The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-01
HOPE ID REPORT PLATFORM ID HE
 CONVENTION LATE
 THIS AZ TERNOON
Subcommittee Decides to Leave Prohibition Question Up to Full Committee. No Information Till the
 Work Is Completed
By Associated Press

By Associated Press
 San Francisco, June 30.-Re- ports came from the subcom- mittee at ' o'clock that it had finished work drafting the ten- tative platform and would be ready to submit the draft to the full committe at 7:30.
 In letting the full committee
 handle the liquor question the sub N ported to be without any pinnk Nwhatever on prohibition. Mem
 bers let it he known that by a
 vote of | to I the subcommittee
 laid all such planiss on the table.
 The rull committee adopted mos tion that no memt Nd discuss or give out any aNQncern- ing the platform ..f sa@ Nb com- mittees deliberati} {r< Is completed. EAii sS'sF%
 The Irish plas .,4a3Sted ny the subcommitter .5tnpaths for the Irish ca to th. view that the l.e gbns wou.a furnish a remed9 tation that now engaged t M le Fly the ont ssriu the subcommittee aas kaia o have cx-
 ciuded the Anti snioonS ieague'x
 law enforcement plank, Ihose pro-
 posed by Postmaster x Generat
 Burieson for modificatiuH oa fhe Vofstend law und otsets 'rhe i scnsimcnt Of the sabr,mni,tcc majority was said to i.e fer silence | in the platform on fine guFatiph bcrausc of tie inicsssr fA ,im.s 3n
 both wei HiJ dFs 'ddes snd ni'o becuuse af reairavers over
 whether the liquor pucstivn ir pa-
 Senator Mcclellan presented the AntiSaloon League enforcement plank
 MEANING IS CLEAR
 As the subcommittee left the room in which 1t had worked for nearlyi twenty-four hours, senator Mckeilaq remarked that mo one would eve have to ask what the platform meant, Former Governor Hodges of KansaA added that it was "epigrammatte.
 We have met every issue withou1 1 flinching,sr said Secretary Glass.
 Chairman Glass imposed on the sub committee members a. pledge os secrecy. lie Salu no pIankS WOulu po made public until after action by ths full committee. All members expressed general satisfaction with the results ot the ommittee's labors.
 There were several clashes during the discussion of the draft, For. the most part. however. members said, their deliberations had been marked with the most cordial friendship and earnest and sincere debate.
 The reSoitstionx committee was
 still in executive session behind
 guarded doors at II o'clock to,S
 night listening tD the reading of
 the tentative platform. which took
 much time. An aIi-nisbt session
 WAS forecast.
 The full committee was prepared sit well into the night in the hope O reporting the platform to the conven tion tomorrow afternoon ana having final action taken in time for ballot ing on candidates Friday
 The platform battle was
 fined to three sabiccts--pr0hibi-
 ton. the League of Nations and
 inc Irish question. Vigorous war
 fare on this trinity. in the com-
 mittee and probably the cenven-
 lion faced the democratic leaders.
 On the other numerous blanks,
 little difficulty was in prospect.
 WORK AT TOP SPEED
 The subcommittee while the fuil committee was in recess worked at top speed all day to finish its tenta-. tive draft for the entire eommittee'x consideration tonight. Finally, in or-s der to save time and realizing that tbe issues would have to be fought out by, the whole committee. the subeommit1' tee decided to pass along the thre0 principal problems with oniv a senta- { tive agreement on the proposed planissy
 In the liauor fight, indications to- night, as the fighting forces asseln- bled were for exclusion of any pros nounced wet declaration and incor- poration of some pronounceinent sus- taining the eighteenth amendment Administration forces were reporteh endeavoring to build situation where an admin is tratlon plank" would raliy a majority Administration leader declared the plank would be regapn as slightly moist" through clau3 crticizing vexatious and unnecessas restrictions of personal liberty in pr hibition enforcement. coupled with $ proval of President Wilson's vetok the Volstead law
 BRYAN IN BATTLE ARR4AY
 William j. Bryan and other dry
 went into tonighfs meeting, hoy ever. girded for n battle to wed in n square-toed prohibition mg date. strong movement to ks ail mention of the Hauor quest from the platform also was foot.
 Another pitched battle was al pending on the League of Natiof subcomittee, except Senator w.. Montana. was reported solid for --SU ministration plank presented by Sen&- tor Glass. embodying virtually the VIrs ginia platforms declaration for ratif4> cation without destructive reservatiouv Secretary Colby was picked to oaxr the administrations guidon in |, committee fight. with MT. Bryan4 Senator Walsh of Montana, WalshI Massachusetts and Pomerene offx ~ the shock troops of the opposition,N The Montana senator stood out the subcommittee for approval of rs~<- ervations consistent with the han and good faith of the United Stat and to advise cooperation with x&1 iican senators friendly to the Sfro8 with a view to early ratificatioA-f
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