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Show SCREW BIELS TAKES ISSOE WITH ; BR10IE0HS Naval Secretary Says 90 Per Cent of New Jersey Governor's Gov-ernor's Platform Excellent i , I WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. Secretary Daniels today took issue with William! jj. Bryan who stated in public ad-, 'dresses that Chairman Cummings, ofj I the Democratic national committee, should disassociate himself with .Gov-: i ernor Edwards of New Jersey who was j elected on a "wet" platform, and re-sign re-sign the national committee chairman-j chairman-j ship. j Mr. Cummings attended the governor's gover-nor's inaugural diniier, at which an Edwards presidential nomination boom jwas launched and in reply Mr. Daniels said he was present only as a "neu- tral." ! Mr. Daniels said he had read Gov- ernor Edwards' platform with a great Ideal of interest and had found "at: least 90 per cent of it" excellent and' I agreeing thoroughly with the best' 'principles of democratic statesmen of ! the past and present. Naturally, the secretary said, he could not agree with Mr. Edwards on the prohibition question, ques-tion, but this point should not be allowed al-lowed to overshadow the great good !in the remainder of the governor's platform. "I believe." continued the secrelary, "that Mr. Cummings acted with perfect per-fect propriety in accepting an invitation invita-tion to a dinner given to a Democratic lender. If 1 were national chairman Ii would not hesitate to attend such a 'dinner. Mr. Cummings undoubtedly would have accepted if the dinner had ! been to Mr. McAdoo. Mr. Palmer. Mr. Hooer, or any othor noted DemocraL" , oo |