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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURC, OREGON. ' THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1928.
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"This convention will now come to order," and this picture Is a close-up of former Senator William Butler, chairman, calling the Na
tional Republican convention to order at the Kansas City Auditorium. Note the formidable battery of mlscrophones and loudspeakers, to
broadcast the speeches throughout the nation as well as throughout t he convention hall. This picture was transmitted by the Bell Tele
phone system from St. Louis to San Francisco, and rushed by NEA Service to the News Review after It had been carried from Kansas City
to St. Louis by special airplane.
,. This official picture of the opening of the Republican national convention In the Kansas City Audi
torlum, by Mofflt, was taken from the rear of the vaot hall. Chairman Butler had Just oponed the ses
sion. The ploture was transported by specl.il plane to St. Louis, transmitted to San Francisco by tcle
phone wire, and rushed to the NewB Review by NEA Service, Ino.
CONVENTION DOWNS
MINORITY REPORT
(Continued from pnBo 1.)
Coollilgo'B naino bioiiKlit npplniiflo.
Tlio lending wns lntorruiitod H
tlilid tlmo with erica of "loudci'"
nnil Sonntor MiiBna ruslipil tu tlio
front of tlio runwny to pound vlgor
oitHly. "TJio ilolcRntos will lako lliolr
sonts," lin ynllvil. "The cloloRnle
from Uliih will HuspeiKl until tliore
Is urdor. (Iiiesla lnunt either iiA
Beats or rollio from tlio hull."
' Mellon Hears Praise
Tlio platform declaration that
"tlio record of tlio Unlleil Hlntea
treasury undor Hecrutary Mellon
alanils unrivalled mid unaur
passed" brotiRlit n round of ap
plause. Tlio treasury scerelary
himself ant with the Pennsylvania
dulegnllon only n hliorl dlstanoo
from the pliitform.
Agnln tliore wns linndclniipliiK
when Sinoot told of Hie more than
six billions of dollars of reduction
In the public debt during (ho seven
yours of republican administration.
Senator Sinoot rond slowly In an
effort to conservo Ills volco for
tlio task of wndlng through tlio
nlno tliousnnd words document
whleli covered 67 typewritten
.pages.
After Smoot lind gotten through
the tax plunk, the nmul again sel
tip -Its ery nf "Louder." Chairman
Moses Again pounded for order.
f'The delegnto from Utah will
' Suspend," he said. "The ehnlr hesl
tnles to use harsh measures bill It
Is prepnred to turn lonso tlio largo
army of deputy sergeants at
anna to preservo order If the dele
gates themselves are unablo to do!
80."
That brought order with a lltllo
Inu.hler nn.l n,,l. ,i H,,
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He raised his volco a pilch or two.
Tho declaration for Increased
tariff rates for tho protection ot
tho American farmer got a scat
tering of applause.
, The declaration Hint Iho parly
would continue steadfastly to op
pose the cancellation of foreign
dents met with the expressed ap
proval or tlio convention.
Smoot't Voice Weak
The constantly rising hum of
floor and gallery conversation
with which Senator Smoot had to
compete waa checked temporarily!
PICTURES G.O.P.
at least, afler a delegate In the
Oregon delegation, not fifty feet
from tho speaker, told tlio chair
man that Smoot could not be hoard
oven at that dlstniice, and naked
whether soniotlitng could not bo
dono about It. Masos hauimoiod
with effect, shouting: "Delegutos
will tuke their Bonis. All delegates
will tako their Heats. And pliolog
raphers will also tako their Beats."
Many of the delegates had uotiSenntor Robert
previously heard tlio language of ;
(he agricultural relief plank, and
Keimmr Hmr.nl tin. I im I ..,,,.1,1., ,
commanding attention when bo
reached that part. Those from the
industrial sections, as woll as tho
delegates from the McNnry-IInu-gen
country listened very closely.
There was Just n spatter of ap
plauso from widely scnttered sec
tions of tho ball when Smoot road
the promise for aid to cooperative
marketing and one or two longer
Uursta of itpplniiHO us he went on
down through tho phrases denling
with tariffs mid other considera
tions and winding up with the
declaration for "economic equal
ity" for agriculture.
Ovation for Hoover
There wns a real, sure eunuch
cheer, approaching the dimensions
of a demons! ration, when Senator
Smoot reached tho plank com
mending the work of the depart
ment of commerce under "Secre
tary Herbert Hoover."
Tho delegates came to their
feet nt this first mention In the
convention of the name of the man
fur whom a majority already had
derided to vote for for president.
As tho cheering continued, soino
one In the California unfurled a
California state flan, with Its henrl
atld Star, mill WJlVPil II nlnfl lvhlln
a man In Ihe Texas delegation '
im'h up iiih Hindi HiHiitiaro nmi'iiy
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insl.i.1 -.1 ..i...r i
.-fnuempi to organize a parade. Hut:
ho desisted mid relumed to his
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Tho standards of New llamn-i
shire, Kentucky. Louisiana, Mary-i took a drink of water. When the : "RnctiHural Plank In the platrorm.
land, and Arkansas also v. ere i applause ceased he said: Fort Answer Minority
raised aloft bv Hoover delegates! "Ladles and gentlemen It Is sol ""Presentatlve Frank W. Fort.
In those delegations mid tucked unusual for a delecnte from Wls-!"r r"',r Jersev. the Hoover f'nor
backward and forward above Ilia nln to be cheered In a repuhll- jailer oeened the fight against
heads of the cheering crowd. The:"11 national convention thnt 1 ; "'J minority plank,
ovation had been on for three niln-i"1""'1 V" '' . I ' . ,1, ,0,nv,n'lon t .
ute when Iho chairman finally! "You're all right. Bob." Chair- nled the Imnllrnt Ion thnt there f
rapped the demonstrators back ln-!mnn Most, BIJ to nl enate col-;'"" rentes! between the Indus-!
to Ihelr scats. league. trial east and the agricultural west
Just a flutter of handclnpplng
greeted the prohibition rlank In'
. rwMliH MUClI (
which tho parly Is pledged to en
forcement of the 18th amendment.
This plank was something now
for four years ago tho Cleveland
convention contented ltaelf with a
blanket declurntlon for enforce
ment of all laws.
Smoot finished tho rending in
one hour nud 15 minutes and then
moved tho adoption of tho report
by Chairman Moses recognized
M I.nl.'n Hn
I nl.'nlletle
Ity plaiik
who presented
minority plunk.
Tho Wisconsin delegation stood I
nil and ehpnroil nml Ihn vnuthfiil
senator waB given npplauso by the
other delegates and galleries,
Four years ago at tho Cleveland
convention tho minority report on
tho platform was presented by Rep
resentative Cooper of Wisconsin,
ono of tho oldest members of con
gress, LuKollotto, In n brief Introduc
tory speech, said Wisconsin always
had sent n progressive delegation
to tho national conventions nud ul
wnys presented n minority plat
form. LnPollotto declnred thnt
while tho first of tho platform
Wisconsin offered hnd been "hiss
cd and Jeered" in tho convention.
32 of tho 35 proposals which had
been made havo been written Into
law.
This brought a whoop cheor from
some sections of tho convention
with a yell from the sooth gal
lery, "attn boy, Hob."
Minority Plank Read.
The young senator read his min
ority platform with vigorous ges
tures sod in n clear, strong voice,
the galleries and some of tho tele
gales when he read his proposed
farm relief plnnk which declared
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tor tho eounllsatioQ fee.
ilnnl I.- .i itk. '
llnucnn hill rmn, h.,n,tL i.U-.
etc mi n V. e i.r.nrJvl. I'rcsldcnt Dawes In the eon-
. . . .
'ii. ereu. inn .Massachusetts (lele -
gallon In the front row rlcht on.,"""' "" eneenng inr tie
poslte Iho platform, leading in the
,.,.,h u
the cheering delegates and tfion i
Dry Law Touched.
The LaFollette proposal for
CONVENTION
modification of the Volstead act
got only a scattering of applause
from delegates and spectators.
Tho senator finished rending at
one mlnuto past 12 o'clock after
holding tho convention only 26
minutes.
He announced that the member
of the resolution committee from
North Dakota approved the plat
form except for lis prohibit iun
declaration. , .
"Ladles and gentieinent , of the
convention, 1 thank you for your
kind and courteous attention," l,n
Follotte said, and ho was applaud
ed and cheered for nearly a min
ute. The LaPollette substitute then
was promptly rejected by the con
vention with a roaringl volume" of
''noes," nfter thero had been a
scattering of "ayes."
Farmer Bent On Victory
Dau W. Turner, a delegate from
Iowa, took up tho argument for the
minority plnnk.
"Tho farmers will not march- In
Knnsns City In Juno." Turner de
clared, "hut they will innrch to. tho
polls In November. TlitSIr Judgment
will not bo an Impetuous one.
They nro a conservative people,
but they have themselves to de
fend. "We come to Ihe republican
parly and our plea Is the plea for
economic lust Ice. We are disturb
ed by selfishness entrenched enst
of the Alleglienles but we are , "it
discouraged by ingratitude) nor are
wo chastened by temporary defeat
Tlio agricultural army of America
will not stack arms In this contest
until the fight Is won." ;
WantJEqual Chance
Clovernor Adnm McMullon : of
Nebraska Bnid the fnrmers chal
lenged tlio administration to co fur
ther In making an Industrial Am
erica nt the cxponso of the farmer.
"This nuestlnn Is bigger than
parlies," ho said. "Tho millions on
... " 1 """merged.
We "ro not ",0"(1I"B wit" yon. We
i no inrms will not be
1 7Z,5
. rt"""" cannot Survive lin
the
promotive tnrtrr Is mnilo effective
as to It. Wo do not ask for anv
bonuses or subsidies. We do not
nsk for more than has been .lone
for other lines of Industry.
"Agriculture is expecting this
party to glvo to II the same legis
lative consideration It has given
nil other groups. Wo are present
ing our case and telling vou we
want It. The time Is here for the
farmer to demand what Is right
fully bis and the lonirer he neglects
to secure his Just dues the grent
er will bo the less to our entire
economic system."
A cheor went tin from the rnl
lerles when McMnllen snld the
fnrmers wanted nnmlnnteil a can
didate for the presidency from tho
wetern slates.
The argument for the mlnoi-Pv
nlnnk wns wound un bv Mark
Woods of Lincoln. Neb., who de
clared the renitblicnn party "was
standing on (he brink of a preci
pice." "One sten more tn Hie wrong di
rection and she will go over," be
declnred. "I can change twelve
words In that plnnk as It Is written
inn" " WHI
mean throe million
voes." j-
Woods mentioned Ihe
nnnio of
Vnnlinn frir Ilm fli-uf tl. .wl
,. :"-,"""' '
. ' s""1 "e had rone
to Cleveland In 1924 where thev
nominated "that crent Anwrtmn .
1 t. iiawR. In search nf an
.i.e .. ..er n, rqaa,,,,-i treat-
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f f II t 1
Wielding the gavel at the open
ing of the Republican National
Convention la William Butler,
chairman. Telephoto .shows ..the
executive and his gave).
gladly favor any legislation for tho
relief of the farmer in which they
believe will be effective," he said.
"You have heard six speukers
for the minority plnnk. Did any of
them discuss what It is they pro
posed? No, thoy discussed the poli
tics of the situation and not the
economies." 1 .
Describing the provisions of the
McNary-Huugen bill, Fort said
"They ure trying to do the im
possible thing of making profits
out of taking losses in the world
market. The plan of equalisation
fee is either a tax upon consump
tion or upon production.
"I have yot to bo persuaded that
either one of those taxes Is eco
nomically desirable.
"You havo heard here today in t
an economic argument, but a po
litical demand for the McNary
llaiigen bill alone. We have of
fered them aid for cooperative
marketing. , We offered them u
federal farm board and we offered
them u reasonable, loan from the
treasury until they set on thr.ir!
feet. We offered them assistance
in the dlstilliuiion una marketing
ui nieir commodities.
"They proposals differ In detail
but more they differ in that ono
treat fundamental principle. The
proposal in Hie mlnorily ' report
means in tlio end that the govem
nient will uiln agriculture. The
Umpqua Valley Lumber Co.
Is today assuming complete charge of the L. W. Metzger plant at the
corner of Oak and Pine Sts.
FOR
For Your
UMPQUA VALLEY LUMBER
Cor. Oak and Pine
majority report offers ald to 'he j ing with you not to drive the farm
farmer until be cau get 'on lib I era of tbe republican states out of
feel-" ' .j their party and 1 hope you will not
Farm Champion Pleads j interpret tltat as a threat because
This brought the convention i It is not.
down to the tight over the farm ! "Folks, Ihe MrN'ary-llaugen bill
pia.lk. Senator Moses recognizing j is the issue within tile party and
Uelegatu U. 11. Smllh of Illinois j u had better , think sei iou.ily
who presented the minority pro- ; about it now when it is before you
posui. j today. That is an issue you uiusc
After reading the pruposed fuim :meet head-on uud in a robust way,
plunk, Smith told the convention IVou can not fool these farmers any
llial In the resolutions committee more with platrorm pledges."
it commanded Hie support of 10 j That evoked a rounding of cheer
statea and curried Hie sigrfuturo j Ing.
of a lurge number of delegates. 1924 Pledge Not Kept
.,ril:i?i'.ramou,'Lq"e81'uu ore Murphy said the plank present-
ing relief for agriculture," Smith
said. "I came to tills convention
"mi m tuuviuuuii inai me sue-
cess of the republican party in
November depended upon the way '
we met this situation and wrote
the platform."
'1 he Illinois delegates, an ar
dent supporter of Frank O. Loiv
ilen and head of the Illinois farm
er h organization, declared that
Ihe farmers demanded "economic
equality."
'ir there is a demand for equal
ity thero must be inequality," he
declared, and then undertook to
show that while the price of fqrm
products have receded the profits
of manufacturing industry has in
creased. Heading from the 1924 agricul
ture plank adopted by the repub
lican convention at Cleveland,
Smith said that pledge then made
to the farmers of America for aid
through legislation remained un
redeemed. As Smith proceeded there again
was some'eonfussion in the hall
Secretary Mellon, sitting in the
front row of the convention with
the Pennsylvania delegation, gave
no heed to the Smith speech, pull
ing n sheaf or papers- out of his
pocket and sitting reading his correspondence-Warnings
Voiced
Smith wound up by Baying that
if the party expected the support
of tho republican fanners of the
great western und middle western
status "you are going to squurely
and fairly meet this issue."
"Wo are through with general
statements," ho said. "The plank
brought In here is not to gain sym
pathy. 'We are looking for some
thing more substantial than thnt
I plead with this convention to sup
port the plnnk which the minority
of tho committee has brought
forth."
Smith asked for a roll call on
the minority plnnk and then Chair
man Moses recognized Frank W.
Murphy, delegates from Minnesota
and who long has fought for fuim
relief legislation.
"I am going to nsk vntl nil l
think," Murphy said. "We are
about to nominate n eamiiiiain r,.,.
President of the United Ktm,.a- m
nominate him In June, but to elect
him in November you will find
will be a very difficult thing to
accomplish.
"The farmers nro tremendously
Interested and Just now tney nro
tremendously resentful. For thnt
1 am sorry. We come he.'e plond-
mi iiih dlhi
ANYTHING IN THE BUILDING LINE
PHONE
GENERAL BUILDING MATERIALS
SHOP WORK OF ALL KINDS
CABOTS PRODUCTS-THE BEST OF
PEERLESS BUILT-INS, ETC., ETC.
Specialties and Building Requirements,
Successors to
Sts.
petltlon of the 1924 pledge.
"That pledge has not been -o-deemed,"
he shouted. "That pledge
has been repudiated."
Murphy said that before the re
solutions committee, "we had tho
spectucle of seeing the member
from Kansas voting against the
minority plank." referring to Wll- '
Ham Allen While, although he said
the republicans of Kansas In con
gress hnd consistently supported
tho iMcNary-lIaugen bill. . ,
"No man has more respect for
the president of the ' United
states." he said. "But here wo
have the choice between standing
by the congress or by the presl-!
dent of the United States alone j
who vetoed the McNary-Haugeno
bin. ; - , .
"Momentous events depend upon
your reception here today. The
farmer of the U. S. wants to stay
with his party and he has come
here ns a supplicant. I am here
begging of you to be careful In !
this boat. The rock, if there is
one on which this parly will split,
In 1!)2S, Is tho , McNnry-Haugen
bill."
John J. Sullivan, Seattle, spoke
against the minority farm plank,
declaring that It was proposed to
repudiate the action of President
Looitdge in vetoing the McNary
Hungen bill, Sullivan said Presi
dent Coolldgo's record needed no
endorsement from the convention.
"When the fnrmers nsk for what
Is constitutional and economically
sound we will give it to them."
Sullivan said.
Borah on Middle Ground
Then Senator Borah or Idaho
went Into action in opposition to
the minority plank.
"There is a farm problem," he
said; "Indeed, It is moro than a
farm problem, it is a great nation
al proniem growing out of the agri
cultural situation. It Involves the
material economic welfare of the
whole people. I want to say also
that while there may be those who
have been willing and are willing
to play politics with this question,
the-nhle men who presented this
matter to the committee on pint
form did not playpolltlcs'with it.
They were earnest in their pre
sen.sntlou or a great . national is
sue."' -Senator
Borah said one problem
was to enable tho American farmer
to reach his market "without being
robbed on the way," adding thnt
exports estimated that about eight
billion dollars were lost now in
the present marketing system.
L. W. Metzger
money that should o into the
pockets ot the farmer.
Tariff Held Remedy
"The American farmer Js not
properly protected in the homo
market," Borah continued, adding
that last year there was imported
into this country from "the cheap
labor" countries abroad farm pro
ducts to the value of two billion,
five hundred million dollars.
The American market should bo
exclusively for the American
farmer," the ldahoan said. "In this
platform we make a pledge that he
shall have that market. The tariff
must be extended so that It will
give tho farmer that market.
The only difference between
the majority and the minority re
port in how to dispose of the sur
plus, covering cotton, wheat and a
few other products. A majority of
the committee stood ready and did
grant to the minority everything
us-ked for' save and except Iho
:(,v.er of a bureau to levy an
(ii.l!znllon fee upou Hie iarmer..-y
DURAY SETS NEW
AUTO SPEED MARK
DKTROIT, June 14. A new
world's speed record for automo
biles over any track other than a
straightaway was set today when
Leon Duray, noted race driver,
piloted a car similar to the one ho
drove at the lndlanapollc races
over a two and one-half mile track
here at a speed of 148.17 miles per
hour.
The old record held by the Into
Frank Lockhart was 147.071 miles
per hour.
o j
Here From Oakland
.Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Chenoweth
and Mrs. Mary Smith, were visit
ors In tlio city this afternoon from
Oakland.
Two More Register for Tests
In addilion to the several who
are registered yesterday for stule"
teachers' examinations, being held
In the grill room of the Douglas
hotel, two more, Miss Iris Goff of
Sutllelilll and Lvdia Pnlmer nf tills j
city, were registered today fot tbS 1
tests. The examination opcud I
yesterday and continue today and (
Friday. j
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COOLIDGE SAYS NO
TO PROPOSED VOTES
'
fAuociitted Prea Lemwd Wire)
KANSAS CITY, June 14.
President Coolidge has sent
word to the Connecticut dele-
gallon which has held out for
him to the last, asking that It
not cast Us 17 votes for him
and the delegation will adhere
to the request.
Senator Blngbani of Con-
necticut announced today that
the delegation had finally left
Mr. Coolidge at his specific
request. He said the word was
sent to Connecticut hrough
Everett Sanders, secretary to
the president, who is uttend-
u
Ing the convention.
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