Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-02
We IS AND DRyS
IN A HOPELESS
DEADLOCK OVER
RUM QUESTION
Adjournment Is Taken Till
10 O'Clock This A. M.,
Following Several Hours
of TlreSome Waiting.
BRYAN WORKS HARD TO
PUT PROGRAM THROUGH
Prospects Were That ReSo-
Iutions Committee Would
Work All Night On the
PerpIexing Problem.

inv MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wiREl
San Francisco, July 1.-After a
futile night session given over prln-
cipally to waiting for the wet ana
dry fight to come off, the demo-
cratic national convention finally
found the platform committee uh-
able to report and without pros
poets of making report before
morning, it adjourned at 10 "a
O'Clock until IU O'Clock tomorrow
morning.
While the convention marked
time down in the big hall, tucked
away in one corner of the big
building the platform committee
continued its effort to harmoniZe
its report. After practically clos
ing ND the question once. the com
mittee decided to give William J
BRYAN another opportunity to pre-
sent a prohibition plank Appar-
entity Mr.. Bryan made such head
way with has arguments that the
committee, which it was once
thought would soon make its re
mort with q majority detetinthatcN
toeleave the prohipition issue out
of the document, found itself una
BILE to make report at all.
Permanent Chairman Robinson
had a conference with senator
Glass of the resolutions committee
and it was finally announced that
there was little prospect OF the
committee being ready to make rs
report before tomorrow morning.
Amid yells of disappointment
from a record breaking crowd
which called for "Bryan, Bryan
Rrvan." and 1--WE want to hear
Rryan" the convention adjourned
mill tomorrow morning. The
nroenects were said to be that the
RESOLUTIONS committee would work
all night.
San Francisco, Calf, July l.
Furious warfare over the prom
bition plank began late today IN
the platform committee of the
democratic national convention
with every prospect that 1t Woula
be carried later to the convention
floor no matter what the commi-
tee finally should decide.
While the convention waited FOR
the committees work to be com
pleted. vets and dry were locked
In n struggle which some members
thought 1t might take hours to ter
inmate.
Leaving the subject until last be-
cause It was the most troublesome
Of all. the committee had made its
decision on the Irish question and
the league of nations, and had
cleared away all the lesser con-
troyersies delaying its report. But
40 long as prohibition remained in
dispute. committee members agreed
that their troubles were far from
over.
Aside from the wet and dry issue
the biggest fight of the day. was
centered in the Irish plank. over
ruling its subcommittee, the com
mittee threw out the adminlstra'
tion plank proposing to leave tht
irish problem to the league OF ma
tions and adopted in its stead
declaration of sympathy and
pledge to take whatever diplomatl'
ACtlOIl WUulu bc III NohSoN''N~ '
international comfy.
Irish Plank Rejected.
In making their decision, tn
platform makers also rejected y!
two to one vote the plank pro
posed by organized Irish sympa
thizers and backed by caucus o
about 200 convention delegates TO
automatic recognition of the Irisl
republic. At the same time in al
adjoining room the caucus lai'
plans for carrying its fight to tn
convention floor.
But while prospects for floo
fights on prohibition and the 1risl
problem were increasing, all ex
pectations that the league of ma
tions also would be a subject o
open hostilities virtually disap
peared, The word was passe
around that most Of the admins
tration chiefs here were content :
let the league plank stand as 1t wa
when It emerged from last night
stormy committee meeting.
In reference to reservations. ad
ded at the insistence Of anti-admin
istration leaders. was not incon
sistent with the stand taken b
president Wilson. his manager