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THE KKE? OMAHA. THURSDAY, JULY 1. BRYAN'S STORY OF HOT DEBATE OF W PLANK Nebraskan Professes Humility Before "Superiors" On Platform Committee. But Promises Fight Later. By WM. JENNINGS BRYAN. Wrltt F.iprraoly for IntFrnatlnnnl wi (WyIit. Copriht, 19.-0, br milium 1. Ilryan. San Francisco, June 30. The sec end day of the convention is seldom exciting. The accumulated enthusi asm expends -itself in the first demonstration. The noise comes when the bottle is uncorked, so to speak, and the second day is largely a matter of routine. While the convention was pro ceeding in the auditorium the reso lutions committee was affording to quite a promiscuous group of peti tioners an opportunity to lay before the committee in open session the .subject on their hearts. Samuel (iompers, the veteran president of the American Federation .of Labor, presented the claims of those for whom he has so long spoken. He spoke earnestly as he always does and made a very favorable impres sion on the committee. He will have more reason to rejoice here than he had in Chicago. , Prohibition was the second sub ject taken up and no one who was present will be beguiled any longer by those who have been predicting that the subject will be ignored. It v as very apparent from the first n.oment that this is the question Vipon which there is most feeling. I bad the honor of apportioning the time among those who spoke in favor of a dry plank and was satis fied with the showing made. Bishop Cannon of the ilethodit church, south, a typical Virginian, dwelt upon the party's part in this great moral victory and appealed to the committee to gratify those who had made this long and successful fight by an assurance that there would be no return to alcoholic drinks. Many Speakers on Hand. Mr. Hall spoke for the Presby terians and other church boards. Mr. Silsby presented an appeal from the bone dry organizations, and Mr. Needham presented a for midable package of petitions from the prohibition party. Mrs. Yot of the W. C. T. I'. spoke earnestly for nearly 1,000,000 women in that organization. Former Congress man Hobson (Richmond Pearson) made an eloquent arraignment of al cohol and begged the democratic party to do its duty to the nation and give hope to the world by a strong declaration in favor of enforcement of the amendment. Hon. Wayne B. Wheeler, representing 22 national prohibition organizations, concluded the argument for our side. As gen eral counsel for the Anti-Saloon league he has defended prohibition legislation in all of the higher courts and. if a lawyer's reputation stands upon his success, he has no superior as a constitutional lawyer. He pre sented a terrific arraignment of the liquor traffic and marshalled such an ?rray of facts to prove the success of prohibition as to overwhelm the opposition. Sabath for "Wets." The liquor side was in charge of Congressman Sabath of Chicago. He introduced as the first speaker on their side, Hon. Theodore Bell, who made the usual argument in favor of personal liberty. As his speech was directed against all pro hibitory laws it weakened rather than strengthened the arguments of those who ,had been trying to make it appear that the wet side accepted the saloon issue as closed and urged only a modification of the law for the benefit of home drinkers. As the press dispatches will probably carry the colloquy between him and myself, I need not dwell upon it fur ther than to express my satisfaction at having an opportunity to answer publicly a misrepresentation that has been circulated privately. Mr. Gompers was called upon to deny a published report to the effect that the labor meeting at Montreal had turned down a wine and beer proposition. The committee was assured that the subject was not mentioned at Montreal. New York's great orator, W. Bourke Cochran, closed the debate for the wets by in veighing with his customary vehem ence against any attempt to promote temperance, by law. As did Mr. Bell, he made his assault against the amendment, as well as against its enforcement, fctid thus confirmed the opinion of those who insist that a question cannot be dismissed as "Drys" Much Encouraged. Taken all in all, the hearing very much encouraged the drys and in creases the probability of a dry plank in the platform. There are probably 200 delegates who would trade their views on every other question for a wet plank and go home happy in the belief that the democratic party can carry the elec tion by an appeal to the drinkers and the pockets of those who want to go into the business rather than by arguments that appeal to the heart and the conscience. But with woman suffrage in doubt, the dele gates know that a wet plank would be suicidal. The real contest is be tween the drys and the dodgers. A number of other subjects were 1 presented, among them agriculture, education and the Irish question, nd I might add in this connection, that here, as at Chicago, the women have surely justified thjeir claim to equal consideration. Last night the' League of 'Women Voters present ed a battery of speakers that would be hard to match. Senator Fhelan and Mr. Mc Clatchy of Sacramento appeared before the committee in behalf of more rigid Japanese exclusion, the latter with statistics and the former with a masterful digest of the sit uation. Those who have heard the senator before say that this is the most powerful address he has made on the subject. It showed him to be an effective speaker as well as acquainted wiht the subject. Victory for Filipino. The greatest personal victory' yet won in this convention was scored by a young Filipino by the name of Jose T. Melencia. He has charge of the Philippine publicity bureau at Washington. He is only 26 years old and received his education in Democratic Dark Horse There is renewed talk at San Francisco of nominating John W. Davis, ambassador to Great Britain, if it is found impossible to "put over" McAdoo. As a member of congress from West Virginia, Mr. Davis was for years a leader in the democratic ranks. John William Davis was born in Clarksburg, W. Ya., April 13, 1873. He was educated in the Clarks burg public schools and at Washington and Lee university, being graduated from that institution in 1892. In 1895 he was admitted to the bar and practiced for a year with bis father. Woman Politician Explains Mysteries of McAdoo Boom; Big Day for Suffragists Young, Pretty, Brilliant Woman Lawyer Acts as Hostess at Unofficial Headquarters of Wilson's Son-in-Law Says People Demand and Will Back McAdoo Suffragists Have Day at Convention And June 29 Will Be Red Letter Day in History. By DOROTHY DIX. S,i.n Francisco, Ci!., June 30. (Special Telegram.) Do women know how to play politics? I'll say they do. In witness whereof ob serve the McAdoo boom, which goes by leaps and bounds, like Jack's bean stalk, until it already almost reaches the heaven of the presidential nomination, and said boom is principally fostered and nurtured by women. Mrs. Antoinette Funk, young, pretty, brilliant, a successful law yer and no mean politician, is mothering it and acts as hostess in a sort of unofficial McAdoo head quarters, where tea and sandwiches and McAdoo propaganda are served out to an ever ending throng of women, who struggle as earnestly for McAdoo badges as you ever saw them do over a marked down sale of sik stockings Woman Leader's Explanation. Mrs. Funk makes merry over the theory that has been industriously circulated that there is any mys tery about the McAdoo campaign. "Mystery?" she says scornfully. "There's no mystery about it, un less there is something mysterious and inexplicable about the office really seeking the man instead of the man seeking the office, and that is the case with Mr. McAdoo. Of course he would like to be presi dent. He's human and he's ambi tious), as he shows by the things he has done, and naturally he is flat tered by the thought of occupying the position of greatest power in the world. "But he is a poor man. He has a young wife and an invalid daugh ter and little children. Many peo ple .are dependent upon him and he felt that he had no right to jeopar dize their interest by undertaking a campaign tht would cost much money and take him out of the money earning class. That's all the mystery that lies in his refusal to openly, enter the race on his own account. Explains Finance Mystery. "But the mvstery theory still per sists. When I was called before the senate committee which was investi gating the various campaigns Sena- the public schools of the Philippines under American teachers as he proudly boasted and at George town (D. C.) He is a remarkably promising young man. Speaking with grace, using th best language and without a trace of embarrass ment, he presented the claim of the Filipino to independence. The audi ence was astonished at the strength of his arguments, the skill with which he marshalled his facts and the high tone of his speech. One of the committeemen ex pressed some irritation at the amount of time that had been de voted to the hearings. I explained to him that we who were not on the sub-committee charged with the preparation, or at least with the re porting, of the formal draft of the platform, had nothing else to do for the present, and could gather a good deal of information while awaiting the action of our superiors, adding that our position was illustrated by a story. An agricultural college in structor was enlightening a rural audience as to scientific farming. In the course of his remarks he ex plained that corn, boiled before be ing fed, could be digested by the hog in half the time it took to digest raw corn. When- this important fact had been niide clear the pro fessor was somewhat disconcerted by a question put , to him by a farmer on the front row. "What's a hog's time worth, anyhow?" tor Kenyou said to me, 'There seems to be a great mystery about the McAdoo boom. I can't lay my fin ger on it, nor its funds.' " 'It's because jour hand isn't large enough,' I replied. 'The Mc Adoo boom is as big as the hearts of the common people from which it springs and only, the hand of God is large enough to cover it. As for the campaign fund, it is only $150, so, perhaps, that's too little for you to find. "Mystery has also been made of Mrs. McAdoo's attitude towards her husband's candidacy. But that is simply that of any loving wife whose whole desire is for her husband to realize his ambitions and get what he wants of life. Mrs. McAdoo is a highly sensitive and very retiring woman and she has felt every barb aimed at her father more keenly if possible than he has. She saw her mother die in the White House. She has no personal desire to figure as the first lady of the land, for she knows its penalties far outweight its pleasures. Love of Family. "But when Mr. McAdoo hesitated about permitting his name to be used in the convention because of his wife and little children, they have a little girl of 5 and a baby 2 months old, Mrs. McAdoo said to him, 'Don't refuse because of me and my children, because I can earn our living if need be. My father had me educated to be self supporting and I can take care of myself and the babies any day. "Still another mystery about the McAdoo boom that the politicians and papers have had much to say about is the fact that we have no organization and no campaign fund, but if he is nominated you will see the most wonderful organization that the world has ever known spring into being over night and we will have all the money we need i and it will all be voluntary, spring ing spontaneously trom the hearts of the people. You remember that when McAdoo retired from the treasury he said he did so because he could not afford to hold the of fice any longer. Well, thousands upon thousands of people took it literally that he was in need of money and for months it took a half dozen secretaries to open the .let ters and send back the money that the people who love hi mand be licve in him ) thought he needed. This money was mostly in dollar bills but sometimes it would be $10 bills with a pathetic letter saying that it was a contribution from a whole family of working people. First Woman's Speech. "It's that fountain of love that we will tap if McAdoo is nominated, and that will float him into the White House. He's going to be the working man's and woman's and the children's candidate." The first woman ever to speak on the platform of a national demo cratic convention offered a resolu tion expressing the sympathy of the women of the party with Mrs. Wil son and commending her. for the wifely devotion with which she has nursed her husband through his long illness. And yet were there or were there not, people who feared to give women the vote because they thought it would make them unwomanly. Police Launch Goes to Aid of Ship in Distress New York, June 30. A police launch put to sea early today to aid the steamship Huron which was re ported in distress as a result of last night's violent electrical storm. -A M'ADOO GAINING AS NOMINATION DRAWS NEARER Little Real Opposition Ex pressed to Former Cabinet Member Cox Boom Subsiding. By DAVID STARR JORDAN. (Written Eiprly for thr International wi Swvlce.) (Copyright, 1B20, by International News Service.) San Francisco, June 30. As I write the presidential will controls the democratic convention, though facing the certainty of some degree of revolt. Mr. Robinson's impas sioned address recalls our early idealism and forestalls an unquali fied endorsement of the administra tion. To have won "the war to end war" and to have inaugurated the league of nations are emphasized as crowning achievements. The indications still point toward the nomination of McAdoo. His fnrce, capacity and independence of character are generally recognized and it is believed that he will draw a large part of that liberal vote which may determine the election. The Cox boom is subsiding, for tlm moment at least, and the Palmer boom, with its noisy clique of root ers, seems to make no progress within or without the convention. That Palmer, if nominated, could not be elected appears evident. In deed, to defend his activities is one of the hardest tasks which confront the Wilson forces. McAdoo Strong. To the nomination of McAdoo I hear but few direct objections. Nat urally the epithet "crown prince" is hurled at him by the press, but he appears to have taken no advantage of his relationship to Mr. Wilson. It is generally conceded, however, that he lacks the "glad hand" ordi narily thought a democratic asset. Some of his rivals complain that he ought to have made his position clear, one way or the other. Rut the very fact that McAdoo is taking the lead may cause the oth ers to combine against him and the powerful opposition of Bryan mut be faced by any administration can didate. Mr. Bryan is, in fact, likely to be in the center of a three-cornered fight against the wet group on the one hand and the Wilson group on the other. To the former he will doubtless never yield and for this reason perhaps the plat form seems to him more important than the candidate. On the surface the convention atmosphere seems wholly placid. Nobody appears much excited over the outcome. The steam roller is well oiled and works with precision, yet its operations arouse scant in dignation. An unpleasant senator from Missouri is thrown out, a bit arbitrarily, perhaps, but protests barely reach the public ear. It is part of the game. A few warm hearted -Oorgians threaten to vote for Harding, but when they think the matter over they will not inflict on themselves such cruel and un usual punishment. People Good Losers. The absence of personal bitter ness in American contests is a most hopeful feature. Our people are good losers. If we fail to get what we want we try again next time. The defeated faction raises no physical banner of revolt. The struggle once over, each one goes back to his business confident that though a world-opportunity may be lost, it will come again, and no world calamity meanwhile impends. This mood contrasts happily with the .fierce animosities which so often pervade the left, the right and even the center in the parliaments of the continent. In these antagonisms there is more at stake than in Amer ica with less certainty of either tol erance or justice. The majority in each party will go on voting the regular ticket whatever the platform or the nom inee. The thick-and-thin vote is bromidie and uncritical. Therein lies the opportunity of the party boss the leader of the unthinking. Those who discriminate are largely independent of political parties, using such organizations as useful means to an end. But a solid partisan vote has also its advantage; it is a safeguard against ill-considered action. If it checks reform, it also blocks retro gression. Were the whole body of the people quickly responsive, even to each plausible physician, the up shot might not be progress but anarchy. Little Difference in Issues. The fact that no important differ ence separates the two historic parties need not be a reproach. Both stand, in the main, for the stability of society. The distinction largely concerns the rewards of office. Clarify and condense the republican platform and cut out the perfunc tory denunciation or turn it about and it would serve fairly well for the democrats. Platforms are a rule and by necessity not very distinctive, for real issues rarely di v.de on party lines. The same kinds of people, wet and dry, rich and poor, bond and free, are found in both parties, and in much the same proportion. That their differences arouse little excite ment indicates that they are not dangerous. Our practical unanimity when great matters are at stake is a sign of the vitality of democracy. McAdoo Refuses to Let His Name Be Presented At Demo Convention Sail Francisco, June .50. Definite and final instructions came from the east early today that William (?. McAdoo's name was not formally to be placed before the democratic nn tional convention. Burris Jenkins of Kansas City, who was prepared to make a nom inating speech for McAdoo, revised his plans again and decided to ac cede to the wishes of the McAdoo managers. New York, June .ill.-- " This action was taken with my entire approval," William li. McAdoo .said today when told that "definite and final in structions" had been received in Sail Francisco that his name was not formally to be placed before the democratic national convention. He would make no further comment. Move to Prevent Strike. Washington, June 30. Two rep icsentativcs of the bureau of concili ation of the Department of labor were ordered today to Williamson, W. Ya., in an effort to prevent the threatened strike of coal miners in the West Virginia fields. , iignting fixtures iJurgess-uraa-1 Have Hoot den Co. Adv. ! Press. Adv. Print it. 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