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PI '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. oo 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. L f - . in II IJIil ..1,11 HIWIIXJjaJimWTO-J.HtlW, h I " "II III I I 1 I I 9 I II III I HUUiJ'i - IITPHUl I I . . . ' " 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,' 1 1 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." nn 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 uu 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. uu 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