TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. rOKTLAD, 3fAY 9, 1920 rDEMDCRATS ACCLAIM PR MARIES NO MOfS E Portv Cirot Innnroc Then Rp- pudiates Plank. ONE-TERM IDEA DIES TOO 1912 Textbook or Bourbons del icately Avoided in 1916 When Wilson Is Renominated. OTIKGOXIAN NEWS BTTREATJ. Wash ington, May S. Little probably will t heard rrom now on of the once loua and persistent agitation for presidential primaries. Obviously both major political parties feel some dis appointment over tUo workings of the system. The presidential primary has been Ignored and then repudiated by the democratic party, which- was the only one of the major parties to recognize it In a national platform. In 1912 the democratic national convention at Baltimore, which nominated Gov ernor Woodrow 'Wilson of New Jer sey for president, wrote into the na tional party platform this plank: The movement towards niore popular government should be pro moted through legislation In each elate which will permit the expres sion of the preference of the electors for national candidates at the pres idential primaries. Republicans Remain Silent.' "We direct that the national com mittee incorporate In the call for the next nominating convention a re quirement that all expressions of preference for presidential candidates shall be given and the selection of delegates am) alternates be made through a primary election conducted by the party organization in each Mate where such expression and elec tion are not provided by state law. Committeemen who are hereafter to constitute, the membership of- the democratic national commuite ana whoso election Is not provided for by law shall be chosen In each state at such primary elections, "and the service and authority of committee men however chosen shall begin immediately upon the receipt of their credentials, respectively." The republican national platform ion, although many of the states in which republicans were in control al ready had adopted presidential pri mary laws. In 1916 both parties in national eonvention ignored the question Just as it appears the states controlled by tho respective parties had done in the intervening four years. Sine that primary plank was adopted by the democrats at Baltimore in 1912 there has been practically no widening of the presidential primary system. One state. Minnesota, has repealed a presidential primary law and an other state, Indiana, has adopted sucn a law. When the- democrats met in St. Louis to renominate Woodrow "Wilson in 1916, two or three issues raised by the 1912 platform had be come exceedingly delicate, which probably accounts for no reaffirma tion of the primary declaration of ur years before. One-Term Plank Rrnadlated. In the first place the party was in grasp of the national auminlstra . which was seeking the renom- lon of its chief after a campaign ted mainly to avoiding any con- in the states, either primary or wise. Furtnermore there was embarrassment in referring to page of the derr.ocratic campaign oxtbook of 1912 on which was writ- n the plan declaring for primaries. On the same page also appeared this declaration made by the same con vention: "We favor a single, presidential term, !hd to that end we urge the adoption of an amendment to the con stitution making- the president of the United tates intligible for re-elec tion and we pledge the candidate of this convention to this principle." It is" history that "the candidate of this convention" did not stand hitched to the single-term principle, just as he throw down free tolls for the Pan ama canal and has been ready ever since to forget presidential primaries in campaign year. In the present campaign the re publican party has availed itself of all the primary machinery available in the -states for nominating presi dential candidates, although it might bo said, perhaps truthfully, that re publicans are not any "crazier" about the system than its original "advo cates of record," the democrats. The democrats, however, have gone further in this campaign and through such personages as William- Gibbs MoAdoo, son-in-law of tho president and himself a presidential candidate, have passed out the mandate to the party in several primary states to ignore candidates and elect only un instructcd delegates. This is repudi ating tho now celebrated, primary plank of 1912 with a vengeance, be cause it carries with it the recogni tion of the old plan of delegate manipulation as it was never recog nized before. If Senator Penrose had issued such an edict there is no doubt that the welkin would have been in an uproar with protests against "boss rule." Scheme Held Not Successful. There is considerable of a ten dency, however, among former pri mary advocates in both parties to agree that the popular voting method of choosing candidates has not been a success. It is a noteworthy fact that up to this time no primary choice has ever been indorsed by a national convention. In 1812 tho same democratic con vention which adopted the presiden tial primary plank repudiated rfh popular choice, Champ Clark of Mis souri, and chose Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey. It is a delicate matter to mention even to this day, but Theodore Koosevelt appears to have had more of the delegates chosen by primary to the first Chicago conven tion of 1912, but the convention did not see fit to nominate him. In 1916 Mr. Wilson pole-vaulted the primary and the republican conven tion, after a campaign in which the primary had figured to only a small degree, chose Charles E. Hughes of few Tork, who had the primary in dorsement of only one state, Oregon, witn ten votes in a convention seat ing almost 1000 delegates. In the coming national conventions it is therefore a certainty that neither party will go on recprd with reference to the primary. sened when Mr. Bryan said, "God bless you" to the president in re signing the office of the secretary of state, and the president said, "The same to you" both with their tongues in their cheeks and their fingers crossed. It is recalled that President Wilson once expressed the sincere wish that "Bryan could be knocked into a cocked hat." The wish was full-hearted and expressed with that literary effectiveness for which the president is noted. Others Echo Thin Wins. Just now the democratic organiza tion and the adherents of many candi dates for the office which President Wilson holds are echoing the wish. With the hearty co-operation of Gov ernor Edwards these democrats are seeking to have the wish accom plished and a valuable prize would be given to the person who can furnish the formula for accomplishing it. The result of this "mass desire" is to make Mr. Bryan the outstanding figure in the coming democratic convention. 1'rom persons close to Mr. Bryan It is possible to tell just what the Nebras-kan is aiming to do. In the first place, Mr. Bryan wants to be president of the United States. He admits that his faith in democracy is based on the willingness of a ma jority of the voters to agree with him. yet he avows his insistent raltn in democracy which, errs to this ex tent but which he believes is bound finally to be corrected. Mr. Bryan, n good health, looks forward, to a ripe old age. "Boirbonhm'' Means Drink. Accordingly, he optimistically be lieves the time may have come when the voters will awaken to the fact that they have committed errors equal to the number of times they have rejected him and that right ana wisdom are bound to triumph. If the voters of- the country are still wandering in error and decline to ac cept Mr. Bryan as their leader, the Peerless One proposes to do trie next best thing, he wants to write the party platform; to save the demo cratic party from what he regards as its present tendency to conservatism and "Bourbonlsm." "Bourbon" to Mr. Bryan, is the name of a drink. In addition to writing the piatiorm. if he cannot be a candidate, he will seek to name the candidate. In doing so he may not be able to select his own choice, but hopes to exert the veto power as he did at Baltimore when he foiled the ambition of Champ Clark. - He will .be aaralnst any possible third term for President Wilson and he will be especially opposed to any one whom the conservatives or the wet" elements favor. Bryan Still Haa Kick.. When Mr. Bryan emerged from the retirement which his resignation from the cabinet entailed he showed that he still possessed a kick and those who confidently believed ne had Deen knocked into the proverbial "cocked hat'' were wakened with a jar. Ac cordingly, the "cocked hat;' process Is aarain in course of application, ac companied by the realization that if it is not brought about Mr. Bryan may do to the . democratic party this year what Mr. Wilson so feelingly wished might be done to Mr. Bryan. The resulting spectacle is the com bination of such sturdy representa tives of democracy as Homer Cum mlngs of Connecticut. Gavin McNabb of California. Tom Taggart of Indiana, Leader Murphy of Tammany, Gov ernor Edwards of New Jersey and others, collaborating in the light opera entitled "Knocking Bryan Into Kingdom Come," or something similar. Commoner Isn't orrylng-. While this is In progress Mr. Bryan Is going his own way, seemingly un disturbed by the furore hxs is creat ing. He is weH aware that the or ganization is against him. He made that clear at the Jackson day dinner when he intimated that he was ready to appeal to the rank and file, and has been doing it ever since. Having been elected a delegate to the San Francisco convention, he will be in his element on. the floor and may be expected to look into the various can-. didacics, opening them up to see what makes them go. The democratic organization -has its work cut out for it in' sidetrack ing Mr. Bryan. The leaders know it and they are worried. Phegley & Calender COR. FOURTH AND ALDER STS. Kirschbatim Suits In New Spri 5 to 60 A COMPARISON of Portland's dis play windows will prove how mod erate are these prices. Yet in materials, in style, in workmanship, the clothes are of the finest standards. They are the work of the famous Kirschhaum shops. SMART STYLE GOOD QUALITY BIG VALUE Olympia; W. A. Perkins, E. D. Hen derson, Rochester; Wilson Howe, Te nino; Dr. E. N. Nugent, Tenino; Ed ward XJrury, South Union. GRANGE FAVORS MILLAGE Orchardists and Ranchers Unan imous for Higher liduoation. HOOD RIVER. Or, May 8. (Spe cial.) The Pine Grove grange, com posed of East Side orchardists and ranchers, will vote solidly for the higher educational millage bill, hav- ng unanimously adopted a resolution favoring the measure. vvhile we have taken no official action on the 2-mill elementary edu cational bill," says J. M. Taylor, an officer of the grange, "I have heard my fellow members express them selves in favor of the measure." Two Sent to Reformatory. PASCO, Wash, May 8. (Special) Robert D. Cameron and Thomas Gray were sentenced Thursday to in determinate terms in the state re formatory at Monroe. Cameron was charged with stealing four pairs of shoes from the Northern Pacific freight house, where he had been working, and Gray was charged with breaking into a room at the Olympia lodging house. Both men pleaded guilty. Thurston Elects Delegates. OLYMPIA, Wash., May 8. (Spe clal.) Fifteen democrats attended the county convention - today and elected 20 delegates to the state con vention at Spokane, who are unin- structed and authorized to name their own alternates. The delegates are: r. M. Troy, George F. Yantis, E. T. Steel, Mrs. Julia Waldrip, Mrs. C. A. Rose, C. A. Rose, Mrs. H. L. Parr, 11. L. Torr, J. M. Tad lock, A. W. John son. R. M. Fuller. L. P. Louotte, Fred Oanady, J. )T. Brenner. 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