El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-03

/ as no other man has been honored II
I did not state my convictions and
take full responsibility for them he
asserted Then he read his proposed
prohibition plank Applause greeted
More Cheers for COmmoner.
A lot OF applause greeted his fourth
plank opposing universal military
training in time Of peace
His declaration favoring an amend
ment to the constitution to permit the
ratification OF 8 treaty by ma
jority vote by the people, 80 it shall
be as easy to end a war as to begin
one" got gallery applause. but cries
OF mo from delegates
Applause greeting his advocacy Of
disarmament OF the world, was
confined wholly to the gallery
Bourke Cochran, the gentleman
from New York with a minority re-
port" as the chairman introduced
him, got a rousing reception from
the vets
submitting the prohibition plank,
sror1 said he, 4this convention
can now no longer dodge the is
sue.s Reading his plank favor
ing eight wines and beer" 'tthe
openers" for n return TO the old
regime. as Bryan puts II. the
speaker received a denomination
from all parts Of the hall.
The Chairman brought a big laugh
by knocking a glass Of water from
the speakers desk as he started 10
gavel for order.
Cries OF ireland arose as E l.
Doheney. Of California, submitted an
other minority report. plank on
Ireland. favoring recognition OF the
The convention was impatient and
tried 70 hurry him. It had been pup
lfshed in advance that the proponents
OF the Irish cause had distributed
their men in all PARTS Of the hall to
put on a demonstration They did II
as Nr. Doheney concluded, and later
as other speakers advocated its adop-
Urges Soldier Bonus Plank
T. D. Lyon. Of Oklahoma. urged a
soldier bonus plank in fourth mi
nority report and had great diff
Guilty In making the convention listen
NJ ". BRAN opened the debate over
the amendments and drew his first
applause when he declared, Every
Democratic state in the union rati-
fled the 18th amendment and as
serted that this amendment IS part
Of our constitution to stay and the
LIQUOR traffic is dead. The only ques-
ton is shall we recognize it as dead
and bury it. or allow Il TO lie around.
Decency. requires the burial OF a
corpse." rs il worth while TO dis
turb a whole nation to get a chance
TO make something that is not in
toxicatinge" he asked, sarcastically
referring to the wet" contention
that the Tight wines" are non
Intoxicating.
aConscienee must control poll
tfcs,s he said, sand laWlessness
must not be invited in any part
Of the country. II anybody says
wine Goes not make you drunk.
go to the Bible and IL tells you
where a man tmbibed OF the wine
Of the grape and was drunk
and his sons covered him up in
shame
You VIII find that as far back rs
Homer, wine bfbber' was used as ,
term OF continuity. II you can't get
enough alcohol IN wine and beer TO
make you drunk. why do you want
alcohol at al12 loud cheers.)
III a dry plank drives voters
from the party, Il viii throw
more to It and they win not
come aa erlpples from the hos
pitni and the poor house and the
asylum, where alcohol put them"
Mr. Bryan generously quoted the
Bible and closed his appeal for a con
tinued national drouth in a regular
Methodist preacher voice Of pathos
and pleading Liquor" he said
has killed more babies than all the