Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 26, Number 138, Decatur, Adams County, 11 June 1928 — Page 6

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1 ■" R® i & fFXB< .3 ..>W« r* jr '.' iXU 4 THE BIG BOSS ON THE JOB Photo shows William M. Bntb"-, > chairman of the Republican national committee, shirt-sleeved and hard tit ! work at his desk in the Republican National Committee Headquarters. in the Security Building. REPUBLICAN PARTY FACING CRITICAL tCONTINI l’.i> I'ltoM rum <»m;» significance which formally attachedj to them. The tariff is no longer a living is j sue. It has passed into accepted Am< C can public policy, and the only inter-1 est which that subject now arouses is as to some spec fie rate of ditty or] group of rates, ’iime are nearly as! many upholders if protection in th" I Democratic par.y is in the Republican party. Finans:;- Issue Cone Similarity, the fundamental and far reaching finansicl sue has passed out : of thenealm of (!■ bate. The gold st in | dard is accepted by everyone, and the i Federal Reserve System has br:mg.:i i stability, permanent and elasticity into, our National banking and credit systtems. No c.ne pr poses to change it. Again in respect to foreign rela- > lions there are no differences of opin-l inn that can lie called partisan. Pub-j lie opinn n is overwhelmingly for, those deelarati ns and arrangements I that will establish and maintain Inter-! national peace. What difference of' op.nion existed as to our joining tin- ! League of Nations, has largely dir.-i appealed since it is becoming evidence that the League can don a splendid I ..nd constructive work of its own without our membership and that we can | and will with it in those of its ' e;national activities that are Hop-political. With these questions out of the wav) ever < important matter before the ~m. an people runs straight a- . i ni party Hues. This is true of the growing out of the Eighteenth amendment, of the matter of farm relief'and constructive agri-1 culture policy and cf confining the fed oral government at Washington to its own business and not pet milting to develop into a huge and all-absorbing bureaucracy. As to these matters differences of opinion are so marked that neither party can make a definite, a sincere and.a constructive declaration without alienating a substantial portion of its membership. This is why the active political leaders are«o much concerned with avoiding all real issues and of confining themselves to those sonoious platitudes which give the least offense and make the least embarrassment for a can-1 i |

_r l ' ■ I .A’S • eisAL'aSO t ySMQMtSI tji \ wam_ / w* CHARLES CUR'D** ; didate for office. My inteicst in politics is in questions of principle, i I<>. k upon the Republican party as a most powerful instrument for good government undei our examination. My concern is to have its record straight and its deci.ir.iti us . amid on matters of principle and t.i let t ie question of candidates take care of itself. It is obvious, however, that in 1928 [ no candidate can possibly be elected I who alienates tile vote of the Agricul- ] tural west or that widespread liberal vot. which is f und throughout the country and which is controlling a dozj en states normally Republican. 0 W. R. Wilcox Says President Coolidge Wants Nomination Kansas City. June 11 —(INS) —“Presi- ' dent Coolidge wants t.!ie nomination, i but will not make an open move to : obtain it,” today declared William R. Wille x, former Republican national i t ommitteeman and manager of l Hughes' campaign in 1916. Willcox, who arrived with the New York contingent yesterday, is convinced Coolidge wants tlie nomination ■ "crammed down his throat." What he will do with it once it is his is .another matter, and Willcox said he | was not prepared to express an opinion on that. He said the New York delegation ■ probably would be about equally divided between Coolidge and Hoover I on the first ballot. “Secretary Mellon undoubtedly i ho ds the key to the situation,” Willicox said. “I am not convinced that Im intends to deliver the Pennsyl- ! vania delegation to Hoover.” o Heavenly Chinese The "Celestial empire,” the populn [ name for the Chinese empire, orig Inated from the name "Tien-Chao” or "Heavenly Dynasty." which was a Chinese conception of their fatherland. • — c Give Fate Credit Since such little happenings change great events, who can regard his own puny will or effnn as n source of pride? American Magazine 0 Cauliflower State California produces more than halt the cauliflowers grown in the United j States.

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MOST SERIOUS FIGHT SINCE 1912 IN SIGHT

Kansas City. June 11. —(U.R)—The ■ last of the Republican national convention de’egafes and party leaders were arriving today to find the party [ facing its most menacing internal j tight since the Taft-Roosevelt split in I 1912. Secretary Herbert Hoover still held the dominant position ami his most .active opponents conceded he is so, i close to the nomination that a hand- t nil of delegates could put him oter. But those opponents asked wheth-1 ier a majority of the convention—if I i it. is able to do so—is ready to jam a m initiation down the protesting ! throats of a large section of the party. Mellon A "Key” Man Secretary Andrew W. Mellon, of Pennsylvania. with seventy-nine votes, was due late today. He has said he believes Hoover conies nearest to the presidential standard. But he has not promised definitely to vote for Hoover. Fourteen farm I states are organizing a committee to plead with Mellon to throw his influence against Hoover and save the party from what they predict will be certain defeat in November. Dominating the entire scene is President Coolidge to whom many ' ook as the only man who can take

Xi®, , - ■ W-ab® »«>>* / Ji, z yk/1' bmWSk /i • '"Y -■ nB LOWDEN'S ALLIES ON THE JOB Here are the men “The Allies" who are on hand to endeavor to put former Gov. Lowden of Illinois over for the G. O. P. nomination. Left to right, seated-A. A. Lilly, dHegate-at-large from Charleston, S C • Mrs Ruth Hanna McCormack, Senator James Watson. Miss Dorothy Cunningham. National Committeewoman from Indiana Stand-irg-Michael Iowa; Otis F. Glenn. Illinois; Henry W. Marshall, Indiana; Lou’s L. Emerson Illinois and Wm. H. Miller of Ohio.

President’s Secretary Arrives At Convention Kansas City, Mo., June 11—(INS)— The arrival of Everett Sanders, secretary to President Coolidge today revived rumors that administration loaders would seek to re-nominate the president, despite his "do not choose to run” statement. Sanders, however, discounted the reports by announcing he came as a private citizen merely to "see the

the nomination and save the party from a disastrous convention fight. This sentiment was reflected in ar editorial from the New York Sun printed conspkiously in the Kansas City Journal today which said: "It is known that the President does not desire another term. It is j not known, however, whether he i would refuse another term. “Why. then, does not the convenI tion itself ask him whether he would I accept ?” Kansas City Well Decorated However worried leaders were over the fate of the Republican party convention, Kansas City- in festive dress welcomed the visiting thousands with unbounded hospitality. The streets were gayly decorated, a gigantic flag cf electric lights hung Across the canyon of a downtown street, official greeters wearing huge badges patrolled the streets to answer questions, bands marched back and forth Arrangements were made for a big old-fashioned torchlight parade tonight. the city’s famous “pillar of f.re” war memorial was functioning perfectly again. In fact everything was in readiness for a memorabe Republican convention, down to the cressing police who strapped their big automatics in outside holsters for

I convention.” I "There is nothing official about my visit,” said Sanders. “I came just to I see the convention like any other vis-1 itor.” Sanders would not. comment on reports that he was bringing the convention leaders some word from the i president. When asked the direct question, he replied “I’m not giving out any statements about politics.” o— — t USE Limberlost Wtrhlng Powder

j quick action should they be called i upon to “arbitrate” any row. The real issue cf the convention i still remains the industrial eas't J against the rural west. • Thar issue was symbolized curiomly today in the fact that simultaneously there converged upon the convention city the farmers “caravan" 'rem the agricultural northwest comng to voice a protest against the I alleged inequalities between agriculture and industry, while from the east came Andrew W. Mellon, a prince of industry, called the third ■ riche-t man in the nation, political master of the second largest state, and at the moment holding the balance of power over the Republican | convention. There in flesh and blood is personified tlie fundamental > nimnc < lush wracking the Republican party this year. There is added trouble in the arrival of Senator Borah, of Idaho who brought to Kansas City convention planks and demands that the party should declare itself against "the use of money to buy political favors and political officii,” against the nullification of the prohibition amendment,” and similar matters which seem certain to make the dreams of couven tim harmony more remote. Borah will be on the resolutions committee as a member from Idaho, and if his proposals are rejected in the committee, he will carry his fight to the convention floor. But until the Hoover fight is settl!ed all else must be secondary. Temj pers have been stirred as they have i not been since the Taft-Roosvelt | fight.

Five Desperadoes Escape From Wheaton, 111., Jail Chicago, June 11—(INS)-Search for Charles "Umpy" Cleaver, alleged leader of the $133,000 Grand Trunk mail robbery, ana his four pals who made a sensational escape from the Du Page county jail at Wheaton, 111., Centered in Chicago today. It is believed the five desperadoes are being hidde nby gangster allies in some underworld reudevous.

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“STOP HOOVER" IS WATCHWORD (CONTINUED ritoM PAGE ONEI are necessary to Hoover. Without them he might be nominated, but it is the judgment of all the leaders in ; Kansas City that he won’t be if Mellon withholds the keystone delegation. Given Pennsylvania it will be , all over. The Hoover managers can ■ count 450 votes without any from Pennsylvania or New York. They are assured of 20-odd from New York, and Pennsy Vanjafs 79 would push him across the 545 nominating mtirk with votes to spare. Farmers Are Arriving Kansas City. June 11—(INS)—The vanguard of the farmers’ 'big parade’ lumbered into the Republican convention city today. Banners proclaiming their demand for a farmers friend as the Repub!i-, can nominee were unfulred and auto , horns blared determination as the first few cars were swallowed up in , the trobbing traffic of a crowded city. ■ The Hoover supporters dismissed the appearance of dusty-ladem’ fliv- ' vers with the word "politics,” while 1 the bearers of the banners of the “allies” scanned the horizon in the hope that the line would lengthen in'io the greatest trek in convention his- | tory. Just how big the "big parade” will , be is still a matter of doubt, backers of the movement proclaimed confi--1 dence that 40,000 to 50,000 farmers : would drop their plows and hurry j Kansas Cityward. > "Hoover and Dawes” , Kansas City, June 11 —(U.R) —A Republican ticket of "Hoover and i Dawes,” hitherto never contemplated t in the public discussions of political leaders, is being sought by groups of

1 Hoover leaders ami Dawes supporters on the eve of the ::Miimal invention | The United Pres- learned ‘ that delegate friends of Vice iresiIdem Dawes from >he niidwesern Maim delegaton iw. ; Dawes name to tl 'the Hoover campaign The answer cami back t.iat I Hoover people ar- mt piclcing I presidential canil'cm ; . hllt 1 Dawes would be .. < “i Borah Denies He Will Second Hoover s Nomina Kansas City. tor Borah, Repub tan < > day denied report that “ make the .‘•"(• om merrt hX" at the e ße‘pnbliean convent "Nothing Hk" licit has b** n ; ed," said Borah. " r l' l for „ ie I tion is going to vote a- de . lon the first ballot. t ‘ v jj| I termined who our f 1 n< L “One thing is | ing to vote for any nW r« I the platform is a'i 'l'" ... i|)dil | a . , interested in platform i cies at this stage." I -o — Abso/ufe The absolute eeilnia • #||)( .| | B height above sea leve « h(irlw , n given airplane cun " l; "" f||r <ni> till flight, assuming stl, '" ld the ditlons. The ceiling <’ s fpel - early planes was as ' , ll(ire today Pb-nes have thnn spvpp mfles 8 „.l bu, '« Gulf of Mexico In ’• i<> October 12.