Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-29
Bryan Not Expected To Pre-
sent Planks On League OF
Nations And Prohibition
To Committee; Gompers
Appears On Behalf OF
Labor.

San Francisco, June 2s.-on the
| first division in the platform COM
mittee on an angle of the prohibition
tight today. the Bryan dry forces
vote of 81 to Is e' to present ese1tsti theiy gy
case first in the committee hearings.
The vote was taken after Mr..
Bryan argued that as the vets were
trying to reopen the prohibition is
sue. they should speak first. w.
Bourke Cochran of New York, an
swer1ng for the vets. declared they
had been settled.
What bearing the procedure VIC
tory might have on the final out
come of the platform issue was not
| clear but drys maintained it had no
significance at all as indicating the
attitude of the committee on the wet
! and dry issue itself.
| The clash came as soon as the
committee took up the prohibition
issue. Mr.. Bryan and Mr.. Cochran
wrangled for half an hour on the
point Chairman Glass finally inter-
rupted to say that it appeared that
no one wanted to talk" 80 the ques-
tion would pass over.
| This is not time for Joking"
shouted Mr. Bryan.
| THE chair is not Joking" said
senator Glass, pounding the table.
'and resents the suggestion"
On motion by Borden Burr of
Alabama. that the drys speak first.
Mr.. Bryan demanded roll call and
the motion was adopted, 27 to rs.
San Francisco. June 2s.-Actual
! preparation of the Democratic plat
form, delegated. last night to a sub
committee. of nine under admins
tration leadership, waited today while
the platform committee of fifty
three kept open house to hear final
suggestions and arguments from
| many sources.
! Labor. liquor and the Irish oues-
ton, all subjects Of disagreement
among party leaders. were up for de-.
bate at the committees public hear
Nings.
| Meantime, as observers studied the
makeup of the subcommittee. it be-
! came more apparent that the real
contest over the platform would come
been laid before the full committee
for review. William j. Bryan, omit
ted by the administration leaders
I from membership on the aubcomrf1it-
tee, said he probably .swould.yfaot pre4
I heeefffs" -p4anks=:on prohibition, the
! League of Nations and other sub
tects for subcommittee. consideration
! at, all. u,
Secretary Colby was one of those
given membership on the subcbm-
! mittee. Besides Mr.. Bryan, Senator
! Walsh of Massachusetts, who advo-
Gates treaty plank out Of accord
with admin istration views; W.
i 'Bourke Cochran of New York, a
leader in the fight for Irish recos-
milton. and James R. Nugent of New
Jersey, who wants a wet plank, were
left off the list Of nine
Hearing on Irish Question.
In the public session today a dele
cation headed by Frank r. Walsh,
was granted hearing on the Irish
recognition proposal and representa-
! tlves of the anti-saloon league were
among those to appear on tnep ro-
hibition issue. Samuel Gompers,
president Of the A. F. of L., was
granted hearing on the requests Of
organized labor.
A committee to Investigate. indus
| trial disputes is the basis Of William
j. Bryan's plank on Industrial rela-
tions A detailed statement of his
plan was issued today by Mr.. Bryan
as follows:
Il shall submit for. the considera-
tion Of the committee a very simple
plan which is identical in it's general
provisions with the plan embod ed
in thirty treaties with three-auar-
4 ters of the world and afterwards
4 made the cornerstone. of the League
Of Nations Even before / suggest
ed 1t for international disputes i en-
deavored to- have it applied to in
dustrial disputes. 1t .contemplates a
permanent board of three members.
one chosen from classes assumed to
be in sympathy with the employer,
one from the classes supposed to be
in sympathy with the employe and
person as nearly impartial as possi-
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