.
1t was predicted generally that no di-
'ect reference to soldier bonus legisla-
ion would be made in the platform, but
plank would be adopted stating In gen
raj terms that the party favored gen
,rous treatment Of forncr service men.
That may not satisfy The Republican
members of the house of representa-
ives, which passed bonus bill and a
light in the committee may develop.
Not Agreed As Yet.
Whether the convention floor is to re
,eat the history OF the floor of the SEN
lte in the League Of Nations fight with
he contestants carrying their fight into
he open as they did at Washington. re-
mains a question of speculation and some
oncern among the party's titular lead
RS.
Neither the irreconcilablcs nor the
mild reservationists are ready to take
he middle ground plank fashioned by {
he praronyention platform buildArs and