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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX. KAYSVTLLE. ITTAn is Nominated scarcely an hour of the day or tjigl t when he was not In eomtminicatiou with his friend John T. King. He knew all that was going on, and it is fair to assume that In ust cases he knew he for hum that I, was going to go on. What hupi ened. happened because lie widest i It should happen. This is not written exactly in criticism, for It may be that what Pennine decreed will suit the mrty and result tn Its victory In November. But the fact cannot he blinked that some emtneut Democrats who uttemlisl the conven- Ion went away with grins ot ali'f.ie-tlon decorating their face To go back to the beginning, some-thin- g must e said of the keynote address by Chairman lawlgc It was one of the most scholaily efforts of iis kind, and the great mass of the delegates, to say uothing of the audience, utterly failed to comprehend it The senator did not once descend to the level of most of his hearers and ion he failed to arouse any sequent great lueiiMire'of enthusiasm. it was notieable that Ids addiess as well its every other speevh and the plattoun as well, devoted its denuin in pages not to the Democratic party as usually the case, but to Fresl-den- t Wilson It .was always his acts and his policies that were condemned and the language used in dealing Of com sc with him was scorching. tne reason for Lids is that, from tin Mr. vlewjMdnt of the Republicans, W ilson has been tin Democratic party for the last seven years. The first day found three candidates In the forefront of the race for And while the prethe nomination. liminaries were completed their work ers were straining every nerve to have them makti the best possible showing These men were on the first ballot. Governor low den of Illinois, General Wood and Senator Hiram Johnson of From their elaborate California. In the hotels swarms of headquarters men ami women fleck, ed to the Coll s. um with banners and buttons and I ti-a- -- f. Bv EDWARD W. PICKARD. i utive budget and condemnation of the satisfied with no less. A plank was this inserted In the platform urging Refinancial reform was coupled with publican legislatures that have not caustic characterisation of the manner acted to the suffrage amendin which the president, according to ment, but ratify did not tha they the Republicans, clings to his war time ladies. In the last few appease moments of powers. Revision of taxation also is the last session they dropped from a demanded. balcony a great yellow banner on Conilrig-vt- o the- - great of the which was the statement that they high costf living, the committee drew wanted votes, not planks. As for the up a declaration to the effect that the lr'.sh, they too. made a big demonstrapresent conditions are the result of an tion in Chicago and DeValera, the Inflation of the currency and of credit was pre. dent of their "republic which the party pledges Itself to cor- there to deliver a a before speech rect by deflation, the prevention of great gathering. But something went unreasonable profits and the stlnniia-tiowrong with the plans, and the plank of private thrift by a change In which was tentatively shaped for the the income tax law. The party re- platform suited them so little that it affirmed its belief In the protective was omitted entirely and nothing put tariff and pledged the encouragement in its place. There was a story that of an American merchant marine by this resolution had been drawn up by the application of tha workman's com- Justice Coha lan of New York In the pensation act and the exemption front hope that It would be unsuitable and canal tolls of the merchant marine. that the Democrats in San Francisco Profiteering w at condemned, govern would be enabled to take advantage ment ownership of railways opposed, of the circumstances. So, though conwaterways "encouraged and the regula, siderable space has perforce been tion of Industry and commerce promgiven to the platform of the Republiised In order to prevent monopolies. can palty, It Is not because It must Resumption of trade relations with be considered as a great or a particulevery nation with which America is at arly strong pronouncement. Lots of peace was pledged. No changes were men and women in the party are far promised in the existing immigration from pleased with many parts of It laws, but the bettering of naturaliza- and it must be confessed that the tion luws was pledged and the party writer failed to find any one who was went on record as favoring a policy crazed with enthusiasm over it. by which American women who marry The story of this convention would presidential veto that defeated " For President: Warren G. Harding, of Ohio. For Vice President: falvin Coolidge, of Massachusetts There is the ticket with which the Republicans hope and intend to regain possession of the national government next fall For president, a man from the home stats of many presidents, a statesman of long experience and a solid Republican,' who has been a member of. the United States senate since 1914, a member of the Old Guard" who stands well with the Republicans who are In control of the senate. For vice president, the governor of the Bay State, who was virtually unknown to the nation at large until the strike of Boston policemen and his vigorous course in its suppression gave him a vast amount of publicity and made him the favorite son of Massachusetts In .the balloting for first place on the ticket. The gentlemen now stand before the electors of the country on a platform that Is so broad that It embraces nearly every topic and Issue of the day, though there are those who assert that In some places the planks are perilously thin. Its builders, however, maintain that there Is no danger of the candidates falling through the weak spots and It may be that, with some Judicious straddling and sidestepping this will prove true. Seldom, if ever has the choice of a presidential candidate been so closely connected with the building of the platform or It might be more exact to say the rejection of a candidate Iliram Johnson, and his supfor porters, could have compelled the adoption of Just the plank they demanded on the league of nations Issue, the California senator, and he alone, could with consistency have consented to go before the people standing on the platform. As It was, his threat to bolt the party caused a long deadlock In the deliberations of the committee on resolutions and at last forced the adoption of a plank based on the cabled suggestion of Elihu Root. That wise man had gone to Europe, but kept In close touch with the doings In Chicago and at the crucial moment his plan was presented to Johnson, Borah, Mclrrceoncil-able- s Cormick and the other and accepted by them. The resolution as finally Incorporated In the platform and swallowed by the convention, almost without a quiver, completely avoids any pledge to ratify the treaty of peace and the league covenant with or without reservations, strongly indorses the action of the Republican senators in that regard and promises that the party will work for some kind of International agreement for the peaceful adjustment of disputes between nations without the sacrifice of American sover- Thus, as will be seen, the way Is left open for an administration elected on this platform to do almost anything It sees fit in this regard except to ratify a treaty and league covenant such as president Wilson brought home from Paris. For the rest, the platform, in brief, scores President Wilson and the Democratic administration for their redness for war- and for the equally unprepared condition of the nation for the reception of peace. Denouncing the autocratic assumption of authority by the president the plat form pledges the restoration of constitutional government The Republican congress Is praised for its efforts to cope witj the problems caused by the presidents course. ls-- e n I Republican Nominees 1 nn-rre- - T'he Senator Warren foreigners shall not lose their citizen ship. The governments authority to deport and exclude undesirable aliens was upheld, but assurance was given that the rights of free speech, free press and free assembly will not be abridged. A large number of minor topics were handled In the platform, and then the plank on Mexico. It dealt, very severely with President Wilsons policy and pledged that the party will not recognize any Mexican government unless the lives and property of Armenia Americans are protected. came next la the list of planks- - Deep sympathy was expressed for the Armenians, but the president was condemned for asking-fauthority to and It mandate Armenian an accept was added that the Republican party was unalterably against the acceptance of a mandate for any country In Europe or Asia. The men who fought in the great war were assured of the partys deep gratitude and were promised liberal legislation for the care of the disabled, infirm and dependents. Though William Jennings Bryan was or -- 7 ' re Governor Calvin Coolidge. Harding., farmers gained their requested support for extension of farm loans nd the right to engage In cooperative marketing and buying.. The toiustrial plank wai the sub-jeof touch discussion. Some of the committee members, speak-for big business;presumably a plank favored ror the prevention of strikes by law. overnor Allen and others wanted the Kansas industrial court indorsed, plan nd I resident Gompers travelled all w to Chicago to tell the of plank the Amer-jc- n Federation of Labor demanded. of these requests were satisfied . .,the Plak adopted recognlxed Che present throughout the entire life of of collective bargaining and the convention with the avowed purcontinues: of persuading the Republicans to airthe or the lockout, as a pose Insert a "dry plank In their platform infill Ct etUla? Industrial disputes, he failed, posstbljr because tte timely such loss and suffering on the decision of the supreme court .seemed aS 10 lniii?t!tJ government to render unnecessary any explicit e to rcduce Its Frequency and declaration Tbe convention Tnerely timif ts consequences, declared. tha.ta!l laws should be endPnr the totrlke against forced and let It go at that. the bot 1116 rtghts and Ia-- Two other elements also were w a" government employees disappointed. These were the suffrasafeguarded by impartial laws , gists and the friends of the Irish retribunals." The former, under the leader, th administration to public." - of the heads of the Womans shipdxlrn? Che post-wa- r in, 6 td,1tbn of thousand!period party, were In Chicago In strength of week maintainr chair warmers are decided and and during the entire a line of Coliseum ed the around nV itself to a policy of bearing banners that warned pickets b.,. .. n carefully planned re- -' the Republicans that the women deie need of an exec manded the franchise and would be ct ? 4. G. be intensely Interesting If one could tell all the truth about the secret Influences that governed Its actions. On the surface It was not a very exciting affair and the enthusiastic out bursts that characterized some of Its sessions appeared too often to bo facetious. For five days the 14,000 delegates, alternates, seat holders and possessors of tickets that allowed them to stand about the few open places and hamper everybody else gathered faithfully In the Coliseum, prepared to howl with glee over ex But pected contests find triumphs. most of the time all they could do was to cheer for their favorite on occasion and try to keep up with the strong lunged song and cheer leader who had been brought up from "Camp Devens. From the first It was heralded as that most unusual thing, an unbossed convention. All the experts asserted that the delegates were going to do as they pleased and that the leadership was impotent For a day or two this seemed, true' but' then the senate coterie got into action and from that time to the end what was done was generally what it wished done. To start with, jSenator Lodge was selected as temporary chairman, was continued permanently in the placed the entire temporary organization be log retained. On the all important committee on resolutions there were old-tim- e numerous senators and arid they pretty much dictated the make-u- p of the platform. In the selection of the ticket their Influence was seen and felt In every move and every shift of votes, clear down to the moment when Senator Harding received the ballots that made him the convention choice. All. this time party the greatest of the bosses still alive. Senator Boles Penrose, lay on a sick bed In his Philadelphia home, but a direct telephone wtr was run Lito that room and there wasj -- old-tim- e literature. Each of them was certain for public consumption but each of them knew in his heart that he could not win if the senatorial bosses bad their way. All the rest of the possible candidates really ranked as dark horses. They Included Herbert Hoover, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia university. Gov. Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, 8enator Poindexter of Washington, Senator Howard Sutherland of West Virginia, Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania, Senator Philander Knox of Pennsylof victory vania and Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin. A long enough list In all conscience. From these dark horses. It was predicted, would emerge the winner, and the prophesy was fulfilled. It , required three .days to get through with the preliminary work of the gathering and to have the platform bollt, read and adopted. The latter took place on Thursday. As has ' been said the resolutions met with almost unanimous approvaL A young man from Milwaukee was the only dissenting member of the committee and be presented a minority report that embodied many of the poll, des advocated by. LaFollette. The audience did 'not want to hear him and he took advantage of their impatience to try to place himself la the position of a martyr, but Chairman Lodge cleverly forestalled thle and the minority report was speedily dumped' .basket Friday was the day of oratory. Men Into the-was- te who thought themselves eloquent and others who really were ' eloquent mounted the speakers platform In procession throughout most of the day, to place before the convention the names and qualifications of the can-didates. In many cates women were among those who seconded the nominations, end usually they acquitted themselves much more to the of their bearers than did the 1 eatls-facti- o into, fur cluy were brief, snappy and graceful of address. On tlx roll call of states. Arizona Kansu, and Governor j lelded t .1. Allen stepped up to nomln-uf- i General Wood Though obviously nor, oils and ni quilo adequate of voice bo did tils oxoollont snbjoi t full tin--lust let, sottliu forth especial l no reeord tin gonorni had made m Cuba ami the Plulllpplnes and bis for war when the great con flirt broke out. We heard from him no platitudes about a million men springing to arms "oxer night" erusl Alton, and everyone strained fora look at Mi Brian who sat in tin press stand lose t the speaker. Tin goxemor wont mi to do scribe Wood's skillful training of an army and Ills unselfish and uticoip plaining devotion to duty when ho was kept from going to Europe in tom mam! of the hoys whom ho had taught how to fight and conquer H also recounted tho genemla success in quelling labor and race disturbances within the last year or so and dwelt on ids popularity with the very men whom he had been sent to quiet. As the governor ceased speaking a storm of applause broke out and another storm of red and green feathers fell from the rafters all over the house The Wood delegates marched through tin aNles, led by Beveridge of Indiana and Frank Hitchcock and the tumult continued for liulf an hour. "If Wood drops feathers. 1 suppose Johnson will drop light wines and beers from tho rafters." laughed Mr. Bryan, and some one said, "Get your cup ready then, William The demonstration was calmed at last really It did not seem very spontaneous and after Frank Knox of New Hampshire had made a seconding speech, the first of the convention's woman orators appeared. She Robinwas Mra. Corlnne Roosevelt son of New York, slater of the late Folonel Roosevelt. With much of the colonel's fire and vliu, she told why Leonard Wood should be the next president, and she told It so welt that prolonged applause lew urded her efforts. Governor Lowdetfs turn caine next and the honor of presenting his name was entrust ed to Congressman Rodcn-ber- g of Illinois, a big man with n big voice, who made an old fashioned vpeecli that hit the audience tn tho right way. He, too, hud an excellent subject whose cause was handicapped of excessive only by tbe revelations out by tiu senbrought expenditures ate committee nl the Instigation of Johnson and his ft lends. Loudon's ovation outlasted that for Wood hut was no more enthusiastic. It was featured by n display of banners and portraits of Ibe candidate and by n pretty girl In cerise sweater who was carried on mens shoulders at the head of the parade. Lowdon, too, had n woman among his seconders, Mrs. Fletcher Dobyns of Chicago, u clever politician and good speaker Then Governor Morris of Kentucky, told why tho Republicans of his state loved Imwden and wanted hitn for president. Charles S. Wheeler of San Francisco, had been deputed to place Senator Johnson in nomination and much was expected of him became a reputation of fiery eloquence had proceeded him. But though his address was smooth and Ids voice pleasing ho scored the worst failure of the entire convention. lie evoked some cheering from the galleries by a denunciation of the league of nations, but soon after made the gross mistake of twitting the reservatlonUts on having been worsted by Johnson in the committee The delegates did on resolutions. not relish that nor did most of the others In the ball. Then he made an unfortunate allusion to the campaign expenditure revelations, and as those had hit roost of the candidates their friends resented it with boos and hisses. Mr. Wheeler smilingly waited for the row to cease, and proceeded to finish an address that was fully twice as long as It should have been. Ills poor performance cast a wet blanket on the planned demonstration, and the California delegates, accompanied by a few others, marched rather sadly through the aisles, listlessly waiving flags. Far better than Wheeler's was the speech for Johnson by Thomas D. from Sehall, the blind congressman were the also better and Minneapolis, brief talks by Richard Doherty of New Jersey, Charles P. O'Neil of Michigan and Mrs. Katherine Phillips Ed son of California. Now began the parade of dark horses. They were led forth as follows: Calvin Coolidge, by Speaker Clllette of the House of Representatives and Mrs. Alexander Pelffer; Butlerby Ogden Mills of New York; Pritchard, by Marlon Butler of North Carolina ; Hoover by Judge Nathan L. Miller of New York; Harding, by Frank Wills of Ohio; Sproul, by William I. Schaffer; Poindexter, by George IL Walker, and Sutherland, by Joseph M. Sanders. When Wisconsin the clerk was reached, on the roll-caone apno but expectantly paused and the LaFollette to nominate peared crowd seemed grateful The power that were decreed that severer ballots should be takea that and la an day axcerted push the call of the states was begun. The push did not last, however, for every considerable vote for any one aspirant was greeted with cheers of his friends. As bad been foretold. Wood led on Ihe first ballot with 2874 voee. Lowden was second with 211H, and Johnson gathered In 133V4. The ethers In general were accorded the Ih-nr- stai' j ll before-adjournmen- t, ft x iev votes of their, home more. Of the Wisconsin delegation, 24 voted for LaFollette; and It may a well be recorded here that those 24 delegates kept voting for to the tilt tor eml, ami every time the vvas with annomireiuent grerii groans and hisses from rne galleries. In the following three Im lots Wood t i Itinheit 3I41), which t It wise ones said wax about hi maximum strength, lxiwden also increased hi vote, going up to USt. while Johnson reached 140k,. The vote for the dark hor- -. did riot vary to any great extent though Butler lost steadily and FrlGhard kkh dropped out Bj tlil time every on was reudv tin a rest a ti the conven tton adloiirned to Saturday morning The crowd tilld tin- - t'nllxeuiii ta uffoeation on what wa destined to ho the final day of the conn nt Ion. fo It was felt that the conferences of tha pi eroding night would ho fruitful. Tha senatorial coterie had been in many hours and the word was parsed atound that they had picked on Harding as tho nominee. In the early ballots of Saturday the Ohioan dirt not gain rapidly, mid all were waiting for the moment when the tdg delegations from Now ork, Pennsylvania and Massachusiftts would find the tlms ripe for a break The men from ths Keystone state had been voting almost solidly for Sproul, for the bosses were not deilded between him und Harding. And the New Yorkers really did not know to whom to throw their strength. Johnsons vote dwindled gradually and then the Imwdeu column suddenly began to go to piece. Ho was really the victim of the shift, for the Wood delegations stood by the general almost to the last moment. On the ninth ballot it vvas seen that Harding could be put across," so tho uncertain one climbed into tke band wagon on the tenth and gave the Ohio senator a grand total of 674Vi, which was 1814 more than necessary to nominate. The hubbub was deafening and after Pennsylvania put 60 votes in the Harding column the clerks could scarcely complete the roll call. At its finish the usual motion to make the choice unanimous vvas made but those 24 men from Wisconsin voted In tin negative aud marred the love feast. There still remained the task of selecting n vice presidential candidate. Senator I.eiiroot of Wisconsin, Governor Allen of Kansas, Governor of Massachusetts and Col. Ilarry Anderson of Virginia were placed In nomination find the roll of the states vvns called. Lenroot received a good vote, but ('ooll(!g4 vvas the evident favorite und long before the roll was completed his nomination was assured. The 21 LuFollotto men voted for I I Cool-idg- e CONVENTION SIDELIGHTS. Herrington, Kan, kept the weary delegates soothed with a hidies uniformed band recruited entirely from that Kansq town. The girls all wore W ood feathers In their hats. Irlhli freedom rooters and picketing suffragists had adjolulng headquarters opposite the main entrance to the Coliseum. Mrs. Minnie Grlnstead, Liberal, Kansas, doesnt like the air tn these convention hotel lobbies. She put a bill through the Kansas legislature forbidding smoking In any cafe, restaurant or other public eating place and she would like to see someone da It In Illinois. Bhe preaches when the Kansas legislature, of which she Is a member. Isnt sitting. Mayor Itolph of San Francisco was in Chicago picking up pointers on bow to entertain 4 national convention. The Democrats go to his city in three weeks. When Chairman Will Hays called the convention to order he used a gavel made from a rafter of Independence hall. Mayor Moore of Philadelphia brought 1L Lowden folks sent a band around to Tha serenade rival headquarters. rivals pinned their buttons on the bandsmen. Earmarks of a genuine convention appeared on the opening day. Several fistic bouts between supporters of various candidates were reported. Incidentally, most of the fights occurred after the supreme court upheld the Volstead law. in Chicago To be distinguished these days you must not carry a cane. The cane wave engulfed nearly everybody and peddlers made a cleanup hawking cheap walking sticks outside the hotels. Convention headquarters of the American Independence league were established at the Blackstone by John E. Mllholland of New York. The league is headed by Eamon De Valera, president of the Irish republic." BUI "Bryan was almost carried away by the floe horns that were used to accentuate the speakers, voices. He gazed longingly at them as if he were about to buret out Into oratory. Mayor Bill Thompson gave the boys a treat by swaggering through the lobby of the Congress with hla white cowboy hat cocked over one eye.' He bad a band of trained singers wltl blm, who told In verse what a great town Chicago Is. ' "Dan OLeary, who got the "late President McKinley Jato the habit of wearing a carnation, was around He has worn a carnation every day for stateslxty-slyears, according ment he Issued. Lo pugilistic Wonder who was West from flrginla who gentleman his off auspenders and then slipped leader when the Fund the at glared music struck p 'Ruebea, Ruebeu. Ive Been Thinking. h - ' x |