Show BRYAN MAY TAKE FIGHT r ONTO FlOOR Committee on Resolutions in Its Report to Convention Convention Convention Conven Conven- tion Fails to Include Bone Bone- dry Clause Disagreement fl Hy r A Associated W Clat d Press QAN SAN FRANCISCO Jul July 1 At At L p. p m. m the platform c committee commit tee tec which was to have made its iti report report report re re- port to the convention cOn at t g recessed for an hour just as it was starting starling I Ion on the prohibition plank This neHon action ne ac neI I tion Hon precluded d any report to the convention convention con con- at the h hour ur exp expected The committee has virtually closed Its work York without including an any prohibItIon prohibition prohibition plank In the platform and the recess for an ah hour was Tor or orthe the purpose of giving illiam J. J Bryan Another op opportunity opportunity op- op to present a n prohibition plank Whether Mr Bryan would uld stick sUck 1 to his plank or r offer I another wis was not dis disclosed w y WhiT for tor the for the lbs II to Lobe be bc c completed wets t tand I and drys were ro locked In a struggle J which some seine members thought It might ht lake tako hours to terminate Leaving the subject until late be because because be- be I cause It was the most trou troublesome of ot all the tho committee had made Its Us de deI decision do- do on the Irish question an and the I league of nations and had cleared awn away all of tho the lessor lesser controversies de delaying delaying de- de 1 laying Its reports report But Dut so long as prohibition prohibition prohibition pro pro- remained In dispute committee commit commIt- too toe members agreed that their troubles wore far tar from over Irl irish h Ii In I Storm C Center side Aside from the wet and dry issue the biggest fight fl ht of or the day da was centered In the Irish l plank ank Overruling Its subcommittee subcommittee sub sub- committee tho the committee threw out the administration plank proposing to l leave ave the Irish problem to the league of notions an and adopted In its stead a n. declaration of ot sympathy and a pledge to take tako whatever diplomatic action would be In consequence with International international international comity In making their decision the platform plat pint form torm makers also rejected by a two to toone toone toone one vote oto the plank proposed by or organized organized organized or- or Irish s sympathizers and backed b by a caucus of about 00 OO convention delegates ates for tor diplomatic recognition of the Irish republic At the samo same time lime In Inan Inan inart an art adjoining room the caucus laid plans for carrying its Ils fight to the conven convention convention con con- ven tion floor loor 1 League Disappears But while prospects for tor floor fights on prohibition and the Irish problem m were in all likelihood of ot the tho league of ot nations would be bo subject ct of open hostilities hos hoe virtually disappeared The word was passed around that most of the tho administration chiefs hero were ere content to lot iet tho the league plank stand as it was when it emerged from last nights night's stormy committee meeting Tho The reference to reservations added at tho the insistence of leaders was not Inconsistent with tho the stand tand taken by President Wilson his managers here believed nor in conflict with the party's record Appeal Approved i Among the tho other planks completed I during tho the day was that relating to I woman toman oman suffrage the tho committee after a n. lon long argument following the tho advice of or th the subcommittee b by approving an appeal to Democratic officials In Ten- Ten North Carolina and Florida for Continued on Page Pago 2 PROHIBITION PLANK LEFT OUT PLATFORM Continued from page pago 1 quick action on tho the suffrage amend amend- mon mont ment t. t On tho prohibition issue tho the subcommittee made no recommendation 1 at all alland alland and many members of or tho the committee were for tor steering the same samo middle course In tho the final platform draft raft A dozen or so of or proposed declarations ranging from to were brought Into tho controversy however howe and antI the whole scale of oC wet and dr dry arguments was rehearsed a as the debate pro progressed Bryan ty Champion of fir Dry nry William J. J Bryan was as the thc supreme champion of ot the drys He lie told the committee committee com corn bluntly that unless there thoro was a positive declaration for preservation atlon and enforcement of or tho the present prohibition prohibition prohibition laws ho would not hesitate to appeal his case to the convention It It- It self Tho The wets who suggested ested everything every overy- thing from a wino wine and beer plank to a blanket personal liberty declaration showed an equal determination to fight It out before tho part party's s 's final court of resort To m make make- to certain that the committees committee's committees committee's committees committee's commit commit- tees tee's disagreements should be kept In absolute confidence Senator Glass of Virginia lnla the tho chairman banished newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper men and to further and antI Further bounds as the day progressed throwing a cordon of or police across hallways hallways hall hail ways and other othey approaches to tho the committee committee com corn room Ho also enjoined all members rs to strict secrecy regarding the tho subjects discussed and action taken |