Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-01
RYAN THROWS WEIGHT AGAINST DENUNCLA77ON OF KHAN

were lifted up and carried up and
down the center aisle and for several
minutes the hall was in an l.proar of
applause.
Before the cheering had subsidized,
it was revived by the appearance on
the platform of Rabbi Stephen S.
Wise to second the appeal Of Secre-
tary Baker. He denounced the ref
erendum as a "subterfu9e," and de-
clared that "the only referendum the
party needs is a candidate standing
sQuarely on the League of Nations"
Must Save u. S. Honor
IT have heard it said he con-
tinued, that we must decide the
league question SO as to save the
face Of this man or the fortunes of
that man. But the only decision we
need is the decision which will save
the blighted honor of America.
Il am a Woodrow Wilson Demo
crat. The Republican party has
ceased to be the party of Abraham
Lincoln. But l propose that the
Democratic party remain the party
Of Woodrow Wilson. If at the be-
hest of compromise and surrender we
strike Woodrow Wilson down anew,
, [ remind you that once before he
was stricken down by his enemies,
but that his soul went marching on
and will go marching on, because it
is the voice Of peace for America and
all the world.
"I ask that we march on with the
soul Of Woodrow Wilson, incorporate
in the League Of Nations"
Again at the conclusion of Rabbi
Wise's brief address many of the dele
gates stood and cheered, while Sena-
tor Pittman, of Nevada, arose to close
the argument for the plank presented
by the committee majority.
The senator began his speech by
) declaring that many of those who
had fought side by side with Wood
row Wilson and were as loyal to
him as Secretary Baker, favored the
referendum proposal as the practical
means of attaining the ends they
desire,
Republicans Driven Off
when he attempts to say by in
ference" he continued, "that those
who signed the majority report are
deserving Woodrow Wilson, he is
, saying what no intelligent man will
believe. We fought for the League
of Nations and we still believe in
it. We are fighting, not to keep
out of the league, but to get into
the league. 1t is only a question of
method.
1--WE made the league party issue
in 1920. and what happened? We
drove away from the league all of
the great aRepublicans who had been
in favor of it. They loved their
party better than the league
Speeches Limited
When Mr.. Baker finished his plea
for his league plank, a unan-
imous agreement was made for two
hours debate on each of the dis
puted planks, to be divided equally
between the contending sides. The
debate thea went forward on the
League Of Nations plank, with AL
fred LuclIing, of Detroit, speaking
first for the adoption of the plank
as written by the ma ority OF the
committee.
There was such hubbub on the
floor, with several delegations tax
ing polls on the disputed pIanks be-
fore the debate began, that Mr..
, LUcking was delayed for several
, minutes in opening his speech.
, Mr.. LuclIing declared the major
ity plank should be adopted because
it was briefer and more to the point
and because the minority proposal
league question into politics. He
read the long list of states whose
members of the platform commit
. tee rad signed the majority report
and predicted that if the majority
plank were adopted the Democratic
ticket would sweep the country.
: 1920 Not True Test
The election of 1920 he said failed
to represent a true referendum on
the league because the issue was
interviewer with many other influ-
ences. He asserted that most OF
those who had signed the majority
report were in favor of going into
the league" but did not want a di-
rect issue raised as between the two
y great parties.
MANY thousands" he said, will
vote to go into the lea que at a gen.
raj referendum, but they will not
vote for it if they have to quit their
party to do So"
The speaker read a letter from
Owen D. Young whoserved with
Charles G. Dawes on the reparatio
commission, advising against MAX
ing the league a partisan issue in the
1924 campaign.
Senator A. A. Jones, Of New Next
co, followed Mr.. Lucking, also
speaking for the majority plank.
The sitting heat in the hall and the
flow of oratory on a subject that
manifestly was not uppermost in the
minds of delegates or spectators, had
quieted greatly the fervor of the
vast audience, and when Senator
Jones took the speakers stand great
empty spaces had appeared among
the delegate seats and the galleries
were third empty. The crowd had
. sifted out slowly, but many Of them
were seeking a bit of refreshment
/ nearby, prepared to return later and
see the fight over the khan
Reciting how he had supported the
league without reservation and
later had voted for it "even with the
5 obnoxious Lodge reservations, the
New Mexico senator pleaded with
: the convention not again to place
the league issue in politics by draw
ing a sharp line on the question be.
tween the two great parties.
The greatest crowds of the conven.
ton had been packed into the hall.
, Leaders on both sides of the khan
questions were fearful of demonstra-
tons from the galleries and possible
charges of intimidation of delegates.
During the luncheon recess. which
had been taken after Chairman Cum.
mings, of the resolutions committee.
had made a dramatic plea for more
time to consider the question, hur-
. rIed conferences were held in a last
minute effort to get q unanimous de-
cision on the Khan plank, but the
last effort was futile and finally the
word came that the committee would
present as part Of its majority re-
port a plank drawn by William Jen-
nings BRYAN. which does not name