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Show I BITTER STRUGGLE DELAYING WORKERS UPON PLATFORM WILSON TREATY PHIEIED ; BY SEN. WALSH Leaders Have Hopes Platform Will Be Ready Sometime Late Friday LABOR PROVISIONS ARE DECIDED UPON Liquor, Irish and Other Questions Ques-tions Still to Be Taken Up by Committee BAN FRANCISCO. July 1. A plank i dealing with the league of nations was adopted bj 'hr Democratic platform committee early this morning. A long) t ittet fight so delajed the platform j workers that the committee recessed until in (i i lock Fenders hoped lo have tbe platform ready for the con-ventioh con-ventioh this afternoon. In the trenty battle the administration administra-tion failed to secure adoption of its plunk without amendment The com- imittee, by a v t 82 to IS. adopted an addition b) Senator Walsh of, Massachusetts, among thoe opposing !ihe administration forces proldinpr for ! ratification of the treaty of Versailles! ;with reservations consistent with i I American obligations. The substitute planks of William .1 Bryan and Senators I'omerene. of Ohio and Walsh Of Montana, were thrown out. Discussion of the treaty look up most of the session which began at 8 o'clock last night and ended with rcoeSS at 3.3n this morning when the committeemen were so fatigued that' t:--v cea ;d t vork wit Itfyat' re King up the liquor. Irish or other controverted question's. The committee adopted the labor and several o',her minor planks, how- l ever. Plank Oil Treaty. .s submitted to the committee, the to authoritative statements provided: We recommend ratification of the treaty of Versailles and the league or nations covenant without reservations which would impair its essential in-t( in-t( grity ." i h words added by Senator Walsh s amendment were: "But we do hot oppose reservations which make more clear or specific our obligations to the associated nations. ' me substitute planks of Mr Bryant and senators Walsh of Montana, and I'omerene of Ohio, went down to defeat, de-feat, it was said, with but from 'o ' l .'. v otes each. Minority Report Possible Chairman Carter Glass and olhei members refused to give out any information in-formation concerning any action by the committee, but it was indicated that, dissatisfied with the treaty plank approved) a minority report ior appeal ap-peal to the convention was under con-aiders con-aiders tlon, The lahor plank adopted declared against conipuisoiv arbitration, but' ucplored strikes and lockouts and ad- orated that some peaceable way be found to settle industrial disputes. The committee also put Its approval on ; declaration for legislation which wuuul penult collective bargaining by tarmi a As reported bv the sub-committee, the league ot nations plank followed close I lia'l optei bj the V 1 1 1 1 1 1 i Democrats Senator Walsh of .vion-tar.u .vion-tar.u submitted a minority report and led the ngnt agalnaj the Virginia proposal, pro-posal, wnich had the backing of President Wilson. Flood of Blttci ncas. In the debate, which loosed a flood of bitter leeline. Senator Walsh wai seconded by Mr. Bryan, senator Walsb oi Massac nusetts. and Senator I'oin-erene I'oin-erene of Ohio, while the battle for the 'dmlnlstrntlon was led by Senator Gluss of Virginia, the committee j chairman. Senator Walsh's minority: rrport provided for u plank pledging! the nominee of the convention and Democratic senators to make such j concessions as might be necessary to secure ratification of the treaty. All I I of those who supported it told the committee bluntly that hope of rati-: flcatlon wlthortt modification might as well be abandoned and thut the wise course was that of a compromise Mr Bryan and several others want- ad modifications of the wording of the; Walsa platform and as the discussion i I raged throughout the night the hopes' of members that the question could be) kept off the convention floor dimin- ! ished. lroldblllon issue. n the prohibition issue the suh-' suh-' committee made no recommendation I land a big grist of proposed wet and! dry proposals were offered with Mr. Bryan leading the dry? In a deter-1 mined crusade to keep the party from making a wet declaration or remaining Bileht on the prohibition insue. The Irish plank submitted by the subcommittee reiterated in general terms President Wilson's principle of self-determination, expressed sympathy sym-pathy for the aspirations of the Irish people and suggested that the Irish problem could legitimately bo brought Inter before the league of nations That is unsatisfactory to some of the Committee members who are making a fight foi a plank pledging the part) to recognize the Irish republic. Bryan for Compromise, in his fight against the administrations administra-tions league of nations plank. Senator Sena-tor Walsh declared that although he 1 i Continued on page 0.) Wilson Treaty Plank i Amended by Walsh (Continued from Page 1) had been for the treaty without ri 1 ervations, a vear of effort had demonstrated dem-onstrated that such a ratification was ; impossible In the coming campaign, he asserted, the Democrats could not , hope to gain enough senators to make Up the necessary two-thirds and if the administration declaration was adopted the country might well ask what the Democrats possibly could hope to do to carry It out. Mr. Bryan argued that the party should not go on record as opposing reservations to which a majority ofi the senators had agreed, but should take the issue out of politics by declaring de-claring for an immediate ratification emu promise In the treaty debate Ice President Presi-dent Marshall was. reported to have criticized the administration plank S-iause S-iause It gave no information to the1 public regarding w hat resei v ations would fall within the class described as not Impairing the covenant's "essential "es-sential integrity." Amendment Opposed. Chairman Glaas, Senator McKellar of Tennessee, and other administration administra-tion chieftains strenuouslv opposi ' the Walsh amendment. The administration adminis-tration side charged It would pl; . to the hands of the Republicans, be regarded re-garded aa a weakening of t lie Demo-ciatli Demo-ciatli position, and be Support for the position of Republican senators led by Senator Ixidge Senator McKel-lar McKel-lar was declared to have denounced Ihe Walsh amendment as "the doctrine doc-trine of hell ' Another administration administra-tion memher said it would appear as it the Democrats were "coming to terms'' with the Republicans Still another opponent of Senator Walsh's amendment said that its defeat was tantamount to defeating the Lodge reservations and that If the committee commit-tee adopted the Walsh addition it "ought to put Senator Lodire. In nomination nom-ination hole. Senator Pomerene supported the Walsh amendment. Although Senator Walsh Is said to have conceded that rtlcle 10 of Ho-league Ho-league covenant would be destroyed bv the Podge reservations, he a Senator Pomerene told the committee commit-tee that most If not all, other Important Im-portant features of the league plan still would remain An assertion by Senator Walsh that without his amendment the treaty would he lost and Ihut with it the treaty's ratification would be assured wan met by a statement by former Governor McCorhle of Weal Virginia thai he was opposed to action for mere expediency. "God help the Democratic party." Governor .McCorkle exclaimed "You will lose th.j respect of the American people." During the debate. Senator Glass ind Mr. Bryan clashed over Mr. liry-an's liry-an's published criticism of the sub-'nnin.iti.ee sub-'nnin.iti.ee as a "set ret body" When Senator Glass o jected to it Mr. Bryan replied that he would use it again or tiny other word he should choose. Struggle Revived. v The convention resolutions committee commit-tee reconvened promptly at 11 a. m. today to take up the platform struggle strug-gle where It ended long aftei midnight. mid-night. sharp fight on the dry" plank offered by William J Hryan waa In immediate prospects when Chairman Chair-man Glass banged his gavel for order and newspapermen and propagandists were hustled out of the ball to their dreary watch In the corridors. Mr Bryan was early in the committee commit-tee room, stirring about lp a score of personal conferences He said he was prepared lo fight to a finish f,r his dry declaration against the disposl- turn of the sub-committee tin ,l:i I form to keep the party declaration silent, on HJ I r hili'.tion enforcement. The N'ebras- I in announced be would battle for I his plank preclselv a.-- lo- h."i framed . H ii and thai the only "ballast1 it ton- H tained which he might be willing to ' J Sacrifice was an adjective here and flHj there that merely reinforced tho as- HHJ drj enforcemi mot . I the eighteenth amendment. HHJ Printers kre Funny. The printed version was set up and run off during the morning horns vith HHJ con parath I um ns - ho w mi- 1 1 i f t i - I opinion on certain questions, I In blanks left near the top, presiim- HHJ ablj for the wel oc dry expression, the printers had inserted the likeness HHJ of a wid,e-brlmmcd, black slOuch halt, I associated in cartoons with Mr Br - H an's favored type of headgear, while iHHH appea red t iw iupt ,H with which cartoonists usually crown H "Tammany" figure or any old -line J |
