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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, . JUNE 13, 1920
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Education Obtained While
Earning Own Way.
MANY OFFICES ARE HELD
Vice-Presidential Nominee Is Di
rect Descendant of Mayflower
Pilgrims Law Practiced. ,
Calvin Coolidge, Massachusetts'
governor, who was elected upon the
platform of "law and order," was born
near Plymouth. Vt.. on a little farm
located 12 miles from a railroad. July
4. 1872. He is a direct descendant
of John and Mary Coolidge. who came
to the shores of America on the May
flower and settled ten years later
in 1631. on land near where Coolidge
was born.
As a youth he worked on his fath
er's farm and like Lincoln, was forced
to earn the greater port of the mo.iey
which Rave him his legal education.
He attcn led the school at I'! mouth
and successively thereafter the Black
River academy at Ludlow. . the St.
Johnsbury academy in Caledonia
county, Vt., and Amherst college,
Massachusetts. Graduating from Am
herst in 1895. he went to Northamp
ton where he entered the law offices
of Hammond & Field, both of whom
took an active Interest in the politics
of the city and county.
Admittance to liar taalned.
At this time Collidge was 23 years
old. He Brained admittance to the
state bar in 1S97 and two years later
' was elected to the city council. From
that time on Coolidge held several
. city offices. It is said of him that
b-: has never lost an election. He
acted as city solicitor of Northampton
from 1900 tJ if'01 and clerk of courts
from 1901 to 1903. In October, 1915.
he married Miys Grace A. tjodhuo. of
Burlington. Vt., and in 1906 his first
son. John B. Coolidge, was born. His
other child. Calvin Jr., was born in
lOS.
After taking an interest in the
politics of the citv of Northampton
for several years Coolidge was ten
dered the republican nomination to
the house of representatives. He ac
cepted and was elected but did pot
take an active part in affairs of the
! house until his second term in 190S.
As a few years before he had been
Appointed consul and vice-president of
the Nonotuck Savinss bank of North
ampton, he was placed on the com
mittee on banking and finance and
aided in the passage 0f several re
fo'inatory hankinc- laws. He prac-
. ticeel law during the year 1909 and
in 1910 was ele-r.ed mayor of his
home city, Northampton. He was re
ft. feted to this office in 1911 and
teiveil until 191?. It is said that dur-
. ins his last term cf office as mayor
he reduced the tax rates, raised "the
salaries of public school teachers of
the city and reduced the city debt
by $90,000. Nj bonds were voted nor
i:rey borrowed during his adminis
tration.
Legislature Seat Aicaln Tikn,
He returned to the legislature in
1912 as senator ai.d was immediately
elected president of the senate. He
was returned ".lie next year and again
was cnosen prep'rent or the upper
house. He was elected to the state
senate for tie third time in 1914
where he serveo until the following
year. His fourth election to the sen
ate occurred in 1K15.
About this time he began to be
recognized as one of the able and
efficient men of the state. He was
supported in ris next campaign, for
the office of lieutenant-governor, by
V. Murray Crane, political leader of
the state as weii ai by the labor ele
mem. He was elected lieutenant
governor in 1916 .id was elected to
the office each cf the two following
years. In 1916 he polled a great
plurality or 52.194 votes, in 1917
84.930 and in the last year. 1918. he
rolled up the unheard of plurality of
101.731 votes in the election contest.
In 1919 he was elected governor of the
6tate and is said to be the first gov-
ernor who enacted a budget provi
sion for Massachusetts.
Strike Atraa Attention.
Coolidge, it is s?id, would perhaps
have never been brought to the atten
tion of th.? nation were it not for the
Boston police strike In September,
1919. Members of the Boston police
department were desirous of affiliat
ing with the American Federation of
Labor, they already having a btrong
local union. However, when Police
Commissioner Edward U. Curtis is
't' sued the ultimatum that Boston po
liceman would not be permitted to
join any outside labor organization
and haled 19 leaders in the union
movement before liim for trial, three
' fourths of the personnel of the de
" partment struck. For 24 hours the
city of Boston waa given over to law
lessness and Europe as well as the
entire United States was waiting for
the stand to be taken by the gov
ernor. Coolidge. preparatory to send
ing state militia into Boston, Issued
the following brief statement:
"There is no riant to strike against
the public safety by anybody, any
where, anytime."
The troops guarded the city for sev
eral days and until the strikers re-
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Tj-J1 JOHNSON NrVAtiV AS XVW 5
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR VICE
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views on big public questions
of Massachusett,
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Po the day's work.
The public Is tired of strikes, and
public prevail.
Both capital and labor owe a duty
resent violations of that duty.
There is danger in the growth of
of good to overcome it.
Kducate those coming into our country as a means of treating with
the situation.
Foreigners who break our laws should be punished here and then de
ported. Simply deporting is a joke. If they desire they can come back. If
punishrd they won't went to.
Aliens dangerous to our institutions should be deported even if not
guilty of breaking our laws.
Our first duty to get the new arrival a job and make him a producer;
then educate him before he is gathered in by the bolsheviki.
Capital and labor are entitled to fair returns, and no more.
Not what the worker takes home In his pay envelope, but what bis wife
can put in the market basket with It, is what counts.
If people would only work the hours they are supposed to, there
wouldn't be much trouble: most of them don't.
turned to work. Coolidge immedi
ately afterward announced his candi
dacy for re-election Again tire situa
tion wns watched closely by outside
state and even nations, for Coolidiio
pave as his elert'on ple-Jgc that he
only asked for the office of governor
on the grounds of law and order, that
he intended to preserve both and
wished votes from r.o one who did not
believe as did he. His opponent
sought election by the radical labor ,
class but was defeated. Ccolidge's '
plurality was unusually large.
Personally, he is said to be of small
stature, but with great personality.
Several of his statements made tft
various addresses have been classed
as exceptionally timely. He is silent
and retiring, talks with a Yankee
slang and is not a good i-nblic sneak
er. After his last election as state
senator and when thanking the senate
for the presidency of that body just
conferred upon him. he used just 44
words when it was the custom to
make a prepared address. We com
bines practicality with spirituality
and by many of ni admirers is classed
with Washington. Lincoln and Roose
velt. Upon his election as governor he
obtained the lodgings at the Adams
house in Boston, which he still re
tains. His wife and two children still
reside in the former Coolidge home at
Northampton.
BOND YIELDS IMPROVING
Income- From Liberty and Victory
Issues Trends Upward.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 12. Liberty
bond interest yields, based on Pacific
coast market quotations at the close
of the week's transactions today,
showed an upward trend, with the
single exception of first loan 3s,
according to the weekly table of the
federal reserve bank here.
This table Is based on the assump
tion that the bonds purchased will
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AD MRS. COOLIDGE.
as expressed by Governor Calvin
Mr. Martin Green of the New lork
in the long run the wishes of the
to the public, and the public will
bolshevist sentiment, but "plenty
be held until maturity. Victory loan
44s continued to lead with a yield
of 6.36. The report follows:
First liberty 3V4s. market price,
$91.75, approximate yield 4; 4s, $85,
5.01; 4c. J85.37. 5.27; second 4s, $84.25.
5.18; 4Vls. $S4.87. 5.42; third 4s,
$88.75, 6; fourth 44s, $85.25, 5.54;
victory 4?is. $95.75, 6.36; 3s. 95.75,
5.34.
EGYPT'S PREMIER BOMBED
Attempted Assassination Is Second
in Six Months.
CAIRO, June 12. An unsuccessful
attempt was made today to assasst
pate the Egyptian premier by a bomb.
The premier was uninjured. Three
persons, however, were wounded.
Today's attempt to assassinate the
Egyptian premier is the third such in
cident within a year. Last September
a bomb was thrown at the then pre
mier, Hussein Rushdi Pasha, but the
premier was not injured. The assail
ant was a theological student. . On
December 16, last, a medical student
made an attack upon Yunuf Wahba
Pasha, who had succeeded to the pre
miership, while he was driving to the
ministry.
Bisliops Sail for England.
NEW YORK. June 12. Bishjp
Thomas F. Gaylor, presiding bishop
of the Episcopal church in the United
States, sailed today on the steamship
Philadelphia to attend the Lambeth
Episcopal conference in England.
I With him were also Bishop Henry J.
Michael of Atlanta, Ga. ; Bishop John
McKim of Tokio and lr. William E.
Gardner, head of the department of
religious education.
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CARTOONIST PERRY TAKES A GLANCE AT SOME OUTSTANDING EVENTS OF A BUSY WEEK.
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HARDING CROWS UP PROBABLE NEXT FIRST LADY OF THE LAND.
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OHIO IS NATIVE STATE Cjj ;
Political Kield Is Kntered From
Home Town 2 0 Years Ago;
Great Success AVon.
FACTS ABOIT WAIIRGX G.
HAnDIM;, REPl'BLIUAX
NOMI.VEB FOR lltiS
IDKT. Birthplace Corsica, Morrow
county, Ohio. Born November
2. 1865; is therefore 64 years
old.
Education Attended Ohio
Central college. Graduated,
Iberia college, 1882.
Occupation Newspaper man
since 1884.
Business President Harding
Publishing company, publishers
of the Star of Marion, O.
Church Baptist.
Family Married to Florence
Kling of Marion, O.. July 8.
1891,
Career Member Ohio state
senate. 1900-1904; lieutenant
governor of Ohio, 1904-1906;
member United states senate
from Ohio, 1915-lsri; republi
can nominee for president,
June 12, 1920.
warren u. Harding, the choice of
the republican party for president of
tne United States, is a native of Ohio
and has always been a resident of
that state, being a publisher and busi
ness man of the city of Marion. Al
ways a staunch member of the repub
lican party, Mr. Harding entered the
political field in his own state a score
of years ago and by his leadership
and keen mind soon gained recogni
tion outside of his own state. In 1914
lie was elected United States senator
from Ohio and took his first official
step into the national political arena
For some years before this time, row
ever, he had been prominent in the
councils of the party and had carried
on studies in Europe and elsewhere
which well qualified him to handle
ihe problems of a national and an in
ternational nature which he was
called upon to take up after assuming
the senatorial toga.
High recognition of the aualitiex of
leadership found in Mr. Harding was j
Kiven in isi, wnen at the June con
vention in Chicago of the republican
party. Senator Harding was chosen
chairman and was called upon to give
the opening address, which was sup
posed to sound the keynote of the re
publican campaign. Since 1915 Mr.
HardJng has served In the senate and
has won a position of unusual impor
tance at Washington, considering his
comparatively short period of service.
Campaign ot Active.
During the pist several months Mr.
Harding has been one of the most
persistent of the "dark horses" before
the party, and it was known that
there was a strnog undercurrent of
sentiment within the party in favor
of the Ohio native son, althougn no
active campaign in his behalf had
been waged by his friends. In view
of this fact, little surprise was felt
by republican leaders here yesterday
at his nomination, after it became ap
parent that none of the three leaders
in the race could obtain the necessary
votes.
Senator Harding was born on a
farm just outside of Blooming Grove.
Morrow county, Ohio, on November 2,
1865, and Is thus 54 years old. His
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George T. Hard
ing, both sprang from strong colonial
stock, dating before the revolutionary
war days, the father's forbears having
come to America from Scotland and
the mother's ancestry tracing back
to Holland. The Harding familv came
originally from Scotland, settling in
Connecticut. Shortly before the revo
lution the family moved to Penn
sylvania and during the war the
family was well represented in the
armies which fought and won inde
pendence from Great Britain.
In the days when Ohio was a great
wilderness of forest, with small farms
cleared away here and there and a
few scattering villages, the grand
father Harding with his family hewed
for himself a farm out of forest, and
it was here upon his grandfather's
farm, where his parents were then
living that Warren G. Harding was
born. His father, who had fought in
the civil war to preserve the union,
at that time was a young practicing
physician and from the Harding farm
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traveled far and long to care for the , and distrlbuted shares to each of
sfck throughout the growing farm 1 ?he employes. The company is oper
community. . ated upon thJs basis at tne present
Share of Work Done.
Young Harding's early life was that
of the normal happy boy upon a farm
where there was lots of work to do.
but time left to attend the village
school. Hi endowed with the
gift of gooii common sense; a rugged
constitution and a sunny disposition
and is said by those who were neigh
bors to have been a leader among
the boys of the neighborhood. The
old swimming pool near the Harding
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farm was accounted a popular spot
and while Harding frequented it with
the other youngsters during the sum
mer months, he was not afraid to
work and did almost a man's share
in clearing and tending the farm.
At the age of 14 years young Hard
ing completed his work at the village
school and entered the Ohio Central
college of Iberia, now defunct. Here I
he showed strong qualities as a stu- j
dent and also gave indications of his j
love of printers' ink. which was to 1
be so closely related to his later life,:
by being editor of the college paper.
a. HiH mn nf th ,,thr i)hi vmiths' I
Harding worked his way through the i
college, being forced to quit his work
j at intervals to replenish his treasury
by doing odd Joos, worKing in ine
fields or on the section garnj of the
railroad.
When he was 19 years old. shortly
after he had completed his course at
the Ohio Central college, the family
moved to Marion, O., then a growin
town of about 4000 inhabitants, where !
Mr. Harding Sr. was able to enlarge,!
his field of endeavor as a physician.
Here Warren Harding found an out
let for his love of printers' ink by
becoming connected with the Marion
Star, a struggling daily, and with the
aid of credit arranged by his father,
the young man purchased the paper,
assuming a heavy mortgage.
This was in 1884, and Mr. Harding
has been publisher of the Star con
tinuously since that time and an im
portant factor in the upbuilding of the
city of Marion, which today has a pop
ulation, of some 30.000 persons. The
first years were difficult ones for the
young man and many financial crises
in connection with the paper were
passed only after severe struggles. Mr.
Harding handled, at different times,
practically every phase of the work,
from printers' devil up to editor and
business manager, and became a
skilled typesetter, linotype operator,
pressman and makeup man. In fact,
to this day, it is declared that as a
skilled laborer around the plant there
is no better man in. any mechanical
department that Mr. Harding himself
With the growth of the town came ex
pansion of the newspaper and atter a
hard fight the paper achieved a. firm
foundation and the young proprietor
was abre to buy out his principal rival.
The newspaper has continued to grow
and at the present time Is declared to
have the largest circulation of any
daily newspaper in a city of similar
size in the middle west.
Industrial Problems Solved.
There has never been a strike or a
threatened strike in the office of the
Star, it is stared, and Mr. Harding
has solved hi!" own industrial problem
by a practice of friendship, square
dealing and generosity which has re
sulted in a corps of workers upon the
paper all of whom swear by the "old
man." After the paper had become
firmly established. Mr. Harding reor
ganized the concern Into a stock com-
time.
With the growth of Marlon. Mr.
Harding continued to grow likewise
He urged the establishment of new
industries and enterprises and at the
present time is a director in a bank
and a director in several large manu
facturing concerns in the city.
The republican nominee entered his
political career 20 years ago. being
elected to the Ohio senate in 1900
from the 13th senatorial district. He
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served in this capacity from 1900 to
1904. and was elected in 1904 as lieu
tenant-governor, serving from 1904
to 1906. In 1910 he was the republi
can nominee for governor of the state,
but was defeated. In 1914 friends
prevailed upon him to return to the
political arena and he was nominated
as republican candidate lor onuea
states senator and elected by the
overwhelming majority of 100.000
votes. "
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tiis home city, Senator Harding baa
not confined himself to Marion, and
had been for years a keen student of
government and oolitical science
With Mrs. Harding, he made three
trips to Europe, not for the purpose
of sightseeing but to study European
systems of government and to obtain
an insight into America's interna
tional Droblems as disclosed on the
other side of the Atlantic. He also
made a trip to Hawaii to study tne
production and marketing of sugar.
Thus equipped. Senator Harding took
up his new duties in Washington in
1915 and rapidly won recognition in
the senate as a forceful speaker and
keen thinker. He had already ob
tained recognition as a leader in re
publican party councils and further
strengthened his position in this re
gard upon his removal to Washing
ton. In 1916 he was accorded the
signal honor of being chosen chair
man of the republican national con
vention in Chicago, and by his key
note address and his leadership in
conducting the convention won the
admiration of the rank and file of
delegates. During the last several
years the important work which he
has tone on the committee of foreign
relations of the senate and other com
mittees of which he is a member, has
brought him in close touch with the
great questions, both foreign and
domestic, with which the next admin
istration will have to deal.
Florence Kllng Married.
In 1891 Mr. Harding was married
to Florence Kling, daughter of Amos
Kling. now deceased, who was one of
the leading business men of the city
of Marion. Mrs. Harding has been
described by Intimate friends as a
tower of strength to her husband in
all of his business relations and po
litical aspirations, and in the fullest
sense a helpmate and home-maker.
He has been for years an active
member of the Trinity Baptist church
of Marion, being a trustee of the
church at the present time.
Perhaps the safest and truest way
for those situated at a distance to
form an idea of the character and
worth of any man is to take tne ex
pressions of those who have been
closely identified with that man in
the regular walks of life, in the day-by-day
struggles and labors which in
the long run show the caliber of every
man. The president of one of the
largest manufacturing . concerns In
Marion says of him:
"To the older residents of Marion
the life of Senator Harding is an
open book, showing his development
from young manhood to mature years;
from a position of obscurity to one
of prominence; from comparative
poverty to reasonable affluence," and
on no page of that book is there a
line that his best friend could wish
obliterated.
"In later years it has been my
pleasure to serve with him on various
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boards of directors. His counsel anJ
advice have always been sought and
valued, and his judgment on matters
of importance has been invariably
sound."
Trlbnte raid Harding.
The president of another large In
dustrial concern says of him:
"Were he elected president, the
country would have a good listener,
a man capable of selecting a strong
cabinet of good advisers; a sane,
sound and sensible business man.
safe as to our financial system, rea
sonable In tariff requirements, but
unyielding In the demand for pro
tection to American ideals of right
living. A wholesome man of good
physical proportions, a man loving
peace, but one who under no circum
stances would permit the rights and
dLgnity of the American nation to be
trampled upon. A just and able, and
an honest man."
The manager of still another of
Marlon's successes said of him:
"Harding is not rich, except In gen
erosity, but his publishing svecess
has given him a competence. The big
thing about him is his unfailing com
mon sense, and his marked ability to
listen to others and promptly reach
wise decisions out ot the conflict of
opinions. Those who know him most
Intimately think he fits the needs
of the hour with nothing less than
prophetic qualities to restore this
country to rational and normal ways."
HARDING VICTORY SEEN
PREDICTION IS VENTURED BY
GOVERNOR. OLCOTT.
Tribute Paid Nominee by Secre
tary oT State and Attorney-General.
SALEM. Or., June II. (Special.)
Governor Olcott, upon his return
home from the country late tonight.
said he nad heard of Mr. Harding's
nomination only a few minutes be
fore, and was not in a position to
make any extended statement re
garding the nominee. "However. 1
believe." he said, "that Senator Hard
ing is a strong and able man and
that his election will follow."
"Senator Harding has long been
identified with the republican party,
is a leader in the United States sen
ate and possesses that rare business
ability which should make him a for
midable candidate at the November
election," was the statement made by
Attorney-General Brown when noti
fied that Mr. Harding had been named
as standard-bearer for the republican
party at the Chicago convention.
"I have been in touch with the
achievements of Senator Harding for
many years and I consider him one
of the most able men in the party.
He will not only prove himself worthy
of the support of his constituents but
will be elected at the November elec
tion over his democratic opponent.
His selection should be accepted with
general satisfaction."
"Thre is no doubt but that the re
publican party made a popular selec
tion when it today nominated Senator
Harding for president," declared Sam
A. Kozer, secretary of state. "Senator
Harding's knowledge of the needs of
the nation, gained through his terms
of service as United States senator
eminently qualifies him for the pres
idency. I predict an overwhelniinij
victory for the party in November
with Senator Harding as its standard
bearer.
OREGON NAMES COOLIDGE
(Continued From Firbt Page.)
ballot were: Walker, McCaniant and
Brooke.
Judge Carey was the only delegate
to try out any wide range of possi
bilities. He voted for Iowden on
the tilth ballot and for Hoover on
the sixth ballot and then went to
Harding and stayed there through
out the three remaining roll calls.
While other states changed their
votes to -Harding after the last bal
lot indicated his nomination,' Oregon
did not change.
It was learned tonight that within
the Oregon delegation the plan " to
nominate Governor Coolidge for vice
president was evolved only 20 min
utes before Judge McCamant rose and
captured the convention. It was
planned, however, before the nomina
tions for vice-president were opened
and therefore arranged without any
knowledge as to the possible candi
dates to be placed before the conven
tion. It was not aimed to head off
any other candidacy.
The only incident of the Orecon
delegation's voiins durins the day
was a demand for a poll of the dele
gation by Hamilton Johnitone on the
fifth ballot, which was tha first vote
taken this morning. On this ballot
five votes were announced for Hiram
Johnson, four for Wood and out for
Lowden. The purpose of the deintnd
appears to have been 10 place the
delegation on record, Mr. Johnstone
desiring to make a record of his own
vote for the California candidate.
This poll disclosed that it was Judge
Carey who had voted for Lcwdeu.
Hamilton Johnstone and E. J.
Adams will remain in the east for
some time. Mr. Johnstone is the Ore
gon member of the committee to no
tify Senator Harding of his nomina
tion. E. J. Adams, who is the Ore
gon member of the committee to no
tify the vice-presidential nominee,
has ahead of him a trip to Boston, to
call on Governor Coolidge. John L.
Rand, chairman of the Oregon dele
gation, accompanied by Mrs. Rand,
also plans a visit to Boston before
returning home. Other Oregon dele
gates will be departing for home in
a few days.
WOOD DOWNFALL y
GAUSED BY BORAH
Monkey Wrench Game Start
ed by Senator.
PLAY GOES ON ALL NIGHT
Bitterness and Rancor Develop
and Delegates Leave Chi
cago With. Mean Looks.
BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE.
(Copyrinht by the Bell Syndicate. ' Inc.
Published by Arrangement.
CHICAGO. June 12. (Special.) It
was midnight. In the corridors of the
hotel all was still save for a slight
disturbance made by a couple of
bands and six glee clubs. Most of the
delegates sought . slumber. But in
vain. Such was the nervous tension
that they couldp't have found the
slumber they sought with a drove of
bloodhounds.
. However, comparatively speaking,
all was quiet. Then a door swung
open in a passageway. Out of it
stepped William E. Borah. United
States senator of Idaho. His Irene
Castle locks rustled in the light
breeze, his face was stern and set. In
his hand he held a large monkey
wrench.
Wrench Dropped In Machine.
Advancing1 swiftly down the corri
dor, he reached the Wood machine,
buzzing as merrily as a paper pulp
mill, and to that time as prosperously.
Over the machine the Idaho states
man stretched forth his hand and
lightly dropped the monkey wrench
into thevhirrlng gears. There was a
sound of rending and tearing. A
smell of hot metal and a sudden ces
sation of operations in the interior of
the machine.
Which Is a way of saying that Hon.
William E. Borah had announced that
If Wood, or Lowden for that matter,
were nominated, he. William K.
Borah, would emit a howl that could
be heard in his dear little home in the
west, and then and there quit the
party.
Well, that started things. In 10
minutes every statesman here gath
ered was hurrying to and fro in
search of monkey wrenches. Monkey
wrenches were flying in the air all
through the long, hot night, and land
ing with loud crashes in smoothly
running machines.
From the Hotel Blackstone Senator
Johnson shot a monkey wrench into
the air, which described a neat para
bola and lit into the mechanism of the
Lowden self-starter, converting it on
the instant into a self-stopper.
Other monkey wrenches from many
hostile quarters landed in the John
son machinery. Nobody escaped. As
fast as a new boom was launched,
bam! A monkey wrench flattened it
out like a pancake.
Game Occupies All ia;ht.
This engaging game occupied the
entire night. It did not proceed with
out bitterness and rancor, either.
When you have a nice little machine
that is going to pile up delegates like
a press piles up newspapers, you don't
care for the fellow that inserts a
monkey wrench between the wheels.
The delegates are going away from
here with memories which may not
help humanity much In the by and by.
Hot weather and lack of direction
did most of it. The ancient division
over standpatism and progress in the
party did the rest. It hasn't been a
1 love feast, this convention. Maybe
the bruises suffered by Innocent by
standers from misdirected monkey
wrenches may heal. Maybe again the
result will make the election safe for
democracy.
Anyway, all the forward-looking
men are looking backward with mean
looks, and a lot of them are mad clear
th rough.
The man who said this convention
had been mismanaged was more con
servative in his statement than th'e
man who said that Jesse James was
afflicted with moral strabismus.
1 don't want to be partisan, and I'm
not; but If I were the sole proprietor
of the republican party I'd begin
looking around for a new set of hands
to run the machinery.
SPAIN AFTER SPEEDERS
Hoyal Decree Issued to Regulate
Drivers of Automobiles.
MADRID. Juno 31. Drasti
3tic govern-
eding auto-
intntal action aeainst spcedi
mobile drivers vill be taKen in pur
suance of a royal decree issued to
day, the decree being called forth by
on increasing numoer or motor car
accidents.
Strict registration of drivers, with
certificates of efficiency, is to be re
quired and reduced speed limits are
fixed.
BRAZIL INDORSES HUERTA
Provisional Government of Mexico
Formally Recognized.
MEXICO CITY, June 12. Brazil has
recognized the provisional govern
ment of Mexico under the presidency
of Adolfo de la Huerta.
This announcement was officially
made today.
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