Show The Silver Lining T THE clouds douds which east cast their shadows shadoW's over the San Francisco convention indicate no greater g storm than the thc thun thunderous crous rumbles already heard over O Chi Chi- cago ongo Tho The political forecast fo for both events is IlC heavy VY showers sho accompanied by strong wind loud lond thunder and no telling telling- where the tho lightning will ill strike Observing the symptoms both Republican and Democratic Dem Dem- leaders have their blue days If H one day the Democrats ha have o their hour of gloom over o the possibility ity that their party has been split wido open by the Presidents President's Oregon message tho the next net day the tho Republicans Republicans Republicans are precipitated into tho the most depressing melancholy melancholy mel mel- in trying to arrange their order of business busine On a Monday President Wilson demands a platform declaring do- do reservations leser and claring daring for ratification without any heaven On a Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- n Bryan gasps and rolls his eyes to day tho the Republican managers at Chicago are aro declared to fa favor VOl a n. platform for ratification with the tho Lodge reser reservation and Bomb Borah chokes and indulges in wild western western west west- cm ern anathemas Meantime tho the musicians arc are brushing up tU for production with 1920 variations of that famous wartime classic Therell Be Bo a Hot Time in in Both tho the thool ol ld Towns Tho Democrats are arc much more moro complacent over the choice of Homer Hornor S. S Cummings to bo be their temporary chairman than tho the Republicans are arc over oYer Henry Honry Cabot Lo Lodge go to be theirs Score one ono for the Democrats Republicans Republicans Re Ro- publicans all nU over oyer tho the country are asking o why t-hr their committee chairman Will Vill H. H Hays whom everybody likes could not havo been boen selected to perform at Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago in that capacity Then there ore are murmurs and mutterings that tho the selection of of former Senator to bo be permanent chairman is only a ruse ruso to calm tho storm of disapproval al of the the against tho the temporary chairmanship chairmanship chair chair- manship and that at the the- proper moment Senator Lodge will be elected permanent as well as os temporary chair chair- man But in the midst of the thc tumult in both political camps there aro are fortunately level lo heads containing containing- calm and reasoning American brains that arc ure not idle There Thoro are arc agencies at work to shape tho the platforms of both hoth parties so that they will declare leclare for substantially the i isaIDe same saIDe course of action with reference to the treat treaty and aud I J if they shall shaH be successful at both hoth conventions tho the prospects prospects pros pros- peels are arc fair to have tho vexed question eliminated from tho the campaign at least as an nn issue between tho the thop p parties This is the silver lining which wisdom is trying try try- lUg ing to throw above the clouds |