The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-28
C0XHAS GOOD
CHANCE To MIN
LAWRENCE SAYSIT
IS M'ADOO OR cox
Wilson Men Worried Over
Possible Defeat of Glass
For Guardianship
BY DAVID LAWRENCE

Copyright by The lhtcIIleeh'eT
! SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June @S--ls-
sues and platform planks rather than
candidates are worrying the leaders or
tile Democratic nat;onal convention az
they approach their tasks of the week.
! For the leadership OF PRESIDENT " IlSoh
hangs In The balance. w
With characteristic skill. William j..
Bryan has manrurcred himself lnto
pnSit!ou of strength in the all important
platform The old light between the
Democratic senators who supported
Senator Lodges reservations ana those
who supported Senator litChcock ana
President Wilson in their stand Tor m
, tcrprctatiVc reservations TO IN" pcace
treaty has broken out anew. Mr. BRYAN
! has ricycrly gotten hChinu senator
Walsh. Of Montana. who voted Tor IN"
Lodge reservations. and who is popular
with tho western senators, and Is their
cnndidaI" for chairman OF the platform
committee.
Everybody thought the Wilson people
were IN such splendid control Of thlnES
here that when II Was announced ihat
/ Senator class. of Virginia. mad con
fcrrrd wilh' President Wilson .and had
secured HIS ideas on platform pltnkS'
no difficulty WAS anticipated III select
, in. MIR. GLASS Ia he chairman al IN"
rrSulul.u committee. But III" revolt
/ ~
leaders much 10 worry about. Thcy
are confident of rlcCtinE Glass. hui IL
will h- a close shave. The people be-
h.nd senator Walsh of Montana nave
expressed fears that Senator Glass
might put something in the platform
rondrmnimg the krruhicam senator's
who voted for the Lodge reservations
and thus place in an embarrassing pos
!tiuu the twenty Democratic s"uatVrS
who lined up with Mr.. Lodge.
I,.-iI
ions business manages 10 create more
live trouble IN the two political par
ties than anything else tins year. But
the surprising thing is ihai III i prm"-
Guilty, tor President Wilson mas de-
! clarrd the league The principal issue
Of the campaign. Mr.. Bryan. however
has been insisting mat me rr%erl; t!onS :
the senate should have been accepted
by In, president. Senator Walsh, Of
Montana. took the position wh"n hr
voted for the Lodge rcS"rvLiions That
RI tined. No matter what is III" out
f, come Of tn" fight for III" Craftsmanship
of the resolutions committee. III" HtruE-
g.c VIII not he ended I'll the platform
clement, favor adoption OF the peace
, treaty WIKI whatever RESERVATIONS are
McAdoo and Palmer
They want nothing said about me
l.odg, reservations. Senator Glass. OF
Virginia. wants the treaty ratified
without reservations which impair its
essential integrity" In the Virginia
platform. which he wrote, he had plainly
or condemnation for those EhO voted
, for the Lodge reservations. II he wants
! harmony here. III" Will have 10 rlim innate
IN" h"nunciaiipn and limit himself 70
AN ail.:ruativ" Statrm"u, nC what the
Democrats prnpoa" TO do w:!h the peace
treaty.
Th,. a>prants for the presidential
nomination are wisely keeping out OF
, tho Nrht. though If any danger looms.
II j. quite certain that coalition nl
Nc Ndun and Palmer forces VIII be made
for purposes Of organization and plat
fCont1nued on Pare Eighty