The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-07-08
PLATFORM FIGHT
STOPS BALLOTING
At CONVENTION
Gathering AdiournS After Fail
ing to Adopt Principles
of Party

AUDITORIUM Dan fTdnClSCOp
July AFTER a futile night ses-
sion given over principally to
waiting for the wet and dry
fight to come off, the democratic
national convention finally found
the platform committee unable
to report and without prospects
of making a report before to-
morrow morning. 1t adjourned
at 1925 O'Clock until 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
While the convention marked time
down in the big hall, tucked ava in
one corner of the big building, the
platform continued its effort to har-
monte its report. After practically
closing up the question once, the
committee decided to give William J.
Bryan another opportunity to pre-
sent a prohibition plank. Apparently
Mr.. Bryan made such Roadway with
his arguments that the committee,
which was once thought would soon
max its report, with a majority de-
termination to leave the prohibition
issue out of the document, found it
self unable to make "a report at all.
Permanent Chairman Robinson had
a conference with Senator Glass Of
the resolutions committee. and it was
finally announced that there was lit
tie prospect of the committee being
ready to make its report before to-
morrow morning.
Call For Bryan
Amid yells of disappointment from
a record-breaking crowd called for
Bryan, Bryan" n 1--WE want to
hear Bryan" the convention adjourn
ed till tomorrow morning. The pros
poets were said to be that the reso-
lutions committee would work all
night.
Auditorium, San Francisco, July /.
Midnight in the east found tho
democratic national convention gath
cred for a night session marking
time, still waiting for tie presenta-
ton of he platform.
The resoSiution committee, unable
to settle the promotion issue, hap
finally decided To ie: ii come to the
floor and agreed on a program which
provided for one s. eAke- Oh each
side. William jennings Bryan. OF
course, was to speak tor a prohibition
plank and cambridge Cody, SECRETARY
of state, n an admin 81 Gr1l lead
er, was to take the 9th II side OF tie
argument.
With the hope of nearing the com
mittee report at : o'clock tIe con-
vention assembled ar thar hour and
the big auditorium "a va ckei from
floor to roof with - .ccor6 breaking
crowd eager for he spectacle OF
Bryan VI action .or his fevorite cause
and expecting 10 s,e he fire vOrks CT
the wet and dry fight. Postponement
followed postponemen-, however. AMI
while the crowd wa4 ent. tsining
with no nd fnI1Gin nm md EA4lar.
tons of the great pipe ga 10, vriois
estimates came down from the reso~
lutions committee of h time when II
might report.
Ten-thirty o'clock, San Francisco
time, was the latest and seemingly
best bet. Some of the leaders wanted
to suspend the rules and go ahead
balloting for a nominee, but II two
thirds vote was required n hard to
get.
Warfare Began
Furious warfare owe the prohibi-
ton plank began late TO-DAY in the
platform committee of the democratic
national convention with every pros
pect that it would be carried latter
to the convention floor, no matter
the committee finally should
decide.
While the convention waited for
e"S SOii'hillCc "OTh " Dt COI1Ditt-
ed. vets and drys were locked in a
truggle which some members thought
1t might AXE hour to terminate.
Leaving the subject until last be-
cause 1t was most trouble some Of all.
the committee had made its decisions
on the Irish question and the league
of nations and had cleared away all
OF the lesser controversies DELAYING
It's report. But so long as prohibi,
ton remained in dispute, committee
members agreed that their troubles
were far from over.
Irish TOSe
Aside from the wet and dry is
sues, the biggest fight OF the day was
centered in the Irish plank.
Overriding its subcommittee.
the committee threw out the
plank proposing to leave the
Irish problem to the league OF ma
tons and adoptd in lis stad a
declaration of sympathy and a
pledge to take whatever diplo-
matte action would be In cosson-
ance with International comfy.
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