Show PLATFORM MAKERS e e BUSINESS ey e y Senator Watson atson Is Elected Chairman of Resolutions o t Committee ts s Chicago June S. S The S.-The The real job of oC s framing tho Republican platform was entrusted tonight tonIs-ht to a resolutions subcommittee subcommittee subcommittee sub sub- t committee of oC thirteen while the tho full tull committee of three fifty appointed by the he convention was conducting a pubic public pub pub- lie lic ic hearing for or all of those who had suggestions to offer f Senator Watson Vatson of or Indiana overl overwhelmingly over over- o I l elected chairman of tho the committee committee- earlier In the tho da day followed ho tho usual custom and assumed also tho the thoI I chairmanship of ot the subcommittee Among the other members named by him ilm were Senator Borah orah of ot Idaho who wants a n. plank rejecting entirely the tho league eague of nations Governor Go Beckman I of Rhode Rhodo Island who has publicly obJected ob ob- I to too much senatorial control In n tho the convention con and Ogden L. L Mills of or New York who headed Chairman Hays Hays' policies committee of ot m Are Arc Represented Although the leanings of some somo of tho the members has not been revealed It was waa said an effort had been made t to tonako nako the subcommittee representative e of ot f all the extremes of ot Republican Ion ton particularly on the still unsolved oll I league Issue In addition to those named tho the subcommittee subcommittee sub sub- C committee members are arc William Allen 5 White of or Kansas o of Kentucky D. D Lawrence Groner of oC ofIr Ir gina Louise Louls A A. Coolidge e of oC Massachusetts Massachusetts Senator Smoot of Utah Wallace Wallac McCamant of Oregon Harris Gilpin o ot of Michigan an John F. F Eo zelan of ot California and Senator McCormick of oC Illinois Although the hearings of oC the tho full ful un uncommitteD committee committeD will continue Jo through to tomorrow tomorrow to to- morrow It was said the subcommittee might begin Its work carl early In tho the morning In tho the hope of completing the platform b by Thursday Two TO Added to Committee As at nt first announced by Senator Watson atson only eleven elevon members were in included In- In on the subcommittee but the thel names of ot Senator McCormick another of tho Senate Irr and Mr Ir Naylan alan were added later Immediately a deluge of ot applications and ind petitions lons descended on the com corn table and Chairman Watson atson declared tIecIa de tIe- cIa red aIm almost o ot co continuous n t I nu ou s seas sessions tons would be necessary night and las day to give he hearings s to all of oC those desiring It t and to work a program of ot party part declarations in time for Cor submission to the tho convention Thursday Those clamoring for an n audience In Included In- In eluded wets and drys suffragists and economists Irish sympathizers sym labor leaders and many others who thought tho they could give I c the tho ho committee winning ideas as fur Cor tho the platform Some Fome were heard toda today and tonight but tho the majority mI Including he the labor representatives and u te delegation dele gation gatton which wants freedom for tor Ire Ira land and had to to be put over O until tomorrow Qu Uon of oC Polle Meantime arrangements were made for or a subcommittee to go JO to work worle on un disputed questions of ot policy Including the lie I party's stand on the tho league of oC nations and other oilier outstanding Issues which still are aro in contest Senator tor Watson atson who for tor weeks has been in charge o of a series oC ot conferences confer confer- on platform was as Continued on page 3 I 11 ANS HARD t MAKING Continued from Page 1 chairman b by by-a by a. a vote of ot forty forty- three only the mom mom- from Kansas Kanus and voting Toting X for tor his opponent Ogden r f ew York Mr Ir Mills was head executive committee which com- com suggestions of ot the tee of ot and In lobby Jobby gossip I credited with having having- the sup sup- r f Will wm H. H Hays Har tho the national to to head also the re resolutions r r o Op open n Hearings Brame ely after effecting effecting- Its Us or or or- ties Uon- the committee threw open rl n but before the tho th hearings had fl far K they ther were suspended while vote yote It was decided to time flint limit on all 1111 who desired beard burd L On OD questions where two were re to be he presented the allot allot- was wu fifteen minutes In all Dr l 1 divided and on all other sub sub- til It was ns the five minutes those who appeared today and andt it t were Prof Irving Irving- Fisher of ot advocated ad an Investigation racy icy Inflation former tie lire Charles N N. Fowler of ot New advocating revision of ot the theand theand theand and currency laws s and a S. P. P zot of Missouri who wanted price In la wartime declared In viola vlola- 1 I the constitution C Gompers to 10 lie Dr Heard orrew Samuel muel Oom Gompers president American Federation of ot Labor present present his program and tion headed by Frank P. P Walsh for a a. plant advocating advocating- Irish wn m. 15 There also are scores of off f on en on the days day's a s pro program m and the Ight was Ras growing growing- I. I u universally declared that no noo o of the th treaty treah fly Ig t was waa Involved i contest bett between n Senator Watson fc Mills for tor the resolutions com com- chairmanship and nd that the dlf- dlf M of ot opinion as S to who should tin the he committee was W-lS based on per per- grounds purely Isaac M. M f. f UHf Ull- Ull tf f Connecticut was appointed sec- sec of ot the committee tint first petitioners to get g-et the ear of ot ofell ell 11 Ir formed committee were a a. of o women representing the Na- Na American Woman oman Suffrage assor asso- asso r stood at the door as the mem mem- eat Into executive session to orand or- or Md tad presented each uch with a a. clr- clr that the convention take as would make the suffrage amendment sand land Immediate Although the lion thanked the tha party for tor Ite its the communication added omen raen en of ot th the country were o I e t a blanket assurance from lea leaders aders ers that they now were ore do do- do ll they could I do-I g at the tho public hearings tI Lucy G. G 1 I Branham of ot Baltimore presented resented a. a petition pe- pe n from the American womans woman's emergency committee condemning the administrations administration's Russian policy and advocating advocating ad ad- resumption of or trade relations with Russia Despite six months of ot work by b the tha committee committed comm tte of or and several If weeks weck of or conference among among- tho the leaders lenders In Wash Washington ington and elsewhere several trouble- trouble som platform questions remain to be answer eti of Foremost In the tho minds of ot most of the committeemen tonight ht was the Jea league ue of ot nations plank but other I ticklish Issues remaining Included antistrike antistrike anti anti- strike legislation tho the soldier bonus t I and anda a long long- string of ot proposals by farming farm farm- Ins ing n Inter interests A determined dete effort eort would be made it was w said sald to have the platform include In Include Include In- In clude a n. plank at nt least Indorsing In ln terms tho the action 0 of tho the ReP Rep Republican Re Re- P publican Sonata Senate In writing an nn anti anU- provision Into tho railroad bill In In many quarters that proposal met with t fiery opposition however and the tha labor leaders on hand wore were re expected to help In tho the fight ht a against It A declaration for Indorsement for prohibition will be asked of ot the tha committee committee committee com com- though many of ot the tha party chiefs S are said Bald to be In agreement ag that tho the liquor Issue should be considered consider settled It was suggested that as S a a. compromise a 1 plank might be bo framed declaring generally for strict law n- n t. t Many fany loaders also AJRO want to let Jet the suffrage affe ul e question alone but there are I Home borne who w-ho think tho the platform should i urge e that ratification of ot the suffrage ii amendment bo be completed Bonus onn It was pre predicted generally that no direct reference to I soldiers soldiers' bonus legislation would be made In the platform platform plat plat- form torm but that a plank would be In Inserted Inserted In- In stating stalin In general terms that the party favored generous treatment of ot former service men That may not satisfy satiety the Republican members of or the House of or Representatives which passed a bonus bill bUl and a fight tight In the commIttee committee committee com com- may develop de The Tho fight over the tho league of ot nations platform is simply a c continuation of ot the long Senate struggle and the and the tactics tactics tactics tac tac- tics and maneuvering here repeat the same ame familiar story of ot the unsuccessful ful ul effort to agree Gree at Washington I With the same senators in their ac accustomed accustomed accustomed ac- ac roles and tho the same sarno arguments arguments arlu ments monts and animosities running through the whole themo theme of ot discussion It ap appeared appeared appeared ap- ap tonight that tho the great drama of or the tha Senate committee rooms had been transferred complete to a a. new background Whether hether the convention floor Is In turn to repeat the tho history 0 of the floor of ot the Senate with the contestants carrying carrying- their fight tIght Into the open as ns they did at Washington remains a n question of ot speculation and somo con- con corn among the party's parts titular lead lead- ers Neither the nor the tho mild mUd were rea ready to tonight tonight tonight to- to night to take the middle ground plank fashioned b by tho the platform platform plat plat- form builders and each clement element was was' prepared to present a draft of or Its own Failure to S' S get t. t an agreement so far was declared on both sides however to be no barometer so far as the tho final outcome was concerned It was said that the senators taking taking- leading leading- parts had become by long experience so eo wary of ot the dangers of ot binding bindIng- agreements on the subject that the they preferred to retain sorno somo liberty of or action action action ac ac- tion until the resolutions committee was ready to act Bomb Borah Holds Hold Off On the side aide o of tho Irreconcilable Senator Borah of or Idaho a member 6 Jr df tho the resolutions committee held off ot from giving giving- his views jews on tho the middleground middleground middle middle- ground plank and kept in readiness the one on prepared b by himself and anel Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Johnsob Johnsoh Representing Representing- the tho mild In tho the platform conferences conferences confer confer- were wore Senators Kellogg Kellogs- of or Minnesota Minnesota Min Min- Hale HaJe of ot Maine Malno an and Lenroot o ol of Wisconsin although none of the three was as on the committee Completing the up line-up Senator Lodge of ot Massachusetts nn and Senator Watson atson reproduced their Washington ashington efforts to bring bring- the extremes Into agreement t. t On th the articles to be embodied Inthe Inthe in intha the tha plank all aU the senators havo have long long- been In substantial agreement as At conferences more than a week cek ago in Washington ton It Is Js understood all agreed that the platform must declare against the covenant of or the league as written at Versailles must uphold tho the stand of ot the tho Senate In refusing refusing- to ratify the treaty and make a general statement of ot faith In the theor theory of ot International peace Tho The question of ot putting these principles Into language however er 1 is where disagreements begin Among Among- all the senators there is a a. distinct aversion to letting Jetting the contest get to the convention floor even for tor a minute The They realize how bow full of oC dynamite dynamite dy dy- tho the whole subject Is and they know what a R. wide field of ot bitter bittor der deI de- de r I e |