Show lIGHT IGHT ON LEAGUE PLANK OPENS IT TRIO RIO PLANS ITO ITS ATTACK 11 b Substitutes to Be Offered Resolutions Committee to Defeat Administration Commitment on Tr Treaty By A 3 S O lu AN FRANCISCO June 26 Plans for opposing the administration administration administration adminis adminis- treaty and league of nations plank were formulated at an hours hour's conference tonight between William 3 J. J Bryan and Senators Walsh of Massachusetts and Reed of Missouri There first effort Sen Senator tor Walsh Valah said is to be made in the tho resolutions committee by offering substitutes for the administration plank If It defeated in the resolutions committee com corn milt e Senator Walsh said It Jl was planned to present a minority r report por porto port to the convention The major concern of ot those in tn n tho movement the Massachusetts Massachusetts Massa Massa- chuse ts sen senator tor added is to prevent commitment of ot the party to unreserved ratification of ot the present league cov coy We discussed several veral platform planks principally tho the treaty treah and the league said Senator Walsh For l or the administration treaty plank it is pretty generally agreed tha thaI tha we shall offer oter several substitutes pos sibly three or four to the resolutions committee They have not b been n drafted draft draft- ed but our general purpose poso Is ia to io op oppose oppose oppose op- op pose committing the party part to unreserved unreserved served ratification of ot the present coven cove cove- n nant an t. t n Re Reed d In Is Reticent Dt If It the substitute planks should be rejected Senator Walsh said the next would be ho for tor presentation of ot the Issue to the convention itself Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Reed declined to discuss the eon eon- con con- ference The three leaders who met mot In Mr Ur Aryans rooms nave Deen as the principal opponents of ot Pre President Wilsons Wilson's course in the Senate and also as forecasted before tho the convention Senator Reed in the tho Senate joined the Republican in opposIng opposing ing Ins the treat treaty while Senator Walsh voted for ratification with the Lodge reservations Both made several speeches vigorously criticizing the league plan while Mr Bryan Bran has spoken for Cor or ratification Uon with the majority majority majority ma ma- reservations to avoid the treaty becoming a n. campaign pal issue RIb Lock Inck Strength A As the rival forces at the Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic national convention move Into position for tor the opening Monday y U there ere Is apparent no more definite alignment of ot strength for Cor- various c candidates than there has been sinco sIrico the del delegates gates began to assemble William Jennings Bryan Bran epitomized the situation today In language e with which most observers ers seemed to agree There will be a lot of ot tickets put up and put down before this convention convention convention conven conven- tion nominates one he said Similar to G. 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P Pro ProceedIngs Proceeding The closing hours bours of or the tion period arc are much the tho same a. a as characterized char chai- the minute last-minute proceedings of or the Republican convention at Chi CM- cago There Thero is a nJ marked similarity Inmany Inmany in inmany many respects Soven hundred and six fifty of ot the tho 1092 delegates are uninstructed Their personal preferences cannot be be- ass assembled assem m- m bled in composite review There Ther are are re reten ten candidates avowed unwilling or orr r receptive It seems certain that some somo Continued on page 6 FIGHT ON LEAGUE RANK LANK OPENS ON ADMINISTRATION TION Substitutes es to Be Offered I 0 in ill i Resolutions ns Committee I Con Continued From Paro Pago L balloting on the con convention floor Ioor will disclose the tho lines of or be necessary ire to strength and md weakness clear tho the ground of favorite fa sons Ions and complImentary complimentary votes and narrow tho situation situa tion tJ ri down to to tho r real ll contenders out lil In tho u o open Candidate St Strength Unknown to Nt Nd Democratic candidate comes San Francisco with an any such nuch showing of or of pledged strength as was brought Drought to toI I Chicago by Wood Lo Lowden den or Johnson But as at Chicago tho the situation at the opening revolves about a rJ rivalry alry on tissues Issues rather than for tor the moment on candidates How much influence William J. J Bryan Bryan Bry- Bry an n will have on tho the making makinS' of the tho party's platform and its of ot a candidate will be bo shown soon after atter the f opening opening session of or tho the con convention Mon Mon- on- on May 14 ay The first evidence of at how ranch much or of a force Mr Ir Bryan Bonn will be be will come in tho makeup of oC the tho resolutions committee commit commit- tee which will draft tho the platform and andin andin andin in the thc choice of the permanent organization organ organ- of the convention In Direct Context With Administration These issues bring about a n. direct contest between the administration forces s and Mr 11 Bryans Bryan's forces If It Mr i i Bryan finds upon the tho resolutions a a. majority of men sympathetic with his views on prohibition the 1 league leas of or nations and other questions I I the thA enhances chances hanc s of or a fight at the outset will i i De tie r- r minimized i i l ed IT If the administration 1 men control and and- Insist on n a J declaration In sn support of the league e covenant as drought brought from Versailles b by President Wilson Nilson Mr r. r Bryan may oppose bringing bringing bring bring- ing the Issue into the platform at all Of course If the wets attempt to put In m a a. planK plan i which runs counter to Mr Br Bryans Bryan's ans declared views on prohibition Mr r. r Bryan Bran certainly will carry the fight to the floor of the thc convention In such an event ont Mr Bryan will not bo be unanswered unan unan- and there are are prospects of ot fireworks fireworks fire fire- works which might oven eclipse the display which accompanied Mr Bryans Bryan's fight tight at Baltimore which culminated inthe in inho inho the ho nomination of or Woodrow o Wilson Session lon Preliminary I Mondays Monday's session will m be bc a mere preliminary pre pre- preliminary in which Chairman Cummings will ill deliver his keynote speech tho the caucus designations for various committees committees committees com com- including resol resolutions and credentials credentials cre cre- will be ratified and the con- con 1 nUon will then adjourn so that the committees may work If a fight within tike the committees delays de de- lays Jays the completion of ot their work beyond be be- yond Tuesday noon the that that day may be another routine affair It ItI It ItIs I 15 Is undecided whether the nominating speeches peeches for tho the nine or ten men who will be presented to tho convention willbe will willbe willbe be delivered before beCore the platform m is brought in At the Baltimore convention convention conven conven- U tion n of ot 1912 the nominations were made before the platform was adopted adopted but the usual custom la is Just the reverse Nobody professes to know what candidate can can- didato Mr Bryan Brym favors No one professes professes pro pre to know with any greater greater greater-dc- de degree derce de- de gree of ot certainty what candidate candidate- President President Pres Pre ident Wilson Kitson and the adequate quate forces may favor McAdoo Movement Mo BluMve But at every ery turn o of the road as aa t a seeker after arter information searches Be through tho the delegations In attempt to tot assess I. I ess their preferences and leanings t the he elusive McAdoo movement bobs up Tho play of ot politics is expected to show chow many shifting alignments as tho the ll I l ll 1 1 till 1 1 1 1 1 convention proceeds In its dIscussions discussion of party part issues There are man many wets who opposing opposing- Mr Bryan on tho the prohibition question will vIll bo be found to tobe tobo tobo bo be with him In battling tho the adminis administrations administration's desires on tho the league of ot na na- lions Per Polo contra contI there are drys who will leave tho Bryan Dryan camp as 13 soon as that issue is closed and Join with tho the administration Is what it seeks to do doIn doIn doin In the making of ot a party platform Palmer People Tho The Palmer people are working hard to get for the attorney general the tho heaviest possible showing on tho the first ballot They have an eye eyo to tho the tradition tradition tion of ot tho the party unbroken party unbroken until 1912 1915 that tha tho the man who gets gots a n. majority I gets tho the necessary tw two thirds as ns tho the logical consequence Tho Cox people profess to be satisfied d with their pros pros- prospects prospects on the tIle preliminary balloting and claim accessions from the tho elimination lion which are aro sure Huro to come after certain pl pledged and complimentary votes havo have been delivered There are out ont and t cut ut McAdoo delegates deles who v disregard I wholly tho the former secretary's declaration declaration declara declara- tion that h he does not wish his name to be bo presented and cl claim m that the convention con conn will only need to take a tow fow ow ballots to topple Its majority into their column Tho The claims of adherents of ot other can candidates are aro full tull of at confidence and hope D Deadlock and Dark Horse Home Looms Loom There Thero is the same talk of at deadlock and compromise candidate that was heard at tho the Republican convention In tho the compromise compromiso talk among the gathering delegations McAdoo generally generally gener senor ally Is brought out In tho the end His majority aJ t for r nei ol supporters seeing a a. Ity ther Palmer nor cox Cox reel feel that in inan such BUell an emergency the former secretary would be bc drafted and could not de- de dine clino to make mako the tho race raco Tho The twenty four hours preceding the assembling of 01 the convention con however however however how how- ever will produce something more definite Delegations will be caucusing caucusing caucus caucus- ing and making their first and second second sec sec- ond and choices and thero will win be Indications Indications Indications Indi Indi- of which way sentiment Is la turning At the moment however attention Is center centering n largely on Mr Bryan Dran and tho the delegates are arc wondering how much of an nn time old-time rumpus ho he may kick up Mr Br Bryan an himself 13 is not oblivious to this speculation and Is saying nothing Re Resolutions favoring the league of nations covenant without reservations reservations reserva reserva- lions which impair its essential Integrity Integrity integrity Integ Integ- rity and declaring tho the prohibition question not an In this campaign campaign cam cam- were passed by the tho Kentucky delegation in caucus toda today They were intended to Instruct the action of or Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Beckham elected member of ot the thc convention resolutions committee for forthe forthe forthe the state at the same sarno session I Miss Laura CIa Clay a descendant of or I Henry Clay was elected vice chairman of or tho the delegation U t Fall to Materialize A movement to upset administration a tion choices for lor Important executive positions in tho the national convention attracted much attention among del dole dele delegates gates t today but apparently did not get beyond tho the nebulous stage Tho The chairmanship of oC tho the resolutions committee which will frame tho the platform platform platform plat plat- form and tho the permanent chairmanship chairman chairman- chairmanship ship of at tho the convention itself were t the tho e places for tor which It was said Bald tho the principal principal principal prin prin- cipal contests might bo wag waged cd Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor W Walsh of or Montana was was was' urged urn variously variously va va- for tor both of ot these places and who wore hacking backing him seemed I unable to get et together on a plan to concentrate on either cither position I WUll William m Bryan indorsed Senator Walsh several days das ago for tor forthe forthe the permanent chairmanship for tor which the tho administration forces now are aro expected to put forward Senator Robinson of or Arkansas The Montana Montan I senator it was said might t have havo support support support sup sup- port for that place from western delegations delegations del del- and from somo sorno of ot tho east who arc are not particularly friendly to tho the administration Gist Slated for tor Job JobA JobA A group of or western delegates In cooperation cooperation cooperation co co- co- co operation With some som western senators senator seemed to constitute Senator mator Walsh's I principal support for chairmanship of the r resolutions committee a post for lor I which Senator Glass of ot Virginia Is I Ithe the choice of tho the administration lend lead lender er ers st st. Somo Some of ot those behind that movement move move- movement ment ment were predicting its success to tonight tonight tonight to- to night though tho the Glass supporters said thc they wore not worried Senator Glass commonly Is is regard regarded d damonS' damonS among amonS' the delegates hero an as the personal personal per por- onal choice of President Wilson with whom he conferred just before h he left Washington Ho He also nIno la le tho AUthor Au Author author AU- AU thor of or tho the Virginia platform indorsed ed od by tho the President ent as a model for tor forthe forthe the party Senator Walsh was waa a n consistent administration administration administration ad ad- ministration supporter during the tho first league of ot nations fight I ht In the tho Senate hut but on tho the second ratification vote voto he left lett tho the lead of tho the president and supported ratification with tho the I Republican reservations teed Heed issues Inane ulue Stat Statement ment I Senator James A. A Reed Recd of at Missouri whoso claim to a seat in the convention convention conven conven- tion from the Fifth Missouri district I was rejected by tho the national committee commit commit- tee tonight ht gave out a statement as asserting asserting as- as I erling that the action of at tho the committee com corn II can bo be taken as nothing more or less than an effort to exclude from tho the councils of ot the party a a. man whoso whose democracy Is unchallenged an and 1 unquestioned solely upon tho ground oun 1 that In the United Senate acting actIng act act- In Ing under his oath of or office he opposed opposed op op- posed the tho league of or nations Tho Too Missouri senator said ho will carry tho the case before the the credentials committee hoping and expecting that thata a different spirit will prevail there Senator Reed said he ho did not seek the scat neat in tho the convention I I was elected In tho first instance during my absence in Washington ho said and Mand nd felt that I could do nothing less than respond to tho request of or the largest Democratic dl district In the tho United States Slates Tho The objection to my credentials was purely technical No Noone o ono one was here claiming t the tho 10 seat scat indeed in indeed In- In deed dec tho alternate refused to take tako tho the seat to which I had been elected and sent mo me a n proxy prcy authorizing meto me meto meto to act in his stead Continuing Senator Reed said eald The unfortunate part of ot it is that If It the Ule Impression goes abroad that men ought to to bo excluded from participation tion in tho the councils be- be because causo cause they are not for tor tho the league of or nations as n. Mr r. Wilson delivered it then a n largo large percentage of the tho Democratic Democratic Demo Domo cratic party throughout the tho nation may |