Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-07-01

Delegates who have been dining
and winning at cafes here received a.
warning yesterday from E. C. Yel-
loWley, prohibition chief now an
gagged in conducting raids on cafes.
speakeasies anad barrooms In New
York. They will be arrested and
held as witnesses. This goes whether
they hold delegates badges or not 1t
was said. Dir. Yellowley's announce
ment was made after he had been
booed by $50 guests in one restau-
rant which he raided for the second
time in twenty-four hours.
Mrs. w. R. Pattengall of Maine
is a loving wife, but she does not
always agree with her husband. 1T
was Mr.. .Pattengall who led the fight
for a drastic anti-Ku Klux Khan plan
in the convention Saturday night.
He presented the minority report
from the committee on resolutions
on the Kaln. While he was on the
platform, engaged in carrying on the
proxy for him, and vote in the dele
f Bua MRS she patfenga al did efn1 not
feel as did her husband about TINS
issue. She believed with w. j.
Bryan and others that to put in the
plank naming the Khan might cause
trouble for the party.
So Mrs. Pattengall voted against
the minority plank.
When she got back to their hotel
and found her husband, she told him
what she had done. He only laughed.
which is more than some husbands
would have done, particularly as at
that time it was supposed the mi
nority plank, had been defeated by
only one vote.
And now comes Henry Brock in
ridge with an appeal to all the Demo-
Gratis assembled in convention to go
and undo the foreign relations plank
of their platform-the plank which
speaks well of the league of nations,
but proposes to make 1T a non-parti-
san question and submit it to a refer
endum of the people after. the cleo
tiens have been held next fall-pro-
vfdsd, of course. the Democrats and
| the presidency and the Congress and
can put through a law for such a
referendum Breckenridge declaI es
| that the convention WEIGHED" when
| it adopted the league plank Saturday.
There is ample precedent he says for
changing platform declara ton
thought found to be wrong.
The league plank is stirring up
considerable criticism among the ad-
herents and also the opponents of the
| the effect that such referendum on
the league as proposed in the plat
| form Is out of the question under
the Constitution of the United States
| This is the position taken by no less
authorities on the Constitution thar
George w. Wickersham, former AT.
| torney General of the United States
! under the Taft administration. ant
] David Hunter Miller, a prominen
1 Democrat.
I These gentlemen say that the treat.
| making power is lodged by the Con
| stitution with the President and Sen
ate and that it is impossible to TAX,
it from them and place it in tn
hands of the people without a con
stitutionaI amend n1ent. Furthermore
! they say that only states can hole
j elections in the United States ant
not the federal government. If tn
| so-called referendum is to be merel,
| q straw vote the Democrats can G,
/ ahead and take such a vote by mai
/ now, they suggest
1.-The Democratic party" Mr.. Wick
ersham said, lis only lodging tn
league issue in its platform" An
many of the Democrats agree witt
him. including Newton D. Baker. for
mereSecretary Of War, who made tn
eloquent plea Saturday night for,
plank promising entry into the league
The indictment OF E. L.>Doheny il
| Washington, along with Albert 3
Fall. and others in the oil cases, i
| not going to help Mr.. McAdoo's candi
! dacy," said a Democrat today. "Th
1 fact that Mr.. DoheRy was paying Mr.
1 MeAdoo a large retainer. although