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©be Miami a Bmirnal VOL. XXII. NO. 96. STAGE ALL SET FOB DEMONSTRATIDNSAT FRM MENTION McAdoo's Name to Be Put in Nomination by His Supporters—Dark Horses Frequently Mentioned Convention’s Program For Wednesday Session SAN . FRANCISCO, June 30. Today’s Democratic convention program: Meet at 11 a. m. Prayer by Rabbi Martin A. Meyer, of San Francisco. Presentation of candidates for presidential nomination. Nomination speeches limited to twenty minutes each; second speeches to five minutes and not more than three for each candi date. SAN FRANCISCO, June 30 Stripped for action, the Democratic national convention swung today into the business of selecting a presi dential nominee. Meeting an hour earlier than usual and working under an order of busi ness which permitted the presenta tion of candidates before the party platform has been adopted, the con vention entered upon a day of demon stration and oratory which marks the placing of candidates in formal nomination With all nominating addresses re stricted to twenty minutes, and sec onding speeches to five and limited to not more than three in number to a candidate, each of the possibili ties had not more than thirty-five minutes for full description of his merits and capacity for the nation’s highest gift. Working under that high-geared program it was within the range of possibility that the nomi natihg speeches would all be deliver edtoday, thus clearing the way for the - presentation of the platform the first thing Thursday morning If the | resolutions committee can complete ’ it by that time. Speeches were on the program nom inating: William G. McAdoo. Attorney General Palmer. Governor Cox, of Ohio. Chairman Homer S. Cummings. Governor Edwards, of New Jersey. Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska. James W. Gerard, former ambas sador to Germany. Senator Owen, of Oklahoma. John W. Davis, ambassador to Great Britain. McAdoo to Be on. Ballot At the eleventh-hour friends of William G. McAdoo abandoned ef forts to prevent his being placed in formal nomination. Dr. Burrip Jen kins, of Kansas City, will deliver the nominating speech. The forces here which hope for McAdoo’s nomi nation had been clinging to the* be lief that his prospects for success would be promoted by not putting him forward at the outset in a test of strength with Cox and Palmer. Mrs. Antoinette Funk, of Chicago, and Mrs. Peter Olesen, of Cloquet, Minn., will bake seconding speeches. Decision to have Dr. Jenkins speak was not reached definitely until to day because certain of. McAdoo’s friends thought his ■ last telegram urging that a speech not be made should be adhered to. It was thought by some, however, that a nominating speech should be delivered in fairness to the delegates, who, if no mention were made of Mr. McAdoo during the nominating speeches might be in the dark as to his position in the convention. No effort was made to get in touch with Mr. McAdoo, but it was not thought he would make further protest against the plans of his friends. They were generally agreed that no further statement of any kind would be forthcoming from him until after the convention nomi nates a candidate. The total McAdoo strength on the first ballot, according to the latest estimate of McAdoo supporters, will approximate 800 votes. Some say it will not be more than 250 while oth ers insist it will run over 300. Thus far, the McAdoo men said they have suffered only one defec tion. The Maryland delegation, which had been counted in their column, will cast its first votes for John W. Davis, according to information given out early today. The McAdoo sup porters said they expected Mary land’s votes to return to them after a few ballots., Both the Cox and Palmer forces viewed >jvith evident satisfaction the scrimmage within the McAdoo forces which was threatening to bring McAdoo to the front at once and make the nomination a three cornered contest from the begin ning. They have insisted all along that they would not permit the Mc- Adoo movement to enjoy the ad vantage of a reserved seat in the rear to wait for a psychological mo ment when the convention, unable to throw a two-thirds vote to either of them, would turn to someone else. Bark Horse Talk Palmer headquarters, in a formal statement that the attorney-general’s position was “stronger than it ever has been before,’’ announced that hU forces were intact and claimed votes in the convention which would not be shown on the first ballot be cause they would be cast for fa vorite sons and come to the Palmer column later. Palmer forces professedly undis turbed by the wet and dry arguments/ which have ranged around its candi date and the outside issues which have been injected into his cam paign, were tightening up their lines and were ready to start the ballot ing. Despite the promise that the con vention would have a big three at the outset, dark horse talk was never more persistent than ,it is at the moment the candidates are about to be placed In nomination. The names of Vice President Marshall, John W. Davis and Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the national commit tee, were always heard when dark hcrses were discussed and del egates were taking into considera tion that each of the big three could (Continued on Page 6, Column 3) SOME OF THE MRS. CANDIDATES. Below are shown the latest photos of the wives of some of the prominent contenders for tjie Democratic presidential nomination. They are, top row, from left to Wife of United States Senator Robert Owen, of Oklahoma; wife of the Commoner; wife of the Attorney General. Bottom row: Wife of the American ambassador to Great Britain; wife of the governor of Ohio, and wife of the former Democratic; speaker of the house. gEI® WI M ImL-v. Jlllll WMww- r T Georgia Regulars, Denied Seats by the Credentials Committee, Did, Not Appeal BY ROGERS WINTER (Staff Correspondent of The Journal) SAN FRANCISCO, June 29.—8 y a vote of forty-three to four the cre dentials committee of the Democratic national convention last night reject- . ed the credentials of the regularly elected Georgia delegates and seat-' ed on the permanent roll of the con vention the delegation representing Attorney General Palmer. The vote was taken at 11 o’clock Monday night in a committee room of the city auditorium where the contest was .heard. . It-was taken-am. a roll call in open session. One or two members of the committee sug gested - going into executive session to discuss and decide the Georgia contest, but the overwhelming ma jority of the committee were ready to vote without a discussion, and saw no necessity for an executive session. So small was the vote in favor of the regular delegation that they did not request their four lone friends on the credentials committee to take a minority report to the floor of the convention as they realized that a further fight was useless. The losers took their medicine with a smile and promised their friends of the Palmer delegation to see them back home. Georgians Good Losers It was not a surprise to the regu lar delegates when the credentials committee turned them down, al though the majority of the vote against them exceeded their expecta tions. They fought an uphill fight and a losing fight from the moment they landed in San Francisco, but they fought it gamely, and kept their temper in the face at times of extreme provocation and when the vote was taken in the crowded room of the credentials committee, with the Palmer delegates applauding in triumph, they toolY their medicine with the smile of good losers. From the' beginning it has been apparent to every member of the regular delegation that the cards were stacked against them. The scant consideration accorded them, and accorded their credentials, and accorded the convention which elect ed them and accorded the hundred thousand Democrats whom they rep resented, was due to a propaganda conducted against them from Geor gia sources since the adjournment of the Atlanta convention. / The campaign charges of disloyal ty heaEpfcd upon those who did not the contrary, they were kept up with what appears to have been increas ing bitterness. The regular delega tion had hardly got started on their journey to Pan Francisco before they realized that their opponents in Geor gia had given them the name of bol sheviks and reds. They got a dose of this propaganda hurled in their teeth from the first delegation with which they came in contact en royte to San Francisco. Regulars Victims of Slander The more delgations they met, the more they became aware of the sort of fight which had been going on against them under cover. But they did not lose heart or give up cour age. They came on here to the end of their journey and presented their credentials on their merits and ac cepted philosophically, but not with out protest, a verdict which they knew would be against them. As stated above, it was extremely difficult at times for members of the delegation to hold their temper when the unmitigated charge of party dis loyalty and national disloyalty was uttered about them in their hearing The first thing that greeted them on their arrival was an interview given out by the headquarters spokesman of Attorney General Palmer, describing them as bolshe vik! and reds and charging all those who voted against the attorney gen eral in the Georgia primary with be ing opponents of law and order. This interview was quite in harmony with the whole propaganda which had been issued from Georgia sources to prejudice their case. Their fel low-Democrats from every state in the union had been made to believe that they were not loyal to their party, that they were not loyal to their country, and that the voters whose commission they brought to San Francisco were enemies of the party and enemies of the nation. They found that everybody in the state of Georgia who voted against Attorney General Palmer in the Geor gia primary had been lumped togeth er in the same category and branded to the bone with a propaganda issued against them by their late opponents in what might have been, but un fortunately was not, a sportsmanlike contest. A Typical incident Here is an instance of the atti- (Continued on Rage 6, Column 5) THREATEN STRIKE ON PENNSYLVANIA ROAD ON JULY STH PHILADELPHIA, June 30.—Penn sylvania road officials here today again considered demands of Harry S. Jeffery, chairman of the advisory board, Philadelphia and Camden fed eration No. 90, represented with a that 100,0.00 men would go on strike at 11 a. m., July 5, unless the demands are met. A conference of union representa tives from New York, St. Louis, Chi cago, Buffalo, Baltimore, Trenton, Wilmington and Philadelphia Will be held in Pittsburg July 1, to decide on strike action, it was learned to day. The strike of 58,000 shopmen, tow ermen and freight handlers sched uled for 11 o’clock yesterday, was called off by Mr. Jeffery, after a special meeting of the advisory board, when by a vote of 26 to 4, it was decided to defer cessation of work until a general meeting could be held. In connection with the “out law” strike here, road officials claim a continued return to work of the men. All roads reported continued freight improvement. TRAIN ROBBED OF $59,725 MARINE CORPS PAYROLL AUGUSTA, Ga„ June 30.—The pay roll amounting to $59,725, destined for the marine corps training sta tion at Paris Island, was stolen from the express car of the Charleston and Western Carolina railway, a few miles out of Augusta, between 5 and 5:30 o’clock this morning, after hold up men had gagged and bound an express messenger and an armed guard. The money had been expressed un der guard from Atlanta and was transferred to the C. & W. C. at Au gusta to be conveyed to Paris Island. The C. & W. C. train left Augusta at 5:15 o’clock. When a few miles out of the city in the Savannah river bottom, it was said, the hold-up men entered the express car, overpowered the messenger, E. R. Derrick, and the armed guard, W. M. Roberts, and then threw the safe containing the money out of the door. It is said the robbery was not discovered until about thirty minutes later after the train had crossed to the South Carolina side of the river, when a member of thQ train crew passed through the car and found the messenger and guard bound and gagged. Poland Appeals to League of Nations to Stop Bolshevik War LONDON, June 30. —Polish repre sentatives here have approached Sir Eric Drummond, secretary general of the League of Nations, in an effort to obtain the league’s offices toward termination of the war between Po land and soviet Russia, it was learn ed today. Mr. Drummond was reported to have been told that unless action was taken immediately Poland faced both internal and external dangers over which her leaders felt great apprehension. On Friday, the league will official ly take up the question of the Aland Islands in an attempt to make tentative settlement. Both Sweden, a league member, and Finland, a non member, have agreed to accept the league council’s decision. Finland will assume the obligations of a member temporarily. One Boy Drowns, One Saved BRUNSWICK, Ga„ June 30. —An unknown negro boy, apparently about fourteen years old, was drowned Sunday afternoon at the foot of Monk street dock here, and Harold Gun ter, A white boy of about the same age, would have drowned but for the quick work of young J. B. Anderson, thirteen, son of Captain A. M. An derson, of the St. Simons Transit company, who secured a pole and saved the Gunter boy as he was go ing down for the last time. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1920 HARDING MEETS GOV. COOLIDGE FOR CONFERENCE WASHINGTON, June 30. —Senator Harding and Governor Coolidge, Re publican nominees for president and vice president, met today for the first time since the Chicago con vention selected them as the party standard bearers for 1920. Arriving here late last night, Gov ernor Coolidge was the guest of Sen ator Harding at breakfast and later accompanied he presidential nominee to his office at the capitol for the first of the conferences between the two candidates. Chairman Hays, of the Republican national committee, also arrived here early today and will take part in some of the cpn.r Terences. * Subjects discussed by the two can diates are understood to include the addresses to be given at the coming notification ceremonies and plans for the campaign. Plans for removing Senator Hard ing’s headquarters to Marion, Ohio, were virtually complete today. Some records have already gone. Tentative 'plans have been for Sen ator Harding to arrive in Marion Sunday, but he may quietly slip away for another week-end and 'ap pear in his home town on Monday, when a scheduled home-coming cele , bration is planned. Harding made his first campaign speech yesterday into a phonograph. The record will be distributed throughout the country for July 4 celebrations. He said America needs no council of foreign powers to point out its path o's duty, and he renewed allegiance to the Monroe doctrine. “Let us hesitate before we sur render the nationality which is the very soul of highest Americanism,” Senator Harding said. “We do not mean to hold aloof, we choose no iso lation, we shun no duty. 1 like to think of Columbia’s helping hand to new republics which are seeking the blessings portrayed in our example. But I have confidence in Our America that requires no council of foreign powers to point the way of American duty.” Governor Coolidge made a record on “law and order” before coming to Washington, declaring “duty is col lective, as well' as personal.” Ireland in Present Mood /Impossible,’ Says Lloyd George LONDON, June 30.—Premier Lloyd George told the' house of commons during the home rule debate that Ireland in its present mood was “im possible.” He said when the Irish people realized that the Sinn Fein demands could not be realized, “when, above all, they realize that America is not prepared to support Irish de mands for an independent republic,” common sense will again prevail. He declared this realization would come to Ireland very soon. It was understood that at a con ference between the premier and Sir Edward Carson, Unionist leader, Lloyd George promised to send three battalions of soldiers to BelfasJ: to main tain order. Allies Not Agreed On German Indemnity PARIS, June 30.—The international financial conference to be held at Brussels was postponed because the allies have not reached definite agree ment as to the exact amount of in demnity to be exacted from Germany, Leon Bourgois declared in a letter to Premier Millerand, made public today. Bourgois declared fixation of the indemnity was necessary for Eu rope’s economic stability, as well as for success of the economic discus sions of the League of Nations coun cil. Congregationalists Convene at Boston BOSTON, June 30.—Congregation alists from many lands were here to day for the fourth decennial Inter national Congregational council. Nearly 3,000 delegates, representing 13,000 Congregational churches in all parts of the world, have registered. The council, which will continue through Tuesday of next week, will celebrate the pilgrim tercentenary. HOMER GUMMINGS GROOMED IS OJSK nsE_n frisco Chances Good in Case of Deadlock —Me A Adoo Still Considered i.: Lead BY DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.) SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., June 30. - Cummings, of Connecticut, stands out thus far as the dark horse of the Democratic national convention. If McAdoo doesn’t win and the dele gates are in prolonged deadlock, the remarkable impression made by Cummings in his keynote speech, which was full of praise for Presi dent Wilson, would commend him to the large number of delegates who are supporting Palmer and McAdoo, but who are at h4art for the Wilson policies no matter who the candidate may be. Cummings is a Wilson man through and through. .gionventlon strategy has made the domination of a dark horse just as much possible here as it v«ifis in Chi cago. The same sort of psychologi cal influences, are at work as made the Republican convention Impatient w’ith deadlocks and anxious to go home. And the tactics of each of the big three leaders —Palmer, Cox and Mc- Adoo. are such as to make entirely possible the wearing down of the strength of each. The McAdoo sympathizers have more enthusiasm than shrewdness. They are minus any read leadership, and while this is a tribute to the disinterestedness of McAdoo himself, it makes for clumsiness and ama teurishness and confusion. For in stance it was firmly insisted by Dan iel'C. Roper, McAdoo’s chief adviser whb is in New York, that no nomi nating speech be made. This was en tirely agreeable to all but a few of the McAdoo supporters here and was the plan until today. Then the few persuaded the many that it would be better to have McAdoo’s virtues ex tolled. * Coalition Against McAdoo It was contended that no better opportunity would present itself than to tell all the delegates at one time just why McAdoo should be nomi nated. And so the decision now is to permit the nominating speech. Me. Adoo and Roper are powerless to Srevent it. But that isn’t the only thing which shows division in the ranks. Nobody apparently, is able to han dle second and choice votes so - irt¥«tgttr-nfay be cumulative. It sounds like an easy thing to do—to hold strength in re serve—but the delegates are uncon trollable, they want to go for him on the first ballots. They can’t wait. Also the talk of McAdoo has grown so loud that the opponents of the former secretary of the treasury have virtually been forced into a coalition against him. Efforts to form a Palmer and Cox combination with temporary assist ance from favorite son groups are proceeding in alarming fashion. The presence here of several cabinet of ficers, all working for, McAdoo, has not helped his cause. Down among the delegations, the spontaneous de sire for McAdoo is unmistakable and they are prepared to make a hard fight, but the big question is how much stamina will these delegates have for a prolonged fight, such as gave Wilson his triumph at Balti more in 1912. Cummings’ shows strength Each of the managers is trying to make the other show most strength on the first ballots. Even the Pal fner forces are trying to hold back at first and bring their greatest strength to bear on successive bal lots. These also are the Cox 'tactics and it looks now as if both had suc ceeded in forcing McAdoo to take the lead earlier than was expected. Once McAdoo begins to lose and is passed by Cox or Palmer the en thusiasm of the McAdoo men may be somewhat dampened and then it is not impossible that they would turn to a dark horse. z Homer Cummings showed on the second day of the convention that he was just as high in the esteem of the delegates as when he delivered his keynote speech. His appearance on the floor was greeted with loud applause. When he nominated the sending of a telegram of congratu lation to the governor of Tennessee because the latter called a special session of the legislature to ratify the woman suffrage act, there was instantaneous approval, but the ef fectiveness of Cummings was appar- second time when the conven tion had tabled a resolution calling on the Democratic national commit tee to include one woman from each state. Evidently some of the old-line pol iticians didn’t want it done, but Cum mings with a brief and convincing statement told the convention that its sincerity on the woman suffrage Issue would be questioned if it re fused to permit women to have a voice in the councils of the party. The motion was passed with a gen uine demonstration of approval. And then the Democrats have given the woman something which the Repub licans denied them at Chicago. Cummings Boom Starts. Every state will have a wohian on the Democratic national commit tee, not merely in an advisory ca pacity as heretofore, but with equal voting pow’er with the male mem bers. When the convention had adjourned for the day and the delegates got back to their hotels they found hand bills reading as follows: “How about Homer Cummings for president of the United States. His keynote speech already has won for him the presidency throughout the land. Today he personifies the vic tory of Democracy at the polls. Put aside prejudice and consider in terms of party success, and you will see that Homer Cummings’ words of i today will ring around the world, j the truly great utterances of the (truly great leader of the 1920 Demo cracy. A great moment has pro- (Continu«d on Page 6, Column 4) STATE SENATE WILL RESUME SUFFRAGE FIGHT The senate was to begin its Wed nesday morning session with consid eration of the second of Senator Bar rett’s two suffrage bills. The firs£ of the measures was killed in the senate Monday, and defeat of the second was deferred only by the hour of adjournment. Friends of the bill were prepared Wednesday to make a brave fight for its passage, but it was expected to meet the same fate that befell its companion bill. /■ ' After acting on the suffrage bill, the senate was to take up the Dor ris bill providing additional regula tions for the issuance of marriage licenses. This measure has the ac tive support of the Christian council of Atlanta and after having been amended in several respects at the 1919 session, is ready for final con sideration in the upper branch. The house will have up for con sideration several measures dealing with legal procedure, as •well as a bill by Mr. Johnson, of Bartown, amending the constitution as to the levying of local school taxe%. It is understood that an effort will be made to put on the calendar as a special order the two resolu tions by Mr. Carswell, chairman of the house appropriations committee, providing for the temporary diver sion of the motor vehicle license tax fund to mefet the general expenses of the state. These companion resolu tions were considered by the appro priations committee on Tuesday aft ernoon and approved by a vote of 9 to 8, Chairman Carswell casting the deciding vote, j John Knight, of Berrien, has given notice that he will fight the resolu tions to a finish, declaring that the temporary diversion of the automobile fund will constitute a violation of the pledge of the general assembly to use the license taxes only for highway purposes. The opponents of the movement further Insist that if; the resolutions are passed, there will be no hope of getting the people to authorize a state good road bond is sue. Mr. Carswell proposes z to use the automobile fund only until the ad valorem taxes are paid into the state treasury this fall, replacing the fund intact not later than December 20, 1920. This procedure has aeen rec ommended by the budget and ef ficiency commission and according to Mr. Carswell, the state highway commission has no objection. Enough of the fund would be left to meet all demands of the highway commission for road work between now and December 20. The ways and means committee of the house also made a favorable report Wednesday morning on the tax revision bills introduced by Mr. Arnold, of Clay. These measures wer# discussed before the cqmmit- Arnold bills were drafted along lines recommended by the state tax commission appointed in 1919 which held public hearings thorughout the state. \ s . Among other things, they provide for the classification of all property and authorize the legislature to fix a separate tax rate on each class. An income tax is pl so provided for, as well as an occupational tax on busi ness profits. It is proposed to sub stitute this system for the present ad valorem tax system now in ef fect in Georgia. . Comptroller General W. A. Wright is heading the opposition to the pro posed measures, while Tax Commis sioner Henry J. Fullbright is heart ily in accord with the legislation. Both appeared Tuesday before the committee and argued their respec tive positions. Port-au-Prince Is » Raided by Bandits KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 29. — Bandits have raided Port-au-Prince, the Haitian .capital, according to pas sengers arriving here this afternoon from that city. Several buildings were set on fire by the attacking party, but United States marines re stored order after killing the leaders of the raid. It is reported that a secret effort to overthrow the president of the Haitian republic is being directed from abroad. Revolutionary sym pathizers, however, are said to be in fear of American vigilance on the island. THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL r A FROM NOW r A <JV c TO NOV. 10th «Jv C The national conventions of both the Democratic and Republican parties will soon be staged— And then will come the campaign with all of its excitement and enthusiasm— And that will be only a part of the interesting news which readers will find in their paper every Tuesday, Thursday and Sat urday from now to November 10th. e z Mpre Than 5 Months 50c This will pay your subscription till after the national elec tions in November, giving you all the campaign news as well as the results of the election. We are making a special offer to send The Atlanta Tri-’Weekly Journal to you from now until November 10th for only 50c. SEND YOUR 50c TODAY If you wish to secure your subscription without cost to you send us four new subscribers at fifty cents each for this offer and we will send you The Tri-Weekly Journal till November 10th for your trouble. THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY .JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga. Here is 50c enclosed, for which send me THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL from now until November 10, 1920. Name R. F. D..................... T ' P. 0 State M'ADDD-MEREDITH TICKET FORECAST GT WASHINGTON Rumor Has It That Bryan Will Spring Clark in Case of Deadlock at Frisco Convention (The Atlanta Journal Nows Bureau, 623 Riggs Building.) BY THEODOBE TELLER • WASHINGTON, June 30.—It’s about 3,000 miles from Washington to San Francisco, but this does not interfere here today with the “dop ing’’ of the situation at the Demo cratic convention. Moost folks and politicians at the national capitol seem to regard McAdoo’s nomination certainty. Their prognostica tions, which appear sound because of political, geographical and other rea sons, go further and give McAdoo a running mate. In well-informed cir cles here, the belief prevails that it is going to be an “M. and M.” ticket, to-wit McAdoo and Meredith. First, it is conceded that William G. McAdoo has the best show of get ting the labor vote. He’s from New York, although born in Georgia. Ed win T. Meredith is secretary of ag riculture. He comes from the agri cultural state of lowa, is a farmer himself and the editor of a farm pa per. The Republicans went to the middle west and New England for their candidates. It is figured that the Democrats will checkmate that move by going to the east and the near northwest for their standard bearers. A combination appealing to the labor and farmer vote, backed by the votes the south will furnish, anyway, would give Harding and Coolidge a hard run for the White House and vice president’s chair in the senate. Anyway,, the Average Politician An observer in Washington Is fig firing it out this way: In the ex ecutive departments, in office build ings, on elevators and on the streets one hears little of anybody except McAdoo. If McAdoo is nominated, they say,. he ought to have Meredith with him, because “Mc’ll Doo and Meree-idith” will sound good to the country. Bryan May Spring Clark There came today a strange re port—not entirely untrustworthy, but possessing elements of plausi bility—that William Jennings Bryan is going to spring a coup at San Francisco unless McAdoo runs away with the nomination on th.® early bal lots. The rumor is that Bryan, who" knifed Champ Clark at Baltimore in 1912, intends to take the .stage at the psychological moment at San Fran cisco and put the old Missouri war horse in nomination, thus atoning for the political death thrust he gave Clark eight years ago. That would be a strangb performance, but funny things happen in politics. A wise looking man, who was in Washing ton when Cleveland was first inaug urated, and who has watched poli tics ever since, dropped into The Atlanta Journal bureau today with the tip. z It had been heard before, but this fellow claimed he had it on good authority. “Bryan and Clark have made up,’’ he confided. ‘‘Bryan’s going to nom inate Champ and it’ll break the dead lock. I get it pretty straight. Can’t divulge my information, but he saw Bryan just a few days ago.’’ “And who’ll be nominated for vice president along with Clark?’’ in quired this correspondent. “Bryan himself. Why not? Bryan can’t be president, why not let him try for. the vice presidency once?” And there you are, if the dope 3,- 000 miles away from the convention (Continued o Page 6, Column 4) Scents a cop?. $1.50 a year. COLBY LEADS FIGHT IN SUBGGMITTEE FOBBEERMWINE I Little Trouble Is Anticipated Over League of Nations Issue Virginia Platform to Serve as Party Model SAN FRANCISCO, June 30. The Democratic platform still was in em brynoic stage, but with prospects of presentation tomorrow to the con« vention when the .platform reassembled today. Although many minor planks had been virtually settled, some in prin ciple only and others in phraseology as well, most of the troubleso-.ie ma jor problems remained unsolved when the subcommittee of nine preparing a tentative draft reconvened today at 9:30 after less than eight hours rest. Secretary Colby early this morning was waging a fight for a light wine and beer plank. He was arguing it as a political expedient and not nec essarily as his personal views. The subcommittee adjourned with out completing its work early today to meet again at 9:30. No announce ment was made by Chairman Glass. The fact that Secretary Colby con ferred with the president before leav ing Washington for San Francisco added significance to his stand. Some of the committeemen were of the opinion that the Volstead Act should be amended so as to make its enforcement less stringent. A wide variety of suggestions, ranging from the strictest enforce ment of the law to Colby’s sugges tion, were offered. Senator jMcKel lar, of. Tennessee, brought in the Bryan proposal. X.eague Plank Beady With the meeting of the full reso lutions committee scheduled for 1® o’clock, the subcommittee arranged to meet with the main body, report par tial progress and then resume its labors.. By afternoon or night, Chair man Carter Glass said, it was hoped Ito go finally before the full com mitee, where long spirited discussion was in prospect. With a later ses sion tonight, leaders hoped to be able to bring the completed product before the convention tomorrow. The convention proceedings will not interfere with the platform commit teemen continuing their work with out interruption as the program calli for the delivery of presidential nom inating speecji which will consume virtually all of today’s session. The. League of Nation*, and prahi bition remained the big barriers to agreement. Adjustment of the league question, however, was said to be in a fairway of realization. Some of the subcommittee were optimistic over prospects of harmony on this fundamental dispute. They had “slept on” administration and other proposed planks stuffed in their pockets when their meeting broke up shortly before 2 o’clock this morn ing and it was asserted by influential subcommittee members that the ten tative recommendation of the league and treaty plank would go to the full committee with virtually sub stantial agreement. Some of the more hopeful even expressed the view that the threatened fight in the full com mittee might be averted. On prohibition the subcommittee remained largely at sea. All sug gestions for a “wet” plank which would declare for repeal of the eighteenth amendment or annulment of the Volstead enforcement law were said to have been virtually thrown overboard by tacit consent in the subcommitte, but the fight for a “beer and wine” plank on one hand\ and some sort of prohibition declara tion on the other, was reported still , in progress. Virginia Platform the Mode) No basis for settlement of the li quor dispute was reported in sight when the subcommittee resumed work today. The drys were said to be insistent upon a prohibition ex pression, if only to the extent of a plank promising enforcement of the constitution and laws generally and not specifically. The proposal to keep the platform entirely silent on the subject also was prominently discussed. The platform’s course also was de pendent today on the subcommittee’s conference with the full committee. It was thought the subcommitte’e re port of progress at last night’s ses sion might ‘develop important discus sion at the ten o’clock session to day. It was expected, however, that the full committee would recess un til this afternoon or tonight to await further word from the subcommit tee. Although Chairman Glass said none of the proposed planks had yet been adopted definitely by the subcom mittee, considerable of the uncon troverted sections were reported practically complete. Among these were commendation of many acts of the Wilson administration, the execu tive bureaus and the records of the Democrats in congress, together with attacks on the Republican legisla tive course. So far as the main body of tne platform was concerned, the subcom mittee found little difficulty in agree, ing. The Virginia platform, indorsed by President Wilson and brought to San Francisco by Senator Glass, was said to have furnished the basis for declarations readily agreed to regard ing the general principles of the jJkrty. Senator Glass sat as chairman of the subcommittee, and his advocacy of administration policies was sec onded by Secretary Colby. A ma jority of the other members were re garded as administration support ers, and the chief objector to the blanket indorsement of the League of Nations desired by the administra- j tion was said to be Senator Walsh, who voted in the senate to take Republican reservations.