Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-11

while the delegates yelled and did their
best to defeat his efforts. This convcn-
tion. which is Embossed politically, re-
fused to be bosSed in its singing.
There was n certain dcadncss about
all the proceedings. This came in part
no doubt from the long waits while the
committee on resolutions struggled to
reach an agreement upon this platform.
The hall was stitiingly hot. and the
delegates thought a they sat waiting
for the platform committee of their
hotel rooms costing $50 n day. more
than a dollar for every hour Senator
Watson kept them waiting. They re-
fused to be rOnsOICd. Thcy refused to
he amused or livcnCd up by the cheer
leader. TSc delegates. moreover. have
had moro than thcir fill of politics dur
ing the primary campaigns and from
the campaign fund exposure. They
don't cXpcrt to do any special shining
or wonderful job. They don't expect
TO find n candidate who is n worlds,
heater. They don't expect their plat
form to rouse mankind. Under these
circumstances it is hard to be otherwise
than liStlesS.
At best tho convention hopes in the
candidate and in the platform to avoid
as many Of the pitfalls before the party
AS possible. Its attitude is negative,
rather than positive All politics is
compromi,e. hut this convention is com .
promise raised to tho nth power. After
Yesterdays session was over much crltl-
rism was heard in the hotels OF the dull
ness. lack of snap and determination
in the convention. Even Republicans
who have attended many conventions
were posSimistic over the prospects OF u
...I hn mood Of
yesterday.
Bolt Is Averted
The biz event of the day was the
fight in the resolutions committee over
the party's platform. Morning came
with the two wings Of the party far
apart upon the League of Nations
plank. Senator Rorah. during the
night, had nearly come to a fist fight
with OK Senator Murray Crane in
Colonel Harvcy's room at the Black
stone. n strange place in which to settle
the policy of the Republican party.
Talk Of a bolt swept through the cor =
ridors of the hotels. But experienced
political observers discounted it. since
bolt on platform is almost without
precedent. There are so many weasel
words in the dictionary that no party
has an excuse for splitting up on its
doctrines.
Suddenly c0mpromiS" was nm
ndNnccd. Tho gentlemen who were
writing the League Of Nations plank
unlike the senators in Washington. did
not have all the time in tho world
to split hairs and barter verbiage
They had to get their job done. A
lot of impatient delegates waiting in the
convention hall would have gone into
4 Il.
And the cOmnormiS" reached like those
reached in Washington on the same
| subject, favored the bitter cnders
rather than the mild rcScrvationists.
A minority of the party possessing
greater force and brains and having
at it's service the able pencil of Colonel
Harvey prevailed.
Senators Borah. Mccormick and
Brandegee, assisted by Colonel Har-
vey, kept thc word league out of the
plank Senator Lodge. according tC
common report. sacrificed his own
child. the Lodge reservations The plank
declares for AN agreement among the
nations to preSCrV" tn" peace Of the
world, This agreement among III,
nations is called further IAN intcrna
tiOnal association. There is further
reference to "tho decision Of impartia
courts. Thus the plank goes all arounC
| the subject of league of nations while
avoiding the hated word l. tho Re
| publican party for a league Of nations
The mild rrScrvatiOniSts will say yes
for the 'int"rnatIonal association
means the same thing as a league &
nations. The Republicans Of the CoIone
George Harvey school will insist tha
1t means nothing Of the sort
The plank is written to make com
fortabl" in the party all varieties ~
Republicans whatever they may bcipv,
on the l.eagu" Of Nations. II is nm ad
vance upon the Indiana plank. bccaus,
II does declare for something positive
II is constructive. whore the Indian,
plank was purely destructive. Will
this plank the Republican party OK,
presses something more than mere op
position To President Wilson. II is To-
something. 1t is for IAN internatiOna
association That international as
sOciation may b" II lragU" of natOU
as events develop aud as the cNigenciw
of the campaign demand or it may not
The other big fight on plat form con
crrned the plank ou industrial relations
Here the party declared for S0mcthin
short of Governor Aliens industria
court, II is for something like tn
Canadian system Of investigation of in
dUStrlal disputes and employment Of Ri
pressure Of public opinion to scttl
them, II is II plank that is not guin
to be agreeable to Mr.: Gompcrs. Ilavin
, adopted it. the convention may tur
with an easy conscience to Senate
Harding, General Wood or any one q
the candidates who is supposed to l.
mot very strong with labor,
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