Show c OMMITTEE REJECTS WET t. t PLANK JA t t. t INSON'S F INS ONS ON'S f lOW UP r i it IS t I FLAT FLATs FLATt t Da Dys Y Yi s 's Session Proves i as Permanent an Fails to Arouse Arouses a s With Speech all I Service ION HALL San Fran- Fran dine lune 29 The The with swift prein pre- pre fin in getting the the Democratic organized and andon J on all all' necessary busi- busi io tp the tho adoption of tand tho n naming I b g othe of the th-e fe- fe fet t scheduled by the party t In- In cU 11 of Missouri to have bave the thee thebe be convention to which ho was was the Fifth district of r his I majority against seating Ung 40 0 0 ever In view of ot Jn ng 3 of the Wilson men to ad- ad to the Missouri b so of his opposition to thet tho the t that a a. count of or tho the voto oto was wa's Ch Chairman Cummings do- do IB Ja Perfunctory ond days day's session because of ot of the business it had to do and almost lite lifeless less a little enthusiasm and not a to compare with filch ch started off ott the gathering Y 1 Ith Ith s such ch a blare and bang bane speech of ot the da day was Senator Joseph T T. T Robinson of ot otI I after loner he be had been Installed anent chairman Robinson Is rotor and although he platform In rm and harshly criticized n nb s that the R Republicans have aro are doing ho failed to arouse t amount of ot enthusiasm His lacked eked the punch and force torce 1 to bring brine the thc delegates to their ft i i. real old-fashioned old Demo- Demo heel Do Better ns do these things betY bet- bet ay Y 7 permitted Senator Lodge Lodle to ton n the temporary and perma- perma ps thereby saving th the from from the tedium of having to more than one speech But Ings legs d delivering H one keynote as ns temporary chair chair- d 4 l Robinson coming along alon today thc the convention got about JB as It Jt could stand in the thc way c e c utterance What they want action It U will como come when the tho I d and when the theare t are nam named d. d Iiii a OI one ne peculiarity out con- con no ono has ever been I to explain explain- an and that er pa get tt at rth the tho hour lour J So today although the thc time Doling lIng was waa fixed at nt 1 o'clock only five minutes 8 of 2 when r it Cummings took the acl up ga gathe gavel M the tho convention to order Lt TiA S Hi its Mind lInd ton Lewis of Illinois one of j wheel horses of the party rier er r senator from his state to the press section to say that r ro two 0 things he be would like to Polished d One Is tho the national I e and the tho other Is IH the tho rule ces cs It n necessary ar for a n candi- candi cand fet ti et a two thirds vote ote of th the before borore he can enn be bo nominated Presidency ncy Lewis would have t et chosen by a majority vote voto as til in j the lc Republican convention Inc hi ot of tho the national committee Jd Id i it ought to be done away Uso Ule it Is a n us useless bod body and andt t il t Jl could better be peril per- per br f the tho state committees Purt Fur Fur- t he said lard the thc national ki coma com com- a degenerated In Into to a n. mere eg DJ organization making colt colf col- col t t f rn money ncy from tram sources which and p. p t len tor r regArds as ns oil eo It Ita Its e pre predatory atory t s as a body to obey oncy the tho party arty b bosses ln In tho and In ln the drafting if m In the former sen sen- aen- aen 1 H HD Ho would have It t cn en- en hed Pliner Demo he be delegates ate were Waiting walling tto to order ota there we f o s P Pt or- or b by y the o Palmer men to 9 t tationa In his behalf but I on Pa Pace Pago e 2 2 r I J V WET PLANK L lOSES IN SUBCOMMITTEE PlATFORM SESSION I Omission of Prohibition Is Likely in Consideration I of Party Policy Continued From Page Pago 1 I tion and Irish questions several everal times Umes I approached the boiling point At the conclusion of ot the tho hearings to today to- to da day the full tull- platform committee ad adJourned adjourned ad- ad until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning but members of ot the tho subcommittee subcommittee generally predicted that despite the long night session they tho would be to report by that hour It was said that If a report was ready during tho the d day the full co committee might consider consider con con- sider skier It at a a. night session tomorrow In the hope of ot having the tho platform ready for tor the convention Itself Thursday Thurs Thurs- day George Creel Creel who ho was chairman of ot President Wilson's Wilsons committee c on public public pub pub- lic lie Information during tho war var Joined the committee of ot nine which Is draft draft- un lug ing the tho 1 Dem Democratic L I platform L and It no woric OrIC with the subcommittee In drafting tho the document t Mr Creel came to San Francisco with Secretary Daniels His part In the drafting of ot the tho platform It Is said would be to look after Its literary qualities In somewhat the tho same manner that Col George Ceorge Harvey e polished up the fhe he Republican platform at tho the Chicago convention Meet D Defeat A momentary defeat was administered adminis adminis- tho the Bryan Dran dr dry legions lee in the full tull platform committee when a n parliamentary parliamentary parlia parlia- battle for tor position on the speakers speaker's list was decided In favor of ot the wets b by a a. vote of ot 27 to 25 G. G The general Inclination however was to discount tho the significance of ot the theote vote ote which was wag taJ taken en to decide which side should speak first In the tho skirmish both wets and drys drs argued that their opponents were tryIng try try- Ing irig to reopen the prohibition Issue and therefore should present their case first When hen the drys drs were forced to togo togo too go o ahead Mr Bryan took charge of at the time allotted to that side but di divided divided divided di- di vided all of It among other speakers representing the league church associations and other prohibition prohibition tion organizations I A of For the wets W. W Bourke Cockran of ot New York was the chief spokesman during a n debate In which Mr fr Bryan Dryan was sas called upon to explain his with the league He denied that he ever eYer had received compensation com corn from the league except for four months of ot last year for tor certain public speeches The Irish Issue was argued In such suli I militant fashion that tho the crowded committee committee com corn room was In almost constant uproar Opponents of or the proposal to fo for recognition of ot the tho Irish repUblic were we- kept under a hall hail of or heckling and de derision derision do- do from Irish sympathizers and once or twice were called short and ugly words while the tho committee chairman chairman chairman chair chair- man pounded unheeded with hi his hla gavel av l land and sergeants at tussled with the tho crowd In an Ineffective effort to keep order Lend Lead JI Fight ht The Tho argument for tor tho the Irish recognition tion pl plank was was led lell by Frank P. P Walsh Walh and tho opposition wa-s wa was handled by y Lloyd of ot Boston of the tho Loyal Coalition Labors Labor's platform was presented t-j t the tho committee by Samuel Gompers who declared tho the Republican party had written reaction on Its Ita banners an and that the labor vote must find some avenue elsewhere for expression of f fits its desires The league of ot nations another subject subject sub sub- threatening a a. convention floor fight tight was not mentioned during the tho days day's hearings gs bu but t there were many suggestions on almost every other po Pl political HUcal subject prolonging prolong the c committees committee's com m- m deliberations Into tho the evening Approval of or operative co-operative marketing by farmers also wa was urged by Dr rV r. r W. W ilL H Walker alker president of oC the tho CaH- CaH T. T nit f ft f He LIe also disapproved of or government OWnership ownership own OWn- own own-I or operation of 01 railroads Resolutions for compensating former service men presented by Richard S. S Jones Jonc of ot tho the Washington delegation provide for tor selective e or optional compensation com coin tIon and condemned the tho hypocritical hypocritical hypo critical conduct of ot the Republican Congress on tho bonus bill Plank Sought A plank to deal with Japan Japanese se Immigration immigration Im Im- im- im migration and land ownership was submitted by V. V S S. McClatchy of Sacramento Sacramento Sac Sac- It would favor laws providing providing pro pro- viding for tor the exclusion of 01 non non-as- peoples and forbidding those already here ownership and control of the soil Mr McClatchy had calculated cal cat he told the tho committee that at the present rato rate of ot Increase there would be one ono million Japanese In the country countr at the end of ot years ears Tie The plank was supported by Senator Phelan Phe- Phe lan Ian of ot California A Philippine Independence plank was asked by J. J P. P Melencio representing representing the Filipino mission and by I Resident Commissioner loner Rafferty They contended the Filipinos had h demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated demon demon- their capacity for tor Immediate independence The Tho appeal of or Mr Me Me- brought tho the committee and I spectators to their feet in cheers cheers- the tho first incident of ot the kind during the tho hearings Women omen Ak Ask k World orld Pence Mrs William Kent of ot California representing the Women's International International League for tor Peace and Freedom urged urge a pro program ram to favor tavor world peace A plank for inland waterway development development devel devel- was presented by br Edward I F Goltra national committeeman for Missouri and James E. E Smith St. St Louis president of ot the Inland Waterways association Other proposed planks dumped into loto the committees committee's hopper would express s sympathy for tor Korea favor tavor home rule for tor Porto Rico advocate ad a monetary commission to stabilize the tho dollar pledge tho tho party to tb keep ships under tho the control or of Interests promise erty bonds bonds' to par value an anfor an at anfor for tor Independence for tor India |