Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1920 — LIQUOR PLANK PASSED AROUND [ARTICLE]

LIQUOR PLANK PASSED AROUND

Leaders at Frisco See Tentative Draft of the Wot Proposal. ISSUE IN THE FOREGROUND I It Is Proposed to Lesve Ststes Some Latitude After Congress Sets Limit —Cox Gains as New Chiefs Arrive. ' i ’ " San Francisco, CaM .Tune 25—A tentative draft of liquor plank to be put in the Democratic convention platform' la being passed around among the leaders here and la said to be satisfactory. It in substance declares that the constitution Is the basic law of the land and as such must be revered; that the eighteenth amendment Is a part of the constitution and as such the Democrhts of the nation recognise and respect It as the law, but that the power to Interpret the meaning of intoxicants should rest with congress and that each stato should have the power to determine to what extent It would go In the matter of alcohol up to limit prescribed by congress. In a mates’ rights plank combined with a so called wet plank, though party leaders here say that the Supreme coiirt already has ruled that congress has the power to define intoxicating liquors. No reference is made to the Volstead law. The sentiment In favor of a moderation of the Volstead law so as to permit the manufacture and sale of beers of about 2 or 3 per cent appear* to be growing and to already include more than 400 votes. It is the only question Chairman Cummings believes will have to be settled on the floor of the convention. The resolutions committee. It is predicted, will be able to agree on the other plank which will be fought over, such as the form of the League of Nations’ resolutions, the question of Indorsing the Irish republic and the Japanese exclusion plank. Cox and McAdoo Still Loading. If it Isn't Cox, look out for McAdoo I That Is the essence of the predictions made by the political wiseacres, who are already In San Francisco marking time until the Democratic national convention meets cr more of the party leaders arrive. The Influx of notables was noticeable and the convention preliminaries have reached the stage of private room conferences. The McAdoo boom, which appeared to have been dealt a death blow through she announcement of the former secretary of the treasury that' he would not consent to be a candidate, has taken on new life with the declaration by newly arrived delegates that they have no Intention to take M.. McAdoo’s word as final and are planning to force McAdoo to the front as the logical man to break the deadlock in the event that It is demonstrated that none of the leading candidates can obtain the necessary two-thlrds vote. Glass Helps McAdoo Boom. United States Senator Carter Glass gave the McAdoo enthusiasts great encouragement on his arrival here when he expressed the hope that McAdoo was not out of the race. Several reports from delegations on their way to San Francisco are to the effect that they intend to vote for McAdoo despite his request that he be not considered. The former McAdoo support' has been largely scattered though and the leaders say that ft cannot be rounded up again except in the event McAdoo is desired as a compromise. The Cox boom seems to be rolling; along like a snowball and growing toj formidable proportions. Two out of three leaders who are unprejudiced will say that Cox appears to be well in the lead in the matter of permanent support. Though' he may possibly not receive as many votes on the first ballot as Attorney: General Palmer, the boosters of Governor Edwards of New Jersey decry; the claims of the Cox managers ’and’ say that their candidate will start with, the support of most of the New England delegations and more than half! of the southern votes. Palmer Campaign Takes Slump. There appears to be a slump in the; Palmer, campaign, though the billboard advertisements of “the fighting. Quaker,” as Palmer Is described, far; overshadow the efforts made for other candidates. Palmer badges and. Palmer buttons are conspicuous, which politicians say is explained by the presence of a small army of jobhold-i era, who are In San Francisco to helpi push the Palmer campaign along. The acoustics of the convention hall, were tried out, and it was asserted' that the echoes that have worried the, national committee have been oyer-

come through padding the walls aha the erection of canopies. Homer Cummings, chairman of the national committee, had a number of wild yarns to dispose of, among them one that the megaphone apparatus being Installed In the hall was to enable President Wilson to talk directly to the delegates. “No such arrangement is being made, and I do not know that the president even Intends sending a personal message to the convention," said .Chairman Cummings.