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PRESIDENT
0. ICS UK
ON LEAGUE
Wilson Puts Stamp of Ap
proval on Covenant Proposal
In Democratic Platform las
Drafted by Party Leaders.
HONOR OF U. S. DEPENDS
, ON FINAL RATIFICATION
Favor League As Surest, If
Not Only Practical Means
Of Maintaining Permanent
Peace of the World.
By GEORGE WILCOX.
Chicago Tribune-Omaha lire l-eaatd Wire.
San Francisco. Tune 27.-i-Pre.i-
vdent Wilson would have the, demo
cratic party assembled here say in
its declaration of principles that he
akiccu in a icasaiion vi uusumies
against the imperial German govern
ment upon the basis of a league of
nations for prevention of future war.
The president has been heard
from in approval of the league of
nations plank as drafted by adminis
tration leaders and the declaration
contains the emphatic statement that
the armistice was signed and the
tjeaty of peace negotiated . after
there had been an understanding
that there would be a league of na
tions formed with the United States
one of its component parts,
i Because of this the platform plank
approved by the president contains
the inference, if not the direct state
ment, that the honor of the United
States as pledged to the allied na
tions in the great war can only be
upheld by a ratification of the Ver
sailles treaty and league covenant
without nullifying reservations.
Follows Virginia Platform.
As finally drafted by administra
tion .platform builders, headed by
Senator Carter Glass, the league
plank is an amplification of the Vir
ginia platform, the first three para
graphs being as follows:
"The democratic party favors a
league of nations as the surest if
not the only practical means of
maintaining the permanent peace of
the world and terminating the in
sufferable burden of great military
and naval establishments. It was
for this that America broke away
from traditional isolation and spent
its blood and treasure to crush a
colossal scheme of conquest.
"It was upon this basis that the
president of the United States, in
i. ...:u ... .11;. e
consented to a cessation of hostili
(Vi niev. ...... --,
ties against the imperial German
government and upon this basis that
the armistice was granted and a
treaty of peace negotiated.
"We not only congratulate the
president on the vision manifested
and the vigor exhibited in the pros
ecution of the war, but we felicitate
him and his assistants on the excep
tional achievement at Paris involved
in the adoption of a league and
treaty so near akin to American
ideals and so intimately TJ,ated to
the aspirations of civilized peoples
everywhere
Endorse Wilson's Views.
' The . administration plank then
follows the Virginia platform declar
ation, altered somewhat in phraseo
t ttn to date and to
make it applicable Jo the whole coun-4-
try instead of a state, endorsing tne
president's views of America's inter
national obligations and advocating
prompt ratification of the treaty
without "reservations which would
impair its essential integrity."
Another amplification of the Vir
ginia platform which also has the
president's approval, is designed to
meet the cry that participation in
t'le league would mean the ruthless
slaughter of American sons in re
mote parts of the world, sent there
at tile whim ot tne cniei executive 01
the United States. This cry the plat-
Inrm dcnniinrps as "false and
n..c " nA 9s:iric that under the
league American soldiers could not
V IvIUUi ."u j . . . . .
be sent to fight anywhere in the
world without the consent of con-
gress. .
"A3 now drafted, and as :t will
be submitted to the committee on
..cniiit nm " catri a leading admini-
I ...... ' ....
. - J t. n4iir 'Ihtc
league pianic is regaraeu vy i icsi
dent Wilson as. best expressing his
views on this subject. I believe that
this convention wiM endorse me
president emphatically. True there
arc men here who are attempting
to stir up the spirit of revolt, who
would if they could, prevent the
c.:nAm f trm nrcsiHent from COn-
VJl, ..... - .
trolling the committee on resoiu- i
g ine comnmicc un itauiu-
but I believe that they w ill
J- -.11 1. II....
tions
r.;i
S, DUE 1 DClievC Ultll UICJ villi I
I oroDose to do all that lies
...uViln tnw nnu.-r tn secure the adoD
'. n -r,., nnu-r t r cpriire the adoo-
lion of this plank without any change
whatever. It may be that some slfght
changes in pnraseoiogy wouiu dc 0
cepted, but 1 ooudt n.
niMinMtc Active
" . , i
With the administration's position
1. W T Rrmn and
witn ine aaminisiiii fsii,u"
nn made clear. W. I. Bryan and
democrats who parted with Wilson
on the league issue are redoubling
their efforts to force a league substi-
tute on the convention. They wi I
f.rst attempt to elect senator waisn
VJ I mvuia.a J ........ . - - r .
Senator Glass, who is slated for the
chairmanship by the administration.
t M A.ii n t aa rhsirmitl in mare ni
Mother to Plead for Son
llnrbr Sentence of Death
w .
Santa re, xa., june .uri.
m i t r t. c tr: J n .. TJ..W.
V'll 1 IV J " ' v. - . j -
. . ' i fAHJn.. M.l.a n1s
VVaSi. VU IViUUUdjr win liianw ivn i
tor eccuiive ciciiicuiy iui ci auu,
u1m.ii WT U1ani-itf tinHiir sentence
1111 IV. 1 . T I ....' x. . , ... '
. v. i n f - . i - . i r
to nang July " ior tne muruer ui
ry.,A. n Aminnr of fsimix Titv. Ta.
Di..tt am a Hrivinir rnmnanion
.for Armour in the fall of 1916. when
the later was slain while making an would take naa not yet oeen ae
overland trip to California. 1 'trmined upon.
San Francisco Throws Down
All Bars Giving City Over
To Thousands of Visitors
Gayety Is Supreme Because Californians Have For
gotten How to Piwfiteer, Dorothy Dix Discovers
. Western Air and Mint Julep Inject Plenty of
Zest Into Convention Crowds.-
By DOROTHY DIX.
Q-r. trv, t tn c :.i
Jii i.nviavu, June A.-"jJCUal
Telegram.) Oh, myl but it's gay in
SanFrancisco on the eve rt( the rein
vention. What with the heat in Chi
cago and the Turkish bath atmos
phere and the drouth in the bars and
t4i ntt anit rtrieH nrnorram rf wriA
vas to be who in the nominations
ana tne convention Deing an oia ana
oft-told tale in Chicago, the republi
can convention was as dreary as 5 in
the morning, when nobody can get
up enough pep to care what happens.
But San Francisco is another pair
nf sleeves altogether. Here the air
is like champagne frappe. the sun
glints like molten gold on the waters
of the bay, the geraniums wave scar
let banners at you from every door
way, flags flutter from the lamp
posts, bands play, marching clubs
Parade the streets and everyone says
"Howdy" to you and tells you how
glad they are you have come, for
San Francisco is holding the first
big political convention that ever
rvif nut nf th Rnrkv mountains
and it's a Jrand new diversion to it
and it is having the time ot its young
life likewise. Judging from once fa
miliar odors that I sniffed in the
elevators and corridors of the hotels,
T AA..r t1i rnnrlnsinn that SOnie
of the delegates have discovered the
mlnt.KnrJ.r.rl enrinor in what is offl-
1111 ii ruui . . j. . - n
cially laid down on the map as an
arid desert. Also, tnis oeing a rcRu-
l-r Jvmnmtir rnnventioil with Mr.
Bryan in attendance upon it. there is
every prospect of a regular peach of
a fight over the league of nations and
the dry plank and every other scrap-
pable subject, all ot wincn puis ncan
into the situation and permits joy to
be unconfined.
No Profiteering Here.
Afnrntfr. when Sin Francisco
entertains a convention, she enter
tains it. I'll tell the world that.
She doesn't take you to her breast
1.A tn ml- vnii. as is the
wont of most convention cities.
On the contrary, her merchants are
forbearing to profiteer, and even
the taxis, and restaurants have not
taised their prices, which smacks of
nf miracles' You Can get
all of the sandabs meuniere which
are undoubtedly the ambrosia, on
which , the gods feasted on high
olympus that you can eat for 50
'ni: nA a Knnrli nf red roses as
big as your head ior two bits, and
with plenty of "sandabs ; and - red
i-ntp life i naradise enow as old
Omar justly remarked. ) ... ,
Mranger still in tne snops, no one
nniau fin vnn a tliflpnilR i'sOUve-
iiir" that you wilt , dump in 1 th.
garbage can the , hrst tnmg aner
you get home. ; The salespeople
treat you as a guest to whom it is
a pleasure to' show thetr lovely
things.
In San hrancisco mere are sev-
ririntat shnns that
are veritable museums of the art
of the Far East, lhfough tnese
NON-STOP FLIGHT
TO NEW YORK MADE
BY LARSEN PLANE
3
Record Established by De Luxe
Metal Plane in Trip
From Omaha. "
Chlrago Tribune-Omaha Bm Wtr.
New York. June 27. Aviator Lar-
sen passed over New York at 9:43
m. (New York time), complet
ing a non-stop flight from Omaha to
New York a distance of between
,100 and 1,200 miles. He will lana
in Staten island. , ,
Larscn, in his all-metal airplane,
iloted by Bert Acousta, ana Italian
(lier eft Omaha at 4 this morning,
tl. ....... 7,mi Vrt'rl trxnia)
Tin. return tn New York tonicht
completes the round trip to Omaha,
I" I
,arsen having left here a weeic ago
Saturday or Omaha to attend a
w In the eiant monoplane
when it left here was a large wed
ing cake.
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.
nlAkAlif KrAQhOr
Baptizes Converts
In Swimming Pool
The Rev. V. A. Bagley, pastor of
the
e 1-ree Methodist cnurcn, ror-
fth and Manle streets, took into
-
the membership of his church Sun-
. ir T If
me IUClllLll amp WI mo ww.
j ' t, attendants Mrs. Lulu Mav
It - . - i u i :.. nne 1... Ut
rjtfS of holly t,apt;sm, solomized at
,he bathin beach at Krug park at
rJISnop auu ndiinmc xji ua li j i."v
ic bathing beach at Krug park at
o clock.
TVi. niinticm service was ooened
by members of the choir singing,
yy
...
Nearer My Ood to i nee, ana onai
ur- n,fu - t,0 i?;r''- Tnstruc
earer My God to 1 hee, and snail
tions in the aith were theniven
. nnvrr offered bv the oastor.
thoge present' stan(jing with bowed
. . fter wMch the baptism tooij
. . . o he ,
.
SUITS Plan Demonstrations
Before G. 0. P. Candidates
L,asAin. JeJu""gis!?
I pian 10 hum unuunsuiiigns m
uom mi mu, uu .iviuiut
I .n Unci .Vin Cnatnr Martinff
- . ,
anil I .rtv.rnnr ( nll.H n- r fnrmal.
II U W vv uvri vviiuv.
r' rfl(A f t1ir ca1rttin aa tht
i iy
I re
J llVllllVU vs a. aivia a v a w aav
epublican party's standard bearers.
I r :
juisynmc fui, v.iiauiiiu m uk
National Woman's oartv. announced
heri tonisrht. Miss Paul said the
form which the demonstrations
wander a never ending proce
of curious and gaping ?
and their women fo" .v ,of .
bits Track, Nv r Jjflfiy.
Ind., who .xC, 4V -ook
at thatf . a . - tninkf
that!" at. " that swell!"
As they t lat-stomached Jap
anese god:, and grinning Thibetian
devil masks, and splendid Manda
rin coats, but who never buy so
much as a chop stick. And. they
aren't asked to buy, or scorned be
cause ..they don't buy. Courteous
salesmen show them about and ex
plain the mysteries of Lacquer and
Damascene, and Ming pottery to
them just as if they were collectors
good for a bg bill. For these peo
ple are guests of the city and every
San Franciscan feels himself a host
to them.
I have said the streets were gay.
Since the Shiners' convention, which
was held the early part of the week
in Portland splendiferous is the only
word that even remotely describes
the street pageant, for the Shriners
have descended on San Francisco
on all of the unchasented glory of
their gorgeous regalia, and wherev
er you go your eyes are dazzled
by the spectacle of men arrayed like
Solomon, in all his glory was not.
I had thought a beribboned and a
bebadged delegates wearing upon his
manly breast a life-siied sunflower,
or ear of corn, reinforced by a por
trait of his favorite candidate was
a beauteous sight, but he pales into
insignificance before a Shriner built
along the general lines of a bay
windowed sjumgalow. who adorns
himself in pair of white shoes,
long grass-green silk stockings, red
satin panties, a green velvet coat
embroidered in gold, with a red fez
set at top of his bald brow, and
there are many such here. Hun
dreds of tii em making the landscape
blossom as the rose.
Everybody Entertains.
In my secret soul I have always
pittied men because they were
doomed to wear a few hideous,
drab, tabular garments and I have
wondered Why they should not have
lovely ribbons and frillies as women
hftve. .
I know now that the convention
that , lays iron-clad laws about men's
dress is the mercy of God to "us.
Men are not to be trusted with
eolorSiUThey run to riot the min
ute they et a chance at i Every-
body.-Tvho is anybody in San Fran-'
Cisco is keeping open nouse ana
one , of , the notable entertainments
was the, party given, by the mayor
to the newspaper men on which was
staged a new moving picture with
a scenario by Irvin Cobb and Ring
Lardner, and with Sam Blythe.
Miles Lasker, Robert Egan and
other famous literary' lights, pro
duced by Marshall Neillan, taking
part in it.' '
COUPLE, DAUGHTER
AND GRANDCHILD
BEATEN BY MANIAC
Four Near Point of Death
" From Attack of In
sane Man.
CMcaa Trlbnna-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, June 27. L. Ov Brown,
a-wealthy WJieaton jeweler, his
aged wife, their daughter and a
tiny grandchild, were beaten to the
point of death today by "Nola E.
Robinson, , a maniac who had just
escaped from the asylum for the in
sane at Elgin, 111. Robinson married
a daughter of the Browns. He met
her while he was doing duty as a
sailor: in Grant park during the war,
and married her after a whirlwind
courtship. After he was discharged
from the navy he rejoined his wife
and they set up housekeeping in a
Chicago flat. Robinson soon began
to display flashes of mad cruelty
and became so violent that just be
fore her baby was born, Mrs Rob
inson was forced to take refuge in
the home of her pa'ents in
Wheaton.
The day after the baby was born
Robinson appeared at the home,
broke down the doors, abused and
struck his wife's mother and left
his wife on the verge of collapse.
Six weeks later he returned,
knocke'd down his ,:ister-in-law,
stole his baby daughter and -caped.
He was finally rounded up
at Dallas, Tex., on his way to Mex
ico. In the Wheaton jail he tried
to commit, suicide by slashing his
wrists. As soon as he was rdeised
he returned to the Browns' resi
dnece, broke down the loors and
gave his wife a terrible bepting.
For this he was sent to the asy
lum. Monday night he escaped from the
asylum and made his way to
Wheaton. He was armed with a bar
of iron picked up on the railroad
track and .with this struck down his
father-in-law, mother-in-law, witc
and baby. He also stabbed his wife
several times and then carried her
three miles, licking the blood from
her wounds, and finally threw her
on the steps of a farm house.
The skulls of both the elder peo
ple were crushed by the blows and
they and the wife are not expected
to live. The baby may recover, al
though physicians say its skull also
was fractured. "I hope I killed all
of them except the baby," said" Rob
inson when a squad of police met an
interurban, train and arrested him
today.
MAYOR SMITH
BREAKS Willi
POUCE HEAD
If Captain Dunn Is Fired Then
Chief Eberstein and Com
missioner Ringer Must Go,
He Tells Council.
THREE VOTE TO DISMISS
LONG-SERVICE DETECTIVE
Executive Declares He Has
Taken Last "Bruise" From
Police Administration "I
Am at End of the Rope."
If Police Captain John T. Dunn,
chief of detectives, is dismissed from
the police department and if Mayor
Smith makes good on declarations
made to city commissioners in exec
utive session and private, conversa
tion the last two days, the Dunn
case promises to start a sensational
shakeup of the whole, police admin
istration, involving both Chief Eber
stein and Superintendent Ringer,
Will City Commissioner Fal-
coner, when he returns to the city,
make Dunn's dismissal certain by
becoming the fourth commissioner
to vote a"gainst Dunn?
The two big "ifs" are these:
Will Mayor Smith"stand pat"
or change his mind?
How Mayor Says He Stands.
In an executive conference ( of
commissioners Saturday answering
Police Commissioner Ringer's insist
ent demand for Dunn's dismissal, the
mayor declared a willingness to vote
to remove Police Chief Eberstein,
if Dunn should fall. On another oc
casion within the last week, the
mayor said he would also be willing
in such case, to vote to remove Ring
er from the superintendency of the
police department.
In either event, judged by pre
vious expressions, the mayor's vote
would .give a majority' vote for the
respective changes.
Says Dunn Is Good Officer.
"I have suffered many bruises for
the sake of supporting the Ringer
police administration," said the
mayor, "but I have come to the end
of the rope and will go no farther
with Mr. Ringer in wrecking the PO7
lice " department. Captain Dunn is
one of the most capable officers the
police department .has had during
the-4ast IS years.". i U -. .
The mayor intimated during il.e
executive session that Chief Eber
stein had been instrumental in the
charges having been brought against
Captain Dunn, whereupon Commis
sioner' Ringer emphatically denied
(Continued on Page FItc, Column Three)
Adminstration Men
Select Colby to Lead
Fight at Convention
San Francisco, June 27. Bain
bridge Colby, secretary of state, has
been selected as floor leader for the
administration forces at the demo
cratic convention. He sits as a dele
gate from the District of Columbia
and comes as one of President Wil
son s spokesmen. Mr. Colby con
ferred with the president just before
starting for San Francisco.
Chairman Cummings of the demo
cratic national committee, it was
said, will take personal charge of
the administration program of elec
ting Senator Glass of Virginia chair
man of the resolutions committee
in the face of the fight being made
to elect aenator Walsh of Mon
tana. While Senator Walsh's supporters
disclaimed that theirs was an anti-
administration fight, the administra
tion forces in selecting Mr. Cum
mings to take charge of their inter
ests, declared they regarded the
movement as an antiadmtnistration
one led by W. J. Bryan, although
they did not consider senator Walsh
tn antiadministration man.
Records Broken in Flood
Of Aliens to United States
New York. June 27. All records
for the arrival of aliens here since
the resumption of immigration fol
lowing the war' were broken today
when 6,200 prospective Americans
flooded the Ellis island immigra
tion station. Twenty additional
guards were immediately placed on
duty.
Commissioner of Immigration
Frederick A. Wallis attributed the
increase to the activity of foreign
agents of trans-Atlantic steamship
lines.
Farmer Near Florence,
Going to Milk Cows,
Killed by Lightning
Norman Richard Fleck, 56 years
old, farmer, living two miles north
west of Florence, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed at 8
Saturday morning as he was on his
way to the barnyard to milk his cows.
Mr. Fleck was cafrying two pails
and the electricity coursed through
his arms and ripped the pails into
fragments. The bolt which killed
Mr, Fleck was the only severe
streak of lightning during the 30
minute thunder storm.
His widow and four children sur
vive. RevCMr. Batton will conduct the
funeral services, which will be held
at 2 Monday afternoon from the
Hoffman parlors. Burial will be in
Mount Hope cemetery.
NEW YORK MAN IS
CHOSEN TO DRAW
CAPITOL PLANS
Bertram nrncviftriA
Is Awarded Contract to Su
pervise Building of Ne- ,
braska State House."
Lincoln, June 27. (Specials
Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue of
New York will be the architect who
will prepare the plans for the new
state capitol for which a special levy
was passed by the last , legislature
which will raise approximately $5,
000,000 for the erection of the build
ing. The jury which has been work
ing Upon the plans submitted by 10
of the leading architects of the coun
try, after deliberating upon the plans
submitted since Friday morning de
cided today that Mr. Goodhue
showed the ability to draw up the
plans which in the minds of the capi
tol commission is needed. J
The plans submitted by Mr. Good
hue probably will not be the plans
from which the capitol will be built.
The idea of the commission and jury
was to discover which architect ap
peared to best carry out the ideas
they wanted covering beauty, ability
to get the space needed and still
come within the appropriation.
On the plans submitted the senate
chamber, representative hall and the
supreme court rooms all will be on
the ground floor, although there will
be a basement which will accom
modate a large number of the minor
departments and be furnished with
a cafe and other modern improvements.-
' '".'
Leading Architects.
According to the jury eight of the
plans submitted came from men
who are considered among the best
in the country, while three of these
are the cream of architects of - the
United States. Mr. Goodhue has
shown his ability along, archi
tectural lines, having designed "tfie
Santiago exposition the new West
Pojnt military buildings,' St. Thomas
Cathedral on- Fifth avenue,1 New
York, and the famous Princeton
groups of buildings.
From the standpoint of cheapness
(Continued on raa-e Two, Column Eight.)
Aged Woman Cared
For by Cops While
They Search for Son
Mrs. Daniel Lane, 65 years old,
who arrived in Omaha early yes
terday morning" from Indianola,
Neb., to visit her son, G. N. Lane,
is being cared for by Police Ma
tron Mrs. Ella Gibbons at the city
jail.
The son failed to meet his moth
er at the depot and Policeman Zich
attempted to find him. Mrs. Lane
remembered only that he lived
somewhere on Binney. street, and
that he was employed ty an aviation
repair shop.
Police Chauffeur Vance took the
woman in the police emergency car
out on Binney .street, from Sixteenth
to Thirtieth streets, but she was un
able to point out het son's home.
The woman, being destitute fi
nally was taken hack to the city jail
where s.he will be kept until her son
is located, -
Why McAdoo Doesn't
(Copyrtcht, 120. bjr tha Chicao Tribune.)
ILLINOIS GOES '
ON RECORD FOR
"MOIST" PLANK
. ..... . . .
Wet Members; of Delegation
Win 36 to 21 After .
r gy E, O. PHILLIPS. .
Chicago Tribune-Omaha Bm JLeaald Win.
San Franci sco, June 27 The I Hi -nois
delegation today went, on record
for'a .light Wine and beer plank in
the national olatform by a vote of
36-.to,21. .The vote was taken after
a;battle- that became- spectacular
at times and bordered upon a smash
tioat one. moment. The solid vote
f-Cook county was wet and enough
recruits were added from the down
state territory 'to make the .victory
de'ei'sive. ' Congressman A. J. Sahath
was sent to the resolution! committee
with , flat instructions to do' his ut
most cither in .subcommittee or in
the full platform committee, to put
over a plank that would permit the
manufacture and sale of light wines
and beer, as far as such can be ac
aCcepted by congressional action,
within 'the, limitations f the 18tli
amendment. " " .. ,
The record' vote was taken in die
face of a compromise resolution that
had been proposed by the avowed
bone dr'ys. The original resolution
offered by former Congressman
George W. Fitzian of -Newton ac
quiesced in naming Congressman
Sabatti as a member of the. reso
lutions committee, "but directing him
to take the position that no wet nor
dry statement be, permitted to go
into' the party declaration of faith.
'As the caucW assembled this af
ternoon . the., compromise resolution
was supposed to nave Comparatively
easy sailing. The Chicago wets went
into immediate action, carried thi
drys from the country districts off
their feet and, 'forcing a rollcall on
a ,straight-awa wet proposition,
won ' out. The ' sitbresolution as
adopted, was offered by Delegate
Robert McKinlay of the Englewood
district, who was a consistent dry
on all calls that he faced when a
member of the legislature. .
Chicago Evening American
To Cost Three Cents a Copy
Chicago, June 27. The price of
the Chicago .Evening. American,
dwned by William R. Hearst, will be
increased from 2 to 3 cents a copy
today. Increases in the cost of sup
plies, and labor were given as rea
sons. The other three Chicago eve
king newspapers will remain at 2
cents. '
Urge Modification of
Volstead Dry Measure
Indianapolis, June 27. Telegrams
urging avdemocratic declaration1 for
modification of the Volstead act
were sent to President Wilson' in
Washington and former Senator
Thomas Taggart in San Frencisco
by the Indiana branch of the Na
tional Personal Liberty league. v -
The Weather
Forecast. ,
Nebraska Probable showers
Monday; cooler.
Hourly Temperatures:
K . m . . .
A J. m . . .
7 . m . . .
a a. m. . .
a. m. . .
1 a. m . . .
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'WILSON ROLLER'
REJECTED HIM,
REED DECLARES
Missouri Senator Says Petty
Politics of .Machine May
AKeMFMany Votes for
Democratic Party.
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San Francisco, Cal., June 27.
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri,
whose claim to a seat in the conven
tion from tHe Fifth Missouri district
was rejected by the national committee,-tonight
gave oof-a statement
asserting that the action1 can be taken
as nothing more or less than an-ef-fort
to "exclude from the' councils of
'the party a itian whose- democracy is
unchallenged and unquestioned, sole
ly upon . the. ground that, in "thes
United States senate, acting tinder
his oath of office, he opposed the
league of nations-."
Senator Reed said he did notse.ek
the seat in the convention. "I was
elected in the first instance during
my absence in Washington," he said,
"and felfthat I could do nothing
less than respond to. the request of
the largest democratic district in' the
United States. The objection to my
credentials was purely technical.
May Hurt Party.
No one was here claiming the seat,
indeed, the alternate refused to take
the seat to which I had been elected
and sent me as proxy, authorizing
me to act in hi stead."
Continuing, Senator Reed said:
"The unfortunate partof it is that
if the impression goey'abroad that
men ought to be excluded from par
ticipation in the democratic coun
cils because they are not for the
league of nations as Mr. Wilson de
livered it, then a large percentage of
the democratic party throughout the
nation may feel that they are in like
manner to be excluded. If a similar
policy is to be pursued of excluding
those who do not agree with every
thing the machine of the party de
sires, it might result in the exclusion
of a man because he was a wet or
becauseihe was a dry. or because he
was in favor of woman suffrage,
or against it. The result would be
a minority party.
Technicality Plea Absurd.
"Any claim that I was rejected be
cause of any technicality arisipg
oyer the character of my credentials
'sinks into absurdity in view of the
fact that the 1 national committee
seated two delegates from the Pan
ama canal zone merely because they
came claiming to represent demo
crats of the zone who had assembled
on their own motion without any call
or authority from the national com
mittee. "Having done this act of justice to
.the democrats who were in the cana
zone and not represented, having
disregarded all technicalities, the
committee proceeded to deny me a
seat although I came as the undis
puted representative of a district con
taining 400,000 white inhabitants and
which regularly) gives a majority
without which the democratic party
cannot hope to carry the state of
Missouri."
Mexican Strike Growing.
Mexico City, Juiie 27. The strike
movement in various parts of the re
public is growing, dispatches to the
Mexico City newspapers state. Three
spinning mills in Puebla City have
been closed by a walkout for which
i'o reason was given, according to
Excelsior,
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ALL SET FOR
WARM TIME
Dry Issue, League of. Nations
And Irish 'Question Promise
To Furnish Plenty of Fire-
. works at Frisco.
STORM EXPECTED TO
CENTER AR0UNLBRYAN
Delegates in park as to. Stand
White, House tyill Take on
Prohibition But Little
Change in Candidates.
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San Francisco, June 27. Issue, y
rather than men, furnish the battle
ground for the democratic national ,
convention.
Candidates cannot be considered
until prohibition, the league of na
tions and Ahe Irish question have
been fought out on the floor. Con
tests over those planks in the party
platform . seem inevitable and the
convention is all set for a stormy
time.
The big fight is over William J.
Bryan's determination . to have "a
platform no wet can run on." On
this the administration or Wilson
forces appear so far to be pursuing
a hands-off policy. As yet no .one
knows what we expect from the
White House.
On the league of nations issue the
administration forces are lined up
for a plank modelled after the Vir
ginia platform which declares for a
covenant "without destructive reser- '
vations." Mr. Bryan and his asso
ciates want a declaration for the
league with reservations "to safe
guard every interest." The lines of
the fight over the Irish question
are not so clearly defined.
Little Change Apparent.
While the . question of issues ' is
boiling, little change is apparent in
the lineup.of strength of the" various
randidates. Cox and Palmer are ex
pected to go in for a- test of strength
011 the first ballots, much after Hie
matter of the Wood and Lowden
race at the republican convention.
In the background, waiting to ap
pear at what they consider the-psy-chologicat
moment, are the invisible
and intangible, but admittedly for
midable forces working for McAdoo.
The Cox people profess to have
enough strength to eliminate Palmer
On the preliminary ballots; and then
plan to pit their candidate against
the field, which by nature of Mc
Adoo's position, includes- him,- The
Palmer forces, pointing to the anti-y
saloon declarations of war on Cox
and Bryan's expressed views.on the
s?me subject, apredict that any ac
cessions to another candidate will
not be made from their strength. -
- Meanwhile both the Cox and Pal
mer managers are borrowing dele
gates from the field to make a show
ing on the opening ballots. In line
withHheir policy of forcing the nom
ination to call their candidate, the
McAdoo people are laying back in
the open but are very busy among
the underctirrenjs corraling delegates (
(Continued oa Page Two, Column Six.)
Criticise Government
For Delaying Action
In Londonderry Row
By JOHN STEEL. ,
w York, Timcft-Chlrairo Tribune Cable.
Copyright, 1910. ,
Londonder, June 27. The city
magistrates and leaders of trade and
commerce held ameeting here Sat
urday. Gen. Campbell, Governor Derry,
two tinder-secretaries for Ireland,
Sir John Anderson'and James Mc-'
Mahon, who came specially from
Dublin, were among those present.
They met to consider the situation.
The general described the military T
steps taken to insure public safety,
and the chairman of the Chamber of
Commerce bitterly criticised' the
government for delay in taking ac
tion. This delay, he said, was re
sponsible for many casualties. He '
also said the delay caysed much
destruction of property. McMahon
promised the troops will have all
the civil support needed immedi
ately. It was decided to hold another
meeting. .
Mining Companies
Protest Proposed
Increase in Ore Rates
.Washington, June 27 Protest
against any increase In the rates
on iron ore was made in the Inter
state Commerce commission by J. P.
Muller, representing 69 iron ore
mining companies operating in Min
nesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Mr. Mullcr's petition, presented
at the general freight advance -hearing,
said rates on irtyi ore
were now sufficiently liign and
that any increase would benefit only
a few carriers while increasing to
all railroads the cost of equipment
and maintenance. This, in turn, the
petition said, would make it neces
sary for the roads to ask for an
other freight increase.
Woman Appointed Town '
Marshal of Jackson, Wyo.
Jackson, Wyo., June 27. Miss
Pearl Williams was appointed town,'
marshal of Jackson by the all
woman administration elected nt the
last municipal election.
All appointees so far have beet
oiucn.
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