North Carolina Newspapers

li:YEATIIERs: s- Fal Tr4j aad probably Salarday. . r J" VATCil LAL..L. : H fr' M'. V rmtwal 7 fcafere eaplrama u4 a., : mmtmm a Hutu mwt . 0 I VOL CXLNO. 163. - ' SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. lOLEIGHt N.g y MOIWINGt :JUNE 11, 1920. - - SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. , PRICE. FIVE CENTS SUPREME COURT ISSUE - ; SUPPtANTS'GOVERNOR'S-: RACE IN Justice Hoke Apparently Nomi : nated With Adams, Long and . ,' . Stacy Running Close ; ,; OVER 126,000 VOTES : - ARE ACCOUNTED FOR State Board of Sections Will ' Meet Tuesday; In Meantime, Secretary W. LTBeasley Be- fin Tabulatipn of Official 1- Eeturns; May Not Be Ready -ByTnesdar. n Out af total vote. of 126(818 com '. piled by The Newt and Observer from , virtually the 1,560 precincts in I-North Carolina, O. Mix Gardner appar antly baa the lead of 204 over Cameron Morrison for the Democratic guberna- torial nomination. The vote now etauds: j . Gardner, 48,589; MorrUon, 48385; Page, . 59,844. - .' i. Th tabulation of the vote in Satur day' primary haa already begun in the 'offie of the State Eleetion Board by Mr. W. LUBeasley.seeretary, The board will not. meet nntil Tuesday, and I it ia doubtful If 4be .complete return I, will be ready for their" actio then. ' With total of more than 127,000, it is foaaUifttt& rror may awing the result several hundred votes either way. " The . totala presented' by --ThJCewa a ad Observer were fathered at much expense, and with considerable t care, ! fa1 as poaaibla from official im yources. The sole purpose behind the f-Iorti"foiiive the people of the Rtate the correct vote as early as pos- Bible after the votes were east. Careful estimates nude by Co'. A. D, Watta hero putt Morrisoa in the lead . by. mora than a nundred votes, ine Charlotte Observer puts the Morrison - lead considerably. beyond this. T Sanraaaa Casirt Battle. -Th 4a;btrrver-hr governorship di. --vWeoVinterest yesterday with the that haa develorwi ar U Suprcm Court. Justice gohe-has-v majority ia ' the vote accounted for that renamiaate him, hut official eouat t U tht vot : east will be sMcsaary t determine who : goes lata tha second primary. ' With 59 rouatiet and 09433 votes accounted for Adams, Loaf and Btacy era loading " the order named-with lcse-than 1,000 votes dividing the highest and lowest . Seturns from the same counties in dieate that Stacy Tade haa won out w 4th opponent fot Commissioner of Insurance, bnt daring the day Bar ter Durham was unable to materially increase his lead over his nearest op- nonent for Stare Auditor. Cooper gain- ed somewbst during the day, an4 is now leading Bardjng for Lieutenant lrf rrnor by about 14,000 votea ia o eoun tin. ' ' - -: " The vote tabulated "by the News and Observer, based on official returns available from wunty boards of elec- Jiont is as follows: . Lieutenant fiovgraof-i' Caopeit4Xg Hinlinv 2 "1ft. imriioiwiDuriii(in'i-30gr;g 1336H McDonald 13,481. Boyd uJti, Woodier 786: total 87.629. : ." Insurance Commissioner Wade .13, 212. Underwood 14,819. McClenaghan - 11,022; total 61,03.1. AssoeUte Justice: Hoke, 36,315 ' Adams. 22.449 : I-ool, 21 P7 ; Stacy, 2158: Gully. 13,040; Guion, 13,143; ... Rm. T.787. ToUl. 69.133. The offieiat returns from the county boards writ be formally canvassed next T Tuesday Cnti! late yesterday only 60 counties had . forwarded their returns here. Col. W'.lson G. lamb stated that it would probably be "Monday rbefor they wero an lapaita x" tne -noara - would not make public- any vote until " all had been certified and tabulated. ' Retarfta Hard to Get. ' " Returns on the Associate Justiceship have been exceedingly difficult to obtain, yThe Sewa and Observer haa made every effort to secure the full vota from every jcountybut interest has centered chiefly mm iath"gu beTBtoriirf '- BjrnTTW n ty1 to ' .'tarn in thif contest nave oeen ' able. Th home eounry-voto of each of tha contestants for the supreme court T has been obtained, ane the counties in which- each of them is thought to be strongest, later returns are not ex pected to materially alter their standing, as rivea above.' ' " Major Baxter Durhani,'' candidate for " . ' auditor, haa estimated from the vote in - 7 ewntw that bo has a.lcad, of 9,8)2 over James P. Cook, who haa a vote of . ii.ui. Aeeorainar io-Aiajnv uruii GARDNER APPEARS wareyMDoall I4 BoyViV.: 824; Cook, 17.718, and Woodley, ,1QJ. i IV a. STEEL UNFILLED ORDERS -tkt LARGEST, 8LNCE JtLY, 117 I . New Tor, June 10. Unfilled order of I lb United State Steel Corporation lor I th month ending May 31 were 10447,4(36 ) lon, it a ahnouneednsday, TBitrii , ; an Increase of 687,719 tons from the pre, - 1. wLnll. n.nl .1 lrKl fllA flfll-M rer 10.- ..' ' 259,747. Th unfilled ton nagn reported - today brings the total to the highest f f gure tiace July WIT, when the unfilled order amounted to 1044,t64 ton. One Killed and Bart la Wreck.. New crk, June 1J. George E. Adams, motormaa of ' a northbound Lexington Avenue aubway express, on killeJ and eight persons were in ' jured today when the express crashed into aaotber Bronx tram standing at the Freeman Street itation of the In terborough Bapid Transit Company. ., WilllamsUa Nominated la. Colnmbaa, I "Cerro Gordo, June 10. Former Hep- retcntntiTe J. B. Williamson, who "rrn- 1 FeienteJrr.JuBiKuria nasiea 4if-JJin.l, , wnmir4fied fee the Hmi last bat- .,: urlafby-a..g90il' majority. ; . , INTEREST NOW GUBERNATORIAL VOTE 1 Fan. m1: Card, t 4 M " . " Mr. Alamance '"..;..,-.. Skiudir AlUchaa Aneoa ,... " Ill 17 1(0 MS 114 , Aaha. mj ....,..., Bertie ................ BUn ............... Braaawiek -.. .1. .....-:. ' ...... 15 1.IM ii - KS T8 1 1 til 1TJ 117 - S IM IT 14 1ST SIS S4S , SI T -1ST B u . ' . ... . 1.44 14 -. 14 IM . i t7T 417 tS . 141 15 .. 4T It - Wis ' Bark . Cabtrm CeWwell as - so . 21 CenMlea ... Carteret ... Caaw.ll ... CUwne, .. 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MS 7H M. a n,.i- NaHhaaapton I Ml 8 : XM M .43 '' 17 l.ia It 147 17 1 21 SI Pender 4M 141 Pertjuiman. . Penea .... Pitt Polk Randolph .. RK-hmoBd '. 1(4 ............. 844 1 no . f i i- Ml 17T 1.S5 274 6 tM l.74 . 64 7 1.013 (60 Mil T46 Rockingham j.-uuxm., i Rowan 4S4 Rulherford ' . . . . r.. . ." . : ; a - - J !- tO Private SecretarrTo MrrDan; ids will Have Job at Demo cratic Gathering The News and Observer Bureau, j 603 District National Bank Building By R. K. POWELL. . (By Special Leased, Wire.) "Washington June 10-Edward Elma Britton, private aeeretary to Secretary lan!elj, Wt Wdshington tonight for fortianaVtretgonron hirway toh Democratic National Convention in San raneiseor Mr. Brit'xin will lat nnLlm) f?y of tb grtftid' po-woi"th Cali fornia, he having previously served in lli: position, with distinction. . Hd wa pemanent secretary of the convention which nominated President Wilson at Rullimcre in 1912 and in 1916. at St. Lou. h a assistant secretary. - . Hob nobbing with " the Democratic pwlitiekaa. aaA extiag aa ..oa , eC tha trff nffiecT of the entvcnthia is on I v a part of Mr. Britton' trip West., Hi first stop will in rortland. where he will lead the Oriental band of Almasf Tempi in on of it symbolical tot- turn parades. '.. - - --, McLean T Help Godwin. From rortland h wilt go to Ban Fraaeiseo, remaiaiag there- threagh the convention. Afterwards, he will rank a .tour of Western cities and otherwise engage himself In . spending ; hi first vacation sine be earn to Wasliineton in 1017. ..Former State Senator Gerge B. Me- Lcod of Lomberton is going' into th sixth district In the next few day to inject lonin of y tha- old . Uma atmo: phcre In the congressional fight. Senator MeXicod is -going to help out his friend, Congreisman Hannibal L. Godwin, who is pitted against Solicitor r . Wi'i rn , . . ' t nomrr ujrb vi Kuiievuie in a secona primary. .'.'. . kitchia Leave far Bom. . Bopresentative Claude Kitchin and Mrs. Kitchin . will leave Wgshington early " tomorrow -morning for Scotland Neck, where they will apend evenl day before Mr Kitchin begin to take a real vacation. , ,i After a while in North Carolina tB former majority leader of the House and Mrs. Kitchin will go to Lake Ca yuga, in New York State, there to. re main until Congress meet again ia December. " - i : L v Sir. Kitchid, before, leaving, aald to night that he did not expect tha Presi dent to call Congress back in extra ses sion. IT himself ,. is going to a secluded pot, away from politicians, newspaper nd 11 other kind jMFjpritn, Hi sen (Coatiaaed on Tage Nine.) 1 """" VT1..1 v'4 toi Steal). 44 I HtlM . . .... leahTMtWmin ..-v. art- Is T115 Swaia it , , TraMrlvania 1J ai - m JTma ,e...,ijr.,, 4 i j7 r . . u Vnioa m 1,14 .... J( venee ....,,....,.,... , 4,j . N Wake j,bs f,m I. Wuhinatoa it; 247 - wetauaa (4 t t"" n' 4 - Total. t.t4 4M8 "4Mft :'K :-. ,, 1 ' '1 .... ,t : " " : - nmiiiii iiiiiiiiiii'iH v: - hr 11 i 1111 IIIUUIKblUtlblOIIIA BUT LITTLE ELSE Voice of Party Soft and Low . When It Comes To Construe tive Measures is BIG BUSINESS RULES - ; IN G. 0. P. CONVENTION Treaty Plank Compromise and - Will Zmbarrasi No Bepnbli can Senator Became It Con 1 isti Only of Oeaeralitiei, Bryan States j Little-Abont Profiteering i:;'r...;.i',. By WILLIAM JENNINGS BRfA.V. (Copyright, 1920. By W. J. Bryant Coliaeum, Chicago, lit, Junt 10. To day was platform day. I wish I could give a phonographie description of the 47 eseaet language Ldoea aot adequately describe smch an oecaaion. Word may be underscored in print, but so under scoring can reproduce, the impreioa that 4 asade by tha 'voice of the one who read th platform or the respon that cornea from the audience. . One cannot by rdiBrtt3je"-winted -page get the tone of th convention, as he can from the relative emphaai placed on different plank aa they are read. The coavention wa an anvil chorut of criticismbut its vote wa soft and low when it approached ontructiv measure, and it waa noticeable that the criticism wa overdone. That ia, the aadieneev waa called ppon to applaud criticism so often that it beeam weary. The corporation complexion of the convention , was made manifest by the volume of noise that rreered declara tions against government ownership and m favor of the private ownership of Wlroadtrand-othcruttlitic. , , Treaty Plank a Compromise. Of the treaty plank, I shall treat mere at leagth in -my next artfailo It was a compromise, and like, all com promise, did aot express th real timent of any considerable number. It wa carefully written. It will aot em barrass any Republican Senator, no mat ter how he votea on the treaty yeser- vation. ' . ' . r - iSenator Johnton and Senator Borah can quote from this ' composite ' plank to endorse anythlBftbe y htvt ever id against the trcatyt while the Senator who voted for-the reaervahoat can se i i fleet TronytBolinyBTIe-rhkt Will auriportvaJl -lhey jiad.-and--idV Thtt eonvenuoa merely aixa. ino-tounrry to trust it to decide what to do and how to do it, without limitation, restriction or direction. r. - - ; Big Baaiaeha la Bsddl. The profiteering plank stands out as probably tha best evidence of th Be publican party'a inability to protect Ih people from the menace of big busi ness. 'The government records furnish abundant and conclusive proof of con scienceless plundering by the middle men. Every community ha been vie timized Jthr f Wing Treentment"f -pre--ducert and consumer is one of the chief causes 'of unrest and yet a Republican national convention alights th lubject by devoting to it it shortest plank. It jt brief enough to quote in full; F'W condemn the Democratic admin istration for failure impartially to en- fog. tti anti-profiteeHHg law natd by the Bcpubliean Congress." Mere is a plan k containing words and occupying' a little less tha a four line of the ordinary newspaper tpaee. One of the biggest subject be fore - the American people is dismissed with on sentence and that sentenes, in stead of promising aomething, merely eondemn tn Democratic aamlnntrn tion. - ' : ( The plank doe not specify the Bepub lictn Jaw that remain unenforced, it doe not even congratulate the Bepub" licaa party upon passing such lawa. The anti.nmflt.in4... a.nt.nc. ia nnT ft T4fdnrtrOllnV JOt hUH the face with indignation; it doesn't, r . shake if fist it the Ffldehr"6r "thi AttOTttcyr-Gcnerai and- demand' th prcW tection of the people. It seems hk a easual atatcment- thrown ia parenthet ically. ; v -- - - It 1 ' preceded by an enumeration of tlio euusea of the hjgh cost of living. first and foremost iatong which i "A fifty per cent depreciation ia purchas ing price of the dollar." rrty'BTe ftscir. Here we htvt a formal teceptanet of the qrantativB-ttworyef moneyj it t eacler to confes' the' tarty wrong 84 years iiro Ta 'deny ing" tha--qnantatrvr theofy of money, than to face the prof it a r of today. Among the letter and not ' o "foremost" cause are "Seduced production, burdonsom taxa tion, wwolicn profit and-'the-iacreaaed demand for good arising from th f ic tiUoua but enlarged JbLTOflg.pow, Th etui decribed as awollea profit, i included with three other causes, nam- ' j ad, but thr ia o indicatioa of -angeje. or resentment There i another para graph just preceding the profiteering plank which contain eixteeu lines in which the convention -pledges the party to earnest and eonsiitent attack upon tb high eost of living by, (1) Avoid ane of inflation, (2) Intelligent de futian,.and UXXneouragement. of. pro duction by prevention rof unreasonable profits, by publio economy, stimulation of thrift, and revision ot taxe.:- The platform not- only offer no specific relief but it warns the. country that There la no short way but," and the delegate therefore "Decline to de ceive the people with vain promise or quack rmcdies." Can you find any thing . in this pronouncement that strike terror into tb heart of the profiteer or excite bone of relief in the heart of th (uffeYerf .. N Pledg af Baaee. The tervlce men -will not faiflo ifot that the platform carefully avoid any pieoga ot a oonu. xna delegates a, sure the oldicr and sailors of the recent war that they bold "In imperish able" Temembranee the valor 'and the tatnuu;uT- mat liie.t exhilnleil, and (Centlnacd on Page Twa.) mm LinE IN ITS RANKS Warns, Affiliated Unions J.egro Workers Must t Be Given . 4 i equal iwcmucraiiifi tr ACTION CAME AT END . OF A STORM Y SESSION In Bejectinf Becomiaendation .. of Organiiation, Committee, jrederatonTor lTfrtL.Time Threatened Autonomy of Af - filiated Union By ieneiting ; . Full Membership for Negroes .7' (ByAociatedPrest) " Montreal June, 10.-Th America Foderatioa of Labor, ia fa annual eon veatioa here, today wipod out th "color line ' and warned it affiliated ivrna tioaal uaione that aegra worker most bargivea ifutt.-aad rrtjnembrshtp with white 'astj ' - " 7 The Federation' action esme at th ead of a torniy session, which, nearly resulted ia a "rae war" - between del, gate from the Southern State and the negroes and their sympathizer. Bejeeting the recommendation f it organitatioa. committee, the Federattion far the f rst time ia history threatened th autonomy of an affiliated union by requesting the Brotherhood of Bailway Clerka to give the negro freight hand ler, expresa and tauo-employe full membership and eliminate, from it coav ititution tha word "whit only." D in .2-1 no unhuiw gMttie The committee' report of "non-eoa- currance on th ground that the Fed eration had no power to interfere with th conttitution of aa" affiliated onion Immediately drew th Are of th negro delegates aa dthos of several Northern State, chiefly Illinois- and New York. There waa a eharp exchange of oratory, la wbuh tha negroas charged tatatioa without representation", and "diaerimin-. atiou," to whiehthair opponent replied with accusations and; "betrayal ofTnegr workers of the whitea ia nan labor dispute. "'' ',' '"'ir-'T v'.-.i-V . .-.' Indignation" of the negro delegate wa aroused several timea during th debate when speaker referred to them as "nig ger freight handler and their objection to auch remarkL wa snata'Tted by the acting chairman, James i;ivan. They charged; that t use of thejword nig 1 1? - TYPHUS FEVER BREAKS " , OUT IN CLEVELAND CO. Three Cases and One Death Be- ported; Pirst Cases EverT . ..j Instate Three well defined cases of typhus fever hare developed in Cleveland county, 8 mtles -front Kings Mouutain., according to advice reeeiveiL by the fttwa and UberTeL from JJrJ Sid ney Hood, who ha bad tha malady nnder observation for several day. He asked th State Board of Health for a specialist in order to definitely diag nose the case, and lr. 1). C. Abther, who had extended- experience fighting the plague in Scrvia, was sent to assist 'hja'stthtjyrail One of th patients baa died, accord-t l!tg ttt Jjjr..fwd.Jinither is f.rilicnlly ill. and the third is improving. Ail ease are in a rural community, h lay, and spread of the disease is not anticipated. Dr. Absher will remain with him until the outbreak - has been definitely sup pressed, it. is not known bow th di eas started - in Cleveland county, and official of the State Board of Health and local medical men ia Cleveland are, alike puled. In o far- a is known thia i "th first , time' that typhu fever hat ever f A i . . i. . i i . tucue vi jrnrn ik u9 oruarn ouk ncrioa- ioaHy - Europe, - particularly - in the wak of 'warn and Jamlne.- It i.tran- mitted -by- itec, according to medical autbontiei, and js fed by filth. A few ease appeared in New York in 1913, and it ha been widespread in Mexico. It is regarded, a the most deadly of contagious diaeases. PLEADS GUILTY TO THEFT OF1TOOOO"I1V7EWEIS ' "Nw" York, June '10. -After entering ft plea, of not guilty- tnd aitflng through a trial which Tailed two days, James E, Foye, formerly a clerk at the Biltmore Hotel, finally changed bis mind late today and pleaded guilty to th theft Of I330.O00 Worth of clry from Mrs." Begina" T" G. MiTlhiser, of Richmond, i. while she wat a.gueat trtSaa-U-i-i -.-- Foys, at first admitted" disposing of the jewel but claimed they bad been giwwi nrnr'vty" yofrwmawho good name be wished to shield. He will be sentenced June 22. All but 30,000 worth of the jjwelry naa peen recuvcrea. . , LARCENY'. CASE CROWS OCT. . ' OF FEMININE POKES CAME ' New York, June .. 10.-Fshlonal!e gewned women thronged th West Side court today: while yonng Mm, J. C, Oleason, who aald she wa the wife of a former-Chicago banker plea&d aot guilty , to charge "or etealmg an 11,000 diamotid blr pin during a women' poker game recently at the home of Mrs. Chester MCurry. ' . Mrs. Gleasan was held for trial in O,l00 bail, but tgav her counsel a wrist witch set with thirty diamond if cover1 bond. .-: . ..::...jL...:.t, Big Shortage h Diaeavered. Boston, June 10. Discovery of a thortige if $109,000 in th aeeount of .'hn P Saaborn, aged 76, of Newport, B. I., for 39 years supreme trrasnrer of th - New -England Order of - Prw- t,4ina, n tnnoiinrftl by . J.ujgr. H. 1 William tjcottr upri ta4 LOR order, todny,. ( REPUBLICANS: ADOPT PLATFORM AFTERAGREE ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS PLANK FU1XEXTFLATEGRM ". . - - - '. -. X " ' V - "':'"'''' Chicago, Jant 10. Tb text of , the platform a adopted, by the Republican national convention today foHowi Keport of committee on resolutions: JThe Bepablicaa party, assembled la representative national eeaveatloB, re affirm it any ieldlag devotion to the Coaitltutioa,' of ttltdTWiftaa-r To the guarantee of civir, political ana religious liberty therein contained. It will res tit all attempt -to overthrow the foundations of th goverament or t- wsaksa th fore af itt controlling principle and ideal, whether these at tempt b mad1 in th form at inter national policy or of domestic agitation. For tevea year the national govern ment haa been controlled by the Demo cratic party. . During that period a war of unparalleled magnitude baa ahaken th foaadatioa of eiviliaatioa, deci mated th tpopulatio of Europe aad left in it train ecoaomic misery aad lufferiag aeeoad only to war Itself. ' : : Th entatandiag featurea of the Dem oe ratio administration nav been com plete aapreparedaeat for war and com plete unpreparedaest for ttinv Uaprwaareelaaat Far Wr. . Inexcntobl. failure to mktimefy preparation i the chief iadietmeai against the Demeeratia adminiatration in the conduct of th war. Pd not nor associates protected u, both on land and tea during the first twelve months of our participation and .forniahed n to th very day of th armietie with munition, plane and artillery this fsilnrc would hav beet paaiihed with aisaierntdireetry " resulted ia uir necessary lasses to our gallant troops, in the lmperilment of vietonr itself, aniFin an enormous wast of public fund literally poured into the breach, created by gro neglect, today it U reflected ia out huge tx burdea aad is the high cost of living. x . I'apreparewaasa Far Peace. Peace found the adminiatration at un prepared for peace as war fouad it un prepared far war. Th vital need of the country demanded the early and wstersatls return peace time baais. LThia ealicl for visioa, leadevahinu and mtelligent punning. A 11 three Have btea. Tacking. WMirThecOUBtjry nan reu-left ta shift for itself, the govern. mont hn continued on a war-time bawl. Tha admitiiatritioa ha not demobllited the armv of place holder.. It continued e method of financing which wat iadft feaaibla dntinir the Benod of recon struction. It ha used legislation passed to meet th emergency of war to eon. tinue its arbitrary and inquisitorial control over the life of the people ta time of neaee. and. to carry confusion into industrial life. Under th despot' Dlea of necessity or superior wisdom executive usurpation of legiilativ and jndicial f unctiont ttm undcrmtnet our institution. : ,; Eiahteca month after the armistice, with it war-time power unabridged, it war-tim department undischarged, its wir-ttme armv of plaee-holdera ttill mobilized,- th tdminiitratraa' continue to flounder Tielplessly. - ' - " The demonstrated Ijeapacity of the DocTnTrrTSrrba"aestT lonnUcneeaeiieii,jji8ajLW government, and produced a reeling or distrust and hesitation so universal as t increase enormously the difficulties of readjustment aad to delay, the re turn to normal conditions. Never hs our notion been confronted with graver problem. The people are entitled to know in definite term how the p s'ies purpose solving the prob- j .1.. I, l.i: " ma. .0 iJiai ran, inv acjiuuncan ilcclarej .it policiet.,nd program to be as foLos: . ' Canstltatiaaal .CeveramaaL t We undertske to end executive tutoc racy and to restore to the people their iionstitutional governmenu , Th: poHeiws Jiercin declared will be carried out by. tha Fe'dcmr anaTWa't governments, each aetmg within it con- ttitutionat power. - --. - -- -' Congress and ' RccoaCroctlon. Desnite the unconstitutional and dic tatorial conrse of th President and the partisan obstruction of the Democratic eona-ressionsL minority,' the Bepubliean majority has ,t6iiiim fiofQ atructivo legislation, nhkh in tXrut ptrt, however, has been nullified by the vindictive vetoes of tb rreiderit. f Th Bepubliean -tjoagresa baajnet the nrob em presented by the aamimstra lion's nnnreparedness for peace. - It has mpealcdthegreotcr part of the vexa tioaa war legislation. It ha enacted a Transportation- Art making possible th rehabilitation of the rauroaa system oi the, country, the operation of which, under tn present wmocmrc-aMiwii- trnticn hat been wasterui, exrravagani and k4Uaiont.4n-, thftJUfibcsk. Acgrse The! Transportation Act, made provision for tha peaceful settlement , of wge d'moutc. Oartially nullified, bowever, tiy- th- PwidaJueKiy Jn appoint ing the wage board created Ky t aer. i ni delay, precipitated the outlaw railroad strike. - .--: -. - . . Wr stoppe the flood -of lute- raa-. nre. xeeaiestiy poured in to ino tap oi aa inept shipping board, and lam ine foandation for the creation ot a great Merchant Marine: w took from the In competent Democratic, administration the admiBistratjon of thr wegrapn n telephone line of tbfeountry and r- turned them to private ownership; we reduced the cost of postage and in creased the pay of tha portal employes the poorest paid of all public ser vants; we provided pensions for super annuated and retired civil fervent and for an increase in pay for soldiers and aiiors TV re-orgamac4 -the army on peace footing and provided for the maintenance of .a powerful and efficient navy. . The Republican Congresa established by law at permanent Jomaa bureau in theljsjttiMnjpfJUlHtr LJte.'tuhmittd terthe country th eontTitutirnal amend ment for Vomaa suffrsge, and furnished twenty-nine of 'the - thirty-fiva legi lature which have sratlfied it to date." Lcgialattoa for th relief of th consumer of print paper, for th ex tension of the powers of tha govern ment nnder the Food Control -Act, for broadeaing the'seope af the War Bisk Insurance Act, better provision for the dwindling number ef aged veteran of the Civil rwr and "tor the better wup port of th ; msimed and injured- of the Great War, and for making practical UieVrocaljonil Rehabilitation Act, has been aaetd by th Republican Coa- W paaaed an oil leaafng andwater- powr bill to unlock for the publio good th great - pent-up resource of the country; we hv ooght to cheek th profligacy of th administration tor alia upon th asset of the goverament nd te husband the revenue derived from taxation. The Republicans ia Congress hav been responsible for eats In th estimate for government sxpenditure of . nearly three , billion dollar tince the signing of th trmit-tic;-';-p--- 1 Wa - enacted a national ' executive r budget law; w strengthened th Fed- eral Reaerve Aetto permit bank to lend needed aasittanc to farmers; we aa- thorized financial Incorporation to de velop export trade and finally amend ed the rule of the Jent ad House which will reform evil in procedure and guarantee mora efficient and , re sponsible government. . 1 y " - '- ,-- AgrlcaUar. '). '.;' . Th farmer i tb backbone of th aation. National greatness and econo-; mtn indepcndcace-demand population distribution between Industry and the farm and sharing on renal terms ' th prosperity which u wfonyJepeTIenf ' on the efforts of both. .Neither can prosper at the expense of tDe other without inviting joint disaster. The crux of the present agricultural condition lies in price, labor, . tad reditu '-l'r''l .t' t" . ,' " " - Th Bepublicta party 'believe, that this eojiditioa can b Improved by practical; and adequate farm 1 rcpresea tation in- the appointment of govcrw meatal I tffieial and- eemmisvioasV th right tat form co-operative assoeiitioa s1 tornsJterth1f.4wluejM -jar tection ' f gninst ducnmmation tn scientlfia, ftudy of agricultural . price and farm production cost at noma and abroad with a view to reducing th fre quency of abnormal fluctoations; the oneenaorea publication oi men reports; the authorisation of. aasociation for th extension of personal, credits; national inquiry on th eo-ordinntlon of rail, . water and motor - trffniporta tion with adequate facilities for re eetving, handling and marketing food th encouragement of our export trade an end to unaeeeuary price fixing and ill-eonmdtr-ffortrMtrarily ' to re duce price of farm products, which in variably result to the disadvantage both of producer tnd consumer, and the en eouragement of the production and im portation of fertillxing material and of Its extensive uae. -. . The Federl Farm Loan Act ihonld ha: ta admiaiatercd a ta facilittt icquisition of farm land bythoaode- smiig "To "become "owner and proprie tors and thus minimize the evils of farm tenantry and to furnish such long time credit farmer tnsy need to finance adequately their larger aad long time production operation. Indastrial Relations. Industrial Relations: There are two different conceptions of the relations of capital and labor The one is contractual, and empha sizes the diversity of interests of em ployer and emplpycs. The pther tlitt" or -eo-psrtnership "Tna tatk. . '- . common We ' recognize the juttico of collec tive bargaining a a meana of promot miwa-'-wnk-j-wanHw more harmonious relations . between employer 'land employe -aad- realising the true end of industrial justice Tha strike or the lockout a mean of settling-industrial diaputes intljt such loss and suffering on the com munity a to justify government inl KaTfvedTfeir0 innir us eirrrswpiiijices. Wa deny tb right to strike against the government,' but the right and in tcrcat of-all-govrnniont employe must be safeguarded, by impartial' law and tribanity. - - - ' In publie utilities wa favor the es tablishment of an impartial - tribunal to max na in vcstlgaUon. of Jthe fact and to render a decision to the end that there may be no organixed Inter- rwnei-4deviaaio..lha. iivct,. and health and welfare of th people. The decision, pf the ..tribunal, to bo morally but not legally binding, .tad an in formed ' publie sentiment be relied on to teeura their acceptance.- The tri bunal, however, should refmo ' to ac cept jurisdiction -eveeift for th pur pose or larestigatton a long the publler". terviee - ber" laterrnpted. For puWia tilitier-fcvoT--thw.-type-of tribunal provided 1 for in the Transpor- tttion Act of 1120. . - In private Industries v.- do hot d- toctte the principle of compulsory-ar-bliration. but trc favor imnsrtlal.com- mission and better facilitic f orivolun tary mediation, conciliation : and arbi tration, upplcment -d by that full publicity which will enlist the Influ ence of aa aroused publie opinion. The government should take tb initiative inviting the establishment of tri- bnuli or commissions for the purpose of voluntary arbitratiodand investi gtion of this issue. , . 'We demand the exclusion fro niinter nr.te commerce of the product ef con vict 'labor.;"""" f - National Economy.1 - A Republican Congress reduced the estimates Submitted brthe admiim'rni- (Centlnacd en Pg Twa.) rJAMII.G CANDIDATE Convention Meets at 9 O'clock For Continuous Session To Nominate Candidate , . AGREEMENT ON LEAGUE -. . PLANK RESCUES PARTY Condemns President's League : Covenant, Approves Senate's 1 Bejection and Endorses Prin - ciple of International Peace Concert In Harmony With "American Traditions ' Chicago, June 10, Hesculng th party by - eleventh-hour - comproml front a threatened jrplit ea the League of Na tions issue, the , Bepnbljca'n' National . 6pntnimrpittt9 platform - . and then adjourned to nominate a can- . didate' tomorrow; --v'f Harmony "on ' th teagu issue was reached after many hour of heated nogotiation.reTolving about the ub eommittee on yesolutlons, but bringing into consultation first aad stt virtually li the big men of th party.' In th end the IrreeoneilabW and Mild Reeer- vationuts accepted a treaty; plank drafted by Elihu Boot , before his de. parture fof Europe at vera 1 week ago, but reviled In lome detail to meet. tkft .. view of the contending elements. - ' j ,It "' eondemn ' 'President Wilson's League covenant, upholds th. Sonata . tn ttr r Jpctlonrnht "f teityTTiii en-' " done th principle of an international peace concert In harmony with Ameri en trtditions. - -- --;4-- After impatiently marking ;ti'm all ' day for the resolution committee to eottplet it Work,. the tired convention received with cheer the reading ef th -plstform by! Senator Watson, 6rindi'r ana,-Iho-eommitt .etainsian, and adopted if with a great chorus of cheers. U aenrV eowsd nut b niluorlty rriwirt ' presented If Edwin J Gross, the Wis ' eonsin member of the committee, add igaed only by himelf. Th substitut : provided flat rejection of th League idea, advocated government ownership of railroad and contained other pro posals which th convention hooted at ' ' loeiajiatie.'' -t-.- . Doesn't Affect Oadldate. J Th relative chancw of the President tlal-candidate apparently waa-littte--affected by the platform agreement aad on convention era thert wat ia evi dence no development which changed thatituatiotf, with Wood. Johnson aad Lowden leading, bat wrthont any of them 'having delegate to nominate, ' So far a the talk ot tnoe oa the in. side revealed, th attainment of bar mony over th tronblesome treaty pUnk " had no reflex, on any of the candidate except possibly in the ease of Senator Qhnion.. Ht.Ul.Bot.non,,,i)Dyar on tha eanventlon ttnor sail 'that i diaapuointment to hi. aapporters, who hod believed that the appearance of their lender in a treaty fight would ' help hi fight for the nomination. To Barry Nomination. ' In accord with the plan to-- ftnlsb v up the convention's work oa a skip- stop schedule, it wa agreed to eoavrne at 9:00 a. m., and to hurry through th nomination speechrc and remain in continuous scat ion until a candidate r i nominated. . u The plan seemed acceptable to meat of" the campaign manager and -itMMilt--, -ed th delegate, because they are worn' out and anxious for th big show te end. , . . . - . Th convention held two seasisna . today. Medina first at 11 a. m.. it ouick- )y. adjourned when -word - w brought , that the work of th resolutions com mittee still wa uncompleted. Tb ee ond session began at o'clock p. m., and the ntwo hour were whiled away in ' music, speeches and cheering before ewnor'Wtwr' brmght'1rr"thr"tjTat torm. Tho resolution committee completed th work on the platform at 4:43 o'clock nd 9tartedJojLJtLeCj!liMBau whe.ro th convention had reconvened. . Tha treaty" plank wa adopted by the resolutions committee with only one vote against it. - . One Vote Against It, '"The" vote" "againita adoption ""of6" th ' treaty plank was. east by 2, J. Gross, memlier from Wisconsin. Prohibition was "not " 'm'etT6ned "li the committee draft. Inatesd the com. mlttee retained Tthe " tub-committe' plnd of including a general provision declaring for enforcing all law. It was announced that there would be no minority report on any subject, " unougn iner were difference .indi vidually on . variou , plank, and com- mittee- leader -a- thpy-expeetcd -Bdon. " tion of tha entire platform by th t'latrorm f inally rreeented, Th platform waa finally brouaht con ven tion with littls if cny disc.uuioa. before the coavention soon after ix o'eloik. After hour of labor by com- i miswees and sub-couimitttes and long . periods of waiting on the part of the impatient delegates, it waa presented by Senator Watson of Indian, chair man of the resbidtion committee. The-convention got its first real thrill. when Senator Watson truck, th plank which declared 'for fre speech tnd free assembly, but added that no ad vocacy of violent overthrow of the gov ernment, or resistance to the' law wa to -be tolerated." ; There er" cheer when he (truck that, and th convention rose and waved flags. His mention of tho wmr -nf -ThcoiliW Rootevett." in onuection. with . conservation lan. brought out another demonstration.