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DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM SILENT ON THE SUBJECT OF PROHIBITION
PLANK DEALING WITH
LEAGUE IS ADOPTED BY
Administration Fails to Secure Adoption, of Its
Plank Without Amendment - Senator Walsh
Wants Reservations Consistent With Ameri
can Obligations.
1 (By The Associated Press.)
BAN PRANCI800, July 1. A plank
dealing with tha league of nations was
adqpted by tbe democratic platform com
mittee early this morning. A long, bitter
-light so delayed the platform- workers'
that the-committee recessed until 10
o'clock. Leaders hoped to hare the plat
form ready for the convention this aftes
noon. In the treaty battle fhe administration
failed to seen re adoption of its plank
without amendment. The committee, by
A vote of 32 to 18, adopted an addition
by Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts,
among those opposing the administration
forces, providing forratification of the
treaty of Versailles with reservations con
sistent with American obligations.
The substitute of William J. Bryan
And Senators Pomerene, of Ohio, and
Walsh, of 'Montana, were thrown out.
Discussion of the treaty took up most
-of the session which began at 8 o'clock
last night and ended with recess at 3:30
this morning, when the committeemen
were so fatigued that they ceased work
witnout taking up the liquor, Irish or
other controverted questions.
The committee adopted the labor and
-several other minor planks, however.
As submitted to the committee, the ad
ministration treaty plank, according to
authorjtative statements provided:
"We recommend tatlflcation of the
treaty of Tersaiires and the league of na
tions covenant without reservations which
would impair its essential integrity."
The words added by senator Walsh's
amendment were:
"But we do not oppose reservations
which make more clear or specific oar ob
ligations to the associated nations. ' '
The sub-planks of Mr. Bryan and Sena
tors Walsh, of. Montana, and Pomerene,
of Ohio, went down to defeat, it is said,
with but from 12 to IS votes each.
Chairman Carter GTass and other. mem
bers refused to give out any information
concrening any action by the committee,
but it was indicated that, dissatisfied
with the treaty plank approved, a minori
ty report for appeal to the convention
was under consideration.
The labor plank adopted declared
against compulsory arbitration, but de
plored strikes and lockouts and advocat-
d that some peaceable way be found to
settle industrial disputes.
The committee -also put its approval on
a declaration for legislation which would
permit collective bargaining "by farmers.
As reported by tie sub-committee the
league of nations plank followed elosely
thai adopted by the Virginia democrats.
Senator Walsh, ot Montana, submitted a
minority report and led the fight against
the Virginia proposal, which had the
backing of President Wilson.
In the debate, which loosed a flood of
bitter feeling. Senator Walsh was second
ed by Mr. Bryan, Senator Walsh, of Mas
sachusetts, and Senator Pomerene, of
Ohio, while the battle for the administra
tion was led by Senator Glass, of Vir
ginia, 'the committee chairman. Senator
Walsh's minority report provided for a
plank pledging the nominee of the con
vention and democratic senators to make
such concessions as might be necessary
to seen re ratification of the treaty. All
of those who supported it told the com-
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vithmit mftdifiestSan murht as well be
Abandoned and that the wise course was
to compromise.
Mr. Bryan and several others wanted
modifications of the wording of thfc
Walsh' plank and as the discussion waged
throughout tbe night the hopes of mem
Iwrr that the question could be kept off
tie convention floor limwshed
Oa the prohibition issue the sub-corn-
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PLATFORM COMMITTEE
GASTOMPANY ASKS
FOTRATE INCREASE
Brief Filed With City Authori
ties Asks For Increase From
$2.00 to $2.50 per Thousand
Cubic Feet Claims Gas la
Now Being Furnished at a
Loss to the Company.
The Gastonia and Suburban Gas Com
jmny has filed a brief with the city clerk,
requesting the people of the town through
their representatives, the city council, to
grant ait increase in rates. The increase
desired is from 2.00 per thousand cubic
feet to $.'.50 per thousand and from a
minimum charge of 50 cents to a mini
mum charge of $1.00. For several
months past the North Carolina Gas As
sociation has leen carrying on an exten
sive tampaign to inform the people of the
necessity fur an increase in the gas rates
all over the state. The Gastonia and
Suburban Gas Company is only one of
twenty one gas companies in North Caro
line which are now requesting nn in
creased rat?. While most of the com
panies asking for increases have carried
their requests directly to the State Cor
poration Commission, the Gastonia Gas
company thought it best to carry their
case before tbe city council for their de
cision. Mr. E.C. Powell, manager of the Gas
tonia and Suburban Gas Company, says
that while fhe gas oil, which is the basis
for the manufacture of gas, could be
bought for six and a half cents per gal
lon in September, 1919, he has to pay for
the same glade of oif now sixteen cents
per gallon. His steam coal costs $4.00
per ton, while one year ago he paid only
$1.00 for it. Coke costs about 40 per
cent more than his coal. ' ' We are losing
money on every cubic foot of gas we put
out now," says Mr. Powell. He is also
authority for the statement that, exclu
sive of the companies furnishing natural
gas, ninety per cent of the companies in
the Unileil States have the minimum
charge of one dollar. A few of the com
panies in North Carolina which have this
minimum charge are Charlotte, Fayette
ville. High Point. Goldsboro, and Salis
bury. Wilmington, WinstowSalem, Ral
eigh and" Greensboro are re.iesting a
minimum of $1.50. Mr. Powell says the
increase asked for is needed to meet ex
penses. When these expenses are met
it is the intention of the Gastonia Gas
company to duplicate its present plant.
Practically all of the larger plants have
'duplicates. Among them are those at
Concord, New Bern and Goldsboro. And
the Concord plant is even adding more
to its present facilities. One of the pur
poses the duplicate plant serves is to in
surers sufficient supply of gas while one
plant is out of commission and being re
paired. But, although the Gastonia and
Suburban Gas company intends to double
its present facilities, th request for an
increase in rates, says Mr. Powell, is to
meet the immediate need for money to
pay expenses.
The original rate was $1.40 with 50
cenls minimum. But on Sept. 10, 1918,
an increase to $2.00 per 1,000 cubie feet
with the 50 cents minimum was granted.
-At present a discount of five cents per
uousaaa enbie feet is given to those who
pay their gas bill by the tenth of the
month. Tn case the new rate is granted
the gas company agrees to allow a ten
eent discount ia pise of the present five
cents, '---
HIGH POINT 14402; '
-. V GAIN 07 50 PI CENT
WASHINGTON, July 1 Census fig
ures today Inejude: High point, N. C;,
14,302; increase. 4,777, or 50.2 per cent.
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GASTONIA, N. C. THURSDAY
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PREDICT WIN BEFORE
MINGS AND CHAMP CLARK:
ARE PROMINENTLY MENTIONED!
AS DARK HORSE CANDIDATES'
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Managers For Gox and Palmer Declare Their
Men Are Not Out of the Running - McAdoo
Seems to Be on the Inside Track Old Line
Leaders Working to Stop His Nomination.
(Ky The Associated Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1. Prospects
for balloting late today for a presidential
candidate went glimmering as the dele
gates to the democratic national conven
tion assembled for the fourth day 's ses
sion. A Tong, bitter fight over the league
of nations declaration in which the sup
porters of President Wilson were forced
to accept an amendment to the adminis
tration's plank" "before it could be adopt
ed, so delayed the work of the platform
committee that there :s little likelihood
the delegates will get down to balloting
before tomorrow.
The platform committee worked until
nearly daylight this morning over the
league plank and then sought a few hours
I rest before resuming deliberations at 10
o 'clock.
j Members of the committee expressed
the hope they will le able to make a re
porT to the convention late today, but as
a fight is in prospect in, the committee
on the prohibition and Irish questions
with another battle on the floor of the
convention over these planks and the
league of nations, leaders in control of
the convention have stopped figuring n
to when the first ballot will lie taken.'
Voting for president will not begin until
the platform has been adopted.
Blunt frankness and spirited clashes
marked the debate in the platform com
mittee in which Senator Carter Glass, the
chairman; William J. Bryan; Senators
Walsh, Massachusetts; Walsh, Montana;
Tomerene, Ohio; and Vice President Mar
shall took part. The action of the com
mittee was not officially announced, but
according to authoritative sources, the
plank adopted recommends ratification of
the treaty and the league covenant with
out reservations which would impair its
essential "integrity. To this was added
an amendment by Senator Walsh, Massa
chusetts, that the democrats do not op
pose reservations which make more clear
or specific the obligations of the United
States to the associated nations' in the
world war. h
Substitute planks offered bv 4-Un-ttnr
Walsh, Montana, and Pomerene, and Mr,
Bryan, were defeated.
The convention proceedings today
called for the final nominating speeches.
Ten candidates were placed before the
delegates yesterday in an eight hour ses
sion that was fjill of oratory and stir
ring demonstrations. The one set speech
on the program was that of Governor
Cornwell. of West Virginia, placing in
nomination John W. Davis, ambassador
to Great Britain.
Whether the name of any other tandi
date would be placed before the delegates
was not Tnownas they assembled, but
there were reports that one or two other
names might be presented. Among them
was that of Champ Clark, former speaker
of the house of representatives, who has
been mentioned as a dark horse candidate
in tKe event" fhe convention finds itself in
a deadlock.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1. Refreshed
by its overnight breaking spell, the demo
cratic national convention today went
back with renewed vigor to the business
of winding up nominating speeches.
Yesterday's vshirlwind eight' hour ses
sion having placed ten candidates formal
ly in nomination, only one speech re
mained on the program to be heard today,
before the report ef the resolutions com
mittee reporting thejjarty platform.
It was the speech by .Governor Corn
well of Westf Virginia, presenting the
name of John W. Davis, ambassador to
Great Britain: Cox, MeAdoo, Palmer,
Gerard, Hitchcock, Camming, Edwards,
Smith, Meredith sad Owen had been for-
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
AFTERNOON, JULY 1, 1920
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
HALF-HOLIDAYS ENDORSED
Merchants Will Give Wednes
day Afternoon Half - Hol
idays In Addition to Satur
day Night Closing Beginning
Next Week.
Wednesday afternoon half holidays will
be allowed the clerks and the Saturday
afternoon closing hour will be changed
from 8 o'clock to 9 o'clock for the
months involved, according t: a decision
reaeheby the merchants at a meeting
held at the Chamber of Commerce Wed
nesday morning. The meeting was large
ly attended and was presided over by
Director John K. Rankin, of the Depart
ment of Mercantile Affairs.
To aid in strictly enforcing the Satur
day night closing a secret committee will
he named weekly to make an inspection
to see that all stores are closed at 9
o'clock. The merchants were strong in
their censure of those who signed up the
H o'clock Saturday night closing agree
ment nnT propose to make it lively and
to give the utmost publicity to any who
may brea"ktheir written pledge and stay
open later than they have agreed. It is
tlicirTiitention to let the public know who
belong to that class of undesirables, if
any such there be, but i is generally be
lieved that every merchant will live rigid
ly up to the agreement he has signed.
A week ago the merchants voted un
favorably upon the Wednesday afternoon
closing, u petition signed by fiftyone
salesladies bringing the matter up. How
ever, after giving the matter full con
sideration and especially with regard to
extending the Saturday night losing an
hour in connection with the midweek
half-holiday some of the merchants asked
for another meeting, which was then
called by Mr. Rankin. No one opposed
the.granting of the request of the clerks
when considering it in connection with
the change in the Saturday night hour
and the action taken was by unanimous
vote.
WOMEN CALL OFF CONFERENCE
WITH TENNESSEE DELEGATION
SAN FRANCISCO, July l Repre
sentatives of the national woman's party
who planned to hold a conference with
members of the Tennessee delegation to
day in the. interest of the passage of the
suffrage amendment through the special
session of the Tennessee legislature, nave
called it off. Jndge W. C. Houston and
other memberi of the delegation showed
no disposition to confer with the suf
frage leaders and the meeting was aban
doned, according to Mrs. Abby Scott
Baker, of Washington, and the women
will meet the North Carolina delegates
instead today.
SKETCH OF McADOO.
William Gibbs McAdoo 'a first ris to
fame might be called a commuter 's dream
come true. As sn unknown New York
lawyer shivering twice a day through long
winter months while he crossed the Hud
son river on a ferry boat to his New Jer
sey home, he dreamed of a tunnel under
the bed of the river through which com
muters might pass on trains in comfort.
And so staunch was his faith in his dream
that eventually he transmuted it not into
one but three tunnels.
(Later ne became Secretary of the
Treasury, Director General of Railroads
and the. holder of other offices under the
Federal government, but ever lis has re
mained in the publie Bund as the man
who accomplished - the ' seemingly im-
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THE 10TH BALLOT
URGES THE TAR HEEL
LEGISLATURE TO RATIFY
SUFFRAGE
Declares For Ratification of Peace Treaty, Ad
vocates Collective Bargaining For Farmers,
Opposes Compulsory Arbitration Labor Dis
putes - Follows Closely Virginia Platform Ap
proved by President Wilson.
iBy The Associated 1'ress.)
SAX FRANCISCO, July 1 The dem
ocratic platform as drafted by the sub
committee of nine and submitted to the
full committee, declared for ratification
of the peace treaty as a requisite to pre
serve the honor and integrity of the na
tion; suggests that the Irish" question can
be brought legitimately lefore tbe league
of nations for settlement; and is silent
on the subject of prohibition.
It advocates collective bargaining for
farmers; opposes compulsory arbitration
of labor disputes; declares for recogni
tion of the new Mexican government
PREAMBLE:
Sends greeting to President Wilson, commending his achievements in the
interest of the country and of the whole world. Condemns in general terms
the republican congress.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS: '
Repeats the Virginia plank with little variation, condemning the actios)
of the senate republicans in adopting reservations and the separate neace
resolution and advocating ratification of the peace treaty and such member
ship in the league of nations as would in no wise impair national integrity or
independence .
(fonpUCT OF THE WAR:
Praises the administration's conduct of the war, commending the patriotic
efforts of American citizens to aid the government and praises the military
and naval forces with mention of General Pershing by name.
FINANCE:
Again incorporates the language of the Virginia democrats in extolling the
federal reserve system and the financing of the war and in condemning the
republicans for extravagance.
1 TAXATION:
Criticises the republican congress for failing to revise war time tax
schedules and demands a survey of tax conditions by the coming congress.
Denies republican claims of economy, declaring that no money was saved ex
cept at the expense of the efficiency of government bureaus.
HIGH COST OF LIVING:
Blames diminished production for high prices and declares the republicans
are responsible in that they delayed peace and failed to provide the president
with necessary legislation.
WAR INVESTIGATIONS:
Condemns the republicans for their use of appropriations in investigating
the conduct of war.
PROFITEERING:
Pledges the party to enactment and enforcement of such legislation as may
be required to bring profiteers before the bar of criminal justice.
TARIFF:
Reaffirms democratic tariff dectrines and declares for a research on the
subject by a non-partisan commission.
BUDGET:
Defends President Wilson's veto of the budget bill and advocates a budget
system partially under direction of the secretary of the treasury with con
solidated auditing.
POSTAL SERVICE:
Commends democratic administration of the postal service and makes a
blanket declaration for higher salaries for postal employee. Advocates
greater use of motor vehicles in transportation of mail and extension of
parcel post.
FREE SPEECH:
Declares for free speech and free press except in so far as it may at
tack the lifs-of the nation.
AGRICULTURE:
Praises the democratic record in establishing farm loan banks and other
farm legislation. Endorses collective bargaining and researches into pro
duction costs.
LABOR:
Follows the Virginia plank in declaring strikes and lockouts should
not jeopardize the paramount public interests but adds a statement of op
position to compulsory arbitration. Favors readjustment of salaries ef
government employes.
SUFFRAGE:
Congratulates legislatures that have ratified the suffrage amendment and
urges democratic governors and legislatures of Tennessee, North Carolina
and Florida to complete ratification in time for women to vote this fall.
WOMEN IN INDUSTRY:
Declaring against child labor. Favors legislation for child welfare and
maternity care. Advocates increases in teachers salaries. Urges extension ef
vocational education, better conditions for working women and reclasstnca- . .,
tion of the civil service with a view to equality of the sexes.
Endorses separato citiienship for married women.
SOLDIES COMPENSATION: . : ,
Advocates generosity to disabled soldiers bur declares against excessive '
bond issues to pay compensation which would put patriotism oa a pecuniary
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Commends federal administration of railroads during the war, declaring-;
It was efficient sad economical despite . inadequate and worn ' equipment.
Criticises the recently enacted transportation act and says congress terrorized
until so late a date that the president was forced to sign the till or el:e Crow '
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when it has established order, and eaUs
on the legislatures of Tennessee, Florida,
and North Carolina to ratify the suffrage
amendment .
In many respects tbe platform follows
that adopted by the Virginia democrats
and publicly approved by President Wil
son . The league of nations plank ia par
ticular was taken virtually as a whole
from tho Virginian platform, though in
other respects there have been modifies
tious ami many new subjects have been
added.
A summary of the subcommittee's
draft follows:
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