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BRYAN IS READY TO TAKE LEAGUE IIGHTJO FLOOR Commoner With Neck Bowed For Battle Before Dele gates Is Early at Convention. By GEORGE R. HOLMES, Ir;-Mt!onal J.'o StIoo Staff Corr r "ponrtrnt. Exposition Auditorium, San Fran cisco, July 1 The cheering word that progress is being made On the platform mef the delegate today as they assembled at 11 o'clock in the Auditorium for the fourth session of the democratic national convention. It was considered possible, though not probable, that a trial bal lot on a presidential nominee might be had late this evening. It all de pends on the platform builders. They are holdmg up the program. There was also an imminent likeli hood when the convention met that Wil'iam Jennings Bryan and some of his supporters of the platform 'committee will carry their defeat to the floor and force the entire con vention to decide between them. If such a floor fight develops night sessions will have to be re sorted to, to keen the convention from running into next week. The party managers do not desire to be gin night sessions until they are seen be absolutely Necessary. More Nominees Named. A continuation of the flood of oratory, in which the convention was immersed for seven hours yes terday, held the delegates for the early hours of today's session. Only a few candidates remained to be placed in nomination. The main show was again split into two parts today, the platform fighters holding a secret session onthe third floor of the Auditorium directly above the convention itself. 'Knowing there was little chance of excitement in the early part of the session and being satiated with oratory, the delegates were even .'J&rer than usual in assembling to &!y. A quarter of an hqur after the convention was billed to come to order not a third of the stats were occupied on the floor, although the galleries were filling rapidly. The intervening time as usual was filled with music. Realizing the hit which was made yesterday with all the old-time pieces that ,'cre popu lar when William J. Bryan was a otmg man 'hastside, Westside, .mri. c:j 11. c r i Sweet Rosie O Grady a ways in terspersed, of course, with the in evitable "Dixie," they were repeated. Missouri and Illinois, whose signs suffered mutilation in the riotous scenes of yesterday, came forth re splendent in newly painted standards at today's session. Bryan Arrives Early. Bryan was one of the first mem bers of the resolutions committee to arrive at the Auditorium. - He was smiling. His eyes sparkled. Like the political war horse he is, the smell of smoke and burning powder was in his nostrils. Obvious ly, he was all keyed up for battle. "Are you going to make a tight for a 'dry' plank?" the Commoner was asked. "Why 'a' fight?" he smiled, stress ing the "a." "Certainly!" ' If you don't get what you want in the resolutions committee will you carry the battle to the floor of the convention?" "Don't put it that way don't say ivhat I want rather, say what the. people want." "What will you do?" "Trust me." The Nebraskau smiled knowingly and turned away, his eyes still sparkling uder a pair of belligerent eyebrows. Synopsis of Democratic Platform Sun Francisco, July 1. (By The Associated Preps.) The democratic platform as drafted by the sub committee of nine and submitted to the full committee declares for ratification of the peace treaty as ! a requisite to preserve the honor ar.d integrity of the nation; sug Pits that the Irish question can be lj?ught legitimately before the league of nations for settlement, and is silent on the subject of pro hibition. It advocates collective bargaining for farmers; opposes compulsory arbitration ,of labor disputes; de clares for recognition of the new Mexican government when it has established order and calls on the legislatures of Tennessee. Florida and North Carolina to ratify the suffrage amendment. Tn many respects the platform' follows that adopted by the Vir ginia democrats and publicly ap proved by President Wilson. The league of nations plank, in particu lar, was taken virtually as a whole from the Virginia platform, though in other respects there have been modifications and manv new sub jects have been added. A summary of the subcommittee's draft follows: Tariff. Reaffirms democrats tariff doc trines and declares for a research on the subject by a nonpartisan commission. League of Nations. Repeats the Virginia plank with little variation, condemning the ac- j tion of the senate republicans in adopting reservations and the sep- i arate peace resolution and advoca ting ratification of the peace treaty and such membership in the league of nations as would in nowise im pair national integrtiy or independ ence. Conduct of the War. 'Praises the administration's con duct of the war. commends the pa triotic efforts of .American citizens to aid the government and praises the military and naval forces, with mention of General Pershing by name. Free Speech. Declares for free speech and a free press except insofar as it may at tack the life, of the nation. Goofy Beers" Is Kept Busy Waiting for Palmer Stage Hands Slow in Pushing Put Bally Hoo Artist For A. Mitchell While "Goof Applauds for Everybody But What Happened .to Davis? (By A. Muitt, DUnt to h Democratic National Contention.! Per DAMON RUNYON. (CopyrtRht, 1fl?0, By tho International w Srrrlce. San FrancrscO, July 1. This Goofy Beers, the nut, is around last night with a couple of black eyes, and other injuries, and he is very much disgusted with the way things are going at this democratic con vention. For 2 cents. Goofy says, he will haul off and leave it fiat only, he says, he is anxious to see how it comes out. This Goofy Beers is very much in favor of A. Mitchell Palmer for president of the LTnited States, what with being Goofy to start with, which is a way of saying d?ffy. and it seems that yesterday he is sitting in the. convention with the Pennsylvania delegation waiting for A. Mitchell Palmer to he put in nomination. Well, by and by some oosty gets up and makes a long speech, and says he is going to nominate a cer tain guy for president who is such a wonderful guy to hear him to tell it, that Goofy figures it must be his man, A. Mitchell Palmer, of anyway, some guy from Pennsyl vania. . So Goofy started in to cheer, and the first thing he knows some guy reaches from in back of him and gives him a good sock in the kisser, which is a way of saying face, be cause it seems it is not A. Mitchell Palmer who is being nominated at all. but a guy by the name of Owen. Naturally, Goofy is very much out of order but he apologizes to one and all, and waits around a while until pretty soon another birds gets up and spills a lot of chatter about a guy he is going to nominate who sounds so good that Goofy thinks it is A. Mitchell Palmer sure, be cause the way Goofy looksat it, no other guy can possibly be as good as the guy the speaker is talking about, except A. Mitchell Palmer. So Goofy starts out again, that is he bally hoos for Palmer, and some body reaches out from behind him once more and puts the slug on him, because it seems it is not A. Mitchell Palmer evert yet, but a guy by the name of Gerard. Well Goffy apologizes again to everybody in the place and explains that he does not understood how any body is not from Pennsylvania can Delegates Want Badges By "BUGS" BAER. CopyrlRht. 1920, by Universal Service. San Francisco, July 1. This con vention is booked solid for this week, with a matinee on Saturday, instead of having visiting days Tuesday and Thursday, like any other sanitarium. After the political mountain has lahnrprl and hroucht forth a candi date, the delegates will disintegrate and sneak back to tne enveloping shadows of home cooking. 1 There ..ill onciic fmir mnre lean, starving. badgeless years of existence. A dele gate without his badges is an awtu! thing. Rob the peacock of his tail, strip the Smith brothers of their whis kers, swindle Woodrow Wilson of his daily veto, but don't touch a hair on one of those delegates' badges. Like the crown jewels ol' the czar, they speak of the glories of the democratic past, the anxiety of the present and the hopelessness of the future. Yea, bo! The convention opens deadlocked. The league of nations is dead and the wine cellar is locked. If that ain't a deadlock, then Solomon was a bachelor. Secretary Daniels is in town,-and Finance. Again incorporates the language of the Virginia democrats in extol ling the federal reserve system and the financing of the war and in con demning the republicans for extrav agance. Taxation. Criticises the republican congress for failing to revise wartime tax schedules and demands a survey of tax conditions by the coming con gress. Denies republican claims of economy, declaring that no money vas saved except at the expense of the efficiency of government bureaus. High Cost of Living. Blames diminished production for high prices and declares the repub licans are responsible in that they c'elayed peace and failed to provide the president witto necessary legis lation. War Investigations. Condemns the republicans for use of appropriations in investi gating the conduct of the war. Profiteering. Pledges the party to enactment and enforcement of such legislation as may be required to bring profit eers before the bas of criminal jus tice. Preamble. Sends greetings to President Wilson, commending his achieve ments in the interest of the country and of the whole world. Condemns in general terms the republican con gress. Budget. Defends President Wilson's veto of the budget bill and advocates a budget system partially undr direc tion of the secretary of the treasury with consolidated auditing. Postal Service. Commends democratic adminis tration of the postal service and makes a blanket recommendation for higher salaries for postal em ployes. Advocates greater use of motor vehicles in transportation of mail and extension of the parcel post i Corrupt Practices. Deplores the preconvention ex penditures of republican presi dential candidates and advocates regulation of such expenditures ty federal law. r 1 be as swell" a guy a; the fellon claims Gerard is, but it is only a few minutes before Goofy is again whooping it up for some other bird who is not A. Mitchell Palmer at all, but nobody hut a guy by the name of Cummings. He Guesses Again. I By this time the Pennsylvania delegation is very sore indeed, so somebody puts the slug on Goofy so good that he gets up and goes out to take the fresh air, what with be ing a little dizzy, and one thing and another. When, he finally gets back with the delegation a fellow is upon the platform saying many such pleasant things about some guv he is about to nominate whoever it is, that Goofy figures this time he can not miss, especially as the speaker swears that his "man is one of the best democrats you will find in a dog's age. So Goofy interrupts the speaker with much applause and then it seems the Pennsylvania delegation gets together and hurls him right I out of the joint, as the speaker final- I ly lets it out that he is nominating a guy by the name of Hitchcock. Naturally by this time Goofv ueers is very mucn nonpiussea anu i what to do he does not know, so he j goes on back down town to think it over. Of course, it is easy to see how Oooty is da try to begin with, i or he will not be in favor of A. Mitchell Palmer in the first place, I where Goofy gets so mixed up is that he never knows before there are so many good 'democrats in the i ... t a r : t 11 "n-.i- . ally IKMUCS ST.. MILL11CU i-climci rt3 the speakers claim. In fact Gooty says he still be l'eves that some of the speakers are stealing A. Mitchell Palmer's stuff and claiming it for their own candi date, but he is not able to prove it as yet. "Well," I say to this Goofy Beers, you are a pretty lucky guy, at that. You duck quite a number of other lickings by being in favor of A. Mitchell Palmer," I say. "How do you figure it?" Goofy says, "How do I duck other lickings?" "Why," I say, "by not being in favor of John W. Davis. He is not nominated even yet," I say. threatens to bolt the fleet if Admiral Sims grabs the nomination. Jose phus was strong for Simmy until he found him whitewashing the "h's" in the Declaration of Independence. In an extra pink edition, the Fo lice Gazette has come out strongly against Lew Dockstader, so it looks as if the democratic leaders wil! have to pick a candidate out of the Pantages circuit. . The Hagerstown Almanac is non partisan, but in an impassioned ap peal to four taxicab drivers the edi tor of the Sears-Roebuck catalogue steps out for Nicky Arnstein for secretary of the treasury. This naturally ties up the tab leaux vivants like a sore toe. In case the Hawaiian delegates try to stampede the works toward a uku lele player, the Sears-Roebuck cat alogue will concede nothing, claim everything and demand a recount. This is one catalogue that is abso on the up and up and totally un subsidized. With the millions oi installment inhabitants in back of it, they can sure make the leaders walk pretty. Of knit goods and hosiery, Phila delphia produces more than any other city in the world. Agriculture. Praises the democratic record in establishing farm loan banks artd other farm organizations. Endorses collective bargaining and researches into production costs. Labor. Follows the Virginia plank in de claring strikes and lockouts should not jeopardize the paramount pub lic interests, but adds a statement of opposition to compulsory arbitra tion. Favors readjustment of sal aries of government employes. Suffrage. , Congratulates legislatures that have ratified the suffrage amend ment and urges democratic gover nors and legislatures of Tennessee, North Carolina and Florida to com plete ratification in time for women to vote this fall. Women in Industry. Declares against child labor. Favors legislation for child welfare and maternity care. Advocates in creases in teachers' salaries. Urges extension of vocational education, better conditions for working women and reclassification of the civil service with a view to equality of the sexes. Endorses separate citizenship for married women. Soldier Compensation. Advocates generosity to disabled soldiers, but declares against ex cessive bond issues to pay compen sation which would put patriotism on a pecuniary basis. Railroads. Commends federal administration of railroads during the war, declar ing it was efficient and economical despite inadequate and worn equip ment. Criticises the recently en acted transportation act and says congress temporized until so late a date that the president was forced to sign the bill or else throw the railroad situation into chaos. Highways. Favors continuance of federal aid in road building. Inland Waterways. Calls republican plank inadequate and advocates further development of adequate transportation on rivers and further improvement or inland waterways. Recognizes the im portance of connecting the Great Lakes with the;'MiSsissioDi as well Us with the St. Lawrence. THE Bfcfct OMAHA, Wife of Big British Steel Manufacturer Makes Home at Reno Lady Hadtield, wile of Sir Robert Abbott Hadfield, British steel mag nate, has established a residence in Reno, Xey., according to reports from tha,t city. Recent dispatches from England stated that it was rumored Lady Hadrield had taken up her residence at Reno so that she might sue for divorce. Lady Had field is a sister of George W. Wick ersham, former United States attor ney general. She was married to Sir Robert in 1894. Sir Robert Had field held a number of important governmental positions during the war and is one of Great Britain's big steel manufacturers. His wife was well known for her war activi ties and was inscribed in two high British orders for her work among the wounded. The photograph of Lady Hadfield shows her in Red Cross uniform. Republicans Make Short Work of Ohio State Convention Columbus, O., July 1. Republi cans made short work of their state convention, adopting a platform, naming presidential electors and do ing other routine matters "in a ses sion lasting less than half an hour. William II. Boyd of Cleveland, a Wood delegate to the national con vention, and L. J. Taber of Barnes ville, master of the Ohio State Grange, were named electors-at-large. Electors chosen yesterday at the district caucuses were ratified by the convention. The platform is silent on the wet and dry question and suffrage. Its taxation plank affairms the principle of the Smith 1 per cent law, de clares for a rigid debt limitation, wotild permit the limitations of the Smith law to be exceeded only by popular vote and asserts that lo cal subdivisions should not be limited in their ability to pay ex isting debts authorized by popular vote. 9 as Drafted 1 Live Stock Markets. Favors legislation for supervision of live stock markets by the federal government. Foreign Trade. Favors extension of foreign trade. Merchant Marine. Pledges the party to a policy of continued improvement of the mer chant marine under proper legisla tion. Reclamation. Advocates extension of arid land reclamation with a view to home building. Mexico. Deplores the misfortune of the Mexican people and upholds Presi dent Wilson's Mexican policy, de claring that as a consequence order is reappearing in Mexico. Advo cates' recognition of new Mexican government when it lias proved its ability to maintain order. Ireland. Reiterates President Wilson's principle of self-determination, ex presses sympathy with the aspira tions of the Irish people and de clares that when the United States becomes a member of the league of nations it can legitimately bring the Irish problem before the bar of the league. Armenia. Declares it the duty of the Amer ican government to aid in the es tablishment of order and complete independence for Armenia. Alaska. Commends the democratic admin istration for railroad legislation and coal and oil development. Advo cates modification of coal law to facilitate development and also ex tension of the farm loan act to Alaska. , Philippines. Declares for Philippine independ ence without unnecessary delay when the islands are ready for self government. Hawaii. Advocates a liberal policy toward Hawaii with greater development of the rights and privileges of the middle classes. Federal Trade Commission. Praises the administration of the commission and advocates ampli fication xf its wor'- f ,1 .j5& i LADY HADFIELD . V r : r, , 3 - MUDAY. JL'Lr 1720. NOTIFICATION BE READY , HARDING Nominee Cleaning Up Affairs at Washington Preparatory to Trip Home Rousing Welcome Planned. Ey A. O. HAYWARD, International News Service .taff Correspondent. Washington, July 1. Notifica tion arrangements for Senator Hard j ing. the republican presidential 'nominee, were completed in the main today at a conference held at the senator's office with Colonel T. Coleman DuPont of Delaware, chairman of special subcommittee of the republican national commit tee to arrange for these ceremonies. Colonel DuPont spent an hour with Senator Harding in discussing the details of the event which will take place in Marion. O.. on July 22. William R. Willcox of New York, former chairman of republican na tional committee and conductor of the Hughes campaign, saw Senator Harding for a short time, discussing plans for the campaign. Harding buckled down today to the work of clearing away pendingl early Saturday for his home in Marion, Ohio. An indication of the receptiorf awaiting him in Marion was given to the nominee today in a telegram from the state convention of Ohio republicans. The telegram bore to the senator "the greetings and con gratulations of Ohio republicans and added:.. "We pledge you in behalf of a united and militant party in your native and homa state our enthusias tic, support until your triumphant election in November. We congrat ulate the nation that with your in auguration as president on March 4. next, there will be a return to pop: ular and constitutional government. "We congratulate the party upon the fact that with your accession to the presidency will begin another republican administration instead of a personal autocratic government and an administration that will give help and confidence to the people of this country, that will bring peace to America and will re-establish the government of this nation as con ceived by the founderss." Bones of Celestials Dead In America to Go Back to China Columbus, O.. July 1. In ac cordance with an ancient custom, over 300 boxes of bones of de ceased Chinamen are being shipped from this country to China for final burial. Chinese residents here, together with their fellow countrymen in all parts of the LTnited States, are ob serving the custom which calls for disinterment of their dead brothers every 25 years and the sending of (he bones to China. Lee Lock of Cleveland, head of the Chinese tong in this district, di rected the work cf opening the graves of 10 Celestials here, remov ing the caskets and preparing the skeltons for shipmsnt. Hong Ye, Pittsburgh tea mer chant, one of six members of the society selected to perform tlie serv ice in this country, prepared the bones for overseas shipment by re moving all flesh, placing them in lit tle air-tight zinc boxes and then sealing them. Upon arriving at Hongkong the boxes will be distributed throughout China to their final resting places. Appeals Sentence After Plea of Guilty to Theft Walter Bennett, 35 years old, pleaded guilty to an indictment of grand larceny in Council Bluffss Wednesday, was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary and imme diately appealed to the supreme court. His action was taken because of General Approval From Coast to Coast and from Minnesota to the Gulf the Oldsmo bile Economy Truck is accepted as a truck which can be relied upon. Everything a truck op erator wants is found in the Olds a Speedy Motor, a Deep Chan nel Steel Frame, a De pendable Rear Axle (Torbensen Internal Gear Drive), Pneu- ' matic Cord Tires and an Enclosed Cab. The Olds Motor Works is your assurance of a quality product. Nebraska Company j on,. i tssa st LANS k Eft SEN Refuses to Endorse Knee Length Skirts Fcr Conservation u . 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