THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9. 1920
11.
HARMONY RETAINED
AT OPENING SESS ON
As Conventions Go, Affair
Tame, However.
Is
LODGE SOUNDS KEYNOTE
Call to Parly to Oust "Wilson Dy
nasty" Is Cliccred Other
Work Quickly Done.
'Continued From First Paff-
tlon was duo to open the band struck
up and the delegates began getting
Into position. The halt was filling
rapidly aid many of the notables
were arriving. There was a marked
absence of confusion. The old
timers said it looked almost as tame
as four years ago.
Unlike former conventions, the old
guard came early. In the old days
they were the last to arrive, being
held back by conferences. As many
f the leaders took their seats with
out causing a ripple of excitement,
the band played a mournful air.
There were many women delegates
and alternates on th,e floor.
The seating arrangements were al
together different from what they
were four years ago. In the front
rows were delegations from Califor
nia. North Dakota, Arkansas, Con
necticut. Colorado and' Virginia.
Platform Slow in Killing.
The platform was slow in filling up.
Apparently the leaders were in con
ference eiseuhere to determine what
was to be done on the question of
permanent organization. The women
delegates were eagerly sought by the
scouts of the campaign managers and
held quite a handshaking affair ot
their own. They seemed to be en
joying their first participation in a
national convention.
The band continued to blare off
popular airs with regularity, and the
delegates and alternates continued to
pour in at all the. doors. The gal
leries were filled early with the for
tunate hundreds who managed to get
in. to the disappointment of the un
lucky thousands who lost out on the
tickets. The opening moments were
spent In informal conferences among
the delegates on the floor and re
newals of old acquaintances.
Generally, the condition in the hall
was remarkably quiet. Nobody set-mod
to have any more definite idea of
how things were going to line up
than they did last week.
Flag Devoratf Collarum.
Twenty minutes before the hour
set for the. opening the crowd was
still streaming In. It was not till
then that the electric lights were
turned on, throwing into relief the
thousands of American flags that
comprised the only decorations. The
floor was about half full at that time.
The- only decoration on the platform
was a big vase of American Beauty
roses.
L'p to the moment Temporary Chair
man Lodge left his hotel for the
Coliseum there had been no final de
termination .on the question of per
manent organization and it was said
that the chances were good of making
the temporary organization perma
nent, thus avoiding two keynote
speeches. Moreover, it would dispose
of the danger of engendering ill feel
ing by a content euch as has been
going on by supporters of Senator
Beveridge of Indiana, and Senator
Medill McCormick of Illinois. Advo
cates of two different organizations
continued to wage their fight, how
ever, and National Committeeman
Hays was understood to favor Senator
McCormick.
Audirnrr Ilrginn WbiMtlinc.
The gathering audience began to
show the first signs of animation
when the band struck up "The Stars
and Stripes Forever." Whistlers In
some parts of the visitors' g;aVleries
accompanied the band. The first ap
plause that swept the hall came at
the conclusion of this national selec
tion. From the "Stars and Stripes" the
band swung into "rardanel'ia," . and
there was a prompt response with a
shuffling of fet and a suggestion of
shimmy from some of the negro dele
gates from Tennessee.
When Senator Lodge reached the
hall he took a seat in the Massa
chusetts delegation space, where he
found Speaker Uillett talking with
friends and they had a brief confer
ence. Fred Upham, the national treas
urer, joined the conference and the
three men had their heads together
for several minutes.
Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Roose
velt was among the early platform ar
rivals. At 11 o'clock, the hour set for
the opening, the band was playing
"The Sunshine of Your Smile." but
very few people were smiling. There
was no movement to call the conven
tion to order and begin the business.
Delegate Crowd Aialea.
The aisles were crowded with dele
gates, who seemed more intent on
shaking hands and chatting than for
beginning the convention.
On every hand there were evidences
of the newer generation in politics.
They included sons of Theodore
Rooscevelt, Leonard Wood? the late
Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island and
a grandson of James G. Blaine, who
was wearing the badge of a sergeant
at-arms.
"Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean.'
got a rise out of the delegates who
stood and waved tiny flags in time
with the melody. Then the band
swung into a brief refrain from
"Dixie." and the southern delegates
found first opportunity for the rebel
yell.
Wadan-ortk and Hlllea Confer.
When Senator Wadsworth joined
the New York delegates he had a
conference with Charles D. Hilles,
the new national committeeman from
the state. Ex-Secretary of War Henry
L. Stimson also arrived and joined
the New "York delegation. Chauncey
M. Depew, veteran of more than a
dozen conventions, was in his usual
seat.
Colonel George Harvey and Senator
Brandegee met on the platform and
had a little talk. It was understood
that Colonel Harvey had been busy
all morning, trying to harmonize some
of the literary quirks of the prospec
tive platform,
A half hour after the time set for
the opening, there was still no sign
of the convention coming to order.
At that time Nicholas Murray
Butler of New Y'ork was the only
candidate seen on the floor. He was
chatting with the delegates from New
York.
Three Cheer Given V. S.
The swelling chorus filled the great
Kali and a sea of American flags was
waved throughout the singing. "Now,"
ahouted the leader, "three cheers for
the greatest country on earth, "the
United States of America.' "
Three rolling cheers echoed through
the big hall. The official photo
graph of the convention then was
taken. The photographer, perched in
the end of the hall farthest distant
from the platform, asked all the dele
gates to turn mac way. mere waa a
riash and a bang, and that was over.
Secretary Miller of the national
committee then read the call for the
convention.
The convention was not very much
interested in the reading of the call,
most .of the delegates knowing its
terms. They embraced the opportu
nity for conferences and conversa
tion and a steady hum prevaded the j
nan uuring me reaaing. uiiainnaii
Hays whacked for order so hard he
jolted over a glass of water on the
secretary's table, and then stepped
out to the edge of the speakers'
platform. He got a renewed demon
stration of applause, shouts and
cheers, which he acknowledged with
smiles and bows. Somebody yelled
three cheers'for Will Hays, and they
were given.
Party Growth Reported.
"The republican party has met in
this free and open convention." sa;d
he, "to accept from the people a
mandate for the government of the
United States. As chairman ol your
national committee, I report, prog
ress. By next November the majority
of the party should be at least J. 000.
000. In spirit I report more than
progress. I report fulfillment; the
great party or the Union has Become
a union. It shall continue so. There
will be no bolt in this convention."
Roars of cheers greeted that state
ment. Chairman Hays then introduced
Senator Lodge as the temporary
chairman, and the convention let out
more cheers, and a rolling chorus of
ayes affirmed the selection. As a
committee to escort him to the chair,
Chauncey M. I'Jcpew of New York;
Myron T. Herrick of Ohio, and Mrs.
J. B. Hume of California were ap
pointed. The committee thought they had
the platform fixed so the committee
could come up a set of concealed
stairs, but the arrangement wouldn't
work and Senator Lodge and his es
corting committee had to go around
to the rear entrance to the rostrum.
A bad omen, some thought, when
this platform trouble was noticed.
One Delegate Sits on Tack.
Another wave of cheers greeted
the senator as he stepped out to the
speaking position. Another cheer
leader was on the job with three
cheers for Senator Lodge and they
were giben. it was one minute be
fore noon when the cheers died away
and Senator Lodge began delivering
his address after having been rhtro
udced by-Chairman Hays as "Honor
able Henry Cabot Lodge of the
United States."
Before Senator Lodge got under
way the motion picture men turned
on a battery of strong lights, which
were focused on Senator Lodge, but
which cast an intense glare in the
faces of the delegates and spectators.
There were such insistent objections,
so loudly voiced, that they had to
be turned out and Senator Iodge
went ahead with his prepared ad
dress, reading from manuscript.
The firt man in rhe convention to
sit on a tack, actually, rather than
politically, was a delegate from
Arkansas, who found one in his chair.
A n accommodating assistant ser-geant-at-arms
removed it. The dele
gate told his colleagues he had come
to the convention expecting a lively
fight, but had not expected to be at
tacked from the rear.
LODUE SPEKCIl IS ATTACKED
C'ummiiigs Declares Talk Varies
I'roiii Former Pronouncements.
WATSONVILLE. Cal., June 8. Ho
raer S. Cumminga, chairman of the
democratic national committee, when
questioned here tonight regarding the
keynote speech of Senator Lodge at
the opening of the republican con
vention in Chicago, said that he "felt
sorry for Lodge," and "that his speech
was at variance with many pronounce
ments he had made in the senate." Mr.
Cuminings was interviewed while on a
train on his wayfrom Los Angeles to
San Francisco.
"Senator Lodge illogically advocates
a stay-at-home policy for Europe
while he indorses a policy of inter
vention amounting to war for Mexico,
His speech was evidently intended to
fit the occasion add not the facts,"
Mr. Cummings stated.
"The league of nations will become
l major political issue," he continued.
'The people of the United States are
for the league. It is the only remedy
that has been suggested to prevent
future wars. The league is a fact, the
issue is whether or not the United
States will become a member. For
us to remain outside the league would
be unthinkable.
1860 CONVENTION RECALLED
Survivor of Time When Lincoln
Was Nominated Strong for Wood.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. June S. (Spe
cial.) No Oregon citizen is more In
terested in the outcome or the re
publican convention at Chicago than
13. L. Smith, 82 years old. who is said
to be the -only survivor on the Pa
cific coast who attended the conven
tion of 1860. when Abraham Lincoln
was named to head the .republican
ticket. Mr. Smith, a stanch supporter
of General Wood, continues optimis
tic over the chances of his choice. He
proposed the name of Wood last year
long before he became known nation
ally as a candidate.
Numerous callers have visited Mr,
Smith at his home the last two days
to hear him tell of the excitement of
I860 when, as he declares, the action
of an Oregon delegate in sending
his proxy to Horace Greeley was the
turning point in favor of Abraham
Lincoln. Mr. Smith at the time of
the convention was student at Lom
bard university at Galesburg, 111.
TROUBLOUS TIMES LOOM
(Cpntinued From First Page.
wildcats. Everybody who tried to
make them listen to reason found
that they were bad listeners.
Rude Words Probable.
The platform row is going to keep
all concerned awake all night, and
may result in rough, rude talk on the
floor of the convention tomorrow.
Meanwhile the fear of a split is not
putting anybody into any better
humor. The republicans Jrere gath
ered don't want to split. They want
to win. They've been out of office
eight years. Officeholders can get
worn to mere shadows in eight years.
The strength ot the irreconcilables
lies in this split menace and don't
ever fancy that their don't know it.
While their opponents are shaking
their fingers at them, they are shak
ing their fists at their opponents.
Johnson Not Licked.
Don't gather from the foregoing
that the delegates will crown one
another with benches before a nom
ination can be reached, but before
this is over a true report of what
the leaders say to one another would
never get through the mails, to say
nothing of being admitted to a tele
graph wire. The net result of to
day's proceedings on and off the
convention floor was a continuation
of the drive on Johnson with Johnson
not yet licked.
In fact. Wood seems to be the only
contender who is definitely eliminat
ed. All the rest still are possibilities.
The big skirmish for a decision will
take place in the hotel , council rooms
..Wednesday night. They will not per
mit the balloting to begin until they
think it is fixed, but they may -be
wrong at that. , ,
PLATFORM PROBLEM
IS PRODIGIOUS ONE
Resolutions Committee
Plunges Into Wjrk.
EVERYBODY HAS PLANK
Foremost Among Ticklish Issues to
Be Considered Is League of
Nations Covenant.
(Continued. From First Page.)
the committee winning ideas for the
platform. Some were heard today
and tonight, but the majority, includ
ing the labor representatives and a
delegation which wants freedom for
Ireland, had to be put over until
tomorrow.
League l'lank l'roblrtn
Meantime arrangements were made
for a sub-committee to go to work
on disputed questions 01 policy, in
cluding the party's stand on the
league of nations and other out
standing issues which still are in
contest.
Senator Watson, who for weeks has
been in charge of a series of confer
ences on platform declarations, was
chosen chairman by a vote of 1 to 3,
only the committee members from
Kansas. Maryland and Georgia vot
ing for his opponent, Ogden Mills of
New York. Mr. Mills was head of an
executive committee which compiled
platform suggestions of the commit
tee of 171. and in lobby gossip he was
credited with having the support of
Will H. Hays, the national chairman
to head also the resolutions commit
tee.
Immediately after effecting its or
ganization the committee threw open
its doors, but before the hearings
had gone far they were suspended,
while by unanimous vote it was de
cided to put a time limit on all who
desired to be heard. On questions
where there were two sides to be
presented the allotment was 15 min
utes in all, equally divided, and on
all other subjects it was five min
utes.
Compers to Be Heard.
Among those who appeared today
and tonight were Professor Irving
Fisher of Yale, who advocated an in
vestigation of currency inflation
former Representative Charles N.
Fowler of New Jersey, advocating
revision of the banking and currency
laws, and S. P. Bond of Missouri, who
wanted price-fixing in wartime de
clared in violation of the constitu
tion. Tomorrow Samuel Gompers, presi
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, is to present his programme.
A delegation headed by Frank P.
Walsh is to argue for a plank advo
cating Irish freedom.
Despite six months of work by the
committee of 171 and several weeks
of conferences among the leaders in
Washington and elsewhere, several
troublesome platform questions re
main to be answered.
Tlrkllah laaura Ariae.
Foremost is the league of nations
plank, but other ticklish issues in
clude anti-strike legislation, the sol
dier bonus and a long string of pro
posals by farming . interests.
A determined effort would be made,
it was said, to have the platform in
clude a plank at least indorsing in
general terms the action of the re
publican senate in writing an anti
strike provision into the railroad
bill. In many quarters that proposal
met with fiery opposition, however,
and the labor leaders on hand were
expected to help in the fight
against it.
A declaration for enforcement of
prohibition will be asked of the com
mittee, though many of the party
chiefs are said to be in agreement
that the liquor issue should be con
sidered settled. It was suggested that
as a compromise a plank might be
framed declaring generally for strict
law enforcement
Suffrage Also Problem.
Many leaders also want to let the
suffrage questio.n alone, but there are
some who think the platform should
urge that ratification of the suf
frage amendment be completed.
It was'predicted generally that no
direct reference to soldiers' bonus leg
islation would be made in the plat
form, but that a plank would be
adopted stating in general terms that
the party favored generous treatment
of former service men. That may
not satisfy the republican members
of the house of representatives, which
passed a bonus bill, and a fight in the
committee may develop.
The fight over the league of na
tions is simply a continuation of the
long senate struggle, and the tactics
and maneuvering here repeat the
same familiar story of the unsuccess
ful effort to agree at Washington.
The Coffee
Drinker
who finds crou.rLds
for discomfort in his
coffee cup. welcomes
a change to
INSTANTPOSTUM
No loss of satisfaction
in -this richly flavored
beverage. All "the pleas
ures of coffee, with not
. ' a bit of nervousness,
indigestion
or sleeplessness.
Made by Postum Cereal Go.,BattIe Creek Jiich.
With the same senators in their ac
customed
rnlea anrl the same ar- i
guments
and animosities running"1"1 aetormicn: Indiana. James
. ' ' . ' tT, ,,", 1
sion, it appeared tonight that the
great drama of the senate committee I c.eorge G. Weeks: Maryland, w. Bladen;
rooms had been transferred complete Massachusetts,. Louis A. Coolidge; Michi
to a new background. I an. Harris" Gilpin; Minnesota, Frank
nMdu , ,., H a vnMrH
Middle Ground Avoided.
Whether the convention floor Is to I
reDeat the history of the floor of the
senate with the contestants carrying
their fieht into the open, as they did
at Washington, remains a question of
speculation and some concern among
the party's titular leaders.
Neither the irreconcllables nor tne
mild reservationists were ready to
night to take the middle ground
plank fashioned by the pre-convention
builders, and each element was pre-i
pared to present a draft of its own. I
Failure to get an agreement so lar
was declared on both sides, however,
to be no barometer so far as the final
outcome was concerned. It was said
that the senators taking leading parts
had become by long experience so
wary of the dangers of binding agree
ments on the subject that they pre
ferred to retain some liberty of action
until the resolutions committee was
ready to act.
On the side of the irreconcilables.
Senator Borah of Idaho, a member of
the resolutions committee, held off
from final acceptance of the middle
ground plank and kept in readiness
the one prepared by himself and feen
ator Johnson.
Some Features Settled.
On the outstanding principles to be
embodied in the plank all the senators
have long been in substantial agree
ment. At conferences more than a
week ago in Washington, it is under
stood, all agreed that the platform
must declare against the covenant of
the league as written at Versailles:
must uphold the stand of the senate
in refusing to ratify the treaty and
make a general statement of faith in
the theory of international peace. The
question of putting these principles
into language, however, is where dis
agreements begin.
Among all the senators there is a
distinct aversion to letting the con
test get to the convention floor, even
for a minute. They realize how full
ot dynamite the whole subject is. and
they know that a wide field of bitter
debate would be opened. So they all
declare the effort to reach an agree
ment behind the doors of the resolu
tions committe will be sincere and
determined.
It was universally declared that no
angle of the treaty fight was involved
in the contest between Senator Wat
son and Mr. Mills for the resolutions
chairmanship and that the difference
of opinion as to who should head the
committee was based on personal
grounds purely. Isaac M. Ullman of
Connecticut was appointed secretary
of the committee.
Snffrasrlsts PIrat Heard.
The first petitioners to get the ear
of the newly formed committee were
a group of women representing the
National American Woman Suffrage
association.
They stood at the door as the mem
bers went into executive session to
organize and presented each with a
circular asking that the convention
take such action as would make rati
fication of the suffrage amendment
"inevitable and immediate." Al
though the association thanked the
party for its past efforts, the com
munication added, the women of the
country were unwilling to accept
blanket assurance from party leaders
that they now were doing all they
could.
Later, at the public hearings, Lucy
G. Branhann of Baltimore presented a
petition from the American Woman's
Emergency committee condemning
the administration's Russian policy
and advocating resumption of trade
relations with Russia.
Former Representative Fowler, who
for eight years was chairman of the
house banking committee, declared
the present federal reserve system
and the manipulations of the reserve
board permitted inflation and were
injurious to the financial welfare of
the country. Professor Fowler blamed
inflation for the high cost of living
and wanted a commission to investi
gate.
Speaking for a delegation from the
national capital, L. S. Gottlieb asked
for the franchise for residents of tlje
District of Columbia.
Many Proposals Irged,
When discussion of the appointment
of a subcommittee on platform start
cd. C. C. Hamlin, the Colorado mem
ber, insisted that the work of the
committee of 171 should be submitted
to the entire committee before work
on a platform was begun. Mr. Mills
explained, however, that the 171 were
named only for the purpose of report
ing on the various subjects and that
reports had been mailed to the mem
bers of the national committee.
F. H. LaGuardia of New York plead
ea for a delegation in favor of a
reparate air service.
F. S. Davila of Porto Rico spoke for
a separate form of government for
his country, but said action need not
be hurried
A resolution presented by P. H
Gadsden of Philadelphia in behalf of
public utilities declared that both
capital and labor should receive such
return and compensation as would at
tract their continued flow.
The committee on resolutions as
officially announced follows:
Alabama. J. J. Curtis; Arizona, S. F.
Noon; Arkansas, A. J. Russell; California
John F. Neylan; Colorado. C. C. Hamlin;
Connecticut. Isaac M. Ullman; Delaware
H. Ball: Florida, J. T. Bielby: Georgia.
x. -j ubvib; iqriio, w . c. nonn; xinnoia.
William Allen White: Kentucky. William
He..burn . i,usl,n,. r a Lin- Mine.
Murphy; Mississippi. J. T. Montgomery;
Missouri. W. L. Cole; Montana, Lynn D.
Ambrose: Nebraska. Don Love: Nevada.
E- W. Griffith: New Hampshire. Jesse
M. Barton: New Jersey." Austin Colgate:
New Mexico. E. A. Cahoon: New York,
Ogden L. Mills; North Carolina, I. B.
Tucker: North Dakota. S. Vaale Hen
drickson; Ohio, A. H. Johnson: Oklahoma,
Vernon Whiting; Oregon, Wallace Mc
Camant: Pennsylvania, W, E. Crow;
Rhode Island, n. Livingston Beeckman:
South Carolina. It. R. Talbert: South Da
kota. Chambers Kellar: Tennessee. Fred
Arn: Texas. T. P. Lee: Utah. Reed Smoot;
Vermont. John M. Thomas; Virginia. D.
Iwrence Groner: Washington. M. C.
Richards: West Virginia. A. B. White;
Wisconsin. E. J. Gross: Wyoming, J. M.
Wilson; District of Columbia, Frank J.
Hogan; Alaska, George C. Haze-let: Philip
pines, A. S. Crossfield: Porto Rico. R. B.
Todd; Hawaii. Senator John W. Wise.
Eair Dates Tentative.
HOOD RIVER. Or., June 8. (Spe
cial.) The County Fair board has set
September 17 and 18, just before the
State fair, as tentative dates for the
Where the
comes in
A MAN
twice as much
work as a $5 -a-day man,
is worth $10 If you get
him for $8 you're
makiri
g money
It's the same with clothes
Our clothes wear twice
as long as the ordinary
kind; they cost very
little more
Besides you get
your money back if
you're not satisfied
Hart
f if
& Marx
This store is the home of
Hart Schaffner & Marx
stylish all-wool clothes
Sam'l Rosenblatt &
Fifth and Alder Streets
Hood River county fair. The mem
bers of the board, who declare that
efforts will be made to bring out in
creased exhibits this fall, have called
on citizens for suggestions.
0. D. MILES ASKS DIVORCE
Mother of Ten Children Alleged to
Have Deserted Home.
Ten children, now ranging from 2
to 21 years of age, were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Orlando D. Miles, but these
ties were not strong enough to pre
sowing
who d
bctiatr
tier
Co.
vent the husband from filing sMt for
divorce in the circuit court yesterday,
alleging desertion. Mr. Miles is will
ing, however, for his wife to have
custody of the minor children, prom
ises to provide for them as best ho
can. and to deed to his wife 160 acres
of land in Saskatchewan. Canada, in
trust for the children. ;
Other divorce suits filed yesterday
were: Edgar A. against Edith Mc
Intire and Sara K. against Mis E.
Thiede.
Tokio will have a 15-mile subway,
solving the problems of its traffic in
a truly modern manner.