Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-09


IL when he wants TO.
reservationists made statements that the
question would be compromised without
resort to a fight on the door of the con
vention.
While the Borah- Johnson group of ir
reconciliables appeared to be counting a
convention floor flight, they disclaimed
any such intention and said II n row Is
started It will be by the other side. Sena-
tors BOrah and Mccormack. irrecOncili-
ables, are members of the subcommittee,
which also includes Watson, Lodge
reservationist; ogden Mills Of New York.
a pro-leaguer; smooth Of Utah. a Lodge
resertationist Louis Coolidge OF Massa-
chusetts, with leanings toward Borah's
views. and Henry Allen White, Kansas !;
William Hepburn, Kentucky; d. Law
renee, Virginia. Wallace McCammant,
Oregon: Gov. Beeckman, Rhode Island,
and Harris Gilpin Of Michigan classed as
more or less ferveut reservationists.
A report was heard unverlAed from
any reliable source, that q deal had
been made for the irreconciliables TO
be given reasonable satisfaction on the
treaty plank In return for letting Lodge
have the permanent craftsmanship and
Watson the resolutions committee with
out n fight"
The Borah-J Johnson group denied be-
ing I'm any deal and said they would
upset any coalition that planned TO
squelch them.
when the subcommittee met Borah
and his supporters were standing frmly
they said for a plank denounclng the
treaty and league covenant. The reser-
In, q
ing an Affirmative declaration with safe
guarding OF Americauizing reservations.
GoMPERs THERE
IN LABoRS FIGHT.
The labor question also arose to vex
the resolutions committee today. sam
mel Gompers. heading a delegation from
the American Federation OF Labor. WAS
70 appear at a public hearing before the
fuH committee TO demand thst the party
&c on record as indorsing the doctrine
that workers have the right to strike.
and that no public interest Is higher
than the right OF the mass Of the toilers
10 protect themselves against capitalistic
exploitation.
Gompers' appearance may be the signal
for Argument on the general proposition
Of the paramount of public or class in-
terest.
Gompers comes prepared 10 assail the
suggestion Of Gov. Allen Of Kansas that
the party indorse his industrial court
idea.
A decision on the Mexican question Is
expected without much controversy.
The range Of subjects on which the
committee was 10 report plauks was
wide. Representatives of the League OF
Women Voters, headed by Maud Wood
Park, urged dozen planks for legisla-
ton To improve the conditions of women
in Industry, 10 reduce the cost Of living
and for further federal supervision Of
public morals. Mrs. George Gelhart. Mis-
souri,, advocating an anti high cost Of
living plank. suggested federal regulation
of the marketing and distribution Of
food and federal appropriations for train
ing in home economies.
PLEA FOR SUFFRAGE
AS PARTY HELP.
Miss Mary Garrett Hay of the National
Women's Suffrage association presented
plank pledging the party 10 exert its
best efforts to obtain ratification Of the
suffrage amendment in time for women
to vote next November. She told the
committee abong other things that rati-
flcat ton means that doubtful states like
Missouri and Indiana will be in the re-
publican column.
state's rights plank nearly broke up the
hearing. Miss Mary Kilbreth of New
York said suffrage candidates always
went to defeat in elections and declared
it inexpedient for the republican party
to take chances on the eve OF national
contest
Henry Lane Wilson discussed briefly
his Mexican plank.
Enforcement OF the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments in the south with
respect to negro voting was demanded
by Andrew h. Humphreys, New York,
and Thomas Birmingham.
Thomas McCarter, New Jersey, and
George Wharton Pepper, Philadelphia,
said the party should record itself as
favoring aid for public utilities.
Thomas T.. Campbell of Arizona urged
the need OF reclamation in the west and
Il. J. Adams, Oregon, said the govern
ment should pay its share of the cost of
road building in forest reserves.
COMBINATION OF
WOOD AND JOHNSON.
The combination of the forces of Gen.
Wood and Senator Johnson in the com
mittee on credentials succeeded in elect
ing a Wood chairman of the committee
and 1t also upset the action of the full
national committee and resc1ted several
Wood delegates who had been ousted by
the full committee. Instances where the
judgment of the national committee has
been disregarded have been very rare.
How far the combination Of johnson
and Wood elements would go was a mat
ter today which would give the polti-
clans food for much thought.
For one thing, 1t recalled wildly the
warning Of Senator George H. Moses on
the eve of the convention, that the John
son and Wood legeates between them
formed a majority of the convention.
The Lowden people accepted the John
SON Wood combine with a feeling of both
trepidation and satisfaction; the former
because Of the bald fact that between
them the Johnson and Wood forces do
control the situation; and the latter be-,
cause they saw in it a tacit recognition
by the rival camps that Lowden senti
ment is so strong 1t has to be opposed by
both Johnson and Wood
1t has yet to be shown that the progress
sives led by johnson and Borah, or the
remnants Of abe once grand "old guard