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THE SUN AND NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1920.
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nomination for PreiMent. In the event f
of Jdloik, ho Is twins talked of
Utile centrally to-day UWoly nnml-,
tim for Vice-President. It Is under
stood he readily would accept the tee-
aid pbee on rhe ticket If It appear he
ha, no chance for the first place. The ,
JUpubllcnn leader want o make aj
certain ae they can of carrytrig, Ohio In (
tbo.clectlcn, and that may Induce them .
to put Senator Harding on the ticket.
Senator Johnson think the delcsstcs
tht have been Instructed Tor him In
th various Statu primaries will tand
t tlielr Initruetlona until h feraonally
rilt&sei them. He wai aikcd to-day
tbout th nosa'hllltv of aome of them
arrylnz out their Instructions on the j
first tallot and then Jumping to an
other candidal for their pereonal J
choice.
T. Coleman du Pont 'Hips'
$1,000 Gold Flask of Gin
By a Staf Corrttpitiiltnt.
CHICAGO, June 5. T. Cole
man du Pont, committeeman
from Delaware, carries n $1,000
gold (look on his right hip filled
with the rarest of gin.
"I care not for your Major A.
V, Dalrymplo, ' your Federal
prohibition commissioner," .said
Mr. du Pont to-doy, "because I
nm under orders from my physi
cian to take a little sip when
fatigued. Understand me, I
take my gin as a tonic not ns a
beverage.
j Dellerra Kulth Will He Kept.
t Ha rvnj ""! ' uvMv.v. i;.-,tc. Henalor i'omerene gave tne roliow.
Senator Johnnon. 'that the deltitatei ns wmrnar. ti,e respective expindl
that are Instructed for inn will l:ep '.fe$. Senator .Sutherland. ItepuUllcan,
iuui, ii any 01 uicm bhuuiu iiwm) h
through the form of votlne for mo on
the flrat ballot and then so to somi
other man, I certainly would feel that
they wero brcaklnn faith with the neo
fllo whose votes Instructed them. I do
ijot think any of them will do that."
(Despite the Von rivalry among the
candidate and the earneit effort be
Ids made by them end their managers
to leave no atone unturned that "111
Help toward victory, there Is a notice
rfble lack of the sort of extravagant
claims that usually nre made. The air
oiunccrtalnty pervades everything, and
H 1 nowhere more apparent than at the
headquarter of tho aspirant for the
nomination.
All hope of an early nomination feems
to have gone iillmmerjng. Tlie balloilng
Wet Virginia, till, with debt of
$3,700 : (lor. Cox, Ohio, Democrat,
1 600; Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska,
Immocrat, 13,500; Senntor Owen, Olcla
htma, Uemoerat. 13,155 : A. Mitchell
I aimer. Democrat, J53.185; Senator
Harding, Ohio. lUpubllcan, (113,109;
Cov CtiolMge. Massachusetts, Republi
can, JC8.375 ; Hert-ert Hoover. California,
It publican, JKS.057; h'enator Johnson,
California. Ittpubllcan. $197.3.10; (lov,
Lowden. Illinois. Republican, tilUSJ.
Panning at the mention of lh-i lowden
figures, apparently with a view to mak
:i'g his climax with the Lowden and
Wood funds, Senntor I'omerene em
phasized tho fact that Gov. I-owikn and
lit wife had contribute sj'S.liJ themselves.
Think of It." h said, "t!. salary ol
prooaoiy wm beam -wiunuay iukiu r;tll(, Offlco 0f j'rcsident for four car Is
ffrlday. It would not surprise many of,onIy mww amJ n on0 famll. pro
qie old . ams If the ba lotlng would b , , , mm
last well Into Krlday night or through- . ,F uoo0 job
out Saturday. The stage Is aet for an
- , . ... i. .. i.t.ut wul nitre is uuuuicr cmiuiuMir,
ft,mre,vPr,h?n ' r committee has been
might carry the convention over into
the next week, although that Is con
sidered a rather remote possibility.
The Johnson eupportera believe that
the uncertainty of die outlook it ml the
abience of strong leaders in the con
tention will be beneficial to them. They
?gure that, left without guidance, the
nlnztructcd delegates are likely to go
id Johneon in the end as the most com.
jpandlng personality before the conven
tion. They also believe that the dis
closure of large campaign funds spent
by tho Wood and l.onden managers will
care off many dclegatek from these
men arid turn them toward Johion.
j Johnson Miunortcrn Ontimldlr.
taj' There Is a distinct air of optimism
Tho Johnson upjortcrw profes to be
lieve that tho "drift" has started in their
direction. They cannot give any definite
&ct or figure to back up their state
ijaenU, but there is u little more cock
surencsa about them than Is to be found
either at the Wood or Xowden head
quarters. ) Iioth the Johnson and the Lowden
supporter assert that Wood is out of
the race. They insist thAt tho Senate
(Jornmltee s investigation, showing that
much more than a million dollars has
Ueen" spent by the Wood managers to
rork up lentlment for the Oeneral. has
ade it Impossible for the convention to
oralnate him. The Johnron people in-
t that for the same reason Gov. Low-
en is an impossibility, for while he did
riot spend bo much money, It was dls-
ostd that his managers used money
practically to buy delegates.
; The Lowden forces admit the force of
the argument, but they say that Gov.
Lowden was not responsible for what
41 manager did, and point to the fact
that he has repudiated the two dele
iales from Missouri who accepted $:,500
ach and personally retained it. How
ever, they ar? closely questioning all in
coming delegates that they can reach In
in endeavor to see what effect upon
j, h,eir minds the Senate Inquiry has had.
They recognize It as the weak spot in
jji ise Governor's armor. .
Jlv Gov. Lowden issued a statement to-
ght advocating a law limiting a 1're?-
mr
Ident to one term. He said the length
?f the term might be four or six years
a decided unon. but insisted Unit in nn
Circumstances should a President suc
ceed himself.
ACTION IN SENATE
' TORCED BY BORAH
Confinued from First Page.
'Senator Smoot, Inquiry developed, had
nadc with one Democrat present. Sen
ator HcKellar iTenn.). The latter made
a minority report, which the Ohio Sena
tor demanded be read.
Senator Smoot tried to prevent thjs
by a point of no quorum, which the
Vice-President ruled h had no right to
Unake after .Senator I'omerene, denied
having yielded tht- floor for the Utah
(Senator to make the objection. The
McKellar minority report was then
read.
It consisted largely of an attack on
;the Republican candidates for having
lipent so much money in pre-convention
campaign, accusing Republican Sena
tor of being afraid of further disclos
ures and savins that "neither a nomi
nation nor an election to the Presi
dency should be put up and told to the
highest bidder."
"We have' a splendid opportunity
now," the McKeller report continued,
''to put an end to the inordinate use cf
money in elections. If wc stop this In
vestigation it wilt be equivalent to say
ing that the Senate Is perfectly willing
to stop the truth about campa!;n ex
penses." Taking this report and the Senatorial
Investigation of Republican Presidential
expenditures as tils theme Senator Pom
erene launched a fervid attack on the
Bepubllcans, and particularly on Senator
?moot. for trying to "smother" any fur
ther investigation. Ills remarks were
made on the theory, which apparently
was the precise situation at the mo
ment, that a vote would be prevented on
the measure.
He accused the Republican of "play
ing favorites" because they adopted the
proposal of Senator Borah wh'lch started
tjie Inquiry and were now refusing to
continue It when a Democrat favored it.
"I am not deceived by your meOtods,"
shouted the Ohio Senator, waving his
hand vigorously In the direction of the
Republican Senators. "I know that you
Intend to make a point of order against"
the resolution. "Will you make it with
the approval of Senator Sutherland
(W. Xa.y, who Is a candidate of your
party, or of Senator .Harding (Ohio),
Who Is a candidate; of Senator Johnson
(Cal.), of Gov. Lowden (III.), of Gen.
"Wood, of Senator Poindexter (Wash.),
of Senator France (Md.), or Senator
Knox (Pa.), or Senator Lodge (Mass.),
Who Is to make the keynote speech at
Jiour convention?
i
I Xo Objection From Democrat.
, "Tou dare n istraln at tho gnat of
parliamentary law and swallow the
camei or corrupt practices in this coun-
informed that expenditures In his behalf
have been made 'hero the Senator
paused to add greater force to his words
-"of a little less than $1,100,W.
(.'nil.
Procter Wnod'n Ansel,
"It was explained that this large ex
penditure was ncces.iary to let the
American voter know of llifi ilrtues of
Leonard Wood. These I am not deny
ing, but he has one falling. He cannot
hide his light under a bushel. The Gen
eral Jiinoclf attended the initial meeting
of his managers when half a million
was decided upon as a starter.
"T if n lie found his good angel. Proc
ter Col. William Cooper Proiter of soap
fame, who wants to keep the people
rlean I want to say that It will take
a more powerful disinfectant than soap
to purify the political morals of the
United Slates if you allow such enor
mous expenditures.
"This good angel advanced $.'21,000 to
the Wood campaign in an Idealistic
fashion, as he told the committee, in
the same manner he would have con
tributed to a Red Cross campaign. Later
he went to a bank and borrowed $100,00)
more, and then with A. A. Spraguc. tho
Wood treasurer, went on a note Jointly
for I1CO.00O mote. Ambrose E. Monell of
New York raised still another $1W.(W.
In all the Wood men raised Jl.l0.0t3.
itunii lldn ULLUUIUCU ,UI uj . till.,,., i
headquarters. Subscriptions were only j
(J-OM Hut there were many ampaiges
carrlfd on in the States for Wood." ;
Mentioning estimates in tcattcred
States the Senator continued:
"The Wood total ns we have it is a j
little less than Jl.5C0.Cfl). Yet this was
'Just a starter.' If all this wa3 merely
a preliminary campaign, wha would it I
cost to get the nomination or tho
election?"
Senator Kenyon Interrupted to ask.
In ea the investigation were contin
ued, if the Ohio Senator would object
to probing the heavy contributions
made by men to the Wilson campaign
fund who afterward were appointed as
Ambassadors or other high offices.
Senator Pomerene said everythins would
be included.
"You cannot make it too broad." he
said. ' What we have found thus far
suggests the Hlblical ftory of Belshaz-
' rar's feast. You will recall that a hand
writing oppea.cd upon the wall, and I
I say to you that there will bo' another
I such manifestation for tho party or
parties Indulging In thl kind of ex
jiendltures." '
Senator Pomerene asked for Immedl
j nie consideration of the resolution, to
I which Senator Smoot objected. Then
I Senator Hitchcock (Neb.) moved It be
I recommitted with Instructions for Imme
' dlate report to the Senate, to which
Senator bmoot again objectex
Senator Dorah closed tho debate. Ex
pressing regret at the objection by Sen
ator Smoot he appealed to him to with
draw it, Jlls threat of a bolt, as It
was Interpreted by most Senator and
others, was couched In these words:
"I have my own choice of candidates,
but this Is a matter which docs not touch
candidate or parties. It Is a question
of the protection of our )outh, and If
the Republican party does not clean
house between now and Saturday night,
Just as sure a time is patriotism
epough In this country to protect It, It
will be protected In nnother way."
He said further that what th farty
ought to do was "to eliminate from con
sideration any man who will undertake
to dominate conventions by tho sheer
use of money." Referring to the great
fortunes. made by some during tho war,
he said that they seemed to want to
ute It to buy polldcal control.
"I want to ee my party win," he con
tinued, "ns I believe In Its principles,
but I say with all the solemnity nt my
command that it cannot succeed by
denying to the American people the
knowledge of how It succeeded.
"if contributions aro nut nude public
It Is evident that those giving the con
tributions have a sinister motive. If you
prevent this Inquiry the chirges that
will le made will be ten times worse
than the things that will b done.
"We want complete publicity. Wc
have nothing to hide, and t again ap
ical to my colleague, the Senator from
Utah, to withdraw hU objection to this
resolution."
Senator STiioot arose and said that
he never had used any money' In his
campaigns. He cast bitter aspersion
upon the prc&s reports of the disclosures
made In the Senate inquiry, and jald
they were magnified to unfair propor
tions. "I consider that many of the state
ments made by the Senator from Ohio
are nn unjustifiable reflection upon the
public mn to whom they refer," said
Smoot. He then wjthdrew the objection.
BUTLER STATEMENT
ASSAILS PRIMARIES
RIVALS' FRIENDS ON
BUTLER BOOM TRAIN
Talk Also of Hughes, Hoovpr,
Coolidge and E. H. Gary.
a Stall rorrttptnitnt of Tax 8rs sso
Niw YoK Ilxsilb.
On Boaro tub New Tor.K Statb Rs-
POBUCAM SPECIAb TRAJ.V Etf ROUTB TO
Chicago Utjca, Juno 5. James R.
Sheffield and Henry W. Taft will be ac
tive workers for Dr. Butler In Chicago.
Tho Columbia University president will
be placed In nomination by Offden L.
Mills. There are plenty of Butler badges
and buttons on tho train, bearing the slo
gan, "Butler Means Business: So Pus
syfooten Kilted for tho Job." The Butler
platform and editorials upenklng kindly
of him are being distributed.
In William Learys trunk In the bag
gage car Is n supply of lithographs of
rhiri i'. Hn dies, but It is entirely a
.. i , ..-1 , V. 1,1m ml I I a rnn. I
boom ! t f S Comtponitm of Tut Sex ixd New
Xow Yorker Says Conference
and Discussion "Will Rulo
Convention ns in 1800.
WARNING GIVEN TO BORAH
Notice Served on Johnson Also
Against U. S. Isolation
Policy for Republicans.
I
llrnlm W I Noll Itrlnpur,
PtiiLAnELPKiA. June 5 Itepoits rtiat
President Wilson's condition has taken
a turn for the worse were denied to-day
by Dr. Francis X. Dercum In this city.
Dr. Dercum, who has frequently been
called Into consultation, said :
"They are "Illy rumors. When I last
w 'he Presidtnt he was In such good
condition that I did not think it neces
sary to return to see him. I have dis
continued my regular visits to ahe
President."
the 1316 standard bearer The former
Justice Is distinctly antagonistic to the
Idea, according to a man who talked
with him a ffw days ago.
A reprint from a publication known as
the Club Fillow, earning an editorial
favorlnsr the nomination of Elbert H.
Clary, was distributed No one could
be found who knew anything about its
Inception or the Identity of Pcrclvat L.
Harden, who signed It.
Although no one profcsVes to know,
the tosslp on the train In that former
Judge Nathan L. Miller, one of the "big
four," is distinctly favorable to Herbert
Hoover.
There Is some evidence of a develop
ment favorable to Coolidge among the
New Yorkers. Paul Wlndel of Brook,
lyn make no secret of Me Intention of
voting for the Massachusetts Governor
after a complimentary vote for Butler.
Robert L Bacon of Nassau, who Is a
Wood "bitter endcr." expresses the hope
that the General will b nominated In
spite of the opposition that has devel
oped. FAIR WEATHER FOR
G. O. P. CONVENTION
Chicago's Seer Makes Fore
cast for This Week.
Bt 1 Staff Corr'iponi'H of Tilt his iM'
Ntw Yobh llr.Bii.n
r'HiCAGO, June 5. "Fair and warmer"
Is the official forecast of Henry J. Cox,
Chicago's weather man, for the Republi
can r-Anventlon next week.
T I. Pn,' nvnov-t nnlnlfln ffirmll. I
lated after hours of work with telescopes
and test tubes, that the weather next
week Is going to be fair and warmer.
It will be recalled that It rained the en
tire week of the 1916 Republican Na
tional Convention In Chicago.
Yoee HsSAtn.
Chicago, June I. The following
statement w Issued to-night by Nicho
las Murray Butler:
"It Is clear that tho conenlIoii of
1310 will resemble the convention of
1888 In many ways. Like the ronventlon
of 188. the convention or 1M0 will be
ruled by the spirit of conference and dis
cussion as to what Is best for the nation,
and therefore for the Republican party,
at this time of world problems nnd world
crisis. The delegates to the convention
of 19J0 will not be confronted by nny
ordinary task. Conditions both at home
and abroad are much tou serious for
that.
"The Presidential preference prlhary
system has failed, as It wnii bound to
fall. It Is unsound In theory, unworka
ble In practice and as un-American as
any political device that ha been sug
gested by anybody. Thl system has In
vitedIndeed, has almost compelled
hugo expenditures on the part of those
who have (alien victims to Its solicita
tions, and yet It ha proved nothing ex
cept that the great mass of Republican
voters await with entire confidence the
result of unprejudiced and untrammelled
discussion by the delegates to the Na
tional Convention.
"As a method of exaggerating the
Importance of small minorities, this pri
mary system Is quite Ideal. The news
papers announce that somebody or other
has 'swept' a given State, but when wc
get the facts It Is found that Ihe 'sweep
ing consisted In polling between four
and tlva per cent, of the party vote. It
Is probable that In all the recent pri
maries so widely advertised throughout
tho land there were not so many votes
cast for nil the contestants as will be
cast for President In the city of Ne.w
York next November,
"This fact, which seems to b sub
stantially true. Is eufllclent comment
upon the weight which ought to be at
tached to primary result. These are a
fraud upon the people and mislead
thousands .of welt meaning persons who
have not been brought face to face with
the facts.
"From the beginning I declined to
participate In any way whatsoever In
thete primary contests, but told my
friends that they were at liberty, it they
chose, to present my name to a conven
tion composed largely of unlnstructed
and unpledged delegates. By that de
cision I stand, and I do not In any nay
; regret It.
i "In tho event of any attempt being
, made by Senator Borah or any other
member of the convention to commit the
Republican party. In defiance of its tra- j
Ultlons. to a declaration of Isolation from
tne lire and problem or tne civinzea
world or If Senator Johnson should be
clven a peat for that purpocc I should
deem it my duty as an American and
as a Republican to oppose such action
with all possible emphasis.
"The foreign policies of McKlnMy and
Hay. of Roosevelt and Root, of Taft
and Knox were forward fating, construc
tive and helpful to the whole world.
They muBt not be abandoned simply be
cause Ml'. Wilson has made a serlei of
colosfa! blunders '"
CARDINAL GIBBONS
GOING TO CHICAGO
Will Attend Both Jubilee and
Convention.
Sfttta to Tin Bin ixo New Tok Hibalo.
CltiCAOo, June 5. Cardinal Gibbons
will arrive in Chicago Monday after
noon from Baltimore to assume his post
as one of the chaplains at the Republi
can Convention, and to participate In the
great celebration of the Chicago' Arch
diocese Golden Jubilee next week.
Meanwhile, the committee In charge of
the Jubilee announced that the story of
the i.000 years life of the Catholic
Church, told In, a mile of children. Is
the Idea of the historical pageant that
will feature the closing of the celebra
tton Thursday
cJuo
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Also
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NEW .VEILS
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with the spirit of . ihe -moment.
Fiflh oA i?enue
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came
.try."
Democratic Scnatora and thtt Presl-
iCtntlal candidates, he Insisted, would not
,oppose the further Inquiry but would
helcome it.
' "There have been rumors of a $10,000,-
C00 Democratic slush fund," he con-1
"llnucd, "which we have not been able to j
verify. Wc want to do so. And also we
want to verify other rumors about large '
campaign funds fpr the Republicans." I
Entering then upon a survey of tho '
disclosure produced against Republican
Presidential candidates Jo the Inquiry to
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Winning Against Odds
YOL know the story of business upheaval since the first of the year. You know how
constant and how serious have been the disturbances in the industrial world. You
know that production has decreased 35 while the demand for production has greatly
increased. You know that there is a serious shortage of raw materials and of-fabricated
articles. You know that tremendous obstacles must be overcome before any service or article
can be delivered.
Keep these facts in mind as you read this story of the achievement ofhc telephone organiza
tion in New .York. City. . '
Coming out of the war sadly depleted in
numbers, this organization faced a problem
that might well have disheartened any organiza
tion. It had to overcome the effect of a two
years' war embargo on commercial telephone
construction, replace the reserves used up
during the war and build to meet the greatest
demand for new service in its history. And
it had to do these things while handling the
greatest volume of telephone traffic ever orig
inated in the city of New York.
New workers, new buildings, new switch
boards, new relays, new distributing boards,
new conduits, new cables, new pole lines, new
facilities of every kind were needed in greater
quantities than ever before and at a lime when
these things were demanded by every other
section of the country.
The telephone men and women, in New .
York City were given a task of almost in
credible size and difficulty and they under
took it in the same way and with the. same
spirit that Rowan showed when he carried
the message to Garcia in Cuba back in '98.
You remember the story. Nothing could stop
that man Rowan and nothing could stop these
telephone workers. They have built up their
organization. They have increased the cen
tral office operating force alone from 8,600
on January I, 1919 to over 14,000 on May
IS, 1920.
They have improved the service. Calls arc
now answered in half the time it took" to answer
them at the beginning of the year.
During the epidemic of influenza and the
storms of last winter when thousands were
kept from work and telephone traffic was
largely increased these telephone workers, their
numbers cut down by sickness and inability
to reach their offices, stayed on the job and
kept the service from breaking down.
In the past four months they not only have
improved the Service but they have succeeded
in placing enough new equipment of all kinds
to install 35,418 new telephones in New York
Cit t
They have done these things despite the
delays and obstacles that have held back' pro
duction in the telephone business and in every
other business. These difficulties are increas
ing. Production daily grows more uncertain.
The supply of facilities for providing tele
phone service is decreasing and at the same
time the demand for service in New York
City is steadily increasing. This demand was
unprecedented at the first of the year. It has
increased since then and it is growing more
rapidly than new facilities for service can be
provided.
There now are. 64,843' applications for
service on our books. In filling these applica
tions precedence will be given to those of an
emergent nature such as service for doctors,
nurses, hospitals, cases of serious illness, fire
and police; second, service required as a busi
ness necessity; third, service that is a con
venience. By following this classification the
most urgent necds for service will receive the
curliest attention.
The public' of New York City can rest as
sured that the 25,000 telephone -workers in
this city vho already have achieved great re
sults in the face of great odds will "continue
to carry on. They will leave nothing undone
to complete, the task of expanding the city's
telephone system and further improving its
quality in the shortest possible time.
NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY
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