Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-23
VETS AND ORyS
LINING UP FOR
FRISCO FRAY
Beer Plank in Democratic
Platform Considered
Probable.
FIGHT TO GO TO
CONVENTION FLOOR

!; Resolutions Committee ConcededIy
Dry, While Majority Of Delegates
Hold Opposite views-BurIeson
Who May Speak For Wilson, Favors
Modification Of VoIstead Act
Treaty Secondary to Liquor Issue.
BY Associated Press.
San Francisco. June 23.-Rumblings
Of democratic discord over the pro-
hibition issue became hourly more
ominous today as delegates and party
chis-s arrived in increasing numbers
Tor the national convention.
Hope that tho gathering storm
might spend Itself behind the closed
doors Of the platform committee Writ
ually was abandoned by the leaders,
and they prepared to face an out
break Of teppestuous debate on the
floor Of the convention itself. :
Postmaster General Burleson's an
4 lnouncement for q modification OF the
Volstead act was accepted by many
as a warning OF which way the wind
Of administration influence would
blow.
No one here assumed to know with
certainly how far the sentiments OF
President Wilson might be in accord
with those OF Mr.. Burleson.
May GO to Convention Floor.
After many conferences, in an ef-
fort to lay basis for harmony. HON.
er S. Cummings, the narIona1 chair
man, said today it seemed to be q
fair bet" that the question would be
taken to, the convention floor for a
settlement, regardless OF what decis-
ton was made in tho platform COM
mittee.
Closely intertwined with the prohi-
kktionA AQueation is the problem Of se-
{, lecting nominee IN accord with the
platform as finally agreed on, and
among many OF the practical politic-
ians there is feeling that the two
decisions must be settled virtually at
i one stroke.
agreed that whatever trouble develops
over the treaty will be a drop in the
! bucket, compared to the prohibition
fight.
Drys Control COMMITTEES.
Leaders of the Nbone-dry froces
were confident today that they would
command good majority in the
platform committee, where each
state has only one member and
could keep out of the committee re-
port any declaration fora change In
the present law. With this view
most OF tho opposing managers
privately agreed, but they declared
that when an appeal was taken to
the convention itself the vote would
tell q much different story. Tie
large states. it was pointed out.
while having only one vote In the
committee. will have a much great
er voice in the whole body Of dele
gates who make up the final court of
appeal. And most Of the largest
delegations are counted on for sup
port by tho advocates Of beer
plank.
A complicating feature Of a con-
yention floor fight would be the unit
rule, under which many state dele
cations are instructed to vote as a
body. It was suggested today, how
[ ever, that there might be a general
agreement to let each delegate be
counted according to his own con-
victims when the prohibition issue
: came to its final showdown. On that
basis both sides were predicting vic
tory, and many Of those in q position
to know were declaring the outcome
would be close.
Some of the Oldest leaders declar-
ed IN fact that the decision might BIO
close enough to make argument and
oratory on the convention floor the
deciding factor.
Bryan to Load Drys.
William j. Bryan would be expect
ed to lead the bone-drys. and he
probably would find pitted against
him strategianS (and orators Of the
first rank.
w. Bourke Cochran. Of New York,
was mentioned as one Of those who
might be asked to match wits and ell
oquence with the Nebraskan in the
convention Ndebate.
A1tho Mr.. Bryan Is expected to
make fight also against the admin
istration treaty plank the general
belief Of his friends here is that he
will reserve his greatest effort for
the prohibition problem. He is ex-
peected to reach Sn Francisco late in
the week, altho treaty fireworks may
start with the arrival late today, of
Senator Carter Glass, Of Virginia,
who is credited with holding Presi-
dent Wilson's commission to write
the administration league Of nations
plank. Senator Glass is the leading
candidate for chairman Of the plat
form committee. and the general pre-
diction today, was that he would be
chosen to that, position with little op-
position. Some Of the anti admins
tration managers had not abandoned
hope, however, that they might COM
bine their forces to elect some one
{ else.
May Name Candidate First.
Chairman Cummings said today
that it was still an open question
J. whether the adoption of the platform
or the choice of a nominee would
come first on the convention pro
gram The prospect Of a prolonged