The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-23
BRYAN APPEARS WITH PROPOSAL AGAINST WARS Former Justice Clarke To Press For League
 Backing CARAWAY, WALSH
 PRESENT DRAFT Statement Reflects Capi- tai To Be Made Of
 Oil Scandal
By RALPH H. TURNER, fRy Leased Wire to Age-Herald.)


 NEW YORK, June 22.-A deluge of platform material, covering a a wide range of American domestic and foreign issues, has descended suddenly upon the hosts gathered here for the democratic national convention.
 Senator Caraway of Arkansas, member of the Daugherty investi- gating committee, n d Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts, have drafted a complete platform of principles for presentation to the resolutions committee, featuring democratic charges of dishonesty in , the republican nomination.
 Bryan Arrives
 William J. Bryan, still the dra- matic political crusader, has ar rived in New York, bringing with him a plank which calls the demo- crats to organize for international peace and to outlaw war.
 Former Justice John H. Clarke of the United States supreme court has prepared a plank urging American mem bership in the League of Nations. Head . ing a delegation from the League or Nations non-partisan assoclatlon, Clarke will go before the resolutions committee on Tuesday or Wednesday to plead for adoption of his league pro- posal.
 After consulting with anti-klan lead CTS, Ed Moore of Ohio, who managed the campaign for James M. Cox in 1920, drafted a proposed plank specif- ically denouncing the hooded order by name.
 3 The offering prepared by Senators Caraway and Walsh represents the first complete platform that has ap- peared in New York. In a preamable, the two senators declare that the Amer ican people "are profoundly shocked and deeply grieved at the utter lack of public decency and respect for law as has been manifested by this repub- lican administration" Their statement reflects significantly the campaign material which the democrats hope to make of the oil scandals.
 Two Paramount Issues
 There will be two paramount issues in the coming campaign" the Cara way-Walsh platform declares in it's opening sentence. ''They are clearly defined and well understood: Do you desire an efficient or an inefficient government Do you want a corrupt or an honest government"
 In former Justice Clarke's demand for a league plank, and in the efforts of other leading democrats, including Bryan, to obtain a declaration for world peace organization, there is evil dence that the democrats will hear aplenty of the vexatious League of Nations issue Newton D. Baker and other packers of James NJ. Cox, as well as such figures as Garter Glass and Bernard Baruch, are sympathetic to- ward the promotion of Wilsonian prin- ciples. While many democrats do not believe they will profit by making an issue of the league, there is never the less strong sentiment in favor of such action.
 Bryan's proposal to outlaw war dos not rest upon the league. Declaring for the world court, or world disarma- ment and for a referendum on war, it reads:
 '1The democratic party pledges all its energies to the Outlawing of war. We refuse to believe that the whole sale slaughter of human pings on the battlefield is any more necessary to mans highest development than is the killing by individuals.
 Seeks Cooperation
 We invite the cooperation of all parties in a determined effort to devise such complete machinery for peace as shali insure the settlement of all inter national controversies by reason instead of force To this end we favor partici- patton with other nations in court of interna tional justice for the adjust ment of justifiable questions, arbitra- ton for arbitrable disputes and inves- tigation, before resort to war, of all differences that cannot be settled by courts or boards of arbitration, re- serving at all times and under all cir cumstances the right to control our own destinies and to determine whether or not, and when, our nation shall declare war.
 "The moral influence of the United States and the confidence of other nations in our disinterestedness compel us to assume leadership in the world movement for universal peace. Our gov ernment should, therefore, endeavor to secure a joint agreement with all the leading nations"
 Bryan will also ask for plank to control campaign contributions, which he predicted would be one of the big is- sues of the campaign.
 After cautious handling of the klan issue, as if it were so much dynamite, by numerous political leaders, a plank definitely condemning it was evolved by Ed Moore of Ohio. Moore conferred with anti-klan leaders before completing his draft, which is understood to meet the approval of those democrats who have been urging an outspoken attack upon the klan. Moore's suggested draft reads:
 I've condemn as opposed to the genius of free government secret po- litical societies of any kind whatsoever wherever any such society undertakes MM : , lA