Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-02

committee made no recommendation
Al all, and many members OF tho
committee were for steering the Same
middle course in the final platform
Lrsft. a dozen or SO OF proposed de-
claratlons. ranging from ultra-wet to
ultra-dry. were brought into the con-
trovcrsy. however, and the whole
scale OF wet and dry arguments WAS
2 rehearscd as the debate progressed.
William j. Bryan was the supreme
chief of the drys. He told the COM
mittcc bluntly that unless there was
a positive declaration tor prcscrva-
ton and enforcement OF the present
prohibition laws he would not hest
tate to appeal his case to the con
IS ~vention Itself, The vets. who sug-
gcsted everything from a wine and
~ beer plank to"a blanket personal
liberty declaration, showed an equal
z determination 10 fight 1t out before
2 the par;y's final court OF resort.
To make certain that the commit
tees disaErcements shou!d be kept in
absolute confidence. Senator Glass. of
virginia. the chairman, banishcd
: newspaper men and spectators 20 fur
Their and further ounds as the day
progressed. throwing a Gordon of
police across Railways and other APP
proachcs to the committee room. He
also enjoined all the members 10
strict secrecy regarding the subjects
discussed and action taken.
The Bryan plank, around which to-
days fight is ccntcring. read as fol.
lows:
The Bryan Plank.
we heartily congratulate the
Democratic party on it's splendid
leadership in the submission and
ratification of the prohibition amend
ment to the Federal Constitution. and
we pledge tho party to the effective
enforcement OF the Nolstcad law,
honestly and In good faith. without
any increase in the alcoholic content
of permitted beverages and without
any Weakening of any other OF It's
provisions
a declaration of the sovereign
right of the States of tho Union TO
control their own local affairs, was
offered as an offset TO the fore
going 'Alojave Desert plank. 1t was
sponsored by James r. Nugcnt. Of
New Jersey, and read:
I'VE declare that the right OF local
: self-Eorcrnmcnt is the cornerstone
of the liberty of n free people. and
we pledge ourselves to the prcscrva-
tion of this principle, 10 the end that
there shall exist the sovereign right
Of the people of each State to con.
troll their own local affairs in &C.
cord with the principle of our gov.
eminent ever heretofore preserved
and enforced"
Ncbrnsl<nn Full of Fight.
Hs. Tlrrnn yrhn InI hnI nnl,- four
hours of sleep. was in a fighting mood
just before the full committee con-
vened.
Are you going to make a fight for
n dry plank" he was asked.
why a iight'?" he smiled. stress
Ing the "a
"Wil you carry the fight to the
floor of the convention IL you do no
get what you want in the resolutions
Committee
Don't put 1t that way; don't say
what l want-rather say what tn
people want"
what will you doc"
Trust me-" he smiled, his eyes
sparkling and belliGcrcnt.
VIII Sacrifice AdJcctivcs.
Tho Nebraskan declared that The
"only ballast" his plank contained
which he might be willing to sacri
flee was an adjective here and Their,
that merely reinforced tho asscr
ton for bone-dry enforcement OF tht
eighteenth amendment.
Class LcnEthcns DcadiInc.
New efforts to prevent leaks in the
platform deliberations were ordered
by Senator Glass. The deadlin,
drawn first yesterday twenty fec
from the doorway of the committc,
room and later sent back to MT.
feet under a skirmish line of police
was sent clear 10 the ends OF tn.
corridor today. Newspaper meI
were not permitted to approach
within Nifty yards OF the doors ant
the committeeman could roar thci,
protests 1T viii without being over.
heard.
After a wranglc of moro thar two
hours over the suffrage plank, The
platform commistcc reached ar
agreement and began considera;io,
CT the Irish plank. by granting IN.
request of Frank p. Walsh tina he bt
hcarn.
When he left the committee room
1@he ~paraphrased the words of an ole
song by saying: "'An we get is sym
pathy'-by a vote of II 10 S4."
The suffrage plank, as approved
by the platform committee. is under
stood to follow the lines of tina
framed in the subcommittee. callini
on the Democratic Governors ant
Legislatures of Tennessee, Nortl
Z Carolina and Florida TO complete rat
%iication OF woman suffrage in time e
4 permit the women TO vote next No
yember.