THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1920.
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REPUBLICANS HIT
ON CLEVER
TO GET PL
ATOM
program. It now i remains to be seen
what th experienced politician do with
this card index of public opinion wnen
the Republican national committee meet
next month. 1 I '
Significant enough, none of the Ke-
publican aspirants for the nomination
have had much to do with the platform.
They have refrained from announcing
any programs of their own except in
general terms, but the work of the plat
form committee will afford a textbook
for all candidates. .
Yamhill Forum for
Highway Measures
Newberg, May li. All of-Yamhill
county's proposed road bond Issues, to
gether with the state 4 per cent limita
tion tax measure. Were approved in a
resolution passed at a meeting of the
Yamhill county foiiH at McMlnnville.
But three dissenting votes were regis
tered. The forum is composed of dele
gates from all parts of the county.
CARPENTERS BUSY
PUTTING PLANKS IN
G.0.; P. PLATFORM
By Alexander F. Jones
(United; News Staff CormvoadeBt. )
' Chicago, May 1 9. -Republican
politicians today watched carpenters
transforming the barn-like Coliseum
into a place fit to be the birthplace
of a presidential nomination with all
the eagerness of small .'boys who
can't wait for the circus to come.
They all i wanted to carry water for
the elephant. . ?
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(Copyright. 120.)
Washington, May 19. Entirely
apart from the question of what, the
Republican national convention may
do with the voluminous report of
the special committee of policies and
platforms, today -may be said . to
mark an epoch in th evolution of
the party platforms.
" Will Mava. chairman of the Repub
llran national committee, and his right
bower. State Senator Ogden I- Mills of
the New York legislature, came to town
and exhibited to a room full Of Wasn
inrtnn mmtanondrntJ the . .i.altS of
months of research on public questions.
Later these two individuals submitted
the 20 reports, of their subcommittees
in th member of congress who are
to help draft the Republican platform
at Chicago,
fcEXATORS WORK OJT LEAGUE
The reports are in pamphlet form and
cover every subject of importance ex
cept the peace treaty and Lieague or
Nations, planks which members of the
senate are drafting. The unofficial plat
form committee conducted a mall can
vass, sending a printed form broadcast,
apkincr every conceivable question. The
queries were not phrased suggestively,
but in a way that would bring 'out i
variety of answers. '-'
It doesn't make much difference what
anyone thinks of the "publican . party
or the views that have been summarized
In the big report brought here oy Will
Hays as a fair reflection of American
public opinion, but the fact is that here
tofore decisions have been made in the
ocitement and haste of committee meet
ings at the national conventions and
the conventions, have usually adopted
plank after nlank without much debate.
The assembly is usually too large to
permit of lengthy discussion.
Both the Republicans and Democrats
l have not infrequently been embarrassed
by the patchwork of committees on plat
forms. Candidates have had to stand
on these platforms when they usually
had no part in framing them."
The . Republicans have introduced .. a
novel plan." They have attempted to use
the months before the convention to get
a true chart of the desires of the elec
torate. Instead of leaving the subject
to members of congress who are often
too close to executive tangles to get a
good perspective, the Republican na
tional committee has gone to the factory
and the farm, .to, employer and employe.
Kvery delegate probably will have copies
of the , volume before the convention
begins. '
ri BLIC MPT PUSH
The Democrats, of course, point to the
futility of the whole business, contend
ing that the material can be found' in
the dally newspapers and magazines,
and that even it condensed into plat
form nia.nlt th mflrhlna nnlitlflttna t
TVTZ ! 1,500,000 Served a Year "Therms a Reason"
possible.
But the Republicans who have worked
on the plan are not so sure that the
old line bosses who pull the strings are
going- to be able this year to brusB
anlde , so monumental a piece v of re
search rwork as has been done by , the
unofficial committee. They hope, and
privately they insist, that no body of
politicians will be able to Ignore the
work of the platform committee If pub
lic opinion should get solidly behind it.
Will Hays is a shrewd leader. He
has used the progressives in the Repub
lican party to draw up a series of plat
form planks. lie is courting the widest
publicity. He hopes to get the Repub
lican party committed to these progres
sive principles sb that no group of con
servatives or standpatters can defeat
the efforts of the progressives. A con
servative might even be nominated, but
he wants the platform to breathe of for
ward looking doctrine.
Some eminent men have collaborated
in making the series of reports, all of
which have been printed in a single vol
ume with margin Indexes like a big dic
tionary. Senator Capper heads the -committee
on agricultural interests, James
R. Garfield, civil service and retirement ;
Oifford Pinchot and Dan C Jackling,
conservation : Frank Vanderlip. banking,
currency and Inflation ; Everett Colby of
New Jersey, federal and state rights;
Helen Rogers Reid, wife of the editor of
the New York Tribune, high cost of liv
ing; Representative Gillette, immigra
tion; R. J. Caldwell, industrial re
lations : George Wharton Pepper, indus
try and commerce; John M. Swltzer. in
sular possessions ; former Senator Bev
eridge, law and order ;. General Goeth
ala. merchant marine ; Representative
James W. Good, national economy ;
C-eorge B. Lock wood, . postal service ;
William Allen White, .social problems;
- Ggden Mills, taxation ; Frederick Fre
liBghuysen, war risk insurance.
CANDIDATES ARE QUIET
'The foregoing names are printed at
the top "of the various reports, showing
that each conducted the questionnaire on
the subject assigned. The reports are
to be made public in a few days. The
series of questions have already been
made public. They are far reaching and
exhaustive. Will Hays and - his associ
ates are quite proud of their work. At
least, they have endeavored to find out
what the people would like to see writ
ten in one party platform. It is not ex
treme, neither socialistic nor reaction
ary, but a sort-of -middle-of-the-road
"Don't bother the carpenters,' said
I. W. Henley, secretary of the conven
tion sub-committee. "They know their
business.' They' are turning out planks
for the Republican platform, levelling
things off for the steam . roller, and
every time they knock wood it is a boost
for the Republan party."
PENROSE TO BE BUST
This levity seemed contagious, and a
carpenter was ordered to select an espe
cially smooth plank for the center of
the speaker's platform.'
"Senator Lodge is going to stand on
it," it was suggested. "He likes bis sur
rounding harmonious."
"Maybe it would be best to get a
rubber matting to put around Murray
Crane, s seat, was another suggestion.
i Another onlooker: said that the Penn
sylvania section should pe constructed
to seat 49 men. as Senator Penrose
would be too busy to sit down.
SCI TO -WRITE IT CP"
i Secret: Henley isaid that seats will
be constructed for more than 13,000
persona ' !
! These will include 1000 delegates.' 1000
alternates, nearly 00 press representa
tives and more than 10,000 spectators,
distinguished and (otherwise. ;
Each row of seats will accommodate
50 delegates. An ! additional row of
seats will probably be put in for those
states whi-a have selected more than
their number of detegates-at-large.
; There will be exactly 561 newspaper
men and women at the convention, ac
cording to the applications granted. It
was stated today that all of these seats
will be saved for the press people, and
that no slip-up would be made, as has
been the case in the past. .
FAMOUS BAND REACT '
Tickets to the convention will be as
scarce as fresh eggs in January, accord
ing to the impressarioe of the conven
tion. No person will be able to slip by
the gate this year by whispering in a
policeman's ear, as all of the assistant
sergeants-at-arms are to be ex-service
men, in charge of Brigadier General
James A. Ryan. Many of the veterans
of the First division have accepted in
vitations to act tn this capacity, and. all
of them are said to be husky speci
mens.
The delegates- will listen to Armin
Hand's famous Chicago band. Former
conventions ' have cheered -when this
band, formerly led by Johnny Hand,
father of the present leader, played the
"Star Spangled Banner" at the exact
moment a nopilnatlon was carried to
success. : , ,
There will be red. white and blue
bunting galore and not one inch of the
Coliseum's barn-like character will be
visible when the curtain goes up on con
vention morning. ' -
The circus is coming, sure enough.
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