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howard Joining until a referendum
was submitted to the people.
The league plank was regarded
more as victory for William q.
McAdoo than any other candidate,
for he has repeatedly spoken III
favor OF q referendum on the ques.
ton. A McAdoo leader, Alfred
Lucking, of Michigan. actually pro-
posed the referendum clause. The
other features OF the plank incor.
pOrated substantially the sugges.
tons Of Owen d. Young, member OF
the Dawes PREPARATIONS commission.
1t was a group Of sad-faced men,
depressed as the depressing gray
mist of morning that swallowed mp
the taxtcabs driving them to their
hotels, that4left the committee room
at $40 o'clock In the ancient Madi.
son Square Hotel when the deadlock
could not be broken.
With two exceptions they waved
questioners aside and strobe through
the lobby. The two exceptions were
the chairman, Homer s. Cummings,
still able to smile sardonically, and
Senator Walsh, angry. determined,
unrl1nching. Cummings explained
briefly that they had been unable
g agree, and had adjourned until
this afternoon. He asked to be
excused OF answering any queries.
Walsh StilI Determined.
Walsh repeated what he had said
al night-that there were two
groups one of which had to give up.
He repeated that it would not be
the group he led.
Cummings dictated this statement
! 70 newspaper correspondents who
had sat as sentinels all night out
aide the committee door.
We have been discussing at
great length the question Of that
religious freedom. Differences Of
opinion existed as to the phraseology
Of the proposed plank. The discus
sions were 50 prolonged and the
subject Of such Importance that It
was decided to adjourn the COM
mittee until 1880 o'clock this after
noon. No vote was taken at any
stage OF the proceedings"
That colorlesS announcement
Cloaked struggle that reached
alarming intensity at times. So
vehement were the arguments that
shouts and the noise of fists strik.
ing tables filtered through the
heavy doors.
Every sort Of oratorical nuance
and device was employed to sway
the opponents.
William Jennings Bryan got the
floor. The same soft voice that
once rocked the nation with it's
''cross of gold" appealed to the sen.
timent of the committee members.
It pictured religious warfare such
As smeared the Middle Ages with
the blood Of fanatics and the char
coal OF the fagot again threatening
an orderly civilization. The Com
moner expressed a fear that ter.
rifle blaze Of fanaticism might rush
around the globe as once It STAN
peded over Europe.
Then through the cracks and
crannies came the earnest, inclsive
voice of Senator King Of Utah, the
scholar, trying to stamp the embers
Of dissension with logic.
Against Pussyfooting
The deep bass tones Of Senator
Walsh doomed out. He wanted no
pussyfooting; no saying one thing
when another was meant. The
same strong voice that told the
Senate If it admitted a debt 20 the
service men to give him cash
bonus, not a beautiful piece Of
engraving, commanded Democracy
to cease dillydallying and say
where it stood.
Key Pittman, from Nevada, who
once argued with a gun in the
Western mining camps and now
argues with oratory and intelligence
in the Senate Of the United States,
had his say. What 1t was could
not be determined by those outside,
greedily listening for any word that
geeped through the crevices.
Senator Kendrick of Wyoming,
sat silently and listened. as he sits
silently in the Senate and listens.
What he had to say was spoken
quietly.
Senator stephens Of Mississippi
chewed industriously at his tobacco
and tried to picture what would
come Of it If the little battle being
fought in that small room were
pulled up into a major fight in the
Madison Square Garden arena.
There was a little red-haired, be-
specialized man from some Southern
State, saying too much, some
thought, but going on saying It
none the less.
1 There was fat and sporty look
AAA6 AA4en 4NOAA SLAO WOotS ia ia
tncongruous gay straw hat and
white shoes that Knocked his sober
face. awed by the name Of Bryan
and the title Of Senator"
Religious freedom Jared doubt.
fully but freedom Of speech had
its day~-or its night all night.
AS the brilltant electric lights Of
the committee room added to the
daze Of the sun that shone in
through the open windows, several
last-minute efforts were made to
dispose Of the issue so that the
platform could be ready for the
morning session Of the committee.
A small, shrill voice demanded:
Lets call the roll of states at
once, Let's get this thing done.
Everyone here knows how he is
going to VOTE"
Chairman Cummings was unable
to restore order for fully five min.
!. nteS. -
mo! Mol Let's have the convef,.
ton adjourn until Monday SO we can
thresh this thing out" came another
shout.
Bryan interrupted. He asked that
4 the session 80 over until this after
noon and that the convention be
ready for the report at 8 o'clock to-
night. 1t was Bryan who led the
fight TO omit the klan's name.
Down in my State we don't worry
about the khan; we know how TO
handle them," retorted Senator Owen
Of Oklahoma.
Francis X. Busch. OF TlIinois. U,as