Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-07-09

choose delegates, and the district con.
vention can only nominate. In the
Georgia contest it appeared that the
Palmer delegates had a slight leai
over the Hoke Smith delegates and
the Tom Watson delegates in a three
corncred fight, and were therefore
seated.
The big committee fight was in the
committee on platform. The splendid
document reported out had pra :ti-
cally the unamious support of all tte
committee, but large minority want
ed Othel planks inserted. The most
hotly contested were what were
known as the We tand dry planks.
Mr.. Bryan offered five planks which
had been voted down in committee
by very small majorities. One was
for prohibition, another was for
National Bulletin. another modifying
the League Of Nations plank, and
still another making addition to the
anti-profteering plank.
Bourke Cochran of Tammany Of
fered very mild moist plank, which
was introduced instead of the rHal
wet plank which he had intended to
present After he heard the tremen-
dous applause received by Bryan his
courage oOzed and the plank offered
and voted down was very pale shad-
ow OF the original.
The Bryan prohibition plank reject
ed by the convention was as follows
I'VE heartily congratulate the dem
ocratic party on its splendid leader
ship in the submission and ratiflca.
tion of the prohibition amendment to
the federal constitution, and We
pledge the party to the effective en-
forcement Of the present Endorsement
law, honstl yand In good faith. with.
out any increase in the alcoholic con
tent Of permitted beverages and with
out any weakening Of any other of Its
The oficiai vote on the Brvaa
plank was 1856 y ayes, s2sA noes.
The text of the substitute plank On
prohibition offered by w. Bourke
Cochran was as follows: a.
"The validity Of the eighteenth
to the Constitution hus
been sustained by the supreme court,
and any law enacted under its author
ity must be enforced. In the interest
of personal liberty. to conserve tie
rights of the states. We favor federal
under the eighteenth
allowing the manufacture
and sale for home consumption only
of cider. light wines and beer. pre-
serving to the states power to fix ary
alcoholic content thereof other than
as fixed by congress as may be deter
mined by the opinion or wishes VI
each locality"
The official total which beat the
Cochran plank was 726h against II
and 356 for it. Eleven and half
votes were absent.
The great CommoneA in support
of his minority report never appeared
to better advantage. He made what
many consider his most powerful
speech. Although limited to ve'y
short time, he moved the vast aud.
ence with all the power of his match
less eloquence. But his amendment
camouflaged between dry plank
by Richmond p Hobson, five or six
other planks on various subjects 50
mixed up the situation that its Sc
feat was overwhelming.
Washingtons' vote was as follows:
For the Bryan amendment, Mrs.
Emma Hausman. Mrs. ]. M. Simpson,
Miss Edna Crangle, Geo. E. Ryan,
Robert l.. Proctor r.. l.. Davis, Dr..
Harbaugh, Edward Harrison. j. H.
Roberts. J. M. Tadlock. D. w. Fleet.
H. c. Davis, N. w. Washington. c. G..
Dill, c. d. Martin. j. c. Harrigan
and ]. D. McCallum. Those who
opposed the Bryan or dry amend
ment were: r. S. Jones, Clark Jack
son. NJ. A. Langhorne. e. NJ. Come.
n w. Robertson. Martin Maloney.
p s. Turner, j. l.. Keeleh. George
NJ. LLOYD, DR.. r. D. Wiswall. making
Sb votes for the dry. and 5 " for the
wet. O. rather against the dry.
The Washington delegation gave a
solid vote against the Cochran amend
ment. and thus went on record as op-
nosed to any change to make the Vol
stead act weaker.
The convention expected to take its
stand for the Hobson amendment,
which was dry, but not quite so dras-
tic as the Bryan amendment. but the
vote on it was rushed thruh viva voce.
and declared lost. The only other
roll call was on the Irish plank.
which was defeated, only one wash
ingtoa vote being cat 'or IT.
The newspapers of San Francisco
vorv nasty toward the conven-