Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-27
NO COMPROMISE:
ON DRY ISSUE
IS DECLARATION
Of ". ]. BRYAN
Pros and Ants Continue
Their Pre-Convention Bat
tie at San Francisco With
the Outcome In Doubt,
NEBRASKAN DELIVERS
SPEECH AT LUNCHEON
"WetS" Receive Encourage
ment From South, Where
the Present Arid Condi-
tons Are Not Popular,
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San Francisco, June 26.-"Wets'
and "drys" today continued their
pre- convention battle, but left the
outcome still in doubt.
William j. Bryan formally open
ed his fight for a prohibition plat
form plank. After his election bv
the Nebraska delegation to the
resolutions committee, he made a
long. and vigorous address at "A
luncheon of the Commonwealth
club on prohibition and other plat
form questions. He declared the
democratic party must be saved
from the liquor interests" and pre-
dicted utter rout for the "wets.
Democratic leaders favorlnS
modification of the Volstead law
confined their efforts to quiet work
among state delegations. Several
claimed large accessions to a wet
or at least damp declaration, Other
leaders, however, declared the plat
form would be silent on the pro-
hibition question and were working
toward that end.
Is the Paramount Issue.
Mr., Rryan asserted that there
would be no compromise on the
prob bition question. He said that
while an open fight might be
avoided, he would force a record
vote of states and individual dele
agtes, If the liquor question were
brought up in the convention. 1t
Is the paramount issue before the
democrats, Mr.. Bryan said, declar-
ing his special purpose here was to
have dry" plank Incorporated IN
the platform-as essential to party
victory in November. he declared.
The "wets" were encouraged by
reports from southern delegations
that hopes of the prOhibitionists for
A "solid south" for prohibition
declaration were unfounded. They
declared that the unit rule could
not be invoked on all southern dele
cations and that many of the south
erners were ready to vote against
the prohibitionists.
Mr.. BRYAN told his audience to-
day that he sought his pace on the
resolutions committee especially TO
fight for dry" plank.
"I am not sure that we're going
to have any fight Mr.. Bryan con-
ttnued. "but on the wet question
which probably will come before
the convention every man will have
the chance to go on record. We're
going to have roll call and | want
every delegation polled, so If any
democrat wants to turn the party
over to the liquor interests his
folks at home will know it,"
"No Dodging," Says BRYAN.
Mr.. Bryan said he would well
come minority report from tho
resolutions committee, II necessary.
to bring the issue squarely before
the convention.
when we're through" he con-
tinued, "the country will know
whether the democratic party will
be the chattel property of the brew
ers or whether they'll be out of
business never to raise their black
flag again. There will be no dodg-
ing the issue, no skulking around
as there was at Chicago. If the
democratic party isn't willing 70
speak out after the supreme court
has withered every argument of
the wet it ought to dissolve"
Mr.. Bryan said that If the demo-
carts wished to secure support from
'6. 900 900 women voters they must
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