North Carolina Newspapers

A - "I 41 1 1st TI Iwlk t . Fair .W47 aad Thar day. watch la: m m sap. S-" r I I 4V Aafare evtiTraftea oa a'. ouaaiaf slngio caor, 1 -VOLCXL'KO. 1G1. .TWELVE PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C, V,m;ZDAY i.OItf ONG, JUNE 9, 1S20. - TWELVE PAGES TODAY, PmCEjnVflCllT3 mm ,V.t TilORE RETURNS REDUCE; MAX GARDNER'S LEAD IN GUBERNATORIAL RAGE WESTERi nninmro IUUU) 00 TO F.10RR1S01I 7i!l Probably Require .. Official Tabulation To Determine , ' v . Leadership : ) - " ' ii i urn JUDGE HOKE APPEARS TO BE SAFELY NOMINATED NOW Will Require Second Primary to Nominate His Running Hate , - and InaicationaToinf TT6 ' Adams, long or Stacy; Wade Has Majority Over Both Op " ponents In 49 Counties Hor complete return from Western ' . North Carolina eountleeyererday re duced O. Alas Gardner' apparent , lead over' Cameron Morrison for the Demo cratic gubernatorial nomination, com plete figure from 1,293 out of 1,56 pre " eincta giving rdaer,-,906T Morrt on, 44,847; and rage, SS.9i3, and lndi eating that it will probably require offi- v eiul tabulation to determine the leader , chip in the primary. - Heriot Clarkaon, manager for. Cant' eron Morrison, lait night claimed a ' lead of 709 over Gardner, his figure in' eluding complete and incomplete , re turns representing; reports from 98 ,. Counties showing Morrison, 46,600; Card' (, Complete returns from 48 counties, j. representing 804 ef the J.56 precmeta . in the State compiled by the Mews and "ltn8eiTr:iaaOM indicate tnat Jnstiee . W. A. Hoke has been renominated for ' (be Supreme Court with n vote ef 23,097 out of an estimated 40.892 vote ac counted" foTTndienoni irrffOWtlwt . lote In Tiaud that the two men to tun in the foeond primaryfor the otter ' vaeane on the beach nrUI be selected from three, Adams, Long and' Stacy. ' Adams has a vote of 14,474, Long, and 8tacy 12,428. Gulley had a total of B,84. Ouion 7,533 and House 4,962. A second primary is indicated in the . contest for: State Auditor, baaed on re turns from the counties included in the - Surtreme Court count. Durham a lead . Ing with a, vote of MJSJVCook ta second witot vpu. utner ngnre ores aicuon- !., 8,940 Li fiord!. 643, and,. Woodley, i 5,611. Wade for insurance commissioner has a lead of approximately 4,000 over both opponent, , His vote stands at S0.4U6, with Underwood, ,513 and Me- CH-nagban 7,519. . ; ' i Cooper's lead over Harding for lieut-nant-geTeTot.wai. increased in the re turns yesterday, with a vote of 2541 to 17,639. lacy led the State ticket for renomlnatioa with a vote of 29,658 against- 9,909, for. Ben f row. Skipman ha a mnioritr over Bellinger vith a I ICO -'-Tote of 13.944 to 12.08. Oraham lend- log Thompson for Commiasioner ot Ag riculture with a vote or za,m i uia. Overman continued to distance Brooks with" a vote Of 3104 14 ,3ul.--r Page Make StateSMat - j " Robert N. Page, candidate for Gov ernor who haa conceded Kia elimination from" the contest,' yesterday issued this statement: ' i "For the campaign for the nomination for Governor there haa come ample compensation for all I pnt into it, in the splendid light made by Mr. Boss, my enmpnign manage'r, and those associated with hint always keeping it upon a high " plane, never one having osed question hU mmns ta advance my interest and in the loyal friendship of the thirty-thtrusnnd-wbo-- voted fr--T-I il to express my thanks and appreciation to H"iv.r nna nf them. --I nldth best nght I knew how to make, never striking onee below the belt, and in defeat X have no regrets and no resentments. . Congresslonat Tight. ' . The nongresaional fight ia the First , AiatTH annareatlr is aettled, Hallctt Ward over Congrwtainan itsaUi, Ik mrr s lead over Small being appro xi i mately nfteen-hundred. The Third die ! . trict race haa nlready ' been aettled, . when Charles L. Abernethy conceded defeat to Congressman a M. Briasoa. . From the Sixth district, with the. vote of Brunswick eounty atill missing,! the 'race ia neck and neck between Hanai ' hal Godwin and Homer Lyon, the lat , tr having 4,744 to the former 4,003. ' , A aeeond primary appear to be inevi table.. --- "" . ' In the Seventh District, returns from Davie and Hoke atirl missing, W. C. Hammer appear tf have the lead over Walter Brock and J. C Id. Yana, but ... .,ot enough for nomination.- -.- "v I'rom the Ninth IHatrict, A. L. Bul ., winkJe ia leading bynearly COO votes, his , nearest opponent being Judge W.B.Coun cilU The returns shew Bnlwinkle, 4.66S; ' Conncill, 4183; Qulekel, 3,406; Marvin Bitch, 1929 and A. I Peterson, 1,322. - , iij-- r M,ir-J . PERQUIMANS JUtUuiw 8k-Tb pffeiil vote in Perquimans: Overman, 1W; utoom, 390; Ot dner, 435; Morrison, 9; Page, 4l! Cooper, 205) Harding, 364) McDon ald, 12; Bfyd, 13; Cook, 149; Woodley, 370; Durham i 30 Renfrew? 183 1 lf 572; Graham, 272i ThomproBiSO : Ship man, 165; Dollingef, 370; Wade, 349; Underwood, 120; McClennaghao, 13; Unt, 85; Adams, M; Stacy 827; Hoke, 414; Gulley, 67 j Gaion-190; Bouse, 144. ' 'i ORANGE. Chapel Hill. June 8. Ths Orange county board of election meeting her thin afternoon, certified the final county vote a follows; For governor, Gardner, 358; Page, 230; Morrison, 85; for Sen ator, Overman, 505 j Brooks, 189; for lieutenant governor, Cooper, SllT Hard ing, 150; for treasurer, ley, 617 Ben frow, 129j for auditor, Durham, 277; Cook, 121s Boyd, 100; Woodley, 94; Mc Donald, 32; for eommimiioner of agri culture, Graham, 5.1S Thompson, 107; jtCextlsiocd on Page To-, f GUBERNATORIAL VOTE h. Oart. Vot. Akmanee ............. Ainaadar ............. AHntaanr Anao ..... inr 3. ,..;.;" Bttufocs '.,. Bwti nuda ... Brawwlek ............ Banoob ...... 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Mar shall, Vice-President of th United States, told the Tar Heel bankers in an address tonight at the annual conven tion of the Stat Association, that he did not believe North Carolina with it state wide primary is any better than in the old4aye-whenhirthera-mBto geUer in a caucus and selected thair officer,. It U not the machinery of gov ernment bat the men who work the machinery, that, can do waal or woe to thj republic, h declared. ' JntrodueeCby T. . Spruill to an aud ience of two thousand men and women. the Vice-President Ira at.hi best m-an appeal for a return to th old-fashioned virtue of duty, sacrifice and devotion. Confessing to a fear that the nation ia about 4o atrike the rock in a' mad orgy ot money making and money (pending he declared that here ia North Carolina may be found the pore Anglo Saxon blood which can work out the salvation ef the republic- "The strange thing about it ia," h declared, "that you who fought to tear don w the republic aixty year ago, are, tooeadybverytl Mttyiaa year age are today to be the preserver of onr republic if it ia to be preserved The Amerisaa inheritance in the Sooth ia ta be the sheet anchor of the nAtion." galnat Claae Leglalatioa H would not Object t making money but would "make it so honest and clean that your infant child may tut it teeth oa it and not take microbe into it syaetm, . He was against elas legisla tion because k believed law ought to be administered equally and impartially te ail fcnU a aettW x those who seek to get special privilege because that ha teen true of th past. However, he felt the time had eome to inaugurate r new era and he would be gin with making people fundamentally right and believed that here ia the South Ilea the leader, which set to work may cave the nation. President Joseph B. Ramsey, of this city, presided at- the meeting, which ws held in the eity-Boditorram. He an nounced that the bankers convention would close tomorrow. After th (peak ing most of the bankers and their wive were giprate at a big ball in on of the local warehouses. '..- rt- ".-tj" - Klwtts in Stellar Role.- ; - With four hundred Tar Heel finan ciers ia attendance, the big day of the twenty-fourth annual convention of the North Carolina Bankers Association opened with a trio of addresses with Col. Whitehead Klutts. Salisbury law- 1 Totals j,.Jv :.MM 44.W4 44.84T MARSHALL DECIS VALUE OF PRIMARY XCofttlnned on fag Two.) '- GIFTS TO TRINITY AMOUNT TO OVER HiPAfi'i Announcement of Contributions Made at Annual Alumni Din r- 7ner-Yesterday - -T-; LARGEST DONATION IS' FROM EDUCATION BOARD Baccalaureate Sermon Will Be Preached By Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes of Boston; Din- .-neri Jor..Xb Alnmniand Alumnae ; IT. i M. West, of -- Council, Winner Gray Medal Durham, June 8. Contribution to Trinity .College, during the past year amounted to more than (600,000, accord ing to . an announcement made., by President W. 2. Few at th ' annual alumni dinner today. The-' largest-, gift wa 1300,000 from the General Eduea' tion Board of New York. James B. Duk ha given 100.000. to be applied to ear rent expense of the college this year and the four -uceeeuing year. nenja min N. Dnke contributed 4100,000 to the Southgate Memorial building', and 110,000 annually for running expense 7 of the college. . Baccalanroat Sermon. With th beautiful Trinity campus never looking more beautiful in its. rich emerald garb, and th spirit of Trinity never bounding with more enthusiasm, th academic procession, this morning at 10:45, formed at the library ouua ing and marched into Craven Memorial HallT " vrbere" "Targ umewc-haf ni ready assembled to greet . this notable procession and hear the message, which on this occasion, was delivered by s distinguished citizen from th State of MassaehuBett. The music for th day was rendered by the special choir, which so delighted evening. It hedIesFl6TayTh choir excelled "itself in the services of the hour, which will go down in history as one of the mos memorable in the an nals of the commencement of 1920. The baccalaureate . sermon was preached by Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes, resident, ounop or tn Metnoam epis copal church at .Boston, Mas., and wa based on the text found in Acta 7: "Mosea was learned in all the wisdom oi lheEgrptian Anaainighty Inj word, and deed. The special point of the eeraHin waa that God intended that learning and might should alway go together, but that th folly and impiety of man often divorced them. Learned men are not alway mighty, and some time they are mighty in (he wrong way. The real plea for a Christian in stitution of learning . liven- right here; it -aeenar-tv oimrnowledge-- tor-rower! . Perhaps we overdo the matter ef ref erence to the World war. But how ean we ' resist saying that the learning of Germany as the least illiterate nation on earth, brake Joes from the religion sense and so made for international murder and for national suicide. There is, after all, no necessary eon. ILLI0I1 neatioa. between " lstdlleeta&iay naQadX morality." Some of the best people we hare ever known were comparatively ignorant, and soma of the' meanest men we have ever met have been college graduate. The ignorance is not the source of the -goodness, - nor i , the knowledge the cause of the badness. Yet I th conjunction in both ease doe show that there i no enforced relation of the intellectual f o the moral and spirit ual me. The Dinner. The alumni dinner wa at 1 o'clock, in the Angier-Duk gymnasium, and wa eerved by the Sing' Daughter. It -waa -one nf-ihe-most -beautiful -af fair ever witneued by any similar gathering. -The menu was all that Pbuld b. deJred It wa attended by leveral hundred of th alumni. 3. H, Bepark, of Gastonia, waa tdastmaster. A very appropriate musical program ws ren dered. Those responding to toasts were Bishop C a, Hughes: President W. P, Few; J- G. Brown, president of board of truttewr;:a T. A. Smoot, representative of th elas ot J94 : The class f; 1873 wa intro duced by Prof. W. H. Fegram, who (poke interestingly and feelingly of their long years of service, and he number present. The alumnae dinner waa served at 1 o'clock in th parlor of the East Duke building, by Mis Lily, Duke' class, under the direction of the local com. mittee consisting of Mis Eatelle Flow er, chairman i Airs. W. P. Few and Mrs. E. H. Spence. The decoration were pink rose. The dinner waa beautifully Mntit-vetr uggtetUi-pZ.:. wedding banquet. On hundred and fifteen of th..Alumnaa participated. 1 The mean wa of a delicious nshir.' The music . Miss. Alumlo Jenkins, premdent, pre sided. ' Miss Mary JVhite Cranfod wel comed the women eraduate. 24 in num ber, Mi Glady Price, responded for cue eiaa. Dean Kennedy, spoke about women at Trinity. Mrs. Clarenc Jobn- on,.formr,.iJpreidsra-.o...th.fc Federation, spoke of "What Opportani tie for Service Nortl Carolina Offer College Women." Mis Mary Shotwell told how to get boy"nad arirls inter ested in going to eollogo. There wete greeting from Dean Virginia C Oil dersleeve, of Barnard college; President fcmue Aleves, of Sweetbriar eolleee t Mr. Helen Gardner, eommisiloner of UvU Bervic in jmshington. . Mrs, Tbcunn B. Marshall was invited to be th guest of honor, but declined be cause of recent bereavement. ' There were -elas re-unions galore during the day. Notably those of 1873, 1895 ,1 9G0r 1905, lS10r WIS, 1817-and 1919, At. el1, of these were interesting exercises, pleasing to the participants. - Wednesday's Program. Th principal features - of - the - day Wednesday ia the commencement ad-j dress to be delivered by Hon. Thomas B, Harsh nil, vice president of the (Contlnned oa Pssn Two.) J BRYAIIAIIYZES SENATOR LODGE'S KEYNOTESPEECH Climax Called The Most Dis appointing Part of vs The Effort; TREATMENT OF LEAGUE ; ; : ; DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN Language Indicated Plank On The Subject Is Likely To Be Straddle ; Outburst of : Ap plauje Kpticeable When Tie ''i Befen TK Attitude of Irre eoncilahlea x By WILLIAM JINNINCS BRYAN f (Copyright, 1820, by W. J, Bryan) Chicago, June 8. Th convention i open it wa opened formally and ac cording tft long standing methods. Tk delegate, wera quite alow In gathering, they ordinarily are, but it could hardly be called an enthusiastic opening. .There were no waves of applause sweeping over the ball 'aa political leader ap peared. Usually the bulletins "Issued from ' a convention announce "Governoir Blank ha just entered th hall' Amid great cheering." "The convention roe to it feet and cheered as Senator o-end-so walked down' the aisle to bin seat" "The galleries' caught sight of Genera when he entered the ball, and the cheers were taken up by the dele gate below. Such bulletin are custo mary in conventions, but somehow th eye of th assembled spectators were not Aa Alert or the interest in person not a great aa 1 th eustom. '. Ovation for Hay., When Chairman Hay advanced to the front to -call the conventionllo order he wa greeted by an ovation that mad hi ami! tvea broader -than it is wont to be. He bowed in appre clatiouhand waited without "4wipntieBee until the enthusiasm had exhausted it self, then in a clear voice he inade th preliminary boaate which are deemed necessary on such an occasion -boast that assured tho audience of a coming Republican victory of greater :I magni tude ..thai the , party has ' ever known. Then be announced the nomination of Senator Lodge -aa; temporary chairman, declared the vote unanimous,' appointed A committee to escort the convention' not speech waa delivered. ' The style of the address wa jitrt what might have been expected from one "who itand eo high as a scholar; it waa rhetorical success. In it con struction (be- Senator followed - th es tablished rulea . of oratory, t He began with, an appeal to partisaa sentiment and thus put the audience in a good Then taking advantage of the ap plause he had drawn from them he fil tered the lei exciting .material of the speech and reserve a or the conclusion hia 4ietioB e-f the Legne-ef Nation. Hi attack on the President waa a di gest of all that ha been said la the way of criticism. It wa a complete Bepublicani have found fault with, the chief Attack 1 being directed against what th Senator described a the Auto emtio spirit . Lodn Attack President, The President was aceuaed of having disregarded the legislative function of the government and usurped authority belonging to Congress, H declared that the rescue of the government from "Wilson, hi heir and assignees," wa th paramount doty-of the hour, more Important by comparison than any do mestic or .international issue. In giving a list of th. thing done byvthw Bcpublican- Congress he mani festeVome embarrassment that the list warTiot rite'iBath'eaubjeeta more lmpbrtaut When- 4t i romembered that the Democrat had been in for ix years, enacting and repealing, it would een that- they would have done more than need to be undone, or wonld have left sore then needed to be done the;epnbliea a charge of ineompet ency -ia. te be borne out While no eredit .wa given for th unprecedented task performed during th war no criticism wa made of the economie re- foroM -iKcomplUhed and no petty com' plainta- were entered against the mis take!- neeesssrily made- in the handling of the enormous- volume ef war busi ness. " - Blame Administration. The JleDublican party w excused for failure to stop profiteering not oa the ground that there 1 no exploitation going on, but on the ground that the administration " ha ' not enforced th tttwagriint: pro-flteering.- fteimt-fcedge ,d.iOoij,JM,.gar,a and Borah went last night in xonerat- ing Congress. Tie admitted that there might b MFxtamna!hjr-i&luw ha charged the administration with lack of energy in protecting the public. Jit did not point out any soocifls remedy That ttaight be provided by legislation, although he emphasized th necessity for increased prodnrtVn.as A factor jrj reducing priee. He also laid a part of tbo blameA eonaiderabl part-on the " (Contlaaed on Page Two.) SUFFRAGE IS DEFEATED"' IN LOUISIANA SENATE ' Bate Rouge, La, Jane i Th resolutioa nroviding for ratlllcatloa of th Federal anffrag amcadmnit waa defeated in th Senate ef the General Assembly ef Louisiana to night by a vote of 11 ta It. The vote waa aa motion to la-dc-anlteljr postpone. consideration of the resolutton, which was carried. Thle actlea ef th Senate does not mean the dennite defeat nf aafifrage in the Loalslaaa teglslstare, ' as - a reaolatioa exactly, duplicating the one Introdaced la th Senate ta new pending In the Lower Boaae and If it. peases win agale com before the Senate (or final action. GENERAL TREND OF TALK TURNS TOWARD L0WDEN AFTER INITIAL SESSION OF G. Q. PCONVENTldN PUtFOilfiMlS GETTiOVri TOVORK Real Job of Framing Platform Placed In Hands of Resolu- . tions Sub-Committee SEVERAL HARD KNOTS REMAIN TO BE UNTIED After- Besotutions Committee .Was Organized, Sub-Corn. -. mittee . Was .- Appointed To Construct Platform While Tormer Body Listened To - Suggestions Chicago, June 8, Th real jpb of framing the Bepublieaa platform wa entrusted tonight to a sub-eommitte of thirteen, while the full committee of 83, appointed by the' convention," was eon ducting a public hearing for all of those who had uggestiona to offer, t Senator Wataon, of , Indiana, over whelmingly elected chairman ef th committee earlier in the day, followed the nival custom and assumed also th chairmanship of th sob-committee. Among the other member named by him were Senator Borah, of Idaho, who wants' a plank rejecting entirely the LegWorTRtt1ottar" OoveniorBeeclr maa, of Shod Island, who has publicly objected to too mack senatorial control in the .convention, and Ogdcn L Mills, ef Ntw York, who headed Chairmaa Hays politic committee of 17L Although the leanings of com of th member fa net been revealed, it wa iflg Wcnw-mr ber maa to wnk the 'sub-committee representative of all the extreme of Republican, opinion, particularly on the (till nnaolvad treaty iu. la addition to those named, th ub-eommittee- member are: William, A. White, of Kansas; William Heybnra, of Kentucky; D. Lawrence Oroaer, of Vir ginia; Louis A. CooUdge, of Maasaehu etta; Senator Smoet, ef UUh; Wal lace I McCamant. of Oregon ' and Hani fi;il a Xlifhiffaa, .3-- Vf,,, . viipuij or avaeaiawBif oeuuir jncvnyv- miek, ef lillnois, and John P. Neyior, ef Qaltfraiw.-..-'- -.- Although the bearings ef the foil committee will' continue through tomor row, it waa said th anb-eommitte might begin its Work early ' ia ' th morning in th hope of completing th platform by Thursday. Big Committee Organised. resolutions eommniee"formaITy Organized Ut today, overwhelmingly elected Senator Wataon, of Indiana, it chairman aid plunged into the grind of hearing and conferences out pf which will eome tho party platfornu" Immediately a deluge of application and petition descended on the com mittee end Chairman Wataon declared necessary night and day to giv hearings to all of , those desiring it and to work out a program of party declarations in time for submission to the convention. Those elomorins? for an audience in clude weta and dry, auffragiat and anU-suffrsgtsts, eeoaomiats, Irish srm pathiiera, labor leader, and many other who thought thev could anv th com mittee winning idee for the platform. Some were heard today and tonight but the majority, including the labor represertative aad a delegation which wants freedom for Ireland, had ta be put over until tomorrow. Wataon Caeeoa Ove Mills- Senator? Watson, who for weeks haa BHnHmrgr6r serle of confer ence on platform -declarations, -was chosen chairmaa by a vote, of 41 to 3, only the members from Kansaa, Mary. land ad Georgia,, voting for his op ponent, Ogden Mule, of new York. Mr, Mill waa head of th executive commit tee which compiled theplatform ug-gestione-of th committee ef 471, and in lobby gontp he was credited with having th support of Will H. Hay, th KA tional Chairmaa, to bead also th reaol- ution committee. Despite nt month of work by the committee of 171 and several week of conferences among th leader In WaahiootoH aad elsewhere: several troublesome plaiform question Foremost in the wind of most of th committeemen tonight was th Leagu of Nations plank, . but other ticklish issue remaining to be decided upon, included : anti-strike legislation, the soldier bonus and a long string of proposal by farming Interests. A determined effort would be made, it is said, to have the platform include a p)ak at least edoiiig tar eeneval term . th action of the. Republican Senate in writing en anti-strike pro vision into the railroad bill. In many quarters that proposal met with opj position, however, and the labor leaders oa hand, were expected to help ia the A declaration for enforcement ef prohibition will be asked of th com mittee, though many ef the party chiefs are - said to be in agreement that the liquor issue should be con sidered settled." It was suggested that a compromise a plank might be framed declaring generally - for strict law enforcement Will Is Lei Suffrage Be. Many ioadera also- want to Jet the suffrage question aloae, but there are some who think th platform should urge that ratification of the suffrage amendment be completed. it was- predicted generally that no dlwt "reference tcraoiuler bOBHf legis lation would- be made in 'Hie platform, bnt that a plank would he adopted stating in general term that th party favored generon treatment of farmer service men. That may not satisfy tee Republican member ef the Hons of LODGESAYSMUST In Keynote Speech at Chicago Senator Defends Senate's ( Treaty Opposition .: Chicago, Jon 8-The country must drtv President Wilson ard his' "dynasty" from power anil defeat th League ef Nation 'a' he desire iV de clared Senator Henry-Cabot Lodge, tem porary chairman of the Eepublicin Ka tional Convention, la ' hi keynote ad drea her today. ; . Defending the Senate' opposition to the treaty of peace as a high and pa triot ic duty, the Senator flung dow tbl gauntlet: "We make the issue; we ask Appro bation for whAt we have done. Th people will now tell us what they think of Mr. Wilson' league and the sacrifice of America." Whiln smphaaixlng th point that around th leagu must be waged the 1920 Presidential campaign, and devot ing much of his speech to arraignment of the Wilson administratica, th Sen ator found time to lay before the dele gate th (tand ot th Bepublieaa party on other salient problem facing tb - Chief among the wa Mexico. De claring it was time for - tje Uaited State to take a firm hnd' ia thing Mexican and end the "disgraceful rec ord" of. the last aeven yeare, Senator Lg iirgedllthAOh Mexicans choose a their president some strong and upright man who i friendly tc the United State and determined to establish od and- thsa land bin a-sal and eordul lupport "Mexico -lie at our door," he-declared. - "It i a primary duty for us to deal "with it tinder th Monro Doe trine, but nothing has- been don and vet w. an aaked to tk a mandate for Armenia.'' i ' Salient pointa made by Senator Lodge were i Drive Wilaeaj froaa Power. "Mr. Wilson end hi dynasty, his heirs end aatgn -or anybody that i his, anybody who with , Dent Knee n&s served hi purposes, must be driven frosa all control, from All influence upon th government of the United State. -t They must be driven from office and power, not became they are Democrat, bnt becus Mr. Wilson stands lor a theory of administration and govera- " "Th return of th Democrat to power with Mr. Wilson or on of hi disciples atill the lender And master of a great party, which before his advent pesd -both-- traditions and -prtner- ples, wonld be a long step in th di rection of th autocracy for which Mr. Wilson yearn and a. heavy blow to Unsanee of free repreaentativ government a we i hAve - al way en eeived and venerated it. Mr Wilson and th ntocraey he represent, And all which those who be lieve ia his doctrines and share hi spirit represent, must be put aside And conclusively excluded from Any future control. ' . "The defeat of th present adminis tration aad all it mean, transcends In importance every other Question And all immediate And dominant issuer are bound up with it Without thnt defeat every chance of th right aettlcment of th mighty question before us, so sorely ndd aw and- not. later will depart. - - . - "To maintain law and order And table government where jostiee rule and the right of all men, high nd low, rich And poor, shall be protected. we muat- nave a government of - the people, duly chosen by the people, and never must there be. permitted Any gov- rnment by a single man or by a group at- asenr-e -by-an.rgAaiae4 minority. "Maey vitAl eeonomie meaaures and especially protective . tariff ... legislation toward our. industries, are impossible wun a Democratic free trader of io- clalistie proclivities in th White House, To accomplish i,uch measures a these, we tnuet have, a We Intiiil W have, Republican president, in sympathy with A MepuDllcia Mouse abc. rienate. Cost of Living Problem. "The rise of prices, t he high cost of living which reach daily Into every home, 1 tii most pressing, it i th mort difficult aad most essential prob lem which confront us. Soma of th '.wM.fllCWubU .ca..ba reached by legislation, although not all, : but everything that can be effected by law ebon id r;be'donAat iataevtst Profiteering, the charging , of extor tionate and unjustified prices, which is stupid as well aa unlawful, ar subject sow to Ampl Punitive law. Those laws lli&uld be enforced, others if necessary added, and the offenders, both great and avail ihui4 bA.RauL utLpaAr, teheil. -"The most essential remedy for high cost of living Is to Aeep up and In crease production And particularly ahould every effort be made to advance the productivity of th farnu. ' "Over WW American hare been mur dered in Mexico. Carranxa intuited th American government in every nosslbls way -and UU nothing wa 4oner - We have watted and waited long enough. We heed firm land at the helm. Th time has come to nut an end to this Mexiran situation, which'! a sham' ;o th Uaited Statea and a disgrace to civ ilization.' .if we are to-take part in racifying and, beX Ing .tho jmrM. tet .:t IM-gin nere at home ta Mexico. ' ' Let the Mt xienns choose as their president some ...r...tt and uyright i.an hO ia friendly to the United States and determined to establish order and then let the V itcd State give him a real an! cordial support, and o strengthen n(J wnnnsnppiiRTi HVUUUUI I UillL.UU AbSOAREEtATED Opening Act of Convention Was Tame Affair; Lodge's Key note Speech Feature SITUATION IS STILL ' , - "BAFFLING OLD-TIMERS Fight at Present Is To Weaken , Both The Johnson and Wood . forces and Turn The" Cains To ( Governor Lowden ; Out look Is Toi Real Contest Coming Up On Friday. L COMHtTTEK NAMES LODGC AS PERMANENT CHAIRMAN. Chicago, - Jans iThe temporary organisation of the Kepablican con. vsatton was virtually made the per. saaaent en late today, when the committee oa permanent wrginlsa. tlea elected Senator Ledge aermaa, eat chairmaa, The convention will be asked t approve the aelectloa tomorrow morning aad there are e iadieatloaa of a coateat. .The vote was: Ledg, 22; Former Senator -Beveridgei" f - ladlaaa, I; - Senate MeCermick, 7. The remaiader of th tamporary erganiiatloa wa mad nermsnent. . r.,-,,.f Chicago, Jun 8. The Wood" forces are elated tonight, although th gen. - rnt trend of thatilk-amtmorotd tim politician is toward Lowden. - They won a victory in th principal busi ness transacted.i i Instructed Wood delegates won the two moat important committee chair manships Senator Watson, of Indiana, for resolutions, and Edward D. Duf-field,- of New Jersey, Jar credentials. rrsnk H. Hitchcock wss designated by the Wood delegates , si their iup.( . tcmei. stratefist. L 'Think of th psychological effect ol thl victory k fafd When ked when and how ha expected. Wood to benefit. from these steps in organization. ,Wc controlled committee against powerful opposition, Almost i -olid : nti-Wood " forces," Mr" Hitchcock skid. ; So "far a increasing our total number f dele gate i concerned,' thclectid of Mr. Duffielj "over Charlci jt.1iict,lB01n-";': sarhuietts i . of (mail moment. W will make-no effort to overturn the work of the National committee on eon- tfcJ!e ..4a. jajwouli. ptejndic -tk Wood cause and I have given our forces instruction not to do so. No rough stuff will com from us, but, we are glad to be Abl to ihow that th' ma jority of the commute on credential! and also of resolution not against Wood" " .'- - Talk Drift to Lowden, r While these development : were tak- i ing place the drift, of the talk, and- it '-' : may be nothing more, was trending to ward Lowden. '"'V'"5.' ",:-;: 'Ji-r, It wa kept goins by the old line party leaders men who w-v Viule in former convention whea they made v palty-4r.eidcntiul luyunattiit)ut whether it I uffieienuy potent tb affect the delegate who r opposed to Wood or Johnson, they do not profess to. know themselves, ...The program, if,.. it eantbe so called, is first to establish to-tlw entisfaction- of uninstraetcd de- legate nd those only instructed - - compliment to men who have failed to make further headway, that neither Wood or Johnson can. get-enougt to win. Some of these leaders are said " to be willing to put Lowden in th same list. - .'. With.leM thanhalf the - delegates. tewed up with instruction!, which many say do not In all ease reorescllt the desires f the men bound by them, the iponson for the Lowden talk advocate a rapid aaeeession of ballots to produce A quickly as can b done honorably . , a eweJtfenf,intruct4aT wno are now talking Lewden aay they believe the disintegration will begin.. ' with Johnson and Wood foroea. It U not lear why they profess not to fer that Lowden will b affected i the m way. f On reaaon behind the willingness of the Lowden. Advocate to take all the risks that- necessarily Accompany effort" r""" to upset instruction is said to be that th lupporteriliaf Jjowdea:. would, ba . . satisfied with any conservative who ean " be nominated and have a harmonious party behind him, whether it be Hard- -ing, Spro.nl, Coolidge, Hughes, or some One Who ha hot yet figured eonspicu- . ously, L".;.A. ,'i::-.:tr,i:r:":' -J.'- : 'Let have the test,'' they ay. "No we haw-bud particular advialagw so far. If w ean t win with Lowden w will try Another." In contrast to Mr. Hitchcock' Itate- ' meni, Governor Lowden .. and . Senator Johnson , expressed their view of th v situation in th following itatementi: , "Th report coming to us today make o very optimistic and J em entirely satisfied with th iltualioh," laid Gov ernor Lowden. a " Senator - Johnson aaidt . I hve an.' abiding confidence in the ultimata re mit. I feel very certain that this eon- vention, in view of all that haa trans pired, will recognise the expressed pop- ' ular choice of the rank and file of th Bepublican" party, ".Men would be """ wise, even recreant to the party, in - their position s trustee for it mem ber,' if they did not TMognize the choice." ' 1 v.j Thos-who-re- talking for- Lowden - acknowledged that they wanted to head :"JCn.ntlnae4 on f ag Two.) (Continued anj Pi Sere.) V