The Oregon daily journal., July 02, 1920, Page 4, Image 4

,100
ACKERS
B
SIT TIGHT WITH;
CONFIDENT AIR
By David Lawrtnre
(Copyrighted. 103d)
San Francisco, July 2. The old
political adage, "You can't beat
somebody with nobody,'' applies di
rectly to me situation in wnicn me
forces opposed to the nomination of
'XfAin find themselves as the hour
of balloting draws near.
"We've stODDed em.1 comes the
whispered assurance from the Palmer
scouts who" are out ttt the lobbies keep
ins; up the enthusiasm of their support
ers. Somewhat the same, thought pro
ceeds from, the Cox people, who talk
vaguely -about a combination of New
York, Illinois. Indiana, and Massachu
setts which will surely stop McAdoo's
nomination.- : I
But on the inside, where the leaders
of 'all the booms foregather, .another
situation really exists, The McAdoo
neoole have a few . politicians and
strategists In " their ranks., sand rather
aenntte wora wan sent to me u
headquarters that. If the Cox delegates
are coerced Into a ' combination .to beat
McAdoo there will-never, be any sup
port given Cox if the convention stays
deadlocked for a week.
F1LHEB HAKAGEBS WAttNED "
The same kind of a threat was sent
to the Palmer managers.. And gener
ally the men who -are eager to nomi
nate Palmer or Cox do not want to an
tagonise so large a block of votes as
are held by the McAdoo men. To get
votes affirmative and not negative,
combinations must be made. , -
Tammany could not afford to enter
Into any combination against McAdoo.
There er at least 20, votes for Mc
Adoo In the New, York delegation., and
if 'it becomes apparent that" New York
was trying to block the noVnination of
McAdoo, Tammany's eh ancfetof get
ting Wilson supporters to vote tKe state
ticket next 'fall would be imperiled.
Similarly, Taggart, who wants to run
for senator next fall, is not taking any
risks by Incurring the unnecessary hos
tility of McAdoo men in Indiana. And
George Brennan. who Is ! trying to in
herit Roger! Sullivan's leadership in Il
linois. Is trading cautiously, too. .
ATlTI-McADOO TALK SUBSIDES !
; The talked. -of anti-McAdoo combina
tion becomes. less and. (lees tangible
simply because those who started ; it
had dark hopes of their own' to trot
forth and merely wanted to stop the
McAdoo nomination, as he seemed to
be the leader in the race. The effort
rame too early. Both the supporters ; of
Palmer and Cox are not thinking ; of
dark horses. They are thinking of their
respective chieftains.
Bach group believes victory la possible
and Is pursuing a conciliatory course to
ward; the rival camps, i That's better
politics than negative combinations.' i It
looks now as If the McAdoo -strength : on
the first ballots will be larger than was
-enticlpated. Having withstood the drive
In the last 48 hours against their candi
date, the McAdoo delegates sit tight,
determined to: stick to' the ' very end.
They act like crusaders who know what
they want. That's their strength; in
. fact. It is the big factor In any conven
tions For an affirmative; minority that
knows what it wants has a much better
chance of acquiring delegates than a
negative minority that simply Is out to
beat somebody and cannot offer a sub
stitute.' ,:' ,. ".; ; ;
DARK HORSE TALK HELPS M'ADOO
The talk of dark horses also came soon
enough to help McAdoo, for the merits
and demerits of every Democrat of prom ¬
inence have been talked over by the del
egates. Vice President Marshall, Champ
I 1 . J , t jr
v-ii uu nmiwr v-umTTiins are -dark
horse trio. .The first two "would
not be satsifactory to the Wilson forces
wno control this convention. The vice
president is said to be opposed to the
. president's stand on' the ' League of Na
tions. -The former speaker is held in
nign esteem, but most of the delegates
think he is too advanced in years, though
. bis friends point to Clemenceau as an
example of political vigor in the - '60s.
"Homer Cummings is perhaps the most
popular with the convention personnel,
but the delegates to this gathering are
aware that they must have a, i-nit.
who is popular with the masses, too, If
iney ooni want the contest against
Harding to go by default. Cummings
is an able lawyer and a splendid orator,
but. he has never been elected to high
office. He ran for United. States; sen
ator, in Connect icut once and was beaten.
On the other hand. McAdoo never was
elected to any public poet ; nevertheless,
he has held two big Jobs, secretary of
ifte treasury and director general of rail
roads, and the delegates who are for
him are convinced that, whether or not
Victory Predicted
Fdr Prohibitionists
nJamaica Fight
- (By United Ke) : .. ,
Kingston.: Jamaica, July 2. The wet
and dry fight in Jamaica is n earing a
climaxJ The Rev. E.' H. Curtis of Ohio,
who has been conducting a prohibition
campaign here for some weeks and who
is now closing his offices, declares the
movement is sure to be a success and
that Jamaica will within a short time
join the ranks of arid lands. The liquor
interests have been countering Curtis'
propaganda strongly.
RflRM FOR M'ADOO
f ' ! ssspjsssbs"ssssssssss
m
FORCES OPPOSED
TO M'ADOO FAIL ,
TO GET TOGETHER
By Robert J. Bender
(United Sew Suft Correepowfest)
San Francisco, July 2. W, G. Mc
Adoo's strength, before the Demo
cratic convention as a candidate for
the presidential nomination was aug
mented Thursday by failure of his
opponents "to agree . on a ? man to
oppose bim. I
For two days and three nights now
the anti-McAdoo' leaders have conferred
and conferred in the desperate attempt
to arrive at a constructive program they
can. throw their strength to, after driv
ing the convention to a deadlock. Such
tactics they believe would be the safest
if not, indeed, the only way that the
McAdoo movement could be completely
broken. -" .'. " "i ?
TO - STABT WITH Z70. h ;-t:f- if J:l"c'; V
The anti-McAdoo clique declares they
have enough votes to keep McAdoo from
getting the necessary two-thirds before
the fourth ballot. After that, they ad
mit, Something must oome out of the
deadlock or McAdoo will go over a win
ner on the band-wagon stampedes from
controlled groups of delegates.
On the first ballot McAdoo will poll
around 270 votes, palmer should get
around 300 and Cox around 175. The
balance will be scattered among favorite
sons. .
The second ballot will show a sharp
falling away of most of the favorite
sons delegates except in the ' cases of
Glass, Davis Owen and possibly Smith
of New York and Vice President Mar
shall. r This ballot will show gains for
all of the le- ders, but the most striking
gain will be shown in the McAdoo camp.
MARSHALL NEARLY AGREED ON
The third ballot wlll see further breaks
in the favorite son's following, probably
to the point ef threatening to give Mc
Adoo w- majority of . the ; votes on the
fourth ballot unless some definite pro
gram has been - formulated by the old
line leaders.- Tuesday night conferences
of these nearly developed an agreement
to rally around Marshall, but . it . was
abandoned.'
Conferences Wednesday night, which
carried well into Thursday morning, de
veloped discussion of the availability of
Cummings and Davis. It was said later
that objection was found to both because
of the Jear that they might antagonize
the Catholic i vote. - And when confer
ences were resumed Thursday afternoon
the leaders were no nearer a solution
than they were when they started.
M'ADOO BEST BET
As the fight between the McAdoo and,
anti-McAdoo camps late Thursday in
creased in bitterness, someone, whether
of the . anti-McAdoo camp or outside.
seeking to stir up trouble, began dis
tribution of literature designed to' blot
the candidacy of the president's Bon-in-law.
Participation in such methods was
decried - both by McAdoo's friends and
opponents. : :'
It may be that the' leaders will get
back to Marshall again, but probably
nrtt. Or thev mav trv .somebody else:
and myself Is that somebody did present , Soundings were made,' for instance.
"J -
(Editor of The Journal)
San! Francisco, July 2.- That they
would: stand solidly behind McAdoo
as long as there la a chance for his
election was unanimously agreed to
by the 10' members of the . Oregon
delegation! in an executive caucus
held at their headquarters at 5
o'clock Thursday afternoon. It was
also afcreed that the delegation would
vote once for W. T. Vaughn of Port
land, who 1 received the Indorsement
in the Oregon primaries for; vice
president! f Mrs, Richards says she
was asked by Vaughn to make the
nominating speech presenting hla
name to the conventlotoj.. : " After one
vote the delegates will be released
to, vote as they please for vice presi
dent, j. . ' - ,
RING ADMITS MAC
. GETS BULGE ON HIM
1 (Continued From Pace One.)
Then! the ideal is closed, but even at
that you can't trust them. William Gibbs
McAdoo is said to have sent a telegram
saying that he didn't want the office
and hadn't gave nobody no authority to
present his name to the convention, so
immediately Capt. Jenkins of the horse
marines of 5 Missouri got up and pre
sented Mac's i name to the convention.
There was an uproar that sounded like
a roller-royce running through, the Zone
of quiet. .-:.)'. . , "
The reason . tor Mac's saying that 1 he
didn't want the office is perfectly ob
vious, as it ! don't look like nobody that
can get the nomination I for the office
out here has got a chance to get the of
fice..! ; h:;;:;. - :- ;
He said he. did not give nobody au
thority) to present his name to the cno
vention, why what of it? Neither did I.
The only difference between aicaooo
wet plank in th platform. " In the latter
event Jim Nugent, of New Jersey prob
ablr will swing a majority of the del
egates as the anti-McAdoo men dictate.
In Ohio's delegation however, there is
some McAdoo as second choice talk now.
and Vance McCormick. one of the Palmer
leaders in Pennsylvania and campaign:
manager for President Wilson In 1916,
is a strong personal friend of McAdoo.
That cannot be overlooked in the -dope.
MAT VAXr WILSOIf ... , -
So McAdoo continues to drive on in
the . best strategic position.
And another thing that might be re
garded as legislating to his advantage
is the fact that should . the convention
reach an apparently unbreakable dead
lock, Wilson's name might be suggested
for another- ' nomination;' The anti-
iIcAdoo leaders view such a contingeacy
agnast. ; as oetween the possibility ol
Wilson and the poMStbility of McAdoo
there is no doubt that a majority of the
delegates as well; as the anti-McAdoo
leaders would prefer the-president's son-in-law.
his name s to. the convention, and up to
date everybody seems, to have forgot
how to pronounce Lardner. When they
called me into caucus last night X said
I would -compromise oni Riley Wilson!
of West Virginia and what have you;
got against j him?" They said his name
is Wilson, IthaU alL But it's more
than enough. ;
PRACTICE TUNES
The bonventioii opened at 11 Am. toj
day with the usual prayer, but instead
of the regular band concert the leader
of the band said: "If you will pardon
us a few moments we would like to
practice a new piece. v
So they went ahead arid practiced It.
It's a dirge that they have got to have
learned by j November. The writer ex
amined his' badge today for the first
time and found an inspiring line on it,
namely, "Active press." ; I wished they
had put 'Active delegates" on the
other boy's badges and maybe we would
get some where's sometime.
As matters stand my room mate and
manager, Mr. Montague, is so overcome
with the excitement and the thrills that
he forgot him middle Initial yesterday
and made ; it a "W." like mine and
HU-am: Johnson and Marshalls and Wil
sons and Gerards. .!
Yes, i You're a .bird, boy, but I'm a
cuckoo. ..:.: . . . r, -
(Copyricht 120 by Bet Syndicate)
it is sufficient to win. there Is a decided
sentiment for "McAdoo among the rank
and file of the Democrats throughout
the nation, and that if McAdoo can't win
next autumn, no other Democrat can. :
Thursday, to determine the reaction, to
Champ : Claris and , there . was none.
Also Bainbridge Colby was being dis
cussed some,' But; as things stand, etc
In which event the chances of Mc
Adoo's candidacy might be regarded as
better than these of any; other, If, it
weren't for the cock-sureneest i of the
leaders opposing him that they can "hold
enough "votes to stop him, the. prediction
might well be made that he would win
around the sixth ballot. and possibly
before, depending upon the tenacity with
which the Cox, Palmer and Tammany
delegates stand their ground in opposi
tion. t :
OREGON FOR M'ADOO . ' r ;
Many state delegations caucused Fri
day, Illinois showing Palmer "holding on
the first ballot around 85 men, McAdoo
having 17 and the balance , of. the 58
scattered.; There are many men in this
delegation who say they will, never vote
for McAdoo. Washington shows seven
out of her 14 votet. ror McAdoo on the
first ballot with the balance scattered.
Gerard, Davis, Owen and Palmer sharing
them.- x T--.. m ,v.i-v.
Oregon will vote solidly for McAdoo,
probably until he is eliminated, if he is.
California will be widly split for a time.
Michigan will give. McAdoo 1? votes at
least on the first two ballots, possibly
more than this on the second. Minnesota
Is divided with strong McAdoo leanings.
Maryland will be for McAdoo.
M'CORMICK'S FRIZ: IT r ,
Indiana of course will go for Marshall
at first. New York for Smith, Pennsyl
vania for Palmer and New. Jersey for
Edwards unless the latter Withdraws,
which he-may do in the-absence of
A bavmgs Bank Insi de a Book
awaits, you. at this Bank of friendly Service.
. dollar open an , account and get.it.
Friendly Service
Is for You too
- . .... ;. '
The frank, sincere advice of our offi
cers is yours to command. We want
to know our depositors personally, and
to do whatever we can to assist them -to
better prosperity. . i
Why not open a J '
. Checking and a i- -
f Saving Account j
and profit from Friendly. Service along
with proper banking, service? "' !
Step in and meet us i
.V .5 ...... . .jj
Peoples Bank
Gordon Bldg. - -,.:" '
Where Fourth Crosses Stark
i i " " j r
V5" ' " - v'
Open Saturdays All Pay and Evenings Until 8 P. M.
Cotton Acreage Is r
''Larger Than in 1919
Washington, July 2.iV. P.) - The
acreage of cotton In cultivation this year
in the United, States Is about 35.504,000
acres. . This Is an Increase of S? 1,000
acres or 1.1 per cent over last year's crop.
RED
MAY
lilDIGATESHE
DESERT PARTY
- - (By IJnilad Neml :
San Francisco, Cal., J"uly 2. Sena
tor James Reed of Missouri, tn his
firBt public speech ,slne h was
barred from the' Imocratic conven
tion and offered by tha Hearst press
as a good man to lead a third party,
Intimated Thursday night he" would
bolt the Democrats if they 'support
the Wilson Jague of Nations.
Discussing the league before a gather
ing of freedom for Ireland sympathisers.
Reed said, anent the subject of the pres
ident's covenant :
I decline .to be a 'party to what- I
regard as a ' treacherous and treasonable
undertaking.-,
He then; launched into an excoriation
of those who have advocated the league.
"All my life," he said, 'I have followed
the : banner - of ' Democracy ; - th great
principles of the party have appealed
to every sentiment of my heart- I still
hope Its temporary leaders may be pre
vented from werkingit destruction.
But I will no more, haul down the Ameri
can flat t th request of a president
than at the command of kings. " I de
cline to surrender, with 0e pea what
Washington rained by the sword.!. . .
t . Heed's words were Interpreted by poli
ticians as Indicating that he was In the
frame ef mind te bolt and was layi.-f
tha foundation, for gaknlnz tho Irtrh
Vote which opposes the League of
tlona v
. -
O Iff I 1 1 ifliil lg?lW t i
W t) f-tf Crest TtortWand Stoy i
i
i
White Sports Pumps and Oxfords
I
?
j
Special!
For Saturday Only
Some Are Wichert & Gardner and
Red Cro9
Several hundred pairs' of these. highj-rade summer shoes at this exceptional price.
Seven different "styles ; welt and turn soles, straight Cubart, covered Cuban, and cov
ered Louis heels. Sizes 2 to 9; widths AAA, AA, A, B and C.
Children's Barefoot Sandals
- f: :(;:- - vii-'i -O -." ;''" . " i '
I Special for Saturday '
-; "1: lj -- - .- '. ',
, ISizes .6 to 8..... .51.83
Here's a Peach of a
Show. - Begins Tomor
row Morning at v
11 o'Clock
Wherein Primitive Men and
Wosen test ttie Uwf Ht-
'-us
Sizes 8 to 11. ............... .........$2.10
ISizes 11 to 2. ............$2.45
The i'Tdddies" are proud of these airy foot coverings and don't tease to go bare
footed ! when .they have them on. Nothing can be .more healthful for sturdy 'little
feet, and they wear unusually well. The soles are extra heavy, and the. uppers are int
smoked and brown elk. f ' x - ,
' :' I i;y ;;-...j;..v:i-::,':-:'. ' ' . . . '" -
1 Infant' t Children's and Mubm'
; White Janes Special
SATURDAY
ONLY
$1.95 to $3.95
OF CANVAS
AND DUCK
Most desirable for thes summer months. : Wide, natural toe,, turn sole, spring and
low straight heel. All with exceptionally good uppers. - - ;
i." r - . --Second oor, Upsaah, Wele A Co. v
t,r , ' .', ' . .......... ! ... J 1 J . L "' ".' ; ..
manWofle & Gol -
Merchandise of cMeritOnV
p. !
oUfl
IIIIIIIIIIIIIFMIBIE
tltflMIMrtflMt!
i!Mljnfi!iitiiii'
UliiiilllitlitiK.
s
t
Our
of
Annual
Redubtion Sale
Men's Busine'ss Suife
; Begins on Saturday, July 3 One Month Earlier Than in Past Years '
.-"':. ;, -.- ' I.. ." ' "
. ; I ' ' :;' " - ' :" :". ."' i "
The finest tailored garments made in this countrji are now' offered at the fol
lowing reductions: ' : ...... j
$60 and $65 Suits now $48.50
$70 and $75 Suits now $58.50.
; $80 and $85 Suits now $68.50
Also i large selection of specially designed $5'6;$6ot $65 Young Men's Suits now $39.So.v
SPECIAL
About ; fifty Men's $35 to. $jVSuits carried
from last summer, mostly ligthcolors your
choice for $25
BUY YOUR WINTER
OVERCOAT NOW!
A discount of 25 on all winter Overcoats and
Raincoats during this reduction sale.
Nq, charge for necessary alterations'," biit more than usiil time must be granted
our tailors, as. our annual suit sales result in heavily taxing our busheling room.
Winthrop Hammond Co.
i CORRECT APPAREL FOR MEN - . "
127$ Sixth Street, Between Washington and Alder ,'.
Formerly ; - ' ' - i - . ' . - ' '
Buffum & Pendleton' - '
- Established 1884 . . .,".".
AiiitiitiiliiiftaiiiiUliiM "l ..... ' ' : ' m ' Vi t