Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-05-30 | Page 24 | Bryan Discounted by Hitchcock as Democrat Factor

BRYAN RY AN DISCOUNTED I BY HITCHCOCK AS fl 1 DEMOCRAT FACTOR Senator Believes Reservations Reservations Reserva Plank Has no Chance Cliance at San Francisco L By David I Lawrence Copyright 1920 by Salt Lake L' Herald 1 Washington 1 May tay 29 William Jennings Jon Jen Bryan an will hn have hare a 3 difficult time Urno asking the Democratic national convention con con- at San Francisco to accept the Lodge reservations on the peace tr treaty which he himself considers The Tho reason Is the Instruction given to Mr Bryan by bj the tho Nebraska convention of ot Democrats Mr Bryan ihas as always stood Mood scrupulously on plat- plat orra pledges and as an LJ Instructed delegate del des to the tho Democratic national convention con con- v nUon from froni Nebraska it would be bc for him to advocate an another an- an other othor kind of platform from that which his home state favors Mors Senator Hitchcock of ot Nebraska is 19 isack back ack here from the thc Nebraska convention convention conven conven- tion and ho pave gave e the wrt writer r today his Interpretation of ot the affair particularly arly as It Il relates to Mr lr Bryan President Presidents President's Attitude Ml The me l a Democratic convention conven conven- tion he said laid was w one of ot the most enthusiastic and harmonious ever h hold ld I had the honor to be made chairman resolutions Th Th- of or tho the committee on committee was in se session slon for three hours bourse The leading leading- feature of tho J platform adopted was the tho Indorsement of or tho the Presidents President's attitude on the tho league eague of or nations and the he denunciation tion of ot the Lodge reservations as aa folI follows fol fol- I lows We Ve warmly Indorse the Ameri American an pledge for a league of oC nations to end war publicly given Ilven more than two tico years ago by the President We Yo heartily heartily heart heart- ily commend him for tor his heroic efforts to establish such a a. league We Wo de demand demand de- de mand that tho the Senate consent to a n. ratification rat rat- Uon of ot a 3 treaty of ot contain contain- tho the covenant for tor the league without without without with with- out reservations We up- up bold the action of ot Democratic senators in refusing to accept nullifying reservations reservations resor- resor reser reser- and we iC denounce Republican senators senator for tor refusing refusing- to modify them so as is s to make ratification possible The uThe only vote ote against that plank cst cast In the committee on resolutions w waS s by Mr Bryans Bryan's brother and even ho he abandoned his opposition when he ho found foud how overwhelming the sentiment sentiment senti seMi ment was against It Not Kot a a. voice was ns as raised against the tho resolutions which were adopted with a whoop Bryan Abandon Abandons Fight I r went to the convention anticipating I lug InS that Mr Bryan Dryan might start a L fight against the indorsement of ot the le league ue I and the tho condemnation of or the Lodge Lods-e i reservations I was very much gratified s-raU- s fled fied therefore to find that as far as ns Nebraska was concerned he had bad abandoned abandoned aban aban- tho the fight For the first time timo In In twenty five years Mr Bryans Bryan's name was not even mentioned In the tho convention convention conven conven- tion and the Presidents President's name was re received re- re with bursts of ot applause Where in former years the Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Ne Ne- braska conventions were won wont t to ret refer r to the Democratic party part a aa as tho the party par of oC Jefferson Jackson and Bryan It was referred to In the opening opening- paragraph paragraph paragraph para para- graph of t the platform this year as the party of ot Jefferson Jackson and Wil WIl- WIlI I son There Thero is no Question as to the attitude altitude of ot Nebraska Democrats on the tho Issue of the league of or nations I What That Senator wrote into the tho Nebraska platform about the stands a a. good chance of ot being the plank adopted at San Francisco It 1 be noticed that It does not ask I for Cor unqualified Indorsement of ot the thet I treaty and league approval without 1 the crossing crossing- of ot ota a a. aUt t Ut or the dotting of ot I Ian an J i 1 It asks for tor ratification with th thI thi i I out out out- nullifying reservations This means tho the Hitchcock Interpretative reservation would be accepted and it would not be surprising to find San Francisco Francsco Democrats adding tho the Hitchcock Hitchcock Hitch Hitch- co cock k reservations as a a. part of ot tho platform itself