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Show I n SEEMS TO BE PEEVED m " WHAT f PENED Sarcasm Much in Evidence in His References to Carter Glass's Success H FIGHT FOR PROHIBITION yfJa i PLANK NOT IN VAIN V Roll Call Insures Dry Congress! a Commoner Says in Re- capitulation jH BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAS (Written exclusively for Universal S r- vlce Copyright 1020 by William Jennings Bryai.) SAN FRANCISCO, July 2. It was t t day of triumph for Senator Glass. Released from political obscurit by. executh e clemency, he sure w it enjoy. Ing his parole. Its ;i great disadvantage disadvan-tage to have to COIUS up against SUCh I n pe rsonallty. The Hsuc sink Into Insignificance In-significance when delegates shrink fr..in Incurring his wrath. Secretary! Colby fftn.H to be more popular; his j rir h appeared to strike a mon popular chord and the ovation which, h received ;it the conclusion might delude thoso not acquainted with popular pop-ular assemblies. But. It was Just seeming; his smile captures the groundlings and his politeness attracts: what might easily he mistaken for respect re-spect If not good will. 1 1 1 1 a real lend-er lend-er of the kind so perfectly typified by the senator from Virginia does not rule by affability or even cour-1 I teey he Just dominates bv his Imperial Will and by abject fear of .what lie may do to those who dner to think with any nullifying reservations. - -The president was fortunate to find I such a man t" manage his conven -, I 'inn i impaign BOOZE" PJ M LOSES. I The fight on the dry and wet planks ! did not result in a victory for either j tide my plank received something less thnn one-fifth of the votes and there was great Joy among the followers of' Mr. Glass when they found that' tli wet vote had given them such aj preponderance; it must have distressed I them to have been compelled to ro- turn so soon to the companionship of those who vot'-d for my amendment. It Is too early yet to gather up the explanations and analyze the vote on my resolution which reads as follows "We heartily congratulate the Democratic Demo-cratic party on Its splendid leadership In tho submission and ratification of the prohibition amendment to the federal constitution and we pledge the party to the effective enforcement of the present enforcement law, honest- ly and In good faith, without any Increase In the alcoholic content of beverages and without any weakening! of an other of Its provisions." 01 Some may have been unwilling to rejoice heartily' for there wen de grees in the Joy felt by Democrats; I and word "splendor" may have alien-1 ated some, for the splendor was not as dazzling to ihc wets as to the drys. But the real trouble wo i that Mr. Class ;tnd his co-laborers had carefully care-fully considered the situation and de-elded de-elded that silence would bo the Napoleonic Na-poleonic pollcy on the theory that i ! wet has to be conciliated w hile a dry ' J not supposed to really feel much Interest In-terest In the uuetllon anyhow. And I he may be right. We have entered upon a new era bo different from the old that rub to which we have been accustomed nriv have hen outgrown j The right for a dry plank was noi ' In vain; It brought odU the fact that ' M9- the wets had only about one-third of! H the convention and that their H came from section which cannot; Hf possibly control a Democrat senate or! H house. The roll call insures a dr I H congress. A fight also disposed of HH number of Looms. Governor Edwards HFfl went onto the rocks: Governor Smith H irrendered whatever chances hi- had; H Governor Cox read the handvv rlttlng H on the wall Senator Hltghcoek of! H Nebraska Is the only wet candidate I H who suffered no loss. 11c has the sixteen votes from Ncbr.is.ka, viost of him Uecaus t he;. Ml i to, and 1 icpucti II) from th V side. If he i an gain votes on each Hj ballot It would only take a few hun- f drcd ballots t carry' him over. |