Bisbee daily review., 1920-07-01
NJ DRY PLANK
 IN PLATFORM


 chairman. The full committee was prepared to sit wei into the night in the hope of reporting the platform in the convention tomorrow after neon and having final acticn taken in time for ballOting on candidates ! Friday. The platform battle was con | fined to three subjects prohibition, the League of Nations and the Irish i question. Vigorous warfare on this trinity. in the committee and prob ably in the convention faced the | Democratic leaders. On the other plank little trouble was expected. f The subcommittee. while the full committee was in recess, worked at : top speed all day to finish it's ten 1 tative draft for the entire commit tees consideration tonight. Finally, in order to save time and realizing that the issues would have to be | fought out by the whole committee. ! the subcommittee decided to pass along the three principal problems with only tentative agreement on the proposed blanks.
 | In the liquor fight. indications to- night, as the fighting forces assem- l bled. were for the exclusion of any i pronounced wet declaration and in- ! corporation of some pronouncement | sustaining the 18th amendment. Ad- ministration forces were reported en- deavoring to build situation when an administration plank" would rally | a majority.
 Administration leaders declar- ed the plank would be regarded
 as "sliehtIy moist' through
 clause criticising vexatious and unnecessary restrictions of per 1 sonaI liberty in prohibition en-
 forcement coupled with app royal
 of President Wilson's veto of the l VoIstead law.
 William J. Bryan and other drys went into tonight's meeting, however, | girded for battle to wedge in square-toed prohibition mandate. A 1 strong movement to keep all mention of the liquor question from the plat | form was also on foot.
 Another pitched battle i'm pended on the League of Nations. The subcommittee, except Sena- Walsh of Montana, was reported
 solid for the administration plank,
 presented by Senator Glass, en- | bodying virtually the Virginia pIatform's declaration for ratifi- cation without destructive res
 ervations. Secretary Colby was ! picked to carry the administra-
 tions quidon in the committee
 fight, with MT. Brysa and Sena-
 tor Walsh of Montana, Walsh of Massachusetts and Pomerene of 1 Ohio the shock troops of the op- position.
 The Montana senator stood out in the subcommittee in approval of resolutions consistent with the hon or and good faith of the United l States" and to advise the co-opera- 1 ton with Republican senators friend ly to the treaty with a view to early ratification. Senator Walsh of Mass achusetts C n h made public | another league plank, commenting l ervations that make clearer or more l specific the obligations of the United | States" and denouncing any move ment to make it a partisan issue. Senator Pomeren also had before | the full committee a plank urging ratification without impairing reser- vations but harmoniZing of differ ences on reservations. if necessary, | to effect ratification as "a solemn duty to the country and humanity Senators .who voted for the Lodge reservations were also demanding Il that their action be not repudiated.
 The Irish question was another
 militant proposition. Prominent leaders said the plank was fos- II tered by Frank p. Walsh and Ea-
 monn De Valera for recognition II of the "Irish Republic" had vir-
 tuaIIy nc chance, but widesp read
 influences were working to sc
 cure some adequate and generally
 satisfactory expression of sympa- II thy with Irish aspirations.
 Among important blanks in the ten II tative platform by the sub-commft- tee were those dealing with Mexico and industrial relations. On Mexico plank was approved expressing a kindly feeling toward Mexico and promising recognition of any well es- tablished de facto government.
 The labor plank fully recognizes the right of collective bargaining and representation of labor by it's own spokesmen.
 II All of the sub-committee's decis- ions. Chairman Glass said tonight. II were tentative. He denounced as pure inventions" reports of divided, formal votes on any of the blanks.
 On most of the tentative platforms minor features, the Virginia platform