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
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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
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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.
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