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'i j S THE OGDEN STANDARD-EXAMINER. FRIDAY, JUNE II, 1920. I
I G. 0. P. Platform As
I Analysed By Bryan
i Has Many Evasions
I BY WILLIAM JENXIXGS BRYAN.
Copyright, 1020, by W. ,T. Bryan.
Written for Universal Service.
CHICAGO, June 10. Today was
j platform day. I wish 1 could give a
i phonographic description of the scene;
language does not adequately describe
such an occasion. AVords may bo un
dcrsored in print, but no underscor
ing can reproduce the impre33lon that
Js made by the voice of tho one who
reads the platform or the response
that comes from the audionco. One
;" cannot, by reading the printed pages,
i, " get the tone of the conversation, as
.; he can from the relative emphasis
3 1 placed on different planks as they are
vfl read.
. "3 Tho convention was an anvil chorus,
I A on criticism, but its voice was soft and
. 11 low when it approached constructive
' . , measures. And it was noticeable that'
vj tho criticism was overdone. That Js, j
plaud criticism so often that it became
r weary.
l( The corperation completion of the
, convention was made manifest by the
!a vote of noise that greeted declarations
iS against government ownership and in
jr favor of the private ownership of rall-
II roads and othor utilities.
R Compromise on Treaty.
It Of tho treaty plank I shall treat
II more at length, in my next article. It
was a compromise and, like all com-
11 promises, did not express the real een-
timent of any considerable number.:
N It was carefully written It will not
H embarrass any Republican senator, no
II matter how he voted on the treaty
II reservations.
II Senator Johnson and Senator Borah;
ji can uote from this comppsite plank
SI to endorse anything he has ever saidi
2 against the treaty, while the senators;
"Who votod for the reservations can
R' af! select from the plank silences that
v J will support all they said and did. The
H" convention merely asks the country to
H J trust it to decide what to do and how
I to do it, without limitation, restric
tion or direction.
On Profiteering.
The profiteering plank stands out
as probably tho best evidence of the
Republican party's inability to protect
the people from the menace of big
business.
The government records furnish
abundant and conclusive proof of con
ecienceless plundering by tho middle
men. Every community has been vic
timized; the rising resentment of pro
ducers and consumers Is one of the
chief causes of unrest, and yet a Re
publican national convention slights
the subject by devoting to it its short -
I Til est plank. It is brief enough to quote in
;2 full;
t "Profiteering.
i "We condemn the Democratic ad-
! ministration for failure impartially to
$ enforce tho anti-prof Iteerlng laws en-
acted by the Republican congress."
' ;j Lowden I'l-omises Xotlilng.
'. Here is a plank containing eighteen
words and occupying a little less than
four lines of the ordinary newspaper
"ti space. One of the biggest subjects be-
, ! fore the American people is dismissed
;S with one sentence and that senten'cc,
j instead of promising something, mere-J
y condemns the Democratic adminis-
' tration. The plank does not specify
J the Republican laws that remain un-
I Q enforced; it does not even congratulate
) the Republican party upon passing
ii such laws, The anti-proflte?ring son-
1 tence isn't red in the face with indig
nation; it doesn t shake its fist at tho
i president or the attorney gcn?i-al and
demand the protection of tho people.
tit seems like a casual statement
I thrown in parenthetically, it is pre
ceded by un enumeration of the cause
of the high cost of living, first and
foremost among which Is "a fifty per
cent deprecitation In tho purchasing
power of the dollar.'' "
Bryan's Views "Indicated."
Hero we have a formal acceptance
of tho quantitative theory of money;
it is easier to confess the party wrong
twenty-four years ago in denying the
quantitative theory of money, than to
face the profiteers of today. Among
the lesser and "not so unforemost"
causes nre "reduced production, bur
densome taxation, swollen' profits, and
the Increased demand for goods arising
from tho fictitious but enlarged buy
ing power."
The cautio described as "swollen
profits" is included with three other
causes named, but there is no indica
tion of anger or resentment. There
is anothor paragraph just preceding
thr nrnfif fprlntr nlnnk which cont.nlnR
sixteen lines, in which the convention
i pledges tho party to earnest and con
sistent attack upon tho high cost of
living by;
(1) Avoidance of inflation,
(2) Intelligent deflation and
(3) Encouragement of production
by prevention of unreasonable profits,
by public economy, stimulation of
thrift, and revision of taxes.
Xo Terror in Profiteer,
The platform not only offers no
specific relief but il warns the country
'that "there is no short way out," and
I tho delegates therefore "decline to de
jcclve the people with vain promises
that 3trikes terror into tho heart of
the profiteer, or excites hope of relief
in the hearts of tho suffering?
The service men will not fail to note
that this platform carefully avoids
any pledge of a bonus. The delegates
assure the soldiers and sailors of the
recent war that they hold "in Imper
ishable remembrance the valor and
the patriotism" that they exhibited,
and they promise to discharge "to the
luuest the obligation winch a gratelui
nation justly should fulfill.
I No Word on Bomi5.
But tho word bonus does not ap
Ipoar. Instead of a specific promise,
jthe delegates declare that the Repub
licans are not ungrateful, and ask
that "their history" he accepted as a
pledge.
The trouble is that the Republican
party is not willing to collect tho
j money for a bonus from the only
source available, viz: from those who
; made fortunes out of the war, while
I the" soldiers bore tho risks of, the
j conflict.
I Fiasco on Prohibition.
The fiasco on the prohibition plank
i probably has no equal in the history
j of national conventions.
' The platform as prepared by the
J sub-committee and published in morn
I Ing papers contained a six' line sen-
tence, as follows:
I "With regard to the sale and man-
uafture' of Intoxicating beverages,
; the Republican party will stand for
j the enforcement of the constitution of
the United States as it shall be de
clared by the supreme court."
Little "Dry" lSnthusiasin.
That was surely weak enough; It
had less than one half of ono per cent
of vigor in it. it did not' mention
the Volstead law; it did not announce
the party's position on the subject of
prohibition; it did not even congratu
late the Republican party on having
a part in this great moral victory. But
even that plank, evasive at it was, was,
s'ricken out in the full committee, and!
tho platform was adopted amid great!
Viewing Convention
With Bugs Baer
$
(By Bugs Baer.)
(Copyright, l'JliO, by Unvcrsal Ser
I vice.)
' COLISEUM, CHICAGO. June 10.
For methods that are foggy and tricks
that aro vain, tho heathen collar
pounder is a boy scoot when compar
L I ed to a political committee.
. A convention committee is a group
of bimbos whoso activity compares
very favorably with a bunch of loosc-
ly cookod asparagus. They are a nim
ble aquad of political weevil3 and
have all the self-determination and
, initiative of an orchestra of ventrilo
quist dolls.
They are picked not so much' for
speed as for docility and disposition
to stand without hitching. Those men
have all the courage of their party
boss' convictions. When going into
executive session, they always take
a pinochle deck along and lot the
cards do their thinking. After being
in session three days they open their
soalcd orders from the party Simon
Logree and examine the verdict. Si
mon only had one Uncle Tom. A par
ty padrone has a committee of 'em.
There is always a committee on
ways and means that weighs nothing
and means loss. These men are the
pick of the delegates. A pick is
something with a handle on it.
Then there is the committee on res
olutions. They have all the power
of a glass of beevo and the author
ity ol a forecaster who knows what
kind of weather we arc going to have
after we havo it. .
The committee on entertainment Is
a necessary wart on the political pic
kle and Is allowed to entertain any
thing but ldea3.
The campaign committee is as es
sential as a whipsock on a flivver.
I And don't forget tho sub-cominit-
tee, Mr. Duffy,. The aub is short
for subsidized, sub-normal and the
sublime that is only a step from the
ridiculous. Tho idea of a sub-committee
is to do any loafing that the
regular committee has overlooked.
The committees also work behind
closed doors like counterfeiters or
guys making home booze. After cut
ting out paper dolls and making mud
pies for six days, they pass a reso
lution doclding to sond their other
collar to the laundry.
Aftor publishing this epoch-making
ukase that shakes the world to its
political foundations, tho committee
cuts its own hair, switches its sox
from .one foot to another, and com
pletely refreshed and invigorated, it
resumes its inactive activities.
enthusiasm, makes no reference what
ever to the subject of prohibition
Ono member of the committee on
resolutions prepared a minority report
containing an endorsement of prohibi
tion. He gave it to an outsider, not
a delegate to the convention, with
instructions that it be given to a
prominent delegate from his state to
present. The prominent delegate could j
not be found, and tho delegates from
thirty-four dry states that is, dry by
their own act, sat mute while the
subject was ignored.
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Stolen From Lyman Briggs of
Hooper, Studebaker Found
Complete Wreck
Completely wrecked from a plunge
down a 300 foot embankment and then
catching fire, a Stndebaker truck be
longing to Lyman Briggs of Hooper
and stolon in Hooper early yesterday
morning, was fouml last night at the
dugway .near Uintah. The truck had
evidently been purposely run over the
cliff by the thieves and was damaged
beyond repair. Officers who found the
truck declared that one tire was all
that was salvagable on the entire car.
The truck was used by Mr. Briggs
for the hauling of mail. It disappear
ed from near his home early yesterday
morning. Officers have no clue to
the Identity of the thieves.
UO'
Harold Lloyd at Ogden
Theatre Sunday in His
Latest Big Comedy Hit
There's a time and a place for ev
erything! The time of Harold Lloyd's
newest two-reel comedy, "An Eastern
"Westerner," is several thousand
cocktails before the prohibition hour
and tjountless wriggles after aomc
nervous person introduced the shim
niie. The place is East and West and
the hero is any young man who buys
chicken for Chickens. "An Eastern
Westerner" will be shot on the screen
at the Ogden theatre next Sunday.
The girl is Mildred Davis.
In addition to Lloyd, will be Lew
Cody in "The Beloved Cheater."
Tomorrow will mark the closing of
"Other Men's Shoes."
oo
The value of farm lands has ad
vanced in the last year at the rate o
$63 an acre.
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A $ A C j a AT ORPHEUM TONIGHT IN
il Anita otewart sgmtd''her
l ne f the best pictures of her career supported by the greatest collection of stars ever assembled for a single
I production. "Ker Kingdom of Dreams" plays at the Orpheum tonight, Friday and Saturday, Admission 25 cents,'
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Has Dropped All Troubles and
Left for Holiday in
Home Town
PARIS, June 11. In the lobbies
of tho chamber yesterday afternoon
the clash between Captain Tardiou
and M. Barthou on the question of
Mosul and Mesopotamia was upper
most. The opponents of tho Versail
les treaty and the former Clemenceau
ministry interpreted the letter read
by Captain Tardleu as meaning that
M. Clemenceau was not conversant
with tho geographical position of
Mosul.
"T think 1 know where Mosul is,"
said M. Clemonccau, when the corre
spondent called at his little house at
No. S Ruo Franklin this afternoon.
"I think I lenow as much about Mo
sul as Mr. Lloyd Georgo know about
Teschcn." '
M. Clemenceau was engaged In writ
ing a novel at the time.
"I do not mean to imply that Mr.
Lloyd George know nothing about
geography," he went on, smiling. "Tho
treaty was not a question of geogra
phy. It was a question of psycholo
gy I do not pose as a professor of
geography, but I was dealing In state
craft. "Please do not make me say any
thing about tho American political
situation or anything growing out of
the Versailles treaty. I havo finish
ed. "There is ono part of the world in
which I am n professor of geography
and that is Vendee, for which I leave
tonight for a protracted holiday."
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IAN OF W LOVES'
IS FAST WORKER
I
oa vv
LOS ANGELES. John Hoy Dew,
the "man of 100 loves," was a fast
worker, according to Miss Mildred
June Hunter, 17, daughter'of Mrs. L.
C. Hunter here. 'In less than a week
Mildred consented to elope and Mrs.
Hunter had loaned Dow $350. Ho said
he was wealthy and had an estate in
Vancouver, C. C. Dew is an ex-convict
and boasts that he has won tho
hearts of more than 100 women and
that one of them gave him $200,000.
He is known in many cities as a heart
breaker. Now he's in jail on a charge
of false hotel registration while the po
lice check the charge that he stole i
$2500 worth of gems from . a woman
hcre
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ARMY REDUCED
BERLIN, Juno 10. rt is announced
that the reduction of the German
army to 200,000 men has been ac
complished. This is in accordance
with the Versailles treaty.
Dealers jn western Canadian lands
have estimated 40,000 land seekers,
35,000 of whom will become settlers,
Will migrate there from the United
States in the next three months.
( I don't want ) 3
my Picrune: ' g
" Saturday tomorrow. Store closes at 6 p. m. From fifty 1
miles around people will come here to shop tomorrow. 1
j Those who can should shop before noon. Here are 1
j special attractions for those who do. From 9 till 1 j 1
o'clock. All cash sales, of course, jj m
Children's Hats .Women's Women's Silk Hose I
i! pur entire stock of children's hats TTnnfllrrpln'pf c Women's pure thread silk hose, 6
a in Milans. fancy straws and linens, JLAciiiuivci. uuicio blrick aml corciovan elastic lisle A
fl all splendid models, plain and fan- Handkerchiefs for girls and women, tops, $1.75 values. Special 1 10 M
5 cy, light and dark, all sizes. Spe- 4 ,nn ne,n. embroidered in white ajn pioov im
A cial, one-half price. and colors, regular size. Special, 1 T AH
J Second Floor dozen 75 Jap FOllgee J
PI U j -ip. Mani Floor Pongee silk, 22 inches wide, the gen-
I Children s Dresses Seamless Sheets ?5iJSsrS?X00L8bIS I 1
I A small assortment of children's Now Brtt shcots scamle8Si plnln Lfrd i t I
messes m ginghams and a few hem made oC g00(1 stimly muslin 10r' 'ir(l 5X.o9 .
I small sizes, slightly soiled white. wlUl0ul dre8S,ng sizc Slx90, regis- , , . i I
I aU SlZC3' SJSS SiDr S1'75 lar $2.25 values. Special . . $1.85 . Foulard Silk I I
i Second Floor Main Floor Fouard gg lncheg . ft
X. WoniPll'i? Brp?!ps; PIpH Qnrpirlc popular fabric this season in-a ?
X w V,me,n S JU'reSSeS JSea&preaClS beautiful range of patterns, and col- I
6 Women's porch and street dresses White satin bed spread in-extra 0rs. Values to $4 75 for ( fl
y for summer wear, made of strictly sood quality, large size, beautiful Vard ... ' e on I
washable gingham, plain and fancy new design, plain 'hem, regular 'Main 'Floo"r ' ' H
& colors, all sizes. Values to ?7.50 $6'05 values. Special . . S5.9S -n n-n R V
Special $3. 95 . Main Floor JCiCOllOmy Silks U 9
9 Second Floor Tnrfcicri Tnwolc Economy silk, 36 inches wide, in X ft!
S -jvj s- ; n. , , V . i -"VV65 , all the most wanted colors, for 8 1
9 New CorSetS Bleached Turkish towels in good walsts dre8ses; lingerie, etc , our g
? T , , medium size for hands and face, best si mmiiiv Vird ro. r ol
I Women's corsets in front and back regular 40c values Special, 51 Saln Floor' ' " ' 70C I J
J lace, elastic top and medium bust, eacn . s- . Alaln 1 l00r M
s long hip, all sizes, our usual $5 val- ' ' ' Main j?i'00'r Table Cloths S
I UGS' Sl)eCiSecond" Floor' ' S2'45 Fancy Turkish TOVelS Mercerized cloths, 04x64 size, nice f W
c it i m . , Fancy Turkish towel sets in boxes, velsl)t' (bf ut,ful ranfeoC Paos c
MllSlin SkirtS consisting 0r one large towel, one J? frora' our ?3-75 l '
I Women's muslin skirts, made of ?t0fWrel and ne face clo",l51 Main Floor ' ' '7 I 1
A good quality muslin, trimmed with ' ' Vro'i.,' ttiA' " ' 5,J-"': Kli.n-Ki'ci A llx7--wn A
I lace and embroidery, our usual $2 m i , UlllOl en S AllOVerS 1
I values. Special 95c lOWel bClS Made of heavy .materials in dark I 9
ft Second Floor Rainbow Turkish towel sets in l'Juf: lis!U bluc' stifle stripes, good rt J
V t ? t Tr-ir 1 boxes, consisting of one large towel, vllucs . SI. 19 1
? Men's uress jaais one guest towel and face cloth, reg- n- -i a II
I Felt hats for men and young men, ular 52.60 value S2.19 Boy S CapS
I new spring shapes, dark and light Main Floor A g00cj quality dress cap in bluo 3
I colors. Values to $5 for S3. 45 PlllOW CaS6S serge, wool mixtures and silk mix- H
3 " Men's Slore Envelope day cases and pillow tures' summ6r weisbL val- J
r A'Tan'o rorforo cases, scalloped and embroidered, ues ' ' ' SI. 19 I
I Men S waiters for June adding gifts, etc. Regu- Downstairs A 4
V An all silk cable web garter, new lar ?4.50 value S3. 95 DreSSmg" SaCQUeS ! f
r stock, all colors, 75c values. Sale Main Floor Women's short dressing sacques in A kw
I Prico t 59 Embroidered PillOW assorted sizes and colors, our $1.25 1
I Men's Store CaSCS values. Special, each . . . S5
Men's Handkerchiefs Scalloped and fboidered pniow r-ourhovers t
Made of a fine white cambric with cases in boxes, size 45x36. Regu- . v-vuv'Al 4u 1 5 I
aatin border, good 50c values. Sale lar 53.10 value S2.45 ?aede these Seu? Z 5? (
i Price, each 296 Main Floor ,4lueT 4ec ! 1
Men's store Bed Spreads 'alueB-SpedSoSfai " ' s2'95 a
t Women's Pumps sVXX1: Mary Jane Slippers I
h Women's pumps in patent, black or cut corners, regular $9.50 values. 'hlfe canva lay J'e slippers. js
i brown kid, leather Louis heels, all Special c7or "and turn sole, all new stock, size H
sizes. $10 values $6.85 Main Floor uS& 3 to 8 51.65 values SI J Jjj
5 Main Floor j P Downstairs t
? Children's Oxfords eoc nJginEL and urPumPs and3 Oxfords B
- Uimieil &UAiuiua flowered designs, also white and Women's pumps and oxfords in pa - j
j Children-s patent leather oxfords, j , . Special vard aka ent leather- black or brown kK, H I
' hand turn soles, best quality pmm Mn ' ,5c high or low heels, values to $G.50 2 I
throughout, sizes 11 to 2. $6.00 j o'll for S3.95 g II
values.. S3.95 JaCqUard Silk Downstarls H J
i Main Floor Jucquard silk in beautiful large as- IWpTi'q ShfiPS c J.
.. -r. sortment of colors and patterns, 2 , . .7 , , -A I
Satlll PumpS inches wide, regular $1 valuop. Men 3 shoe m f1" ?,r own wide H I
) ci xr Qr nanw toe iaSLs, the end of dis- I I !
r Women's satin pumps, black or iir . ; tJJO continued lines. Values to $10 a 1
white, high and low heels, hand Main Floor for S4.95 0 I i
I turn soles. Values to $5 ... SI ArtimO Packages Downstairs 3 1
j Main Floor Consisting of infants' dresses, worn- ADDleS f ' 1
I RibbonS tTec0' 6tC" VaIUGS t0 ?2t Standard quality quartered apples. !
i Narrow satin ribbon for lingerie ' ' ' Main Floor' ' le less than gallon can. Per j
I purposes, plain and dotted, pink. PantTV Snedals " " 'Downstairs ' ' " 1
light bluc and white. Special. 2 j g 1 pund can 57 Downstairs g lj
'VnrdS ' 'Main "Floor j"ffoJ. 5 poTaS selected ripfpeacSrst quality- i f,
Satin Ribbons STS'1 cabnUt. ot. 45 j ' (1
Extra good quality, limited assort- Symond's Inn cocoa, 2 for . . 36 Downstairs A
ment of colors', values to 25c. Spe- Symond's Inn lemon and vanilla, Matches H 'M
.cial, yard 5 2 for 41tf Birdscye double dip with full treat- I fii
Main Floor 0peko coffee, ground, 2 for . 89 ed stem, five boxes for . . . 25c & I
T oci Liggctt's green and black .tea, Downstairs I 1 .
JbaCeS 2 for 66c n 1 ! I
Torcheon and plate val laces and Pure cocoanut castile soap, 10c" LatSUp r 1
insertions, pretty assortment of pat- size Made of selected ripe tomatoes, lit M
terns for underwear, etc. Special, Air Float talcum powder . . . 7 tie less than gallon cans. Per x I
yard 15c Cutex cuticle articles .... 33 can . . ' 49c 1
Main Floor Main Floor Downstairs S I
San Diego Scouts on
Way to YeOowstone
Ten Boy Scouts of San Diego
spont a few hours in Ogden today
enroute to Yellowstone park where
they will spend four weeks inspect
ing the wondors of the national
playground. The boys aro under tho
supervision of Scoutmaster Joseph
Herwood.
The youths carry their full equip
ment Including cooking utensils, bed
ding and other materials used when
camping. They intend to hike from
the southern entrance of the park
in Wyoming to the northern entrance
in Montana taking the train at Gard
ner, Montana for home.
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Officers Elected
hy Ogden Rotarians
At a meeting: of the new board of
directors of the Itotary club yoaut"
day officers of the club for the o u-ing-
year wore elected. They wore:
George S. Glen, president; Edward
S. Hinckley, vico-prosSdcnt; Charles
Empey, treasurer, and A. T. Merrill,
secretary. Members of tho board of
directors are Frank N Driggs, Leslie
S. Hodgson, Archio P. Bigclow, John
Ij. Taylor, Charles Empey and Gc-o.
S. Glen.
Marjorie Rambeau and j
Movie Party in Ogden !
Marjorio Rambeau, "Broadway"
theatrical star, in company with fif
teen newly signed "movie" workers
were in Ogden today for a short time
prior to departing to IjOs Angeles L'H
where Miss Rambeau will be starred 1)H
In several new pictures. JH
Miss Rambeau said that she would fi$
be engaged In picture making for SpuS
more than seven months after which
she will return to the footlights to feiA
bo starred in a new comedy at the n
Columbia theatre, New York, next Hh
winter. -
l-rzT' T ? AGAIN TODAY 'Jh
Ai0t? ' I TOMORROW LAST TIME W
I One of strongest photodramas of the season. 1 K
pjb I Don't be sorry you missed it. w
OnTHFJlMFMS HAROLD LLOTDTwtReel Comedy fi
JEWTaEIS "AN EASTERN WESTERNER" . 1 ?J
' SHOES Never before shown in gden. I 1
Together with Lew Cody in "The Beloved Cheater" fl
OGDEN THEATRE J
"Of Course U's Cool Come on in" ijB
