THE OREGON DAILY "JOURNAL, P ORTLAND, T MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1820. ;
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PLATFORM PLANKS,
i NO CANDIDATES,
IS MAIN. WORRY
' By David Lawrence
. '. : - (Copyright jaiOJ
. san rvancisco, June zs. issues
and platform . planks rather, than
candidate are worrying , th lead?
ere of the Democratic national con
vention as they approach -their tasks
, of the week. For the leadership of
President Wilson hangs in the' bal
ance. ;. '.f:'i:. :d'r'
;. With characteristic skill, William Jen-'
mines Bryan has maneuvered himself mto
a position of strength In the all Import
ant resolutions committee which drafts
the platform. The old fight between tb
Democratic .senators who supported Sen
ator Lodge's reservations and those who
supported Senator Hitchcock and Presi
dent Wilson in their stand for interpreta
tive reservations to the peace treaty has
broken out anew.
FEAE POa OWK 8KIX8
Bryan has cleverly gotten behind Sena
tor Walsh of Montana, who voted for the
Lodge reservations, and -who Is popular
with the western senators and is their
candidate for chairman of the platform
committee.
Everybody thought the Wilson people
were In such splendid control of things
here" that when it was announced Sena
tor Class of Virginia had conferred with
President Wilson and had secured his
ideas on platform planks no difficulty
was anticipated in selecting Glass to be
chairman of the resolutions committee.
But -the revolt came suddenly and
has given the Wilson leaders much to
worry about. They are confident of
electing Glass, but it will be a close
shave. The people behind " Senator
Waish of Montana have expressed fears
that Senator Glass might put" some
thing in the platform condemning the.
Republican senators who voted for the
Lodge reservations and , thus place in
an embarrassing position the 20 Demo
cratic senators who lined up wKh Lodge.
For a dead issue, this League of Na
tions business manages to create more
live trouble In the two political parties
than anything else this year, but the
surprising' thing Is that In a Democratic
convention there should be difficulty,
for President Wilson has declared the
league the principal issue of the cam
paign. Bryan, however, has been in
sisting that the reservations adopted by
the Republican majority of the senate
should have been accepted by the presi
dent. Senator Walsh of Montana took
the position when he voted for the Lodge
reservations that it was the only way to
get the treaty ratified.
.No matter what la the outcome of the
fight for the chairmanship of the reso
lutions committee, the struggle will not
be ended till the platform , plank is
written. The Bryan-Walsh - elements
favor adoption of the peace treaty with
whatever reservations are necessary to
insure prompt ratification. They want
nothing said about the Lodge reserva
tions. . - . ... -'
UeADOO PLUS PALMBv
Senator Glass of Virginia wants ' the
treaty- ratified "without reservations
which Impair its essential integrity."
In the Virginia platform which he wrote
he had plenty of condemnation foe those
who voted for the Lodge reservations..
u newania narmony nere, ne win nave
to eliminate the denunciation and limit
himself to an affirmative statement of
what the Democrats propose to do with
the peace treaty. ;
nomination ' are wisely keeping out Of
the fight, though If any danger looms
It is quite certain that a coalition of
McAdoo and Palmer forces will be made
for purposes of organisation and plat
form, -n The . McAdoo and -Palmer men
are very rrienaiy so zar as tneir. reeling
for President Wilson is concerned. : It
it about the oniy point lit common Ul
which they have but enough to keep
brother Bryan and others from throw
ing the convention into the hands of
anti-admlnlstratlon elements.
COIfSEBVATlTES AC TIT B '
- The "Wilson forces solidified their
ranks when they agreed to eliminate
Bainbridge Colby as permanent chair
man and accepted Senator Joseph Rob
inson Of Arkansas. The latter, by the
Way, did' not vote for the Lodge reser
vations but stood by the president
.throughout the treaty fight. Colby was
too new a Democrat to get the impor
tant job of permanent chairman, though
the Wilson - leaders who - suggested - it
thought it was a good way to catch the
eye of such progressives as may have
been disappointed at the Republican
national convention at Chicago.
There is. however, a noticeable under-
eld fashioned Democracy" which Is an-
inrmia n the conspicuous tandenev In
' Chicago te return to "good old Repub-
COX HALF, AND HALF
This convention probably will yield a
liberal, platform but only after a hard
fight, because the conservatives are
significantly numerous. Whether it was
. the'' war or reaction against experiments
in government measures and proposals,
there are reactionaries as there were in
Chicago, and they will make their fight
against anything approaching - govern
tnent ownership or similar doctrines of
the so-called radicals.
: The candidates of the , "old fashioned
Dearocrats" are Vice President Marshall
or Champ Clark, with a distinct lean
lug toward Cox because while he has a
progressive record In Ohio he might be
able to acknowledge mistakes of the
'Wilson administration since he was not
a. part of It.
On the other hand, there are plenty
of Wilson men in the cam a of Governor
Cox. - He is being urged as a com
- promise between the old and the new
democracy. Behind him are many-or
ganization Democrats from Indiana,
mm
if you want
tho genuine
-inbottlos
ftr the homo
at coda fountains
and on draught-
Ziegfeld DidnV Pick Them
Brains, Not Beauty, at, S. F.
By Faaale Hsrst, ; ;
(AaMTiea's most fsstoas abort atory -writer.
Copyright. 120, by TJnivanal Sanriea)
San Francisco, June St. Letter from a
Middle West delegate at the Democratic
convention at San Francisco to her sister :
Dearest Ethel: This is a great life. if
you know how to dress for it.
When I got up .this morning, the day
was- the color of cold unskimmed soup
and about the" temperature. -
So with a hurled Invective against rail
road folders and sunny, clime covers. I
dug, down into my trunk for the mirabau
scarf you loaned me , for the trip.
By 10 o'clock I had unearthed an um
brella. ' That pretty green silk one with
the amber handle that I bought at Ram
sey's sale. It is rather smart. My dear,
when I appeared in the lobby with It,
ready to start off for committee meeting
the native daughters treated me as if I
had brought an uncorked tube of typhoid
germs. It's malapropo to mention rain
here out of season- as it is to inquire
after the scapegoat member of a family
while be is serving "time.'' It just Isn't
done, , 5 -
ADMITS THEY'RE PRETTY
' Sure enough by 11 o'clock the day was
the color of strained honey and all shiv
ered to blue splinters with enough candi
dates' brass bands and flying streamers
to goose flesh even a Cox soul to McAdoo
music ' .
. Ethel, don't let the newspapers give
you the impression that we women dele
gates are the fringe of this convention.
These preliminary days, before the actual
call to arms, we are. It is true, being
played up a bit for the color of our hats
and eyes. But that Is because the vital
things haven't started to happen yet and
the hats well . hang it, they are pretty.
I've a duck of an idea for an automobile
turban. I copied off that swanky Mra
Ruffner Jacobs of : Alabama and, of
course, our states are far enough apart
tor us not to clash.
POLITICS CHANGES HER
Anyway her's is white and I'm going
to work mine out in brown.
- I see where someone makes the remark
that the women delegates evidently were
rot selected by either Mr. Ziegfeld or Mr
SennetC I . agree. The women here do
not seem to be suffering from a rush of
brains to the ear puffs. I havent seen a
baby stare except where God Intended It
to be and for exhibition purposes. The
dimpled cheek does -seem rather more
popular than the rimpled knee.
Honey, you remember that little Mrsi
Louis Brown, who used to make such
delicious biscuits for our church bazaars
and who always wore such dowdy
clothes? Lived In the old Frawley house
In Ash street and thenl moved away to
Idaho? My dear, she blossomed Into poll
tics. She's a delegate from her district
and is here with her husband and young
on. You wouldn't know her. Along with
her mode of living she evidently has
changed her corset and dressmaker and
her mind. She's about the most up to
the minute woman In the place. They
say she Is still the best self-rising bis
cuit maker In three counties, and one of
the cleverest self-rising Democrats In her
stats. ,"; i . h ;v . :. . . -
SIT TWO FEB CHAIR
X saw her yesterday at the luncheon
given the visiting women by the women
of California, seated between the Gover
nor of California and a Senator . from
Oklahoma, holding forth on the need of
the appointment of a secretary of educa
Illinois, New York and , Ohio. The
Palmer delegates are not unfriendly to
him as a second choice If their own
man appears to have no chance. In a
nutshell. . unless the fight in the plat
form draws , the Palmer and McAdoo
forces together in a coalition, the chances
of the Ohio governor would seem to be
excellent to win the nomination.
It Is between McAdoo and Cox. The
big question Is whether the Palmer men
will go to the former .secretary of the
treasury or the Ohio governor after the
first few ballots. If the Palmer men
are embittered fh the platform fight,
they will throw their strength to McAdoo
and Insure nomination the moment It is
apparent that the attorney general can
not win. 1
WILSON REGIME HELD
CONSTRUCTIVE IN AIM
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(Continued Prom Pags Four)
Denmark. Colombia,' Chile. Argentina,
Paraguay, Persia, Salvador, Spain, Swe
den, and Switzerland.
jsyisr. chiwa iw line
' "Kven China will become a member
when ahe ratifies the Austrian treaty.
"Germany has signed and IS prepar
ing to take the place which awaits her
in the League of Nations. .
"What nations stand outside. Revo
lutionary Mexico, Bolshevist. Russia. Un
speakable Turkey and the United States
of America. :
"It Is not yet too late. Let us stand
with the forces of civilization- The choice
is plain. It Is between the Democratic
party's support of the League of Nations
with its program of peace, disarmament
and world fraternity, and the Republi
can party's platform of repudiation, pro
vincialism, militarism and world chaos.
"There is great pretense of alarm be
cause the United States has but one vote
In the International assembly, against
the Six votes of Great Britain, Canada.
Australia. NeW Zealand. South Africa
and . India. ' This popular argument
against the League of Nations is as in
sincere as it is superficial. It ignores
the fact that the executive council and
not the assembly. Is the governing body
of the league and that our country Is
one of the five! countries having perma
nent membership in - the council, i The
colonial votes exist only in the assSmbly,
"Nor should we forget that France has
but one vote ; Italy has but one ' vote ;
and Japan has but one vote. If there
were any injustice in the arrangements,
surely these nations would have sensed
it and objected to it. No affirmative
action can be taken In any essential
matter without a unanimous vote of all
members of the Council of the League.
No decision of the league, if America
joined it. could be made effective or
even promulgated without our consent;
Like every other nation, we have a veto
power upon every resolution or act of the
league. We can be involved in no enter-
prise except of our own choosing ; and if
we are net satisfied with the league.
We can sever our connection with it upon
two years notice. , The risk exists only
In the imagination, the. service Is incal
culable. ; ' ' -
SMALL WATIOKS CHAMFIOKED n
"Moreover. ! the United States insisted
that Cuba. Haiti. Liberia, Panama. Nic
aragua. Honduras, and Guatemala should
each be given a vote, as well aa the na
tions of South America, great and small.
Including the nations which are bound
by vital interests to the United States,
or.' indeed, directly under our tutelage,
we have more votes iq the League of
Nations than any other nation. How
could we, in good faith, urge that these
nations be given a voice and deny a voice
to such self-governing nations as Cana
tion wth a seated senate and m wager
that particular plank boasts two new ad
herents. ' ' : : ' ' ' ' - ' . '
Speaking of that luncheon'' it was the
most riotously California event I've Wit
nessed. - We sailed across the bay, that
Incredibly blue, Kull-skimmed piece of
the Paelflo that makes the Bay of
Naples look like a cup of bouillon ; whole
ferryloads of us. to the Oakland hotel,
where the jamboree was staged. ; " -One
thousand of us were invited and
8000 of us arrived. But it didn't matter.
There was more than enough good food,
good -cheer, golden sunshine and apricots
to go around. The women of California
said a great deal about the glorious
women of California, but we didn't
mind, because we agreed. I sat two-bn
a .chair and an ex-governor of Ohio
shared ice cream spoons and an eigh
teenth amendment ratification view, with
me.- f i 3-' . i": r',v' v-?' w
MAYOR FEELS HER ORAItCE "
Mrs. George Bass, head of the woman's
bureau of the Democratic convention, and
a perfect cerebus, by the way, when it
comes to being the head of things, stood
on a chair and made one of the most
s 1 1 r r 1 n g non-partisan : Democratic
speeches I've heard thus far. :
And bow the good old-fashioned hos
pitality did flow. 4 One of the leading
Democrats present. In white organdie and
a - floppy garden hat, didn't like the
droopy looks of my pink tee cream pig
and rushed off to, the kitchen herself for
a firmly frozen ' tuttifrutti liberty bell
substitute. - . '
The mayor of Oakland peeled me Tan
orange and with what paternal pride
gloating over every bit of California ir
rigation. California sunshine, California
smudgepots. California God, - light and
sunshine that had gone into its making.
It was a riotously successful i occa
sion with Just enough Jwlitical Issue to
put us all in ship shape for the opening
of the convention proper, yet sufficient
seesawing of our, own particular planks
to keep us pleasantly and dizzily on our
mental tiptoes. -MOST
CANDIDATES AB8E3TT
That is what the convention is doing
in generaU'"' . ' ;', . ' -.'
While, . of course, our delegation can
only see one ' result, the atmosphere- of
uncertainty is thick enough to cuf-up
and serve like butter pats. In the dining
room of the hotel last night there sat
Mitchell Palmer, with the great head of
his that looms like Praxitilies with the
curls-shaved off, Mrs. Palmer and their
young son, having dinner while a Cox
brass band marched -through the aisles
formed by tables, clarionetting their
choice to the gold leaf ceiling. i
Only about one third of the 67 varie
ties of candidates are really on the
premises, you know. Keither Governor
Cox or McAdoo has registered up to
date,' but the mills are grinding every
moment and tomorrow the hats go into
the ; ring- ' .' . , i . f
PLEASE DOST FORGET? r..
Again speaking of. hats. I wish you
could see William Jennings Bryan's
headpiece, my dear. I wonder if it has
taken on its amusing shape from being
In the ring so often. : : . -Well,
love to you. I'm pressing into
this letter a California poppy a bit of
distilled sunshine.
Thanks for mailing the lace collar
and cuffs set; stupid of me to have for
gotten it when I packed: It does go so
well with my blue tallormade.
Fondly, your sister. , BERT.
da, New Zealand and the rest, which rel
atively speaking, made for more sacri
fices in the war than our own country?
It Is desirable that an. countries should
have an opportunity to be heard In the
league ; and the safety of : each nation
resides in the fact that no action can
be taken without the consent of all.
'"It was the design of Senator Lodge,
from the outset, to mutilate the treaty
and to frustrate the purposes of the
administration. And yet Senator Lodge,
with the help of the lrreconcllables,
having torn the treaty to tatters and
thrown its fragments in the face of the
world, has the effrontery to suggest, in
bis address at Chicago, that the presi
dent blocked ratification and postponed
peace. :-,",;.--;" .;;
- "The trouble with the treaty of peace
is that it was negotiated by a Demo
cratic president. It is not. difficult to
assess the responsibility for its defeat
Tho responsibility rests, not upon its
friends, but upon Its enemies. i
"The foreign relations committee. Im
mediately following the last election,
was reorganized with a personnel con
sisting, of the open foes of the treaty.
Amongst the -number 'was Senator
Borah, who declared that he would not
be for a League of Nations ' were the
Savior of Mankind to ' advocate It. ' Sen
ator Johnson, Senator Knox and Senator
Moses, .whose hatred of the president
amounts to an obsession, were also
members, and Senator Lodge was Chair
man. - . . . ; :" , ' .
"The treaty was referred to the com
mittee thus studiously prepared for Its
hostile reception. The members of this
committee adopted every subterfuge to
misrepresent the document which they
were supposed "to be considering as
statesmen. Deputations of foreign born
citizens were brought to Washington in
an effort to color and exaggerate the
impression of popular opposition.
SENATE RUSHES DISCCSSIO
"The senate had even begun the dis
cussion of the treaty months before Its
negotiation was concluded, and did not
terminate its debate until nine months
after the submission of the treaty. It
took the senate nearly three times as
long to kill the treaty by protracted
debate and by confusing and nullifying
amendments and reservations as it took
the representatives of the -allied govern
ments to. draft it.
"It was not the business of the presi
dent, when he brought this treaty back
from . France, to "join with Mr. 'fodge
and other ' Republican leaders in their
deliberate purpose ' to destroy it. - Had
be initiated, suggested or assented to
changes which would have substantially
altered Its nature, it would have been
a distinct breach of faith with his as
sociates of the peace council ; and a
violation of American pledges. Every
one acquainted with diplomatic usages,
or with the plain requirements of hon
esty, understands this. The folliah ' in
vention that the president refused to
permit the dotting of an 1' or the cross
ing of a t has been so often repeated
that many honest people believe In its
truth. . " - - jt
"In every' speech made during his
tour, the president stated entire willing
ness to accept any and all reservations
not Incompatible with America's Jftmor
and true interests, t . .. .
"It is the plain intent of the covenant
that the Monroe Doctrine is excluded,
that domestic questions are exempted,
that not one American can be sent out
of the country without formal action by
congress and that the right of with
drawal is absolute. If there are wOrds
which can make these meanings clearer;
they will be welcomed. It is not reser
vations that . the president ; stands
against, but nullification. - i ',.
"When the president came back from
Paris in February 1919, he brought the
first tentative draft of the covenant of
the League of Nations. He gave pub
licity to It. It was published through
out the: land. He invited the friends of
such " ar league to submit criticisms.
Former President Taft ' offered four
amendments ; former Senator Root of-:
fered six amendments, and Mr. Hughes
suggested seven. Ataa meeting of the
committee on foreign relations at the
White House in March, 1919, other
changes) were suggested. These amend
ments were taken back by the president
to Paris and their substance was ac
tually incorporated in the revised draft
of the league. Dr. Lowell president of
Harvard university, in his joint debate
with Senator ' Lodge; Invited . the latter
to suggest constructive amendments
which the president might incorporate
in the draft; but be refused so to do.
At no time haavAie. offered constructive:
amendments. At no time has he failed
to offer destructive criticism-.- So intol
erant was his attitude that he would not
even consider a compromise proposed by
former President Taft of his own party
and which was assured of the support
of , 40 Democratic , senators. Senator
Lodge, knew that he controlled the sen
ate and that in his own time and way,
he could destroy the treaty."
HISTORY'S PAGES-SOILED
"This is the sordid story 'of its de
feat, 'i No blacker crime against- civili
zation has ever soiled the pages of our
history. The last chapter was written
at Chicago. .
"The Republican platform not . only
repudiates the League of Nations, but
praises, without discrimination. . all of
the : Republican senators ..who partici
pated In its defeat. Its words of bene
diction fall alike noon the lrreconclla
bles. the Lodge reservattonlsts. the mild
reservationists and those who proposed
a separate peace with Germany. It Is
consistent In one thing only, the recog
nition -of the 'fact that the open foes of
the treaty, the secret foes' of the treaty
and the apparent friends of the treaty
who conspired with its enemies, are
equally responsible for the destruction
of , the instrument itself. It would be
idle to Inquire by what political leger
demain this' meaningless and yet om
inous declaration was prepared.. It is
enough to know that .the 'Old - Guard'
sold the honor of America for the priv
ilege of nominating a reactionary : for
president.
"The 1 war had set a great task for
statesmanship. The best thought- of the
world demanded that a serious attempt
be made by the leaders of the allied governments-
to formulate a-treaty, of peace
which should prevent the recurrence of
war, i Every rightful impulse of the
human , heart was in accord with that
purpose. : From time immemorial,, men
have dreamed of peace ; poets 'have sung
of it ; philosophers have written, about
it ; statesmen ' have ' discussed it ; men
everywhere have hoped and prayed that
the day might come when wars would no
longer be necessary in the settlement of
international differences. . .
"For the first time in the turbulent
annals of the human race, such a proj
ect had become feasible. The destruc
tion of militarism, the crumbling ' of
thrones, -the dissolution of dynasties,
the -world-wide appreciation of the inner
meaning of -war and the final triumph
of democracy had at last made it possible-to
realize the dearest dream that
ever crossed the night of, man's dark
mind. The opportunity for service was
as great -as the need c the world and
the failure -to render It must stand as a
reproach for aU time. "
GREAT SACRIFICE OF MEW -
"It is said that if the dead who died
in the Great War were placed head to
feet, they , would , stretch - from New
York to San Francisco, and , from San
Francisco back again to Now York i and
if those who ' perished from starvation,
and from other causes collateral to the
war were placed head to .feet, they
would reach around the 'great globe
itself. At this very hour,, millions
Of . men and .women .and, JitUs children
are the, victims of our hesitancy, now
can the heart of America be dosed to
these things?. ?
"I have been many miles in this coun
try and It has been my fortune to visit
most of the states of the Union. It has
so happened that I have been In many
of these states when the boys were com
ing from the front. 1 have seen the
great avenues of our splendid American
cities lined with tho populace, cheering
and cheering again as these brave lads
marched by, happy that they had come
triumphantly home. But I have never
witnessed these inspiring sights without
thinking of the boys who did not come
noma,, They do not rest as strangers In
a strante land these soldiers of llbertv.
The generous heart of France enfolds
them. The women and the children of
France cover their graves -with flowers
and water them with tears. Destiny
seised these lads and led them far from
home to die for an ideal. -And yet they
live and speak to us here in the home
land, not of "trivial things, but of im
mortal things.
REAL PURPOSES SHOWN
"Reverence and pity and high resolve
surely these remain : to us. In that
heart of hearts where the great works
Of man are wrought, there can be no
forgetting. Oh. God. release - the im
prisoned soul of America, touch once
more the hidden springs of the spirit
and reveal us to ourselves I -
"Let the true purpose of our party be
dearly understood. We stand squarely
for the - same ideals ' of peace as those
for which the war was fought. We sup
port without flinching the only feasible
plan for peace and Justice. We will not
submit to -the repudiation of the peace
treaty or to any process by which it is
whittled down to the vanishing point.
We decline to compromise our principles
or pawn our immortal souls for selfish
purposes. We do not turn our backs
upon- the history of the last three years.
We seek no avenue of retreat. - "We1 in
sist that the forward course is the only
righteous course.
" "We seek, to reestablish : the fruits of
victory, to reinstate the good faith of
our country,- and to restore It to Its
rightful place among the nations of
the earth. Our cause constitutes a
summons to duty. The heart of Amer
ica stirs again.-The ancient faith tqj
vives. The Immortal part of mad speaks
for us. The services of the past, the
sacrifices of the war. the hopes of the
future, constitute spiritual force gath
ering about our banners. We-shall re
lease again the checked forces of civili
zation and America shall take up- once
mere the leadership of the world."
Governor Cox, Will
Stay Away From the
- Sari: Francisco Meet
(Br United 9wa -
Sad Francisco, June 28. Charles E.
Morris, x secretary 1 to Governor Cox, to
day gave out a telegram from the Ohio
executive again stating thai he would
not come to San Francisco, The gov
ernor had been told that "delegates, vis
itors and citizens" were asking for him.
"The spectacle of presidential candi
dates extending personalities into the
deliberations of the greatest unofficial
governmental body in the world : de
grades the high off ice for which nomi
nation is to be made and detracts from
thecool and deliberate judgment neces
sary for the best possible presentation.
Governor Cox said. In refusing to re
consider his decision to remain at home.
The Argentine congress is consider
ing building a new trans-Andean rail
way te link the northern, provinces of
Argentina with the Chilean pert of
Antofagasta
REED'S CHANCE OF
WINNING IS til
. (Br Cnitad PtesO ;
San . Francisco, Call, June ; 2 8.
Voting In the Democratic .national
committee Saturday, - which resulted
in t a denial of Senator JFteed's right
to hold a delegate's seat from Mis
souri in the convention,' showed that
the chances are strongly .against his
winning either In he ' credentials
committee or on the Tloor If he car
ries the fight that far!
That nationalcommitteemen of many
big states cast their votes in Reed's
behalf before the committee, but if the
states split in the same manner against
the Missourian in the credentials . com
mtttee there will be enough votes to
beat him. And the total vote of the
state i delegations - on the floor . of - the
convention. If they follow their leaders
in the national cemznmitteewiU be suf
ficient to keep Reed out. : .
The votes' east in Reed's . behalf . in
the national committee represented only
870 delegates. "; Even If "the '"votes' of
state ;; leaders who . were absent or not
voting in the committee meeting Satur
day were counted in Reed's ' behalf.
Reed; would have but 474 votes or 78
votes less than a majority of the 1092
delegate votes on the floor .
While there might be a-chance of his
picking up some votes in states whose
leaders in committee opposed him, he
also would lose some votes in . states
whose leaders supported him. It was
learned today. ' Which would Indicate
that the administration has a safs mar
gin of control over the convention.
Kumors Are That
Wilson .Will Take
Vacation at Sea
Washington, June 28.- Signs are multi
plying at the White House that Presi
dent Wilson will , soon board the -presidential
yacht Mayflower add set out for
a long vacation at sea- Instead of going
to same shore resort; - .
The talk today was that he is to head
southward immediately after .the ad
journment of the Democratic , national
convention at San Francisco. It is said
he will go at least as' far as .the Panama
canal and .the extremist gossips have . it
that he will not miss the chance to go
through the canal and up the Pacific
coast. '-. - -.---' .:- -, -... .. .
The Mayflower recently has been re
furnished in part, one new' feature, being
an elevator. It Is said, however, that
the lift will . not be necessary . now - as
the president has recovered his strength
at great strides , within the past few
weeks. .
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Enma Can Stand Democrats
Chicago Wrecked Illusions
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By Edaa Ferser
Ooprrtafat, JS20. braitf Nv
San Francisco,' -fCal-, June 88.There
Isn't a woman living- (and -mighty few
dead) who hasn't secretly thought that
If It weren't for the children and the
marketing, and the spring sewing, and
one thing and .another, she could .Uv
become a writer. A writer understand,
with a . capital W. . - , s .
I'm one of 'em. At the same time I
never expected to shave a chance to
prove it.. It happened this way. I had
attended the Republican convention at
Chicago as a delegate. With my head
In my trunk Ti was packing my - soiled
clothes and my -blighted hopes prepara
tory to going, back home to the honest
Job of selling Featherlom petticoates.
SHE IS OFFERED JOB , ,
After what I had seen and heard at
the Coliseum in Chicago it seemed to me
thtft petticoat salesmanship was a high
and spiritual calling,. like trying to find
the Holy Grail. "Petticoats," -I said to
myself, jamming a pair of Oxfords up
against a wilted Georgette blouse, "may
be known as something always hidden
and concealed. J But compared with poli
tics they're open and above' beard."- , .
At that dramatic moment the telephone
rang. And one -minute later I realized
that the voice . at, the other -end of the
wire was offering me- a job "as corre
spondent at the Democratic national con
vention at San-Francisco.-, v
"But look here! -I'm no"a writer.
You've got the wrong but . you must
have-. My name's Emma1-' McChesney
Buck and I'm a business woman., .
' "I know it," said the voice. ;sTm; coming--right
over.f And" he came. He
turned out to be a dapper-little chap in
New York clothes who looked to be 20
and had the wisdom ot. 60 concealed by
a smile that was childlike and bland.
"Sign here," says he.
."You've made a mistake. My line Is
petticoats, not politics. , I'vs got a hus
bsjnd back East. And two weeks' back
work v". - : v ;'
alright,- he -said. "What we want
is the fresh viewpoint. .Well pay you ,"
and he named a dizzy sum -"and all ex
penses. - We only want .about a thou
sand words a day. Just sign- ' : ,
COLBY LOOKS LIKE AD '"' -'
And in a sort of daze I signed. . t
think rm golngQo like it. You can say
things as a correspondent that you can't
even think, as a deieg;ate. I've seen the
Republican end of thje thing. Nothing
at San Francisco can scare me now.
After the -first shock of it the proceed
ing was . fairly simple.-:, Four fresh
blouses, some' handkerchiefs, lingerie
and a new veil and I was on the Over
land Limited.' San Francisco bound. "
-The train, of course, was full df dele
gates from Minnesota and their chatty
wives congressmen, - senators, ex-governors
and others. To relieve the monot
ony of these t her e was Bainbridge Colby,
secretary of state, looking like a Brooks
Brothers ad ; -and the ambassadors from
Peru, Chile and the Argentine. . '- '
Their names were fascinating. Don
Betran Mathieu of Chile and Don Fede-
Perhaps you won't 'like tHe RELU then
again it may be the very essence of all
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you like best in a cigarette.
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Honestly though, we think you'll like it
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One thing is certain so many of your,
fellow? smokers have found that RELU
rhymes perfectly with their smoke-appe-
, - "'-.
tites, you'll be passing lip a. mighty good
bet if you fail to put the smooth cigar-.
ette to the taste- test!
Reed Tobacco
rico . Alfonso Pezet, the Peruvian mini
ster. I talked to them1 and they said
they were going to 'San Francisco to be
hold the convention, but I'm thinking
they've got a few tricks Up their well
tailored sleeves. In their conversation
they're all for' Mr. Weel-sone because be
kept us out of Mexloo. -1 believe- they
think that a Republican administration
would , reach - out .and try to make a
suburb ot South America. I'm getting
to be a regular Madame Pe Staal.
This : business : of having non-writers
do the writing seems to be the thing. San
Franclscd's full of Eastern society
women disguised as newspaper corre
spondents. There's Mrs.', Kellogg Fair
bank of Chicago (welt,, I know that. But
here In -' California they . call Chicago
East) getting out a story a day. '
HARD TO FATJHOM ' ,
There's Mrs. George .Bass, ambidexter
ous chairman of the woimd'j bureau of
the party, running the convention with
one hand and writing syndicated articles
with the other. She knows' politics as I
know petticoats. I talked to her for
three-Quarters of an hour, trying to trick
her into telling me some hidden political
secrets and when I came away I found
that all she had revealed to me was the
early history of Manitowac, Wla, where
she was born. ' If there were many like
her In politics women would actually ac
complish the things they've set out to do.
San Francisco air always makes me a
little drunk. It -must be that, because no
ejty could be as fascinating a. I find
San Francisco. ' The hotel crowds in Chi
cago were as .wilted as a last week's
lettuce leaf.- Here they're on their tip
toes. It's a carnival crowd. They're
playing as hard as they're working.
They attend a, national committee meet
ing at 10 :15 and motor odt to the ranch
party at 12. - - .
EVERYBODY WRITTJTO
Everybody's room is jammed full of
American Beauty roses and native fruit.
When I came into my room at - the St.
Francis I found a great silver epergne
(which is a word I've always wanted to
use In description) filled with peaches
and plum-size cherries' and oranges and
bananas. I thought that someone had
made N happy mistake, but it turned
Out to be the way the hotel management
had of telling you you were welcome.
Every room in every -Jiotel seems to
contain a typewriter, brought by the Oc
cupant for heaven know what purpose.
A walk down any hotel corridor sounds
like a trip through , a mail order house
during the Christmas rush season.
I suppose as a newspaper correspondent
X ought to be out sleuthing for facta But
Store : aren't -any v There are plenty of
rumors, barrels of theories, and tops of
eoniecturea. but ma far 'as I can see this
Democratic 'Convention' hasn't jelled any
more than the Republican one had at this
stage; Dast night la the St Francis hotel
lobby there was a band for Cox and a
parade, and - there were striped hat-ribbons,
; and speeches, and I thought of
Hiram. Johnson and his entry into Chi
cago and I knew It augured ill for the
gentleman from Ohio; ,.
SayTRELU" to your
smoko"- iiispenzcTf and
we feel very, very cure
that ths first taste 7fll
prove that hereis your
cigrarette
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Coapany, RicHaon-J, Vn&z
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DEMOCRATS WILL
GIVE GAMS EAR
By "William Elevens McNutt,
(United Nm Staff Corrwipondi-nt.)
San Francisco. June 28. Samuel
Gompers. president of the American
Federation of Labor, arrived here
Sunday night to continue his policy
of influence without party affllia-.
tlon. Gompers will present to the
Democratic resolutions committee
the sarrfe demands he made, unsuc
cessfully, upon the Republicans at
Chicago, f;'"
Although the federation in convention
at Montreal declared for government
ownership of railroads in a plank-that
generally conformed to the Plumb plan,
no demand wllf be made for an incor
poration of such a declaration la tit
Democratic platform. x
- Gompers came to Chicago defeated be-'
fore he arrived. He comes to San Fran
cisco with better than an even chance of
success. '
DEMAKD STRIKE RIGHT
Gompers will demand a declaration
against anti-strike laws, and compulsory
arbitration provisions such aa those con
tained in the Kansas industral relatons
court, fathered by Governor Henry Allen.
The chances are all In favor of his win
ning on this count. Bryan will be a
member of the committee on resolutions,
and Gompers will have the support of the
Nebraskan on this matter. Frank Walsh
has a labor plank containing a denuncia
tion of anti-strike legislation which the
commoner has promsed to support.
The anti-strike question Is the big is
sue. The other matters that Gompers
will take up with the committee, such as
child labor, the right to collective bar
gaining, the 48-hour week, the minimum
wage for government employes, etc., are
practically assured of success.
OFFICERS WITH HIM
. Accompanying Gompers were Matthew
Woll, vice-president of the federation;
Chester Wright, director of the non-partisan
political wing of the organization ;
Guy Oyster. ' Gompers" secretary, ' and
William Green," secretary and treasurer
of the United Mine Workers of America.
Green was onto of those Indicted under
the Lever act when . Attorney-General
Palmer attempted to halt the coal strike
by injunction. Green arrives in the city
not only as a member of the Federation
of Labor but as a delegate from the state
of Ohio, All the labor party were chary
of Interviews, but Green was willing to
be quoted as being opposed to Attoruey
General Palmer. 8
150 pops to Handle :
Auditorium Crowds
.San Francisco, June 28. Only 150 San
Francisco, policemen have been ass!gTied
to handle the Crowds at the Auditorium
next . week, as against 1000 at the Coli
seum In Chicago.
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