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THE BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1920. JOHNSON RALLY REAL FEATURE, SAYS WJ. BRYAN Democratic Leader Pays Tribute to California Sen-' ator and His Supporter, Senator Borah. By WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN. Written Expnmlr for International Stmt SerTicc. Copyright, 1020 by W. J. Bryu. . 3iicfo, June 8. The Johnson meeting last night was the outstand ing feature of the evening of the con vention. It was not a "lull before the storm," it was a storm in itself. The speechesmade by Senators Johnson and Bojah present as forci bly as they can be presented the is sues as they see them. The audi ence was jn sympathy with the speakers, some of them so sym pathetic that they interrupted out of mere exuberance'. Johnson and Borah represent dis tinct styles of oratory, each a mas ter of his style. Johnson reminds one of Colonel Roosevelt in the em phasis which he employs and the passion which sweeps him along. His speech has the impetuosity of a mountain torrent no pools, nothing but rapids. His subject is not only in his mind, but is on his heart as well. He speaks with an earnest ness that leaves no doubt as to his convictions. His chief issue was the treaty and he employed all the adjectives that appeal to sentiment and stir indigna tion. There was not a sentence that suggested compromise; on the con trary, he invoked the history of the republican party to rebuke any thought of concession. The copven tion must choose between two alter natives there is no middle ground. It must boldly indorse the action of the IS republican irreconcilables and go to the country as the pledged opponent of the league as presented by the president and of the league as modified by the Lodge reserya1 tions, or it must repudiate the action of the irreconcilables and appeal to the country for the indorsement of the league covenant as modified by the reservations supported by 34 re publicans and 23 democrats. Advantage Over Lodge. The irreconcilables x represented by Senator Johnson and Borah have some advantage over, the Lodge followers in the presentation of the subject to a popular audience. It is easier to condemn than to ex plain verbal differences and an ap peal based upon confidence in the country seldom fails of a response. Then, too, the disparity between America! representation and the representation given to Great Brit ain and her colonies furnishes an excellent opportunity to arouse na tional pride and stir up any preju dice which may exist against the na tion specially favored. The defenders of ratification with reservations have no spokesmen who are a match for the two west ern senators and from a partisan standpoint they are handicapped by an acceptance of President Wilson's work, except in so far as the reservations make alteration1. It re mains to be seen whether Senator Lodge will be able to call for that team of speakers who can show the necessity for the league and explain in a convincing way the, safeguards suggested by those who favor rat ification with reservations. As a reporter of what is going on, I shall content myself with making known to the readers the issue as it is presented with the ar- fumftnts offered on either side. At an Francisco there will be oppor tunity to lay before the country the world situation and our nation's op portunity if the republican friends of the treaty fail to sustain the po sition taken by the republican lead ers in Washington. . v Victory Hardly Possible. It will surely be a remarkable victory if Senators Johnson and Borah are able to wring an endorse ment of their course from the con vention, but such a result hardly seems probable when it is remem bered that Wood, Lowden, Hoover, Coolidge, Harding, Sproul and all the other candidates have Joined in the advocacy of the league with reservations, Mr. Johnson replied specifically to the charges of radicalism. After identifying himself with Mr. Roose velt he called, for prolonged ap plause by outlining the views upon which he challenged judgment. The substance of his creed on this sub . ject is that rich and poor, high and low, big and little, shall alike obey the law; that the blessings of democ racy shall be within the reach of tHe common folk as well as . the powerful and privilege-taking; that invisible government shall be scrou'ged ' from the' government's temple and the state made a state for all the people. .He further declared himself as op posed to the suppression of legiti mate free speech and peaceabje law ful assembly. He avowed' his pur pose to be the preservation of this great nation from the wiles and pit tails of European and Asiatic diplo macy and to resist the impairment of the republic's sovereignty, the de sttuction of its national policy and the perversion, of its spirit In discussing the high cost of liv ing he asserted that the laws of to day are sufficient io' curb illegal practice and to prevent illegitimate exploitation of our people and charged that the difficulty has not been with the law, but with the ad ministering of the law. Black Coffee Must Suffice for Thirsty At G.O. P. Convention Chicago, June 8. Black coffee, not good old liquor, for yours if you are ill during the convention. This was the word from Capt. Hubert Howard, federal prohibi tion director for Illinois. He re fused to issue new batches of pre scription blanks to phvsicians whose stocks have been exhausted since the arrival - of convention visitors, - U. S. Must Drive Wilson and His Dynasty From Power, Is Theme of Keynote Speech By the Associated Press. Chicago, June 8. The country must drive President Wilson and his "dynasty" from power and de feat the league of nations as he desires it, declared Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, temporary chairman of the republican national conven tion, in his keynote address here to day. Defending the senate's opposition to the treaty of peace as a high and patriotic duty, the senator flung down this gauntlet: "We make the issue; we ask ap probation for what we have done. The people will now tell us what they think of Mr. Wilson's league and the sacrifice of America." While emphasizing the point that around the league must be waged the 1920 presidential campaign, and devoting much of his speech to ar raignment of the Wilson adminis tration? the senator found time to lay before the delegates the stand of the republican party on other salient problems facing the nation. Must Quiet Mexico. ' Chief among these was Mexico. Declaring it was time for the Unit ed States to take a firm han4 in things Mexican and end 'the "dis graceful record" of the last seven years, Senator Lodge urged that this country let the Mexicans choose as their president some ptrong and I upright man who is friendly to the Unite! States and determined to establish order and then lend him a real and cordial support. ''Mexico lies at our doors, he declared. "It is a primary duty for us to 'deal with it under the Mon roe doctrine, but nothing has been done and yet we are asked to take a mandate for Armenia." - Must Drive Out Wilson. Salient points made by Senator Lodge were: . "Mr. Wilson and his dynasty, his u.s,rt n(t acsioTi: or anvbodv that is his, anybody who with bent knee has served nis purposes, musi oc driven from all control, from all in fluence uoon the government of the United States. . "They must be driven trom oi fice and power, not because they are democrats, but because Mr. Wilson stands for a theory of administration and government which is not Amer ican. "The return of the democrats to power with Mr. Wilson or one of his disciples still the leader and master f a trrmt nartv would be a lonST tn in the direction of the autoc racy for which Mr. Wilson yearns ana a heavy Plow to me continu ance of free representative govern ment as we have always conceived and venerated it. "Mr. Wilson and the autocracy he represents, and all which those who believe in his doctrines and share his spirit represent, must be put aside and conclusively excluded frAtn anv future efttitrftl. "The defeat of the present ad ministration and all it means, tran scends in importance every other question and all immediate- - and issues are bound up with it. With out that defeat every chance of the right settlement of the mighty ques tions before us, so sorely needed now and not later, will depart. "To maintain law and order and a stable government where justice Home Rule Plank Is Sought by Delegates From Hawaiian Island Chicago, June 8. Home rule for Hawaii will be asked by the dele gation 1rom that territory as a plank iu the republican platform, it was announced today . by Senator. John H. Wise. This pledge probably will be asked by the delegation tomor row, appearing before the platform committee. ' The delegation also will urge the turning over of 200,000 acres of agri cultural land in Hawaii to the Ha waiian people. The delegates, who have two votes, said today that they would cast one for Johnson and one for Poindexter until the latter is elimi nated and then would cast both for Johnson. ( Open Drive to Enroll High School Students as Postmen Chicago, June 8. Recruiting sta tions were open today in 21 high schools of the city to enroll .361 students as vacation substitutes for mail earners. . . "Many of the carriers are likely to break down unless they., get their vacations this summer, said Col Leroy T. Stewart, superin tendent of mails. "Efforts are- now being made with the civil service commission for the employment of high school students and in the meantime we are going to recruit enough to insure the carriers a rest this summer. Getting' Nominated . For Congress Cheap Despite Primaries Washington-, June 8. -Getting nominated for congress is cheap despite the primary system, ac cording to expense statements filed by candidates with Tyler Page, clerk of the house of representatives..- In about 30 states, apparently, it costs nothing, for not a' single statement has been filed from there. This condition is sworn to be true in numerous congressional districts of many of the other states. ' The admitted costs range from 4 cents to $5,f00. Henry Spaan, an Indiana democrat, wrote a couple of -letters, hence the 4-cent item, while E. W. Rotherick, a Pennsylvania republican, spent the $5,000.', , ' Th states from which no state ments have been filed include: Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. Under the corrupt practices act the expense statements are due within 15 days of the primary or nominating convention, but among the 34 states some pri maries have not been held, so can didates have soma, tiraa yet to act n IB I mk lit S "t , f i -1 ' Vv':T 1 i VEfj Heiwy CLocWe. rl ( rules and the right o tl men, high and low, rich and'poor, snail be pro tected, we must have a government of the people, duly chosen by the people, and never must there be permitted any government by a single man or by a group of men, or by an organized minority. "Many vital economic ..measures and especially protective tariff leg islation to guard our industries, are impossible with a democratic free trader of socialistic proclivities- in the White House. To accomplish such measures as these, we must have, as we intend to have, a re publican president," in sympathy with a republican house and senate." H. C. of L. Pressing. "The rise of prices, the high cost of living which reach daily into ev ery home, is the most pressing, as it is the most difficult and most es sential problem which confronts us. Some of the sources of this trouble can be reached by. " legislation ;al though not all, but everything that can be affected by law should, be done "at once. "Profiteering, the charging of ex tortionate ana unjustified' prices, which is stupid as well as unlaw ful, are' subject now to ample puni tive laws. Those laws should be enforced, others if necessary added, and the offenders both great and small should be pursued and pun ished, i 1 "The most essential remedy for high costs of living is to keep up and increase production and particu larly should every effort be made to advance the productivity of the farms. "The phrase, 'government owner ship means not only that the gov ernment shall own the railroads but also, it is to be feared, that those who run the railroads shall own the government. General government ownership under our political sys tem would inevitably bring about the mastery of the government by those ,who operate the machinery of transportation or of any other in dustries which come into govern ment possession. The rights of the general public, for whom all indus tries exist, would disappear under this scheme and nothing would be left to the people except the duty of paying taxes, to support the roads. "Over 600 Americans have been murdered in Mexico. Carranza in sulted the American' government in every possible way and still noth ing was done. We fell so low that when an American was seized by one of the many bands of brigands and held for ransom, all that the government of the United States would do was to offer to be the channel for conveying the ransom of their citizens to the highwaymen who had seized them. "We have watched and waited long enough. We need a firm hand at the helm. The time has come The Coffee r. i LvrmKer who finds : grounds for discomfort in his v coffee cup, welcomes a change to lo loss of satisfaction in "this richly flavored . , bevemde. All ihe pleas ures, of coffee, wifh not a bit of nervousness, indigestion . or sleeplessness. Made by Postum Cereal Si?8 to put an end to this Mexican sit uation, which is a shame, to the United States and a disgrace to civ ilization. If we are to take part in pacifying and; helping the world, let us begin here at home in Mexi co, -i i "Let the Mexicans choose as their president some strong and up right man who is friendly to the United States and determined to es tablish order and then let the Unit ed States give him a real and cor dial support, and so strengthen and uphold him that he will be able to exterminate the bandits and put an end to the unceasing civil war. U. S. Still at War! When the armistice with Ger manywas signed the course to be pvrsued was clear, i . . That course was o make the peace with Germany at once .and then take up for reasonable consideration the question of establishing such future relations with our -associates in the war ii would make for the future peace of the world. This Mr. Wil-. son prevented. He went to Europe. "He had apparently only one aim, to be the maker of a league of which he should be the head. He was determined that there should be a league of nations then and there, and in order to nullify the powers of the senate given by the constitution of the United States, he decided to make the league an integral part of the treaty of peace with Germany. Thus he presented to the senate, and intended to pre sent, a dilemma, from which he be lieved there was no escape. In or der to have peace with Germany, he meant to compel the senate to accept with it the league of nations. "The republicans of the senate, perceiving the dangers of the league, determined to resist Mr. Wil son's demand. The American people will never accept that alliance with foreign nations proposed by the president. The president meantime has remained inflexible. He js de termined to have ha't treaty as he brought it back or nothing, and to that imperious demand the people will reply in tones which cannot be misunderstood. Question Up to People. . "We have stopped Mr. Wilson's treaty and the question goes to the people. In 1916 Mr. Wilson won on the cry that 'he had kept us out of war.' He now demands the ap proval of the American people for his party and his administration on the ground that he has kept us out of peace. "The league must be discussed in every district and in every state and we desire to have the verdict so clearly given that no man who seeks to represent the people in the sen ate, in the house or in any place or in any degree, can have the slight est doubt as to his duty. "We make the issue; we ask ap- Co.attle Creek JEch, probation for what we have done. The people will now tell us what they think of Mr. Wilson's league and its sacrifice of America. , "They (the people) will tear aside the veil of words woven to blind and deceive and come down to the es sential and vital point Mr. Wilson's plan on one side and the independ ence and safety of the United States on the other. , Must Defeat League. "All Americans must join together in their own way and with their own arguments defeat Mr. Wilson's league as he desires it, whether amended by him or in its pristine simplicity." Senator Lodge charged the demo cratic party with responsibility for the "perilous conditions of the hour," and said, if the republican party fails to grapple it effectively, "the Ruesian descent into barbarism will begin to draw near." For the Future of the Country. "In making our contest before the people let us think of what the pub lic interest, the future existence of the United States, demand without any consideration of party effect. "Let us also in the battle we are to wage make no promises which cannot be performed. "Let us not promise any millen niums or pledge our faith to the per formance of impossibilities. Let us simply lay before the people our principles and policies, policies which are at once vigorous and prac ticable, and then pledge ourselves to do our utmost to carry these policies into effect. This we can do and we should bind ourselves no further. If the righteousness of our cause will not win, no false promises or delusive hopes will be of any avail. Let us be true to our highest tradi tions, because in. them we shall find both an inspiration and a guide. "Let past dissensions among our selves be relegated to history and forgotten by us. Let all honest dif ferences as to means and methods, if there are such, be set aside until No vember in order that the great and overruling purpose in which we all agree and which we long to achieve may be attained. Make our declara tion of principles so broad, so de voted to the one supreme object, that all may accept it and all work for the same dominant result. "Thus inspired, thus united, wt may feel assured that when the ban ners are lifted and the trumpets blown we shall march forth to a vic tory, not for our party alone but for principles and beliefs which are absolutely vital if the American re public is to contine on its triumphant course and the hopes of humanity, so bound up in the fortunes of the United States, are to be fulfilled." i r 4 rm ii i i iiMii m til ii raw v-i i rr mT f t t- 'ar-r a MEN DON'T COUNT AT CONVENTION; WOMEN OH DECK Gentler Sex on Hand Every where, Early and Late Some Play Real Poli tics, Too. BY NELLIE BLY. Written Exprel? for International vr Service. (Copyright, 1920. by International Newi Service.) Chicago, June 8. This the re publican convention is really a woman's convention. It's really the women who are doing the greater part ot tne work. Handsome wom en, s p 1 e n d i dly gowned, predom inated in the great crowds that surged in and around the polit ical headquarters f r.ll day. Men don t seem ; count for much but I presume they are off in their c o r n e'r s, hatching real political schemes. The women were on deck early in the day. , Mrs. Harding was at the Harding headquarters a little after 9. She was as bright and cheery as if she had not been up half the night. She went about shaking hands with everybody, calling them by name and smiling. A smile goes a long ways with the crowd. ' "Everybody advised me to take it easy this morning," she confided in me, "but I am a great believer in per sonal contact. I say, if you want a thing, you must go to the people who have it to give and ask for it. I once knew, a very homely man who wanted something from pne high in office. I told him-to go per sonally and ask for it. Others asked me if I did not fear the. re sult since the man had a mostun pleasing personality. I said no; the only way to get a thing is to go after it one's self." "So you are here meeting the pub lic," I suggested. "You see," she questioned, in re turn, and began again greeting every one just as if it were her show, and she was managing it very ably. Mrs. Johnson Receives Crowds. Mrs. Johnson received the admir ing crowds in the absence of her husband last night and she did it masterfully. Men and women passed in a long line before her and 1 am conhdent, from all 1 saw and Formerly BensorvThome Committee Chairman Calls G. 0. P. Delegates To Order In Coliseum WillUHays CHAIRMAN 1 REPUBLICAN 3 NATIONAL ICOMMITTge. heard, that each one left a real Johnson booster. I met William J. Bryan as I was coming out of the Congress hotel. He had on the funniest little hat in Chicago, It was soft; it fitted over the top of his head and had barely a quarter of an inch of a brim. "You don't have to hurry here as you did on your trip around the world," he said as we shook hands. "Can't," I replied; "Loo many peo ple, and then, what's the use? I don't have to brtak my own record." Everybody's entertaining every body. Clubs, societies and private homes are outdoine even the fame of hospitable Chicago. After all the headquarters, the clubs and as sociations, had placed at the dis posal of the guests their quarters, one very clever woman announced to a filled meeting, that she was for the "dark horse candidate," and she extended the welcome and privilege of the beautiful Michigan boulevard for the free disposal of the gue6ts. Every woman had on a different dress and a different hat today. At the republican women's headquar ters, where a crowded conference was held, the style exhibition was magnificent. Mary Garrett Hay wore a most entrancing blue dress, with hat to match, and Mrs. Mc Cormick's red feathered hat put the poppies to blush. i First Names Popular. All women call each other by their first names. Miss Hay notice Announcing an Exposition of Summertime Frocks v, nf Beautiful f - To Start Wednesday, June 9th PRESENTING the most fascinating assemblage of smart, cool, attractively designed summer dresses ever displayed in the Specialty Dress Shop lr ODELS combining to an exquisite de- ivgree daintiness of design with smart ness of effect and genuine, cool comfort whether it be a dress for ' MORNING use porch wear afternoon and informal occasions for sports wear at country clubs or for garden parties weddings vacation trips and country week ends. A SUMMERTIME frock that is faultless in its modish perfection for every summer activity at home or abroad. $8.75 . Dress Shop- Mrs. McCormick's late entrance. . "Ruth," she said, right out in the meeting, "you're too late; you'll have to stand. And Alice, you too." "Alice," was Alice Roosevelt Longworth. She was dressed in black taffeta, with a deep batiste collar and cuffs. But one couldn't fcaze a daughter of Teddy Roose velt. She pulled off her wide brimmed hat and plumped herself right down on the floor before the chairman's desk. Originality will have imitators. Richly gowned women immediately squatted upon the floor and Alice Rcosevelt sat like an Indian princess with a wigwam of up-to-date wom en in a circle around her. That didn't interfere with the meeting. Everything went on in a most businesslike way. Speakers had been allotted 10 minutes each. The chairman did not have to use once the paper weight she held as a gavel. Down at the coliseum the chairman of the committee settling the squabbles of the contending dele gates uses the gavel so continuously that my head ached. That's one of the little differences between a man's meeting and a woman's. Have Definite Object The women have come here with the definite intention of making a platform for the good of the people and the country. The men are here to "elect" a president. All the men big bugs are having a pow-wow. Old men worth millions, and the whole bunch from Okla homa, and Dupont, and other monied people from the east, were to get together last night and talk it over. They did not even suggest anything about cutting down the high cost of living or reducing taxa tion or improving the schools, and a million and one other things need- A frt rttif AmM4 ir n of Alter i to be. But the women did. They have in their platform, a proposed minis ter of education, increased school facilities, better pay for teachers, universal eight-hour work law, equal pay for equal service, reduction of taxation and stringent laws on ' profiteering. They have not said anything about money nor bar- gained for offices. I did not hear an excuse during the whole time of my visit to' Hoover's headquarters. I was rather amused hearing the men greet each other with the well known slang. "Hello, old thing, how are you," I'm rather provincial-' in my choice, of slang. Among the women I have not heard the word "lady" used; it is always the good old true term, "wo man." Really this is a woman's conven tion. ' ' Delaware to Cast First Vote for Coleman Dupont I hira crn Ttm ft TV1-3iiF4rjh' v votes in the convention are expect ed to be cast on the first ballot for T. Coleman Dupont, national com- 1 mitteeman. Daniel O. Hastings of Washinctnn will make tht nominat ing speech. Cotton Fabrics to $45 -Third Floor I.