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Show oo KEEP MAYOR THOMPSON IN THE BACKGROUND. At the meeting of the Republican National committee in St. Louis, two candidates for chairman have tied. Ono is John T. Adams of Dubuque, la., and the other is Will H. Hays, of Indiana. ' Adams is charged with being pro-German pro-German and having taken a most active ac-tive pro-German attitude prior to the United States entering tho war. Ho was a leader In calling a mass meeting meet-ing at Dubuque, la., soon after the Lu-sitanla Lu-sitanla was sunk, to protest against Americans traveling on munitions ships. One of Adams' strongest supporters is William Hale Thompson, mayor of Chicago. Tho mayor vouches for Adams' Ad-ams' Americanslm. If tho Republican party is seeking to carry weights in tho next political race, Mayor Thompson -will be consulted consult-ed and his advice followed. Mayor Thompson is of that type of politician who would sacrifice his country to advance his own political fortunes, and, to tho average American, Ameri-can, Thompson, is a detestable opportunist. oppor-tunist. As a recognized leader of the Republican party, he would be a serious se-rious handicap to success. |