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Show THE BULLETIN 100,000 to See World-Heral- d, July 23 to Honor Nominee. major party corv-Tw- o ventions sinks in. certain very def- Platforms inite conclusions cannot be avoided. In each instance, the two old political organi- sations have moved into virgin territory, entirely new fields. In the case of the Republicans, their Cleveland convention completely reorganized their party leadership and placed the responsibility in the hands of younger men, casting onto the ash heap along with the old guard leaders, many of the old time conservative ideas. ' In the case of the Democrats, their Philadelphia convention virtually created a new party. They went further toward the radical side than they have ever gone before. In no spirit of criticism, it must be said that the Philadelphia convention really gave birth to a New Deal party, as such. The one thing they kept was the Democratic label. The theme song of the Republican platform was molded out of the fabric that is part and parcel of the younger generation as distinguished from the attitude given birth and promoted and protected by the Penroses, the Lodges, the Smoots and others of that texture. This is to say that the Republican convention, for the first time in many years, has moved its campaign pronouncements out onto something approximating a moral plan, or at least the evidence is they have attempted to do so. The Democrats, having had ten days between the Republican convention and their own in which to study the Republican document and improve upon it, went considerably beyond their opponents in the language they used. They have made an appeal to the voters of the nation that surely will attract many thousands of voters to the support of Mr. Roosevelt. On the other hand, the Philadelphia convention proceeded to cast aside many traditions, many principles, which old line Democrats, who love the Jeffersonian theory, regard as their political bible, and they may antagonize that segment of the old party by so doing. .To state the proposition in another way, many observers and political analysts hold that white the Democratic platform contains fewer contradictions than does the Republican pronouncement and that, on the whole, it is a much better written platform, they have leaned so far to the radical side that they are leaving conservative Democrats and old guard Republicans only one place to go to the Republican candidate. This develops because, in the first instance, the old guard Republicans obviously cannot embrace a Democratic platform which they regard as too liberal and they have no choice but the Republicans. The conservative Democrats will have the choice to make. They can go to the New Deal party or they can remain as old line Democrats and swallow their pride of party affiliation long enough to support the Republican, Governor Landon. , One may look back over the doings at Philadelphia and recognize that the meeting unaer was thoroughly controlled Orders Washington. That was natural because the party in power obviously has all of the important federal offices filled with its own men. The convention in cluded among its delegates about 64 per cent of federal office -- j from . holder-delegate-s. That explains better than any way I know how the rule was so easily abrogated. That rule has been a sore spot in conventions for years. It has many times been the direct cause of bitter convention battles and has bred scores of bitter personal animosities. It was none the less interesting, however, to see the Philadelphia delegates toss out principles of the Democratic party with such utter abandon. I am convinced that the Democrats have not seen the end of the rule yet. There is every Indication that it will arise again when the next quadrennial meeting is held. There are plenty of Democrats who believe that the requirement of a vote of of all delegates shall be recorded for the man selected as the partys Presidential nominee is a protective measure. But when the convention voted out the rule, it took the Democratic party out of the hands of the South. It seems to me that the Southerners cannot be blamed for desiring to maintain that rule. This is their position: through all of the recent elections, the Democratic nominee has begun his campaign with the assurance that 11, 12 or 13 states in the South would give him their electoral vote. He could concentrate, therefore, on the North and the West. The old line southerners have held that since they always supplied from two-thir- ds two-thir- two-thir- two-thir- ds two-third- s to 140 electoral votes upon which the Democratic nominee could build, they ought to have something to say about his nomination, about the type of man selected. The rule gave them a veto power and they have used it many times. Now, unless the old line Demo crats again gain control of the party, the South will no longer be able to sit as the umpire in deciding the type of character of the man who will bear their party label in campaigns. The question may arise in many minds as to how the rule came tc be discarded so easily. Earlier ir this report to you, I mentioned that 64 per cent of the delegates to Philadelphia were federal office holders or party leaders selected by the Roosevelt patronage dispensers. The presence of those office holders and party leaders who have been bound to the Roosevelt administration in one way or another constitutes the answer. There were enough of them in the southern delegations to constitute a balance of ' power on close votej in state delegation caucuses. Hence we witnessed a good many southern states voting to abrogate the s rule over protests of some of their own numbers. TOrEKA, K AS. Tens of thousands of prairie state Americans, joined by additional thousands of visitors from every section of the United States, will gather on the grounds of the state house here Thursday, July 23, to hear Alf M. two-thir- Landon accept the Republican nomination for President. The quiet, businesslike governor, who balanced the budget of Kansas by simple economy, in his speech of acceptance, to be broadcast nationally, will tell the American people how he proposes to handle the problems of government. g Celebration. under the leadership Topekans, of their chamber of commerce, have arranged a program of pageantry which' will last from noon until nearly midnight. Indian ceremonies, parades and a giant fireworks display will portray the spirit and history of Kansas, and voice the typical prairie" states approval of Alf Landon. At the Kansas state fairgrounds 20 tribes of Indians will conduct a ceremonial barbecue at noon in colorful setting provided by th their villages of tepees. Haskell Indians from Lawrence, Kas., and groups from Marietta, will unite with other Indians from points as There is another circumstance as New York and Ariabout the Philadelphia convention zona to smoke the pipe of peace that I believe war-- with the Republican nominee. Quote rants mention. It 100,000 Can View Ceremonies. Jefferson may have gone un A triple parade, lasting an hour noticed generally and a half, will march down Kanbut just 160 years after Thomas sas avenue to the state house, beJefferson drafted the Declaration 4 p. m. at ginning of Independence, the Philadelphia than 10,000 Landon boostconvention of the Democratic par- ers More are marshalled to particibeing ty copied from the immortal Decin the parade, said Robert laration the famous phrase: We pate M. Owthwaite, president of the Tohold these truths to be Their line of peka chamber. march will be decorated with sunIt was a bold move on the part flowers, for as the sunflower was of the New Dealers to lift that planted by the pioneers to Jeffersonian expression and to guide those who early followed to their place it among the many new the- destination in safety, so is the Lanories and new ideals which they don sunflower destined to show the advance under the banner of what way back to the of the was the Jeffersonian party. Some American form .of security government. observers point out that this acThe notification ceremonies will tion may invite comparison be- take place on the south steps of tween the political ideals of Thomthe state where 100,000 peras Jefferson and Franklin D. sons will house, be able to see Gov. LanRoosevelt because surely there is don against the background of the much more in the Declaration of Infrom whijh he has sprung building dependence than the simple expres- to fame with the swiftness and sion that certain truths are power of a prairie cyclone. World-Heral- Gov. Alf M. Landon frolics with his son, John Cobb, 3. says the Republican nominee, then your children wont bear the burden of your mistakes. Pay-as-you-g-o, Day-Lon- two-third- ed ! self-eviden- t." In these days when the world, as Drouth Emphasizes Folly well as the American nation, is of New Deal Scarcity sorely troubled and 111. Drouth disaster Chicago, Talk disturbed, those plus artificial crop restricton, fo: who Americans are the second time in three About Peace years i convinced that isothe of thi demonstrating fallacy lation may ruin our country, can New Deal of economii theory find little satisfaction either in the Frank Ridgway Democratic or Republican plat- scarcity," writes agricultural editor of the Chicagi forms. This may not seem im- Tribune. portant until one looks back over Ridgway declared that it was dif the last two decades. Examination ficult for many to believe cropi of what has happened in that time are being destroyed so tha again is sufficient to demonstrate the sigcan qualify for payment: nificance of this isolationist trend farmers under new federal soil law the j by both major political parties. when the country, is faced with i The Republican plank on foreign shortage of human foods and live affairs has little to say and what it ' stock feeds, and foreign growi says is chiefly negative. The plank farm products are being imported drafted by the Roosevelt admini-- : into the United States in increas stration and adopted by the Phila- ing amounts. delphia convention is as nebulous feeling of pro as the milky way. Each platform testFarmers have a forced to clij against being deabout talks peace but it is or pasture their green oats to pre cidedly doubtful that either plat--; vent them from maturing a croj form has offered a genuine way of seed, or to plow under tons oi to obtain or maintain peace. green soy beans that would make It was only natural that the Re- - needed food for live stock this publicans should restate their op-- ! winter," Ridgway said. He cited position to the League of Nations. some instances of Illinois farmer! It was likewise only natural that who decided not to plow under theii the Democratic plank on foreign soy beans to receive govemmenl affairs should be full of glittering checks for $12 an acre when the; generalities because it is yet to be could make $15 an acre by harvest remembered that the late Woodrow ing the beans and selling them. Wilson has countless followers in the New Deal party who hold the Predicts G. O. P. Sweep conviction that the League of Nations, with American to support, Majority in House would solve most world problems. HI. The steady trend Chicago, It is obvious, therefore, that the toward Landon and Knox throughDemocrats could not commit the out the country will help sweep party either to League adherence a Republican majority into the or at the ap' house of representatives Except for the party split over the proaching election, says Earl Venold Wilsonian policies whose ideals ' able, executive secretary of the Restood as a ghost in the background publican Congressional campaign in the Philadelphia convention, one committee with offices here. We will retain all the seats we might have expected more definite ' declarations from the Philadelphia now have," said Mr. Venable, "and conclave. For example, the Roose- from among the remainder, now velt administration has sponsored represented by Democrats who reciprocal trade agreements. It came in on the 1932 a has' broadened American foreign sufficient number can landslide, be swung policy in many other ways but back to give the Republicans a comsome leader in the group that fortable majority in the new house, drafted the 1936 platform was which will Landon after his smart enough to realize that a dec-- : election." support laration on internationalism that was too strong would have brought Exports Drop Under New Deal about a vicious outburst at PhilaWashington, D. C. During PresIn delphia. consequence, almost ident Roosevelt's administration, nothing of a tangible character was cotton exports decreased 33 per forthcoming. vent, lard exports 83 per cent and Therefore, in summing 99 per cent, accordI wheat think it must be concludedup,that ing to exports of commerce redepartment both platforms have been drawn to appeal to Americans as isola- ports. tionists. Likewise, it occurs to Largest Peacetime Deficit me that the interpretation of their D. C. The nation: Washington, promises and plans and foreign deficit of 4 billion 764 million do policies by the two contending can- tars for the 1936 fiscal year, as r didates will be the more interestported by the treasury departmen ing as the campaigns proceed. was the largest peacetime defic Waatara Nawapapar L'mlaa. in the history of the United State: j , ! As Told tot Omaha, Neb. The Omaha for 50 years one of the Democratic newspapers of leading the Middle West and once edited by William Jennings Bryan, has definitely stamped itself as opposed to President Roosevelt and the New Deal policies his administration stands for. Mr. Roosevelt, as earnestly and passionately as Hitler once did, assails our own capitalist system, editorial. d says the By his sweeping onslaught Mr. Roosevelt has precipitated uncompromising war between the government he heads and private enter- Day of Celebration Planned 100 83 Bolts Roosevelt Landon Notified Washington. As the full mean fcf of the platforms of the two TALL TALES Old Bryan Paper Landon and Son Roosevelt Slips, Gallup Reveals New York City. A definite swing away from President Roosevelt since the nomination of Landon and Knox by the Republicans at Cleveland and since the Democratic national convention at Philadelphia is indicated in the latest poll reported by the American Institute of Public Opinion." On June 7 the Gallup poll showed the President as having 56 per cent of the popular vote against the fi?ld. With the campaigns definitely under way following the national conventions, the poll released July 12 showed the Presidents popular vote as having been reduced to 51.8 per cent, and having shrunk more in some cases in states normally Republican or doubtfuL A survey conducted among 3,000 persons in every walk of fife by Fortune magazine indicated that after three years of the New Deal 59 per cent of the persons questioned feel that they are no better off. Landon Amendments Pass Over Democrats prise . And . . just as tong as that war rages, the billions of credit and money tied up in the banks, idle and unused, will remain idle and unused. The millions of idle workers will remain unused, unless it be on public labor . . . This newspaper believes the American system, both economic and political, is not so desperately sick, so hopeless beyond cure, that it is necessary to kill and replace it with an order alien to our traditions, repugnant to all our Landon Urges Wisconsin to Save Its Ideal Homes Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis. with its thousands of beautiful homes and high percentage of home owners, is an example of much that is best in American life today," Gov. Alf M. Landon, Presidential nominee, wired the Repute lican State convention here. Your decentralized industry, including thousands of small manufacturing plants living and prospering side by side with larger corporations, represent an ideal and a balance for which we must strive and to which the Republican party is committed by its platform. Landons telegram continued: These small homes and businesses have been built by a frugal people schooled in the old fashioned virtue of thrift. I have never before known a campaign which has evidenced so greatly the quiet determination of men and women to save for themselves. and their children the things that we Americans hold most 'ear. The American people have an appreciation of the value of good government and are. prepared to fight for it. John D. M. Hamilton, national chairman, speaking at the convention, referred to American citizens as stockholders in the federal government, accusing the administration of misleading its stockholder: Your stockholders would like to learn, Mr. Morgenthau, why in recalling that the Treasury estimated in 1934 a $4,000,000,000 deficit for the fiscal year just ended, you omitted the fact that in the same year 1934, your Chief Executive promised that the deficit for this period would be zero, and before a United States senate committee as recently as last April you predicted . it would be nearly FRANK E. HAGAN and ELMO SCOTT WATSON Escape in Siberia PLUNKETT of SIR HORACE or Hod" Plankett as tha cowboy In western Nebraska and eastern Wyoming In the etrly days knew him, bad some thrilling adventnrea In the American frontier hut hia narrowest escape from death occurred while he was traveling through 8Ileria. One day his hone went lame near a Russian village. Being In a hurry to reach 8L Petersburg, he left hla horse there and hired another one, hitched to a sleigh. In the midst of a dark, dismal forest, he heard a howl and, looking back, saw a huge timber wolf pursuing him. Sir Horace lashed his horse Into a mad gallop but he soon saw that it was no nse. The wolf was gaining on him at every Jump. Just as the fierce beast sprang at him, Sir Horae dropped down Into the bottom of the sleigh. The wolf shot clear over him and lighted on the hordes hindquarters which It soon ripped to shreds. The terrlfled horse kept on running even after tt wns half eaten up. Then Sir norace sprang up. Ills whip gav the wolf a terrific cut. With a howl the beast sprang forward Just as the horse died and fell out of the harness which dropped on 7he wolf. Sir Horace then grabbed up the reins. By lashing at the wolf constantly with hla whip he kept It going forward, drawing the' sleigh behind It at a terrific pace. A few momenta later It raced Into a town and came to a plunging halt In front of an Inn. Out dashed a group of Russians who killed the wolf and, as Sir Horace stepped out of the sleigh, pressed forward to congratulate him upon his escape. The Humiliated Teeth LAKE CITY, baseball hugs 1 atlll refer to Joe Jenkins, their old catcher, aa the man who always wor a mask. The description la wrong; technically. Joe used a mask when catching, but the contraption he worn other times was s little net, slung under his chin. It acted as catcher, too whenever Joe's lower piste of 16 shiny, false teeth, worked loose. Without dreaming of being insulting. Joe laid the plate aside In a restaurant one night and went right on eating. It happened the teeth were on edge; they were so humiliated by hla act they rolled to the door and hid there. Next day, filled with remorse, the teeth began to hunt Joe It was a long search, filled with heart breaks. Once the teeth almost caught up with their owner while he was gulping an order of milk toast, missing by snapping distance only. One afternoon. Salt Lake opposed the Portland Heaven. The Utah team was three runs behind, ninth Inning; two out and the bases filled. Joe'd been In an awful slump and was benched. At this moment, fortunately for Salt Lake, something resembling u wide smile crawled up the players' bench and bit Jenkins where he carried hla eating tobacco. Whooping wildly, Jo leaped seven feet In the air. With hla right hand he snapped the prodigal lower plate into hla mouth; with th left he reached down for hla hat Joe slammed a home run over the left field fence, winning the game for Suit Lake by u score of 6 to & T.N SALT - Topeka, Kas. In the face of noisy Democratic opposition, the Republicans in the Kansas senate voted a resolution, 25 to 10, to limit the business of the current session to the passage of state constitutional amendments proposed by Gov. Alf M. Landon. Landon had suggested that the legislature enable the state to conform to federal social security laws. In considering the proposed the governor told amendments, the legislators, I desire to call attention to the fact that the platform of the Republican party adopted at its national convention provides for a plan of social security different from the social security act adopted by congress . . . Any proposed amendments to the constitution should merely $6,000,000,000 . . . grant to the legislature of the state Voters see in Gov. Landon a the power to enact laws to enable man who not only pledged his adthis state to join in any such final ministration to a balanced act for this purpose as may ulti- but a man who delivered budget, a balmately become the settled law on anced budget, Hamilton continued. this question. Presidents Spending Compared Debt $266 a Head Milwaukee, Wis. Appropriations Washington, D. C. The United of President Roosevelts admini. States national debt at the close tration which were unspecified by A Resourceful Cock of the 1936 fiscal year was 33 bilcongress totalled 13 billion 500 mil- ii'T'HE picture In my living room, lion 779 million dollars, according lion .dollars, or more than said Humming Bird Stevenson of to the report of the treasury de- times the combined unspecified eight apColumbia, Tenn, is not a reproducThat is a debt of ap- propriations made to ail the Presi- tion of a partment. freak of nature but u lifeproximately 266 dollars for every dents in the 143 preceding years, like portrait of Bllnky, my man, woman and child in the na- John D. M. Hamilton, Republican rooster. tion, or approximately $1,061 for ev- National chairman, told the state "Bllnky was a seasoned Irish gray, ery family. Republican convention here. a veteran who survived more pitting than any rooster In the history of -- one-eye-d Usury county. "That smear on the right side of his head to a glass eye. I know It's bloodshot I painted It that way to make the other cocks overconfident nis neck to n trifle corkscrewtoh that's because Bllnky, In feinting to overcome the handicap of a single eye; almost wrung his own neck. "The greatest pitting he won was when couple of city follows came to Columhta with their fighting birds and cleaned everything In sight "In the grand finale, Bllnky was matched against the city champion, an Allen round-head- , and I bet nil I could beg, borrow or steal at odds of 6 to 1. The odd were easy to get, for word was passed to the city allckera that d poor old Bllnky was a cock. I guess you know who spread the report "Bllnky never showed better Wherever the round-heatruck my pride sideslipped and put hla glass eye In front of the gaffs. After that the round head's needles were too dull to mend a pair of openwork stockings and the match waa In the bag. THREE LONG (Y)EARS I ! i one-eye- d ' i Wtirn I Nawapapar Unlaa. Standing Stone sf Stenna Very little Information about the Standing Stones of Stennea la available. It Is generally believed that the standing stone circle belongs to th Bronze age; Some authorities hold that the interior area waa used for a bnrlnl ground; tlila teems never to hnve been proved, but there appears to be no doubt that thpy were connected In some way with the burial ceremonies of the people who erected them. |