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A AWall Wall Mining Pione Pioneer r. r of West Is Dead DEMOCRAT RAT u PlATFORM MAY OMIT I DRY ISSUE Deliberations Are Secret on p Prohibition Policy Oth Other r Questions Get Hearing A Amid Choleric Sessions n By 1 Associated td PreyS Prey SAN S AN FRANCISCO June 29 The Tha subcommittee of nino niilo m making king z a preliminary draft of the Democratic platform rejected tonight a a proposal to include a a. wet plank The deliberations deliberations and vote were in secret but i iwas it tt was understood that the vote against a wet plank was at a a. ratio of 2 to 1 After Atter the tho platform subcommittee had been In session for tor- tormore more than two two hours it was still sUlI working on the langu language ge of ot a no le league Uc of t niti 1 Ja k Goes to Bed Senator Walsh of ot Montana left the committee room Just before midnight bound for tor bod bed Other members of ot the subcommittee were understood to havo have decided to remain in session throughout through through- out the night It was understood that the committee commit commit- tee teo was In disagreement as ns to ure Some members led by Senator Walsh felt that the views of ot each member of tho full tull committee should be ascertained on important Issues before be before before be- be fore tho the work of ot drafting tho the planks was taken up Tho The opinion was expressed among some subcommittee members that tho the draft could not be bo completed before tomorrow night and possibly not be before before be- be fore forc Thursday morning When tho subcommittee met tho the most serious problems confronting the convention convention con con- including prohibition the league of ot nations and tho the Irish qUestion question question ques qUes- tion still were far tar from solution and It was apparent that some somo of ot these subjects at nt least would develop fights tights In the tho full committee and probably on the convention floor regardless of ot what hat action the subcommittee might take tak Ruler I u since Ince ino tho platform committee commutes is is JI headed by Senator Glass of ot Virginia an administration leader leador and has a n. clear majority for tor many administration tion policies most of ot those holding views not in harmony with the tho white whiteHouse whiteHouse whiteHouse House decided not to ask for tor subcommittee sub subcommittee om- om e consideration for tor their One Ono of ot those who declined to take his proposals to the thc inner circle of ot platform builders was W. W J. J Bryan who said he ho preferred to wait walt and make mako the tho fight for tor his league of ot n nations na nations na- na Hons and dry bone planks in the full committee after the subcommittee had acted Senator Walsh of ot Massachusetts Massachusetts n s chu- chu who also aleo had a 1 league plank of ot othis his own made a similar decision Virginia Platform In Is Basil DAal BasilIn In their deliberations tonight the subcommittee had as a 11 starter tho the Virginia Virginia Vir VIr- ginia platform written b by Senator Glass and approved by President Wil WU- son Bon It also had a mass of ot testimony collected at nt tho the days day's public arguments during which feeling on the tho Continued on Page Pago 2 WILSONS WILSON'S ILSON S 'S ROllER RUNS ROUTINE OF CONVENTION CONVENTIONS CONVENTIONS S Robinsons Robinson's Keynote Speech S Is Trifle Flat in Second Days Day's Session Continued From Pago Page 1 they were pretty flat They sang songs about Palmer Palmer Pennsylvania and gave gava it a. a lot of ot yells in which Palmers Palmer's Palmers Palmer's Palmers Palmer's Pal Pal- mers mer's name figured as the tho keyword but the tho demonstrations were wore brief Tho The band and a mixed orchestra tried very er hard also to keep the delegates delegates dele dole gates interested while Cummings was delaying delaying- the game There was a fa biggor big big- gor Jor crowd than on tho the opening day only a few fow seats scats in the tho galleries being tc tn n t Bishop Leonard of or tho the Methodist church delivered tho the invocation He Ho cam camo cams cams' p pretty rett close to saying a n. few words on behalf of or the league of ot na nations na- na tiona when ho prayed for tor tho the Institution institution tion of or a a. brotherhood of nations which Would unite in tho the caus cause of In order that all nations of ot the earth shall go to war no more Hospital Get Laugh Lough Announcement by Secretary Hoffman Hoffman Hortman Hoff Hort- man that a number of ot San Francisco physicians had set up a hospital Inthe in tho the building building- raised a n laugh until Chairman Chairman Chair Chair- man Cummings announced th that It was wasa a dr dry The report of or the credentials committee committee committee com com- which embodied tho contest over Senator Roods Reeds scat was read by Hugo I K Asher a San Francisco lawyer lawyer law law- yer cr after atter AV D. D Jamieson son of Iowa Iown I chairman of oC the committee had b been en Introduced The Tho paragraph In tho the re reI report report re- re port relating to the Reed case Cl was as I follows After careful examination your I committee finds that Joseph B. B Shannon Shannon Shannon Shan Shan- non Is tho the only delegate from the Fifth district and that there Is no other delegate entitled to a a seat scat in inthe inthe inthe the convention from tho the Fifth Missouri Mis Mis- noun district Shannon Voices Irot Protect t Mr fr Shannon Immediately arose to voice the protest of ot tho the Fifth district against tho the throwing out of ot Senator Reed He lIe attempted to make himself heard from the floor loor but was Interrupted interrupted Inter inter- so 50 persistently by the Wilson Ilson shouters that he ho was compelled to go S to the tho platform His IUs protest was waD couched in In Intemperate temperate language and I was far from being as belligerent as asIt asit as' as It would have been heen If it Senator Rc Reed ul himself had bren been permitted to make mako It Mr Shannon said As the tho sitting member groin from rom the Fifth FIrth district of ot Missouri I wish to tomake tomako tomako mako make the final objection to the convention convention con con- ve or ore an any convention state or national coming comins- Into our district tho the banner Democratic district of at Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- noun the tho one district of ot Missouri which when wo we received the message last year to stand by tho the President did so b by majority Wo We protest protest protest pro pro- test against this convention or any other convention con setting aside our I selection of ot the tho Hon James A. A Reed Ree I the rc regularly ul elected delegate I D Delegates I Je Jeer r Defender Shannon was Interrupted by a a. chorus of or Jeers and boos from most of 01 the tho delegations which strongly Bup support ort tho the President He Ho continued We Wo protest t at tho the setting aside ot of Senator Reed for tor no other reason than that he saw fit tit to differ with some someone someone I one ono on a question that tour four years ago aJo I no ono In this country had over ever thought of or Mr Reed was not charged to support an any ono one with whom ho he might differ on this question nor noron noron noron on anything else We are aro disfranchised by the action of ot this commit commit- tee I Cummings then made an announcement announcement announce announce- ment meat to tho the effect that a law of ot this state required the women to remove I I their hats It was Yas promptly complied I with although Cummings spoofed I the l- l fair delegates deles for there Is no such law on th tho California statute books Former Governor Ralston of ot Indiana looking for tor all the tho world like Grover ro Cleveland read the tho report rep of ot the committee corn com on permanent organization which ted seated Senator Robinson as as' permanent per per- manent chairman Wilsons Wilson's on Name Cheered Robinson got a big bh cheer when he mentioned President Wilson and a bigger cheer when he ho said that if It suffrage wore ratified by either cither Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Ten Ten- or South South Carolina the Democrats Democrat Democrats Demo Demo- crat would got get et the vote of or the women the labor vote voto and the tho soldier vote and the tho Republicans would not be a factor factor fac fac- tor tot in tho the 1920 raco Ho He was hear hear- ii lly Ih cheered when he ho concluded After Robinson concluded his speech there camo came the tho introduction of resolutions rose reso and more than once the convention convention convention con con- hold held its breath In fear tear that some one might arise on the floor loor and amI read rend a resolution that th t would tear the convention wide open as one delegate delegate dele dole gate gato from Florida expressed It Thero There were resolutions thanking San Francisco Francisco Fran- Fran cisco for tor Its entertainment and providIng providing providing provid provid- ing for tor the tho enlargement of the national committee to give Ce each st state to a woman representative So o great reat was the fear that a n. resolution resolution I tion on the tho Irish question or on some other Issue ml might ht come in that re repeated repeated ro- ro efforts cuorts wore made to have all resolutions referred to the resolutions committee The convention weathered the tho threatened storm however without any any resolution to disturb its ity Tho The last resolution was by Mrs Geor Georgia la C. C Ormsby of ot Oakland ex extending extending ex- ex tending the tile sympathy of ot the tho convention convention convention conven conven- tion to Mrs Woodrow Wilson The convention then adjourned to 11 o'clock t tomorrow 0 0 w. w |