Evening star., 1920-06-26
PRESIDENTS AIDS
SEEN IN CONTROL
At CONVENTION
Fight Against Senator Glass
Is Declared to Be
CoIIapsing.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, June 26.-So far
as surface indications were concerned
at least. the friends of President Will
son and his administration appeared
in complete control of the political
| machinery of the democratic party
tional convention began.
Their domination was not without
its complement of grumbling and
surgent elements. but there was every
evidence that on showdown the
anti-administration forces not only
were far in the minority, but were
lacking in organization and leader
ship.
Wilson's Hand in Contests.
The ascendancy of the Wilson sup
porters showed itself in striking
fashion in the program for the ma
tienal committee meeting to decide
Between contesting delegates.
Many committee members expressed
the opinion when a recess was taken
without the Georgia contest OF the
Missouri cases having been reached
that the ruling to be made in those
the convention Senator Reed of Mis-
souri, and former Senator Hardwick
of Georgia, two of the bitterest critics
of the Wilson policies.
Fight Against Glass.
Another development pointing in
the same direction was the appare mt
collapse of a fight against Senator
Glass of Virginia in his candidacy
for chairman of the resolutions COM
mittee, a post for which he is COM
monty reported to have been selected
by the President himself.
Those who originally had suggested
a fight against Senator Glass appar-
emily had turned their efforts toward
selection of Senator Walsh of Mon
tana as permanent chairman of the
convention. Senator Walsh, who quit
President Wilson's lead in the Senate
in March to vote for the treaty with
reservations. heretofore was urged as
the logical opponent of Senator Glass.
1t was said that the administration
chiefs had reached no decision as to
the permanent chairmanship. and
that in the end they might accept
Senator Walsh without a contest.
There also was talk of selecting Sena-
tor Robinson of Arkansas for the
place.
Dry Plank Contest.
he trend for no. plank at all on
prohibition apparently had its
greatest support from some of those
previously counted on to support a
liberalization plank. Some of the best
informed were predicting that the
fight to be made for such declara-
tion now would resolve itself into a
nominal effort designed to put the
convention on record. 1t was ex-
pected. however, that Mr.. Bryan
would be more insistent in his work
for bone-dry plank and would take
his fight to the convention floor if the
platform committe showed him under
Mr.. Bryan reached San Francisco
yesterday and led off with a predic-
tion that the platform would contain
an affirmative dry plank. He de-
clined to divulge his plan of cam
paign in detail and would not talk
about the league of nations at all.
The suggestion that the platform
remain silent on the prohibition issue
was Endorsed at meeting of the exec
| utive committee of the National Wo-
| mems Bureau and further develop
| menf in the same direction was made
! by the California delegation, which
| caucused on policies without a single
mention of prohibition during the
session. In many quarters California
| had been counted on to support a
! wine and beer plank.