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NO. 4972 WASHINGTON. ,D. C,, WEDNESDAY. JUKE 9. 1920. _ ?* : TWO CENTS
COLISEUM JAM
LACKS"PEP" AS
CURTAIN RISES
14,000 Crowd Convention
Hall, But Enthusiasm
Is Lacking.
DEPEW GETS APPLAUSE
Republicans Get Down to,
Business Rapidly After
Prayer.
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BY WILLIS J. ABBOT
(Stall Correspondent I
Chicago. I1L, June 8.?More than
14.000 people gathered today In the
great Coliseum to begin the process
of ratifying a selection for the Republican
Presidential nominee which^
will be made by probably not more
than 14 men in a much more sequestered
place.
The 14.000 were not particularly
enthusiastic. But then there was
not much to stir enthusiasm. The
time seems to have passed when national
conventions were real halls
pf fame. In times past I have seen
the crowds break into roars of ap- j
plause when such figures as Conkling.
Hoar. Foraker, Aldrich or
Hanna marched majestically down j
the middlo aisle to their seats. Are j
there no such figures now? Is it!
because the direct primary system j
has put an end to the practice of I
st-lf-selection by the big figures inj
Ihe party? Whatever the cause it(
is the fact that today the aged j
Chauncey Depew was the one delegate
greeted by the galleries as he .
entered. There were probably more j
men and women widely known by,
name in the press seats than among
the delegates or in the seats reserved
for distinguished strangers.
Prominent among them was William!
Jennings Bryan, who is having a
hard time to keep exultation over
the Supreme Court's dry decision
out of his convention copy.
Hay* Gets Friendly Hand.
Chairman Hays, sliding out onto '
the chairman's rostrum in a char- I
acteristically nervous and eager
manner, got a friendly but not uproarious
greeting from the crowd.
"If he had only four more inches
in height," said a man near me,
with an Indiana badge, "he'd be
the real dark horse." Of the popularity
of the chairman there can
be no doubt, and he enhanced it
visibly by speaking for only three j
or four minutes. The only phrase j
he used which evoked especial at- (
tention was his dogmatic assertion.
'There will be no bolt in this conflict."
However. Mr. Hays offered
no evidence to sustain this theory,
which, in view of the utterances
of Senators Johnson and Borah in .
their meeting last night, seems unduly
dogmatic.
A gentleman describeJ in the biographic
slips handed to the press
CONTINUED OX PACE TWO. ,
FOElUCTPAY,
U.S, ULTIMATUM!
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government Won t Relin- 1
quish Claim Against Ger- j!
many for $750,000,000. I,
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The United States government j
joes not lrt? r.d to relinquish Its i
:laim against Germany for war 1
Jamagej. amounting in all to about (
J750.000.000. This admission was . <
obtained from the State Department *
yestcrlay when ul>patches from '
broad, saying that the Allies would (
isk as to the position of the United
states, were called to the attention
jf officials.
This government. officials said, i
stands perfectly willing to state
loth the nature and the amount of
;he claim to any of the Allies. But
;here is no Indication that any i
iteps have beer, tak- n for the ap>ointment
of a .representative at the
>pa conference, when the division ofJerman
indemnity payments will be
llacussed.
One of the country's diplomatic ^
epresentatives probably will be deailed
to act as an obser\er so that j 8
Washington officials may keep in'*1
ouch with what is transpiring. It 4
was made clear yesterday that vir- '
:ually ihe only hope that the United
states ha3 of collecting is thrbugh r
;he charity of the Allies. The only 1
>thcr way the claim of this country 1
:ould be cbiained, official j said. 8
?ould be through the conclusion of k
i separate treaty with Germany and
mother treaty with the Allies. In 1
which the latter would agree to the 1
liverslon, either of future payments
>r those already made by Germany
'rom the reparations commission to
:he United States.
(PuMic I?d|er Herri**-, t
RAIL FARE FOR KIN
OF SOLDIER DEAD *
Secretary Baker announced yes- ''
erday that the War Department will v
jrovide transportation from Hoboten
to one relative or friend to
iccompany the body of a soldier p
vho died abroad.
Usually the War Department p
Provides an official convoyer with 01
he body of a soldier to his homi, w
>ut a friend or relative may sub- el
iLituta. si
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His Company Best
In All High Schools
?Photo by Back.
CAPT. C. n. SKCKISGER,
Of Company A, Technical High
School, who "yesterday carried
away first honors In the high
school cadets' competitive drill.
Kiss and Medal
To Winning Co.
A Commander
Tech School Cadets, Under j
Captain Seckinger Cop
Drill Honors.
v
Company A. Technical High
School won a triumph yesterday!
Caeser had such another triumph.
But Caeser never hajl a bean supper
and all the sweet girl graduates
of his little four story concrete
school house awaiting him when he
checked in after the campaign.
And unlike the chubby cheeked
Captain C. R. Seckinger, Company
A. McKinley Manual training School,
the mighty Roman was out In the
snow banks. For he had no petite
blonde sister to throw her arms j
around him, give him a sisterly kiss i
and r'n an American Beauty on his j
war going toga.
In the main, that's the principal
difference between Capt. "Sec" of
Tech. and the old time leader of
Rome. But theres one other difference
worth noting.
"Sec" led his little army to the ,
CONTINUED OX PAG* TWO.
DECLARES FIGG :
OFF ON SUGAR i
I
]
Representative Tinkham (
Says No Reduction in
Price Is Near. <
Representative George Holden i
Tinkham. of Massachusets, sponsor I
of the House sugar Investigation, j
yesterday took vigorous exception
to the statement of Howard E. t
h'igg, special assistant to the At- <
torney General in charge of the 1
high cost of living campaign, rela- J
live to the sugar situation in this
country. In the face of Mr. Figg's
Expressed hopes for a reduction in j
the price of sugar, Mr. Tinkham I
predicted that sugar would cost 30 ?
;ents a pound in July and August. j
In spite of the prospective 1m- j
jortation of sugar from Argentina, t
Peru, Czecho-Slovakia, Belgium and 1 j
Holland, Mr. Tinkham said he saw 1 j
ittle hope for relief of * the sugar g
lituation in the light of other de- j 7
relopments. He pointed out that
he sugar which might come from f
liese sources is hardly sufficient to j f
>ffset the shortage resulting from t
he gradual diminution of the Cu- (
jan crop and the increased con- j
sumption attending the approach
>f the canning season.
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First Woman to S
Convention Drc
Black for Geon
By WINIFRED VAX Dt'ZER ! r
Chicago, June 8.?Women of the!0
Republican party having watched ^
,nd labored long, experienced their t
iour of triumph this morning when t
he national convention met in openng
session at the Coliseum.
They sat side by side with their
nen co-workers and filled the great ^
uilding in almost equal numbers; ^
heir voice was heard from the dele- t
rates' floor; for the first time in the
ilstory of the party four of their 1
I
Jewport Outstrips Reno
With 3 Divorces in Day \
Newport. R. I., June 8.?Three J
ociety divorces in one day before '
he Superior Court, all three on th* t
rounds of neglect to provide, put ^
lewport far ahead of Reno today a
1 the race of the most popular diorce
market.
The eves were those of Mrs. Vlfc- 11
:>r Sorchaii. Mr?i. Sydney Jociaa r
olford. jr., and Mrs. Samuel W#?- "
taff. Neglect of the husbanda to
rovide was the charge in t|ck '
tse. The trials were conducted *
lthout cross examination, aad
ieh petitioner got what aha Ha- '
red.
MILD ELEMENT
. Ill SADDLE AT
CHICAGO NOW
Old Guard Conquers Radical
Opponents of League
Of Nations.
FAVOR RATIFICATION
?
Maneuvering for Candidate
And Committee Work
Leans Conservative.
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Bit ROBERT T. BARRY.
(Public U4|er Service.)
Chicago,- June S.?The con?ervatives
are in the saddle. Their machine
is beginning to (unction. It
is apparent not alone in the man*
euvering over the nomination, but
it was demonstrated In the organization
of the all-important resolutions
committee this afternoon. The
radical opponents of the league of
nations have no chance of carrying
that committee for their program of
condemnation of the treaty. They
realize it and are shaping their
plans for a bitter fight on the floor.
A subcommittee on platform, satisfactory
to the conservative wing
of the party, was named by Senator
James E. Watson, of Indiana, after
he had won an easy Victory in the
fight with State Senator Ogden
Mills, of New York. Mills, an ardent
advocate of ratification of the
treaty with reservations, received
three votes against forty-one for
Watson. It was not the desire of
the leaders to select a man so
frankly hostile to the treaty opponents,
who number some of the Senate's
most prominent old guarders.
Mr. Mills carried into the resolutions
committee a treaty plank indorsing
ratification of the treaty
with the Senate reservations. It was
the recommendation of the advisory
committee on platform and policies,
of which he was chairman. He will
fight for its adoption by the resolutions
committee.
Htaad for Hat Ileatlen.
The "mild reservation" Senators
i<n and off the subcommittee on
platform are aiding him by trying j
to persuade delegates that the Republican
party must Bland for
ratification. Senator Borah, of
Idaho, leader in the flght for denunciation
of the treaty, prpfessed
lo bo eatiraly aatiaflsd ritfc tha
personnel of the subcommittee. He
is a member of It as Is Senator
Vtedill McCormick. of Illinois, an
irreconciliable. and John Francis
Key land, of California, an ardent
Johnson follower.
An impression was spread abroad
:hat the Mills program might prevail
in the resolutions committee,
i>ut that was disputed and denied i
>y the Senators who opposed ratiIcation,
even with the I^odge reservations.
Senator Borah looked for
10 more serious setback in the committee
than a redraft of the Indiana
platform which straddled the quesion
and teTt both of the treaty
p-oups without a flat repudiation.
The best thought on the subject
roncurs in that belief. T^ere is no
:urrent indication that either the
rreconciliables or the mild reserva- I
Jonists can hope for complete vicory
on the treaty issue.
laraei Threshed Out.
Soon after Senator Watson's elecion.
warring elements on platform
ssues began to stage their demont
rations. The wets and- drys were i
Irst. The delegates from Porto
lico were in conflict over a deearation
as to the form of terri- <
orl&l government to be urged. The
ilatform subcommittee began hearngs
on all mattera to enter Into the 1
tarty statement of principles.
2-B
Among the planks urged by organized
forces were greater relief
or disabled soldiers, resumption of
rade with Bolshevist Russia, con- .
lemnatlon of the Federal Reserve
banking Act. stabilization of the ^
CONTINUED ON PAGB TWO. '
I
>it in National i
}ps Suffragette j
?ette and Ruffles i
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lumber woro appointed to places '
n the rules and order committee.
Early as the men arrived at the
rollMUm this morning, women were
here first. Delegatea picked up lit- 6
le brown-covered programs and lit- ?
le cotton flags, waiting on their *
half a, and began a waving of the 1
mblems. Othera in meszanines 1
ouud their seata with little help
rem ushers?and at once took off
heir bats. ^
Mrs. rosacea Speaks
In the sunken center square.
;takoa marked off sections. But intead
of "carrots" and "cosmos"
ho signs, read "Michigan," "Alasti"
aad "Hawaii." And in that
oatro square, which once knew the
road of only masculine felt, 27 (
romen delegates were seated. In ,
ho alternative division, a little t
ray back, were almost twice as j
,
It was after Henry Cabot Lodge ^
ad stepped from the center of the c
oatrum. that history again was
iade by a 'woman. Mrs. Manley c
'osseen. of the Minnesota delega- }
loft, arose and offered a resolution. t
Irs. Fbsseen Is the first women la ,
he history of America to speak t
pom the floor of a national con- c
CONTINUED ON FACJI FOUS. >
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MRS. RICHARD EDWARDS
DIVISION LOOMS
IN G.O.P.RANKS
Third Party, Opposed to
League, Even a Probability,
Says McCormick.
Br G. w. axki.so*.
IM? Cwm?H?<f?. 1
Chicago, in.. June 8. ? That there
is a possibility, even a probability,
of a third party. Is beginning to be
discussed by leaders of the Republican
party attending the convention.
In a signed article in the Chicago
Daily News. Senator Medill McCormick
discusses this phase of a problem
which, without doubt, will confront
the delegates before the week
is over. The Senator believes that
If a split comes It will be over the
treaty and the league of nations
covenant.
After commenting on the fact that |
Senators who have fought over the j
treaty are on the resolutions committee
of the convention he goes on
"They (the Senators) feel that the
presentation of two reports by the
fommittee on resolutions will lead
to a long and bitter debate which
will make ultimate agreement and
reconciliation more difficult. They
know that already the skeleton machinery
has been created for the or- j
ganixation of a third party to oppose
the league of nations and to
1raw to It other disaffected elements
from the existing parties.
"They feel very keenly that If j
men who have struggled over the j
- roblem to a point where old. perlonal
friendships were strained
igrce, others ought to be willing to
"The memories of 191* arc?in the ;
ninds of many. Recrimination is |
ruitless, but looking back on that
onvention it seems manifest that,
f its readiness to invite Progresilves
to return to the fold had been
ihown in a form more evident and
lersonal than It looked the result of
he campaign of that year would j
iav? been different. Today and tonorrow
will determine whether we
ihall be able to interpret In terms
ntelligible to the country, our comnon
desire to call the elements of I
he party *o active and conspicuous
lerviee. and to secure for them tjiat
ecognition of their views, that accommodation
cf differences and muual
concessions, which can secure
or us an overwhelming majority in
November."
Norway Approra Soviet
London, June 7.?A Christiania
lispatch states that the Norwegian
Itorthing. voted 102 to . approving
he government's resumption of
leaceful relations with Soviet
lussia.
(Copyright. 1920. by Public Leufer Co.)
Extra Ballots for He
Serve as Added In
For$23,000inl
In less tHan six weeks' time the
nd of the big salesmanship race
rill be here, and the candidates in
hese few short weeks can in a
Ittle spare-time work earn a 16.000
lome. or <6.000 in cash, besides,
rery likely, a* 1300 or 1500 extra
?sh prlae.
Of course, to earn these extra
;aah prises, It Is necessary to do
rour big work before Jane IT, and
hose wlfo get going noWeRrlll have
ha best chance of winning the bigrest
awards, as their work will
ount more than it will late> along
n the campaign.
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MRS. MAID WOOD PARK.
Women of all shades of polltij
cal faith have swarmed to Chicago
to ask the Republican convention
to take cognisance of
suffrage and other matters In
which- women are vitally interested.
Among the most earnest
of the workers for betterment
of women's conditions are the
r-representatives of the League of
Women Voters, who have just
presented six planks to the platform
committee of the conven- |
i tion. The league cause is sponsored
in Chicago by Mrs. Maud
Wood Park, national chairman,
Mrs. Richard Edwards and Mrs.
Pattle R. Jacobs. The women
were given a hearing by the G.
O. P. committee on Tuesday
PENROSE WON'T
PICK FAVORITE
Gives More Thought to
Winning Election Than
Nominee.
Philadelphia. June S.?Senator'
Boies Penrose is showing continued
improvement, according to Leighton
C. Taylor, his secretary.
Mr. Taylor said that the Pennsyl- !
vanla Republican chieftain Is glv- J
Ing all of his attention to affairs In
Chicago and is in almost constant
communication with the headquar- J
ters of the Pennsylvania delegation
in the Congress Hotel.
Expressing the Senator's views on
the situation. Mr. Taylor said that
It is felt that the selection of a candidate
revolves entirely upon the
nominee's fitness to bring the Republican
party through to victory
next fall.
"The Senator," Mr. Taylor said today,
"is giving more attention to I
the question of winning the elec- ]
tion than to the nomination of any '
one particular man. Th6 Senator i
feels that to weaken the ticket in
any way might lead to another Democratic
victory.
Senator Penrose wants to see as
the Republican candidate, the man
who can hold all the Republican
states in line and at the same time
make the best appeal to the country
at large. The Senator will not discuss
any particular boom."
(Public Ledger Serrlre.)
raid Salesmen
ducement in Race
-fomef A utos and Cash
Ballots Extraordinary ? 100,900
extra credits on each and every 125
in subscriptions tamed in up to 10
o'clock Thursday night, June 17,1
gives every person who contemplates
joining the Salesmanship
Club an opportunity to make a flying
start in th? race. It also enables
those who are already members
to gain two-fold results for
their efforts.
Remember, this ballot offer is the
biggest and beat credit ofTer that
will be made during the entire campaign
and will not be repeated.
CONT1KCKD ON PAGE EIGHT.
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PATTIE R. JACOB*
WILSON-BRYAN !
FIGHT ON HERE
1
Opening Shot in Battle fori'
Convention Control
Fired in D. C.
I By l alTtrul Srrvlw.l
A Aght for delegtte* to the San
Francisco convention Is on h?fc be- j
twecn factions supposedly tepre- 1
renting President Wilson and Will- '
iam Jennings Bryan.
It was announced ycet? rday thatj'
Secretary of State Colby Is a can- '
lidatft for a? legale to the convcn- '
tion. and the Br>an delegates already
are in th< field. The fact tnat
Secretary Colby Is In the race makes
it plain that the real fight is be- ' 1
twecn the Prcri<"ent and Bryan, j
Thus the first round of the fight 1
for convention control Is to be ; ,
staged at the Naticral Capital.
Tlie administration ticket so far
as revealed Is composed of Secro j j
tary Colby. Tmothy T. Ani*berry. |*
former member of Congress from \
Ohio. John E Laskey, United Starrs j
I>istrict Attorney, and John B. Col- ,
poys, prominent labor leader who
was a delegate to the 1916 conven- !
tioi> i
The candidates representative of (
the Bryan Democracy Club, and understood
-o be backed by the Antl- |
Saloon League, are: F. C. Roberts. J '
William V. A!uhonry. Deets Picket , I
and Mrs. Cora L. Thomas. ' ,
There Is also to be a contest for i
Natior.al C< mtr.itteman between
John F. Cortello. who has been ' *
committeeman since 1912. and Will- |l
iam M Kay Clayton, who claims the *<
backing of the Fiyan Club and two j f
olher Democratic organiiations. I?
Attorney General Palmer and ; t
Vance MeCo-m'ck gave adminlstra-;<i
tlon officials a:surance yesrerday In I
a meeting at the White House that;!
Colby's right tc run enuld not be 11
questioned.
Taft Praises Lot
For Maintained I
Sequence, Exc<
By WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. | 1
(Copyright. 1920. by Public Ledger '
Company.)
It is a real pleasure, even If one
does not agree with every part of' ^
It* to read such an address as that
delivered by Senator Lodge In opening
the Republican national convention.
- It has been the vogue to '
speak of Mr. Wilsons wonderful J
style ? and he has a facility for the
happiness and turn of expression
that usually produces two or three
phrases or epigrams which endure
in many of his public utterances
but in the maintained force of beautiful
and clear statement, admirable ^
arrangement and easy sequence, he
Is not the equal of Mr. Lodge.
la Formidable I?<leta?st.
Yesterday's address begins with a
description of the political situation '
confronting the Republican party, to 1
which Its policies and action must be 1
directed: first, in the actual physical 8
and economic results of the great ^
war; and second, in its psychological a
result In the uarest of the people d
with which it must deal. His array ?
of the gigantic task of the party to ?
meet these exigencies Is as true as t
It is formidable. He says that the d
Democratic party has failed In meet- J
lng the exigency ? part of^whlch It
is lts?lfwesponsibl>^or ? and that
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REPUBUCA
CURE FOf
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Seven Years, Cent(
League of Nation;
and Attempts to J
on Pact.
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By FREDERIC >
Chicago, June 8.?Overthrow
works will be the paramount issu
dential campaign. The challenge
of the national conventoin today
Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massa
chairman.
Addressing the throng that pa
veteran New England statesman,
against the treaty of Versailles, la
He demanded that "Mr. Wilson a
control and influence upon the g
He assailed hiin as a dictator w!
life of American principles." He
sonate in their fierceness "that "th
tion and all it means transcends in
WOMEN NAMED
ON COMMITTEES
Four Placed on Rules Body
While One Serves as
Lodge Escort.
tBy a Staff ('Mreapoadrat I
Chicago, Ul.. June S.-*-Women
were (riven their first real look-in
today. For the first time they were
given a hand in saving the country |
at the Republican convention. \
Some acted like veterans. Others
shied at their strange surroundings ;
ftut all seemed to enjoy It. Honors :
nave so far been distributed spar- j
ingly. They range from sergeantit-arms
to membership on the different
committees.
Four women were plactd on the
rules committee. They didn't seem
surprised when their names were
innounced and took their places as
if they had been there before,
rhey were Mrs. Manley Fosseen of
Minnesota; Mrs. John G. South of
Kentucky; Mrs. M. H. Hankins of
rennessee and Miss Dell Boyd of
Nevada. These will see to It that
women get equal representation on
:he national executive committee.
Mrs. Frank Dodson. whirlwind
organizer and campaign worker
from Iowa, was placed on the organization
committee.
The shirt waist sergeants-at-arms
vere a little dazed at first, when
he badges were pinned on but got
ised to it and looked, the part beore
the convention was thirty
ninutes old. It was intended that
hese should look after the wom^n
lelegates and distinguished visitors
>ut the observation was made that
t was apparent the fair sex was
ible to take care of themselves.
G. W. AXELSOX. j
ige Address
** orce and Easy
zpt Part on Pact
the only recourse Is to the Repubican
party, which. If it falls, will i
thrust on us the danger of Bolshevism.
Mr. Lodge then points out
that the Republican party, in order
o achieve the proper end, must have
in opportunity for service, and It
:annot do this until Mr. Wilson and i
til his disciples shall be ejected from
?wer and the Republican party
shall take over the legislative and
ixecutive branches of the government.
He comments on the arbitrary
and personally partisan administration
of the government unler
Mr. Wilson and characterizes It
is a dictatorship resting on a pie)lsclte
carried on by repellant meth>ds.
Pleads for Law and Order.
Mr. Lodge then exalts the absoute
necessity of law and order, and
is essential to that, the respect for
he rule of the people by those who
ire entrusted ylth oflicial responilbility,
and In general language so
ramed as to leave no doubt of its
ilgnlflcance he denounces the tenlency
encouraged under Mr. Wilson
if single men and groups of m?nand
organized minorities to question the
iuthority of the government by the
ale o< all the people and to introluce
the Soviet method of control,
le turns then to the economic coalitions
and what Congress has done '
CONTINUED ON FAGK TWO.
)res
WISMS;
iairman
nmrty
i u. s. ills,
;ates told
?MB??? *
nan Depicts Adminisngs
Extending Over
*ring Chief Attack on
> Plan of President,
ustify Senate's Stand
WILLIAM WILE.
of Woodrow Wilson and all liis
c of the Republican party's Presiwas
flung at the opening session
in the keynote speech of Senator
chusetts, speaking as temporary
ickcd the flag-draped coliseum, the
who led the long and bitter fight
shed President Wilson mercilessly,
nd his dynasty be driven from all
;overnment of the Untied States."
hose methods "strike at the very
declared n tones that were pase
defeat of the present adminstrai
importance every other question."
3 Senator Lodge, who held the
J convention's attention for an hour
and a half, devoted ^virtually the
entire last half hour of his address
to lampooning "Mr. Wilson." The
I conventoin's reception to his belligerent
call to battle against the
\\ ilsonian hosts was unanimous
without being vociferous. The approval
he extorted for his repeated
thrusts at the President were unmistakable,
but never wildly enthusiastic.
There was at no stage of Senator,
Lodge's presence upon th? platform?either
when he first appeared;
or during his speech. or at its
end?any of the long and thunderous
demonstrations which are so
familiar a feature Sf national contentions.
Indeed the outstanding
aspect of the opening session's
I brief proceedings was the undemonstrative
demeanor of the 981
delegates and the 13.000 odd other
| convention participants.
Cheer l.ender at Work.
The national committee had an;
ticipated that the Chicago convention
would be conspicuously unemotional,
that its ebullitions would
| have to be more or less "organized."
I for one of today's principal functionaries
was a professional "cheer
I leader." He has the voice and th*
gymnastic qualities of a captain of
college "rooters." Jt was not until
: he had raised his arms and called
lustily for "three cheers for Senator
Henry Cabot I/odne." that the
i convention seemingly could be
stirred into demonstrative moodT
'That it had lungs and knew how
to use them was proved by the
hearty response it made to the
| cheer leader's appeal.
Old time convention observers are
'talking tonight of little else than
the "stolidity" wliich characterized
events at the Coliseum. They say
it aucurs well for the temper and
for the character of decisions the
.convention will make before the
i week is out.
They believe it stamps the present
: conclave of the Kepublican party
as the sanest, most conservative an<l
altogether most "imperturbable"
1 convention In the organization's
i contemporary history.
Safe and Sane l'lan Seen.
The kind of reception, in other
words, that Senator Lodge's keynote
speech evoked denotes nothing of
apathy or lack of confidence >n what
1P20 holds out. It breathes a spirit
of determination to met the convention
issues in a mood of cool-headed
deliberation. No "wild" candidates
and no "wild" theories are likely to
sweep off their fet the unexcitahle
j body of Republicans who are asi
sembled at Chicago to organize vicj
tory in November.
National Charman Will H. Hays,
a boyish figure in seasonable blue
serge, called the convention to order
at 11:35 o'clock more than half , an
hour behind the schedule.
Behind him, as he walked to the
front of the speaker's fatform, was
ranged a great galaxy of G. O. P.
\ dignitaries, including members of
the Senate and House of Represent
CQNTINT'ED ON PAC.E TWO. ?
Busy Schedule
Provided for
Meeting Today
Matters to Jbe taken up at the
meeting of the Board of Education
this afternoon are:
Superintendent Thurston's removal
or retention.
Resignation of Dr. Van Schaick
and board members.
Comment is expected on the
Senate school report.
Discussion of possible men to
succeed Thurston.
Statement and explanation by
Dr. Van Schaick about Senate
Inquiry.
Approval of routine matters.
Discussion of next year's
school plans.
Appearance at meeting of supporters
of Dr. Van Schaick and
Thurston.
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