TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1920
BRYAN MAY RULE
ATSMFNNC
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Nebraskan Expected to Dom
inate Convention.
VOTE POWER IS GREAT
Candidate Probably Will Have
Suit Commoner Because of His
Control of Delegates.
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to
much to say quite literally that the
two most powerful anti-Bryan leaders
in the democratic party are out of his
way. There is now no democratic
leader in sight who is able to outwit
Bryan at San Francisco, either
through the arts of public leadership
or of political strategy. Bryan must
now be regarded as a formidable fig- ,
ure at San Francisco.
Aside from this definite increase in
official power, Bryan's prestige has
been raised conspicuously. The Mis
souri democratic convention the other
day sent him'a telegram of congratu
lation a sign of that uplift of spirit
which Bryan's recent triumph has
brought to all his old leaders and fol
lowers throughout the coiantry.
As to the causes of his victory there
are two conspicuous ones: First of
all he had a moral issue, and he put
that moral issue into the forefront of
the fight. He dramatized himself as
opposing those "wet" forces within
the democratic party who were trying
to reverse in some degree the prohi
bition enactments which the country
adopted last year. On this issue
Bryan was able to fight not merely
with the earnestness of intense con
viction, but also with the emotional
zeal of personal vlndict iveness. Bryan
knows as well as most of us know
that on several occasions in his fights
within the democratic party he has
"been defeated by the use of money
contributed by brewers and distillers.
To. keep these forces out of power was
a purpose to engage all that is best in
his character and all that is strong
est in his personality.
Women Voters Called On.
Next to the fact that he had a moral
Issue was the use of adroit political
strategy. In these Nebraska pri
maries the women were voting for the
first time. Bryan appealed to all
these women casting their ballots for
the first time to come into the demo
cratic primaries and vote for him.
Analysis of the results shows that
without any doubt he succeeded in
getting many thousands of women
who were the wives and daughters
of republicans, and who by tradition
might be expected to be republicans
themselves, to stay out of the pri
maries of that party and go into
the democratic primaries to help Mr.
Bryan's moral issue. He invited
them to vote where their votes would
count on a moral issue and they ac
cepted the invitation.
Further than this, a good many
voters who are normally democrats
and anti-Bryan, left that party to
enter the republican primaries. The
German vote in Nebraska is large
and usually "wet." But the Germans
this time wanted to vote for Hiram
Johnson and, in order to do so, they
entered the republican primaries.
I am aware that Senator Johnson
resents statements to the effect that
he is supported by the German vote.
In resenting this statement Senator
Johnson and his friends are confusing
a fact with the implications that are
put upon that fact by his enemies.
The German vote was, and is, for
Senator Johnson: but that isn't all of
his votes it is a mere incident of his
following.
There is not space "here for fur
ther amplification of this fact as re
spects Senator Johnson except to say
that it involves no necessary asper
sion against him. That the German
vote in Nebraska did stay out of the
democratic primaries, where it would
have been cast against Bryan, and
did go into" the republican primaries,
where it could vote in favor of Sen
ator Johnson, is incontestable.
Blnmarck Votes Solid.
In Nebraska there is a little town
called Bismarck. The character of the
population can be inferred from the
name. In Bismarck in normal times It
was traditional that the results of
every election always came out the
same, being 100 democrats and two
republicans. It was so fixed a tradi
tion that the party leaders, in count
ing the ballots always wrote those
figures in for Bismarck more or less
automatically. But in Bismarck the
vote was recorded as republicans 102,
democrats 0. No democratic votes
were cast in Bismarck at all; as
Arthur Mullen expressed It, "not even
enough left for seed."
So much for the causes of Mr.
Bryan's victory. But the victory is of
the past; the results are of the future
and are more important to consider.
First of all, Mr. Bryan will be 8
large figure, almost an overtopping
figure, in the San Francisco conven
tion. As I have already said, two of
the great democratic leaders, who
had the ability and the willingness to
meet Mr. Bryan, without quarter, are
Kone, one having died recently and
the other having been defeated by
Mr. Bryan in Nebraska.
Just how Mr. Bryan will use his
power is. of course, a matter or sur
mise; but some things can be taken
as fairly obvious. He will undoubt
edly put himself on the committee on
resolutions. That is the committee
into which any "wet" plank proposed
for the democratic platform must first
be introduced. In' that committee
with Mr. Bryan present and with his
war paint on, a "wet" plank will have
snort snntt.
Wets'' Talking: of Compromise.
Those who have been exDectins:
either with hope or with fear, that
there would be a "wet" plank in the
coming democratic platform may dis
miss their hopes and their fears. A
careful survey shows that in the com
mittec on resolutions, consisting of 52
members one from each state and
territory not more than 16 can be
expected to make a fight for a "wet
in. incieca, me "wets are now
alu ost at the point where their ex
pectations can be gauged by their
hope that Mr. Bryan will not be able
to introduce and force through a res
olution indorsing prohibition. They
speak or compromising with Mr.
Bryan on a basis of not mentioning
proniDuton at ail.
That is the sort of comnrnmip in
which one party promises to let the
other party have its own way and the
second party promises not to make
any more trouble.
Next to the "wet" issue Mr. Bryan
may be expected to make his influence
felt in the matter of what the'demo
cratic convention is to do about the
league of nations. What Mr. Bryan
is going to do on that point may re
veal itself before the convention. Any
moves that may be made in the senate
during the! next few weeks in the di
rection of adopting the league of na
tions with reservations may be inter
preted as being related to Mr. Bryan's
new elevation to power within the
party.
4Ir. Bryan is well known to be in
favor of accepting comparatively ex
treme reservations and adopting the
treaty as promptly as possible. His
opposition to President Wilson on this
point is well known. Any hope the
administration may have had of get
ting the San Francisco convention to
indorse the league of nations In the
original Wilson form of the dotted
"Is" and the crossed "Ts" may now
be dismissed. -
In the matter of naming the demo
cratic candidate Mr. Bryan may be
expected to make his Influence felt to
the last ounce of his power. Regard
less of the number of delegates he con
trols, his own personal power is equal
to a battalion of delegates. What he
can do with nothing but the powers
that are within himself was shown in
1912. when he forced the nomination
of President Wilson on a convention
In which more than half of the dele
gates had already put themselves on
record in favor of Champ Clark.-
Of the delegates within the San
Francisco convention probably not
more than 100 to 150 will be what can
be called Bryan delegates, but in
democratic conventions one-third' of
the delegates are able to defeat the
nomination of any one candidate
against whom they remain cohesive.
Unlike the republican convention,
where a majority nominates, the rule
of the democratic party is that it
takes two-thirds.
Bryan, with his delegates, plus the
100 or so that might be expected to
be with him for purposes of their own
with respect to one candidate or an
other, will certainly be able to exert
at least powerful veto force against
any candidate he opposes. As to
whether Mr. Bryan will have a candi
date of his own whom he will try to
put over affirmatively it is too early
to foretell. Your correspondent knows
one democratic leader who was so
licited by Mr. Bryan to make the fight
this year as his candidate. This in
cident happened before the Nebraska
primaries. Since the Nebraska pri
maries Mr. Bryan's confidence in his
power must necessarily have increased.
SPOKANE COUNT DROPS
1820 POPULATION 104,204, OR
198 DECREASE.
V
R SUPPORTERS
E
STILL URE HOPEFUL
California Vote Held Amazing
Tribute to Man.
RECORD WRITTEN ABROAD
De-
Citizens Generally Expected
cline; Padding In 110
Blamed.
WASHINGTON, May 7. Spokane,
Wash. ranking as 48th city In the
country in 1910, had a decrease of
198 in population in the past ten
years and now has 104,204, the census
bureau announced today.
The Washington city is the first
of the cities in the class over 100.000
thus far announced to show a de
crease. Newport, Ky., and Joplln, Mo.,
both cities of the 30,000 class, are the
next largest cities which have shown
decreases.
Between 1900 and 1910 Spokane's
population increased 183.3 per cent.
SPOKANE, Wash., May 7. (Spe
cial.) Spokane was prepared, in a
measure, for the disappointing an
nouncement bf its census figures. The
Spokesman-Review this morning gave
unofficial figures which were close to
the mark and also hinted that a fall
ing off from the population officially
shown in 1910 was probable.
Census Supervisor Scott declares
everv person .possible to be reached
was enumerated and he explains the
failure to show population gains thus:
"I am fearful that we showed the ad
vance we made between 1910 and 1920
in 1910."
Mayor Fleming estimates the In
crease in population in the last ten
years has been 15,000 and he also is
dubious about the accuracy of figures
given ten years agd. '
F. E. Elmerdorf, real estate op
erator, points to crowded schools.
hotels, homes and apartment houses
to prove that Spokane has grown and
concluded his argument with "What
is the answer?"
Other, men in the public eye are
unanimous in. saying Spokane' has
grown at least 10 per cent in the
last ten years and their claims are
borne out by every known indication.
The only worry is among those who
use large population figures to boost
tneir business. Bankers and mer
chants are not greatly disappointed.
The situation, summed in a sentence.
Is that Spokane is paying today for
the injudicious padding of ten years
ago.
ENGLISH COSTS DECLINE
CAPTAIX SAYS CONDITION'S
RESUME XOR(MAI
Hotel Bills Less Thau Half New
York Prices; Sugar 8 to
9 Cents.
SEATTLE, Wash., May 7. (Spe
cial.) England is recovering from
the effects of the world war very rap
idly, conditions are becoming normal
and the cost of living has taken i
downward plunge, according to Cap
tain E. B. Francis, of the Blue Funnel
line, who arrived in Seattle yester
day morning to take command of the
steamer Tynderaus now moored at
pier 14, the Dodwell terminal. Captain
Francis will succeed Captain G. Stout
who has returned to his home in Eng
land for an extended vacation.
"Everything is cheaper in England
than in America, said Captain Fran
cis. "I paid $3.80 a day in the Ritz-
Carlton hotel In London for room and
board while in New York I had diffi
culty in finding accommodations with
board at $S a day. Sugar is selling
in London from 8 to 9 cents a pound
and all other necessities of life are
much lower in price than they are in
America.
"The only labor unrest in Englan
was in the coal mining industry and
that is about over. We are forgetting
the war much more rapidly than yo
Americans and have began getting
down to normal conditions more rap
idly."
Hope Is to Have Candidate Chosen
When Convention Deadlocks
on Wood and Johnson.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 7. (Special.)
The political millenium is not yet at
hand. Practical campaginers are
better politicians than university
professors. The league of nations is
not the overpowering issue its friends
have fondly hoped it would be.
These are a few of the truisms
demonstrated by California's presi
dential primary, in which Senator
Hiram W. Johnson, implacable foe of
the peace treaty, won by a majority
of about 160,000 votes over Herbert
Hoover, the ardent treaty supporter
and drafted candidate of those m&n
and women who believe in America's
taking her place in the concert of
world nations.
Johnson Strongly Backed.
True, Herbert Hoover was defeated
so decisively that there is no doubt
of California's presidential preference,
but when one considers that -with an
amateur organization of men 'and
women, most of them making their
first dip into the sea of politics, he
polled more than 210,000 votes, the
result Is 'not to his discredit.
Johnson had behind him. a powerful
tate organization, built up during
is ten years of campaigning in Call
forma. 'His supporters knew every
stretch of highway to which one
might "point with pride" and garner
votes. They had on their lists every
regional improvement, .-. reminder of
which would swell the 'hnson vote.
In addition they had available a huge
record of constructive statesmanship
with its appeal to every man. woman
and child in the state, the record of
ohnson's administration as governor.
The people who had watched this
egislative programme in the making
were for Hiram Johnson.
Hoover' Shovrins; Amazing;.
On the other hand, Hoover's record
was largely written in Belgium and
Europe and the California voters did
ot make the Belgian babies an issue
n the campaign. Incidentally, it may
be remarked that when one considers
the organization, or rather lack of
rganization behind Hoover's candi
dacy, that showing of 200,000 votes Is
truly amazing. There were no prac
tical campaigners. Four weeks be
fore the primaries a body of enthus
iasts who had worked with Hoover in
the food administration or at Stan
ford university, gathered as the
nucleus of their political organisation
group of university professors and
ex-food controllers and went to work,
They had no precinct organizations.
They had no paid workers. They
rusted to printer's Ink and the plat
form to elect their candidate.
When an enthusiastic lieutenant re
ported a victory by 30,000 majority in
Los Angeles county, they discounted
his enthusiasm by 35 per cent and an
nounced that they would defeat the
senator by 20,000 in the southern city.
Hoover carried Los Angeles county.
one of the three that gave him a ma-
orlty, by 1600 votes, when a small
group of labor men joined their ranks
they claimed 30 per cent of the labor
vote in San Francisco, and this city
gave their candidate a -total of Just
25,000 votes.
State Pride Big Factor.
Opposing a candidate with a highly
creditable past in California politics
the Hoover leaders concentrated their
efforts in destructive criticism of the
popular idol, instead of emphasizing
their favorite s humanitarian achieve
ments. They had counted on the
opposition to the senator's league
stand to defeat him in the southern
part of the state, but the league ad
herents, although peeved at Johnson
were not angry enough to forget his
California record. Against the senti
ment of state pride, the feeling tha
California's vote might send her
favorite to, the White House, the
Hoover men were powerless.
It is scarcely unfair to say that
Hoover's 210.000 vote must be inter
preted as a spontaneous tribute to the
man. It certainly cannot be ascribed
to his campaign management. The
final returns today show that 30
counties gave Johnson a larger pro
portion or the registered vote than
did San Francisco county. Solano
gave him seven to one, Sacramento
and Tuolumne four to one, Stanislaus.
Mendocino and San Joaquin three and
one-nan to one. tie earned every
county except three and his total
vote was more than 365,000.
Not at all discouraged, Hoover's
friends announced today that the
would send a delegation to Chicago,
determined to have their man chosen
the dark horse when the conven
Hon deadlocks on Wood and Johnson
Auto Trucks Stage "Circus."
CENTRALIA, Wash., May 7. (Spe
cialO-r-Thirty western Washingto
auto trucks, which are touring th
Pacific coast, staged a "circus" in
uentra-iia yesieraay. a parade was
held in the morning and in the after
noon a demonstration. featurin
pneumatic tires, was given In the ope
space lacing tne depot. At noon
automobile luncheon was held at the
Sure
Relief
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR ELEC
Jacob Henry Miller, Wenatchee
Wash., Chosen Grand Commander
SPOKANE. Wash., May 7. Jacob
Henry Miller of Wenatchee was
elected grand commander of the Grand
Commandery, Knights Templar of
Washington, here today and Henry B.
Elder, Aberdeen, deputy grand com
mander. Other officers elected were: Wesley
C. Stone, Spokane, grand generalis
simo: Frederick M. Pauly, Walla
Walla, grand captain-general: Walter
E. Carter, Vancouver, grand senior
walen; John Campbell, Seattle, grand
junior warden; Horace W. Tyler, Ta
coma, grand treasurer; Taney C. Bla
lock. Walla Walla, grand recorder;
James M. Sleicher. Chehalis. grand
standard bearer; John Nelson Faust,
Ellensburg, grand sword bearer;
Charles P. Kimball, Bremerton, grand
warden; George M. Sommer, Spokane,
grand captain of the guard.
Cataract commandery of Spokane
won the state cup for excellence in
exemplification of the ritual. The
Seattle commandery was second.
C2&"656 Bell-an s
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Comet Coming
Visible 8 P.M. Tuesday
Watch for it
Plenty of Power but no Traction
spinning wheels that get nowhere
and the man in the taxi believes he is paying for
the futile spinning of the wheels. The meter on
his car back home would register them in miles.
He believes the taximeter is registering a charge against
him for the useless spinning of the rear wheels and the result
ing damage to the tires.
N A valuable object lesson, if it makes him think of his
own car and how he abuses his own tires when he fails to put on
Weed Tire Chains
For Sure and Certain Traction
The taxicab companies protect
the Public and themselves from
skidding accidents from excessive
costs. Taxicab wheels spin only
when drivers disobey the compa
nies order to "Put on Tire Cliains .
when streets are wet or slippery. ' '
And. to safeguard their patrons
against the drivers' possible negli
gence, the taximeter is attached to
front wheels.
Weed Tire Chains, when used
judiciously, lengthen the lifeof tires.
Whether they are used on taxicabs
or on pleasure cars, Weed Tire
Chains materially reduce operating
expenses.
Nothing lootcs more ridiculous
than a spinning tire nothing more
brainlessly extravagant. Put on
Weed Tire Chains "at the first drop
of rain."
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PRINCE TO REVISIT ISLAND
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British Heir to Sray Week in Hono
lulu, Intimation.
HONOLULU, T. H.. May 7. (Spe
cial.) The prince nt Wales will re
turn to England through Honolulu
after his visit to Australia, it is ex
pected. On his way south during: the
early part of the month he stayed only
one day here, but on his way back he
probably will be here' at least a week.
He intimated as much juht before de
parting and confirmed it in a recent
wireless to a local official. Further
the prince will visit Kilauea, the ac
tive volcano on the island of Hawaii.
The return visit is expected to be
made in August.
VETERANS WANT HOSPITAL
Resolutions Indorsed to T7sc Ta-
coma Cusbman Indian School.
CENTRALIA. Wash., May 7. (Spe
cial.) At a meeting last night of the
Grant Hodge post, American Legion,
the veterans indorsed' resolutions
adopted by the Elmer J. Noble post.
Seattle, requesting the surgeon-gen
eral to utilize the Cushman Indian
school in Tacoma as a tuberculosis
hospital for ex-service men.
The post voted $10 toward the
American Legion's national fund for
decorating the graves of fallen com
rades in France and England on
Memorial day.
William Scales, Floyd Doersch and
Roland Kurtz were appointed a com
mittee to represent Grant Hodge post
in the joint plans of Centralia's pa
triotic and fraternal organizations for
Memorial day.
Lloyd Uysart, representative in
Centralia of the Veterans' Welfare
commission, addressed the post last
night on the extensive work being
done by the commission in Seattle.
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Breach Reported Between Japanese
Business and Labor.
HOXtflXXU, T. H., May 7. (Spe
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tion laborers is believed to be draw
ing to a close. That is the opinion
expressed here in neutral circles in
view of the fact that the Japanese
federation of labor recently called a
conference of its leaders at which it
was reported that the leaders have
decided to hold out for another
month.
The Hawaii Hochi, a Japanese daily
published by Fred Makino, Japanese
laDor icaaer, is out wnn ine state
ment that a breach has developed be
tween the Japanese business men of
Hawaii and the federation leaders
and Hochi strongly hints that the
Japanese business men are anxious
to see the strike concluded as soon
as possible.
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