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Show THE BULLETIN GOVERNOR ALF M. LANDON a Landon, Knox to Lead for G. 0. P. With Unprecedented Una- nimity Republicans Pick Party Standard Bearers. By WRIGHT A. PATTERSON Cleveland, Ohio. With a unanimity that waa remarkable and very rare In American polltlca Gov. Alfred M. Landon, of Kansas, and Col Frank Knox, f Chicago, were aomlnated by the Republican convention for President and Vice President But It waa a unanimity that waa arrived at only after several daya of strenuous argument regarding both candidates and platform. An argument that was at timet loud but never unfriendly. It waa a result the new lead-er- a of the party had hoped for. They expressed themselves at willing to talk It all out, regardless of how long It might take, until every delegate from every state was entirely satisfied. That result was evidently achieved. The platform was approved by the unanimous vote of the convention. Both candidates were nominated by a unanimous vote, and at the end had the support of every other distinguished son f the party who had been a contestant for the places on the ticket And tlie band played: "Hall 1 Ilall I The Gang's All Here." But If it were to be classed as a "gang,1 It was a new one. The white r bald heads of previous Republican conventions had given place to black heads. Age had given place to youth. The few silvered heads to be seen were following the procession, not leading It Touth was the dominant feature of the Republican convention of over what was to be the policies of the Republican party for 1030. Senator Borah was especially Insistent upon a number of points Including money, foreign relations and monopoly. On the money question the committee, In the end, refrained from any mention of gold, but after the adoption of the 'platform and before the nomination Governor Landon very definitely read gold Into his interpretation of the platform. After Its long hours of labor the resolutions committee brought to the convention a platform on which all members of the committee had agreed, thus precluding any possibility of a fight on the floor of the convention, and which the delegates rnnnlmously accepted. Condemns the New Deal. Quite naturally the platform condemns the present administration for practically everything it has done. It charges that the administration has dishonored American traditions; the usurpation by the President of the powers of congress; the violation of the rights and liberties of American citi zens; the flaunting of the Integrity and authority of the Supreme court; the pasaage of laws contrary to the Constitution; repudiation of national obligations ; the creation of a vast number of new offices, and the filling of these with political favorites, setting up a centralised bureaucracy ; the mak 1030. It was a gathering of younger men and women. They were taking their politics seriously. Each one, or each group, knew the answers to the nation's problems, and right or wrong, they projwsed to fight for their opinions. They were not taking orders. They recognized no bosses. Each was there to do a Job as he or she believed It should be done. Such a condition a condition I had never seen before In a third of a century of attending national political conventions quite naturally produced an argument It Involved the platform even more than who the candidates should be. The East and West did not see alike on many subjects. The corn belt differed with both the East and West. Delegates from each section saw the national problems as they applied to their section, and youth in politics had not yet learned the necessity of compromise. It resulted In emphatic, but not unfriendly, argument, and meant long hours for the resolutions committee. Long Hours on the Platform. The convention was scheduled to open at eleven o'clock Tuesday morning, but the gavel of Chairman Fletcher did not call the great assemblage to order for an hour after that time. The first session was sJiort and .consisted only of the appointment or the convention committees including those on credentials, rules, resolution and permanent organization. The resolutions committee went Into session at once with the exiiectatioii of reporting a platform by Wednesday nlgiit It waa then that most of the argument began. All afternoon vr Tuesday and well into the night individuals, organizations and taction were presenting platform planks more than iinlf a liumliiil altogether. Everybody who wished to present an idea was hianl. ami every Idea had one or more pmpotuMif r.n tin; commit toe. Kaeh iiiemlier ir tl;e it seemed, hud ideas for one or inure planks or for i.'on'piri platform. n'v'M. Through Tuesday tlinmy'i Vedi)o!av. V. nbfwla.v i.l,l,t ami all day Th:ii;.i:;; ! im c....;.::'tve. tailored serious-minde- d aaftBsmsB. . irii ft i ' f COL. FRANK KNOX Ing of secret tariff agreements that have flooded American markets with foreign products; it has appealed to passion and class prejudice, and many other things that are viewed with alarm. Party Pledges. The first pledge in the platform promises to maintain the American system of government; to preserve the American system of fre- - enterprise. private competition and equality of op portunity. On the subject of relief it proposes the return of rvpoiislhllliy to local organization, with federal grants to the states and territories so long as the need la urgent. The platform condemns the present old age and unemployment insurance laws and promises to replace these with laws that are workable, aud that will provide for all the adult al On the subject of agriculture the platform charges the New Ileal with taking to Itself the Republican principle of soil conservation and the re tirement of lands, and approve of these thlngn. It proposes to foster und protect the family type of farm, and I) promote policies that will bring about an adjustment of agriculture to meet the needs of domestic nnd foreign markets. It proiMwim to facilitate production and Increased conInsumption on a basis of uhund.-iiicstead of scarcity, ami proposes several ilelinltc means of doing that. Oilier subject covered In the platform relate to labor, tariff, monopolies, civil service, government linauee Including a stopping government waste und buiniwlrg al e the budget, money and banking, and other things. The real highlights of the convention came on Wednesday and Thursday nlghiK. On Wednesday night former President Herbert Hoover addressed the assembled multitude. Every seat was tilled, every foot of standing space was occupied. The tremendous demonstration that greeted Sir. Hoover as be Hepped to the front of the platform, a demonstration that neither Chairman Snell nor the former president could stop for more than 30 minutes, and another lasting for nearly an Imur at the close of his address, thoroughly Illustrated the place the former president has In the hearts of the Republicans of America. He delivered a terrific arraignment of the New Ieal, and aroused bla audience to a very high pitch of enthusiasm. He did not In any way indicate any preference as to the party candidate, or any desire to Influence the deliberations of the convention. Hoover Gets Ovation. Mr. Hoover arrived at Cleveland Wednesday morning and was met at the station by a vast multitude of people who gave him a tremendous reception. All through the afternoon thousands crowded the reception lines for the privilege of a handshake. It all marked Herbert Hoover as the Idol of the Republicans of the nation. With the nomination of Governor Landon on Thursday night Mr. Hoover ceased to be the titular head of the party, but he retains the affections of the members of the part'. On Thursday the convention met twice und Immediately adjourned while awaiting the report of the resolutions committee. It was not until nine o'clock In the evening when that report was received, was read and Immediately unanimously approved without a roll call. The bombshell of the convention, and there la usually at least one, came just after the adoption of the platform, and with the Introduction of John Hamilton who nominated Governor Landon. Mr. Hamilton had just received a telegram from Governor Landon, and he read It In that telegram Governor Landon gave his Interpretation of some of the planks of the platform. The platform makers, out of consideration for Senator Borah, bad carefully refrained from any men tion of gold In the money plank. Governor Landon said: "The convention advocates a sound currency . . . That; as I view it, la a currency expressed In terms of gold, and convertible into gold." Any mention of gold was the one thing Senator Borah had strenuously opposed, and there It waa definitely read Into the platform If the convention .nominated Governor Landon, and a few minutes later that la just what It did without a roll call and with one mighty and prolonged shout of approval. Governor Landon had dona the thing the resolutions committee was afraid to do. In the same telegram he gave his Interpretation of other planks In the platform. If necessary, he proposed a constitutional amendment so the states might legislate for minimum wages and maximum hours for women. Another statement referred to the merit system In which he pledged himself. If elected, the Inclusion of every position In the administrative service below the rank of assistant secretaries Including the entire Post Office department Then came the nomination for President. Board Bandwagon. Through a week proceeding the opening of the convention the managers of the Landon, Knox, Borah, Vanden-ber- g and Dickinson campaigns had been tireless In their solicitation of support for their candidates. There had been an effort made to combine the support of the various candidates against Landon, whose manager waa claiming a nomination on the first ballot. On Thursday afternoon every candidate climbed Into the Landon bandwagon, released their delegates, recommended that they vote for Governor Landon, and following the nominating speech of John Hamilton, the landon manager, Senator Vandenberg, Senator Dickinson, Colonel Knox, each came to the platform to second the nomination of the governor of Kansas. There was no roll call. Gorernor Landon was nominated by a shout that was heard throughout the nation. The Republican party was unanimous in its choice of a candidate for President of the United States. The demonstration that had followed the first mention of Governor Ijindon's name by John Hamilton lasted for more than half an hour. With the exception of a selection of a Vice Presidential candidate the show was over In the early hours of Friday morning. While the delegates and the audience did not know It, the convention bad adjourned to meet again at ten o'clock Friday. Shortly after that time a roll call of the states begun for the naming of Vice Presidential candidates. A usual they were numerous, more because It gave delegates an opportunity to make a speech before the convention thnn because they represented any hojHj of a nomination. .Michigan was strong for Senator Vandenberg. but the senator again announced, as he bad done twice before, that he would not accept such a nomination, while at the same time expressing his determination to work for the success of the ticket. In the end, most of those named by enthusiastic supporters withdrew. There was one roll call, and on that call every state delegation cast its solid vote for CoL Frank Knox, a unanimous selection as hail been that of Governor Landon. Within a few minutes the entire show was over and the fight for the election of the ticket the Republicans had named was on. Tli decision will be west Noveudicr. LEST WE TORGET TALL TALES As Told to: FRANK E. HAGAN and ELMO SCOTT WATSON California, Here I Come besides the movie press SOMEONE get busy and sing the ' OMBOm MAVSUnHMEXlD: THEIRS SOT TO MAKX BUT, THEIU XHUU To Commemorate HOT TO KEA50K WHY, SliXXO BO AND VII. roncfsox. the Tragic Deaths Occasioned by the Airmail Contracts Cancellation. Says Nation Is $25,000 FARMS Matanuska, Alaska Five million dollars is now estimated to be the total cost of the Tugwell project here to which 200 Minnesota families were moved for a "fresh start In life." On that basis the total cost to the taxpayer would be 125.000 a family. So severe are the Alaskan winters and so unsatisfactory the farm land and the bureaucratic management, It is expected that only SO families will remain. This would bring ths average cost to $100,000 a family. home-steadin- g Facing Inflation Roosevelt Monetary Adviser Dog Tale Declares Peril Here Is Paul Bunyan established! year TUB lumber on the Big Onion camp 'Very Great. river he bad a great deal of trouble) NEW YORK. The danger of a wild inflation is grave, James Harvey Rogers, the Yale professor under whose guidance President Roosevelt bolted the gold standard and adopted the policy of a managed currency, declared. His Looks Like the Erosion Is Ruining the Treasury Phoenix, Ariz. The WPA will spend S3G.419 to "correct" the erosion along seven miles of United States Highway warning came as a shock to his listeners In s meeting of the Academy of Political Science. They had expected him to defend the President's actions. Prof. Rogers, In Justifying his previous position, said that with the setting up of the new monetary system controls had been provided. Great cars was taken, be said, not to permit the devaluation of the dollar to Increase member bank reserves. Largely to assure this result the two billion dollar stabilisation fund was created. Acted to Avoid Inflation. "In the new banking legislation still further care waa taken to provide ad ditional and entirely ample power to curb any undesirable Inflation which might make Its appearance," be said. "The authority of the new board of governors of our federal reserve system to raise the legal reserve requirements of the member banka by 100 per cent if necessary would seem to be a sufficiently powerful check for any probable emergency. "With such safeguards provided In the monetary legislation and with such powerful checks In the bands of our central banking authorities, what then can be the danger from even large and continued budget deficits? Deficits Are Danger. "The answer Is clear. Continued budget deficits require continued treasury financing. Treasury financing at reasonable rates requires easy and plentiful money conditions. But all the checks to Inflation provided In our money and banking system are based upon reversing our easy money policy and turning It Into a tight money policy. "Hence, continued budget deficits and the resulting heavy government financing will lead to an Inevitable clash between the policies of our treasury and those of our central banking authorities. Which policy will win? In all the post-wa- r Eurojwan Inflations It was those of the treasuries. The Inflation peril here Is very great" 80 In southwestern Arizona. The following description Is provided by the WPA: "The construction of the highwsy through this section concentrates drainage In the borrow pit so that erosion has since scarred the right of way. It la planned in this project to fill these objectionable ditches and to construct Class C concrete spillways and filling wells to prevent further detrimental soil loss; together with rounding and sloping of all slopes and beautifying rock gardens and parking areas with local desert flora. Beautlflcatlon and prevention of erosion are the particular alms of this project" Perhaps the WPA Is unaware of the fact that the aoll erosion service, spending millions of dollars of WPA and PWA funds, ia already on the scene in this same region where It is undertaking the greatest erosion, control project In the world. New Deal Caught Spying on Itself! Washington. D. C With the reverberations of Inquisition charges against the Black committee still thundering over the capital, the Roosevelt administration found Itself In the embarrassing enigma of having been caught spying upon Itself, so to speak. A man who apiwarrd before the committee. Identifying himself as "David Stock, attorney, 170 Broadway. New York" and "associated with a firm that Is counsel for many corporations," was so far opposed to the other corporation attorneys present In his defense of the "surplus tax." he aroused the suspicion of the committee, the majority of which Is composed of New Deal henchmen. The man supported the President's tax plan vigorously. When asked if he was not a lobbyist for the treasury department he refused to answer. Ijiter Arthur Kent, general counsel for the Internal revenue bureau, admitted that Stock is s special counsel for the federal communications commission. ; Red Tape Scares Away Bids on PWA Project So discouraging Is the red tape under Roosevelt bureaucratic administration, only three contractors here offered to bid on the PWA'S Sl.WO.0liO housing project on the West side. The head of one of the country's largest building concerns, located Chicago. In Chicago, explained: "Red tn; nnd approval by countless officials tie up everything. Samples have to he approved by one after another official In Washington. Plans drawn by Chicago's best architects have to go to Washington and wander back and forth from one official to another, most of whom know nothShop drawing of local conditions. ings have to be approved. Nothing can be done unless Washington ap- proves. Naturally, all this red tape and delay are boosting prices. The 2.7W1.0OO cubic feet In the Jane Addnms houses will cewt about 4Vt cents per cubic foot, bawl on the lowest bid of $1,310.-00This Is higher than a recent bid on one of the finest residences on the North shore." New Deal praises of California. For California always does things on the grand scale. A couple of visitors from went out there one summer. One of them waa so overawed by the size ef California mountains that ne turnea back home, but the other remained. This fellow staved one nluht at the' house of a native Californlan. lie con- -' f eased, at breakfast, he liked an egg and he liked It soft boiled. What did: they do but wheel In an egg the size. of a Sour barrel, place it Desiue me. lady of the house and chisel into it with a billiard cue. When questioned, the host confessed that the egg wasn't the work of a.' single hen but had been laid tlvely by bis entire flock. After breakfast the visitor left' lie reached a rlrer before noon and' was ferried across by s strange-ap-- ! pearlng craft. "Is this business a paying oner be; asked the ferryman. "Hardly enough to pay for raising! the boat, stranger," was the reply.: "This boat was grwn as s pumpkin,: mister. Cut from a pumpkin shell.) raised In that iwitch over thar." "Over by that barn?" asked the vis- -, Itor from Connecticut. "Barnr replied the native. "Say,, that was a pumpkin, too. But I blast- ed a hole In it and now I let the stock Inside whenever there's wet weather! ahead." ; j j Visions Rise ia National Debt D. G The United Washington, States national debt on April 8 stood at 31 billion 410 million dollars, nearly 2tf billions over the debt on April 8 last year. Acting Budget Director Daniel Bell told a congressional committee he expected the debt to soar to 34 billions by July. THE CRACKER BARREL Guess who said this: "If we run Into such debts as that we' must be taxed in our meat and In our drink, in our necessaries and our comforts . . . our people (the English) must coma to la- -, bor 16 hours in 24, give the earnings of 15 of these to the jovernment for their debts and daily expenses; and the six-- i teenth, being insufficient to afford us bread, we must live as they do. on oat-- i meal and potatoes . . ." The above Is a quotation from the father of Democracy, Thomas Jefferson. ft uyu no surprise to Watuhetitr county, N. 1 what fresh wafer streams art limited to a rw babbling brooks, when the county received a conuenment of chloride of lime for food relief purposes. V estchesier previously had been given an alloimenl of SWOJM0 to eradicate, malaria lever, although there hadn't been a cast ol malaria remrted in 30 ytars. with rats and mice. They ate up the; scraps of buffalo milk pancakes tbat, Big Joe, his camp cook, made and grew, bears. to be ss big as So Paul sent over to Michigan and. got s pup tbat was part wolf and part elephant hound and began feeding him on bear milk. In a little while this pup, whom Paul named Sport, was big enough to clean up all the rats audi mice around the camp, so Paul decided: to send him after bigger game. Be. trained Sport to become a moose terrier and all Big Joe had to say waj "Sport, go out and get me a mess; of moose," and Sport would do It One night Sport waa playing around: the horse barn when Paul mistook him, for a mouse. Quick as a flash he hurled an ax at the animal and to his horror found that he had cut Sport ia, two. Quickly realizing his mistake., Paul picked up the two halves, stuck-- , them together, gave the dog first aid. and bandaged him up with strips torn, from 87 horse blankets. The' next morning Paul discovered! that In bis haste he had twisted Sport's two halves so that the hind: legs pointed straight up. But thisi proved to be an advantage after all.' for the dog learned to run on two legs a while, then flop over without loss of speed and run on the other two. Sport was a good trailer, too. Once when he was out In the woods with Paul tbey discovered the skeleton of a moose that had died of old age. Just; out of curiosity Paul picked up the' back tracks of the moose and showed them to Sport So the dog started back over the moose's trail, and before sunset he had led Paul clear back to the place where the moose was born. The Grateful Rattlesnake . TATHAM. editor of the 8a- County Reporter at Hemphill, Texas, doesn't agree with most people that the rattlesnake la always That's because of an experience of a fanner In his community. This farmer found a rattlesnake Taking pity on caught In a steel-trap- . the snake, he released It and It quickly slid away in the chaparral But Imagine his surprise, upon returning home, to find that the rattlesnake had followed him. The reptile acted so friendly that the farmer didn't have the heart to drive It away and It soon became one of his favorite pets. That winter the farmer moved from his ranch Into town. The snake again followed blm and made Its home under the house. One cold night It colled up on the doorstep and looked so pathetic that the farmer allowed it to sleep under the stove In the kitchen. The next morning the farmer heard a commotion downstairs. Rushing Into the kitchen he saw a strange sight. A burglar was trying desperately to release himself from the grip of the snake which was coiled tightly around his neck with Its tall stuck out the opened window and rattling frantically. A moment later a squad of police burst Into the kitchen door. They had heard the snake's burglar alarm and had come to capture the culprit and lead him away to Jail. CSC. cold-hearte- C Western Nrwupaper Union. The Aingt of Saturn. The rings of Saturn spin around the planet rapidly. It Is believed tlint they consist of a swarm of separate particles, ench following Its own Indeiiend-en- t orlilL By means of a spectroscope the velocity of any point of the ring has been determined and It has been' found that particles on the Inner edge' of the ring revolve about the planet In approximately five hours, while those on the outer edge require nhmit 14 hours for one revolution. |