Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-07-06
BRYAN HOLDS
TO DRY PLANK
AS HIS ISSUE
Charges Both Parties With
Naming Candidates in
Touch With Vets.
PLATFORM WAS MINOR
BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.


SAN FRANCISCO, July 6.-The
nomination of Gov James NJ. Cox
signalizes the surrender of the demo
cratic party into the hands of the re-
dictionaries on both the liquor ques-
ton and financial question generally
A candidate, like an individual, is
to be judged by the company he
keeps. and Gov. Cox's company
leaves no doubt as to the view en-
tertained by him by those interested
in the manufacture, sale and use of
intoxicating liquor, and by those who
represent big business.
But while the two most dangerous ele-
.ments in the country have taken con
troll of the party for this campaign 1t
support the ticket.
The republicans have nominated a wet
candidate on a wet platform, although
the wet element in their convention was
not so noisy or impudent as it was at
San Francisco.
Big business will not be interested in
electing the democratic candidate; 1t was
simply interested in preventing the nomi-
nation of anyone who could wage cam
paign against its interests.
WALL STREET
FOR REPUBLICANS.
Wall street will do this year as it did
in 1904, viz: Throw our candidate over
board and support the republican ticket.
When the dry democrats ran away
from their greatest moral victory and
allowed the convention to dodge the
Issue. it invited just such a nomination
as has been made
With a dry plank we would have elm
mated all wet candidates and then would
have proceeded to select the best avail
able man among the dry candidates.
II remains TO be seen what position
the candidate takes on the treaty ques-
lion.
Not having received the support Of
the administration, Mr.. Cox may not give
to the platform the same Interpretation
that the president or some Of his init
mate friends would have given.
Now that the fight is over. the defeated
candidate will have an opportunity TO
review the past and note the mistakes
made.
"If had but served my God with
half the zeal I have served my kinS!'
Il is an exclamation that will be re
Vention.
With the exception Of Senator Owen,
not a single candidate seemed interested
In the platform.
4 EXPECTED OPPORTUNITY
a NEVER CAME, HOWEVER.
Mr McAdoo was presented as a dry,
lend ret on the fight on prohibition in
4 committee and on the floor the advocates
Of prohibition had no help from him.
Az far as ne was concerned. II seemed
a matter of Indifference to him what the
convention did.
Some of his strongest delegations, like
Texas for instance. voted against the
dry plank
4iaey were expecting to have a chance
to vote later on q weaker plank, but the
opportunity never came.
- They stand on record as opposed 10 a
dry plank
In the resolutions committee II was
announced that the subcommittee stood
five to four against any plank at all.
Senator Glass, chairman Of the sub
committee, stated that to be the policy
preferred.
In fact, it was understood that the
president thought 1t best that the plat
form should be silent on the subject and
rhe full eommittee-the word full"
being used In its ordinary sense, and not
as a reflection on the members-voted
SO to u against reporting any plank on
this subject.
Mr. Cox was supposed to be wet-this
fact is borpe out by the manner in
which all the vets have foeked to his
standard.
He did not urge the adoption Of a
wet plank. hence there was no direct
issue made between him and Mr.. McAdoo.
II Mr.. McAdoo had come out squarely
in favor Of a dry plank he would have
made it difficult for the delegates from
the dry states to support any candi-
date less outspoken for prohibition than
himself.
PALMER'S STAND
NOT VIGOROUS.
Attorney general Palmer is in the
same position.
Not a word of support given to the
dry cause and his delegation made up
Of vets and drys indiscriminateIy
mixed.
considerable majority of his dele
gates voSed against the dry plank, and
qcite a number of them voted for the
wet plank.
If he had come out and made fight
4t0I the platform instead Of cOnfning
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