The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-04

TOday, now Deautttoliy ana WONDER
fully changed 1t oil In. to be sure.
Franklin Murphy of New Jersey. old
guarder through and through and q
''second-story worker"-to use the no.
menclature of 1e12-of purcst ray serere.
dropped into town. and dropped a kind
word for Roosevelt as the Mar who
had done more for real Ameiicanisrn
than anybody else
Jimmie Garfield. delegate-at-large
from Ohio. on the Progressive ticket.
countered by explaining that his State
didn't intend to do anything rash that
ellen ents: of course. he thought Roose-
Welt was the oasis on which TO reunite.
but reunion there must be.
'Bilf' Finn. of Pittsburgh. hasn't is
sued def even Of the mildest sort
against the powers Of darkness. and Luz
cius Littauer. of New York. lifelong
devotee of T. f.. despite mis- affiliations
with the old guard. mentioned souc
reasons why he suspected that Hughes
would De the partys strongest eandi-
Joe Dixon. of Montana, who In 1919
was chairman of the Progressive ma
tiOnal committee, 10 delegate to the
Republican convention. Murray Crane,
to be harmony OF the sort you could
carve with knife and cord up like fire.
Just as a little testimony to the for
giving spirit that pervades IN all quar-
ters II may be mentioned that the
Arizsna delegation is positively claimed
for Weeks and yet Weeks voted against
statehood for Arizona.
Even Bill Barnes. of Albany, hasn't
read anybody out of the party. but
as pulling the darksome mantle OF his
prodigious crouch about him and keep
ing strictly inside his shell.
And 50 II Goes. + r..
And so It goes. Four years ago a
hotel page eibowsd his way across the
Congress concourse calling out: Mr..
Burns! Mr. william ]. Burns! telegram
for Mr.. William J. Burnsv'
There was a grand stampede for doors
and windows-so the story was written,
spondents-by highwaymen who guessed
the famous detective was on their trial
Right now. II Mr.. Burns should be
PACED in a hotel in Chicago he'd be In
danger OF his life. Everybody would
think he must be in town to tap the
wires between the Republican and the
Progressive conventions.
Being out OF power-and the Offices
for four years makes a mighty differ.
ence In the cockiness of a political party
thk's used to bossing the country,
business and drawing the wages for It.
There Is a mildness of manner a con-
siderateness OF mien, delicacy In the
turning even of casual conversations
phrases that might perchance contain
a potency OF offense, such as IL sweet
and lovely to see. The brethren are de-
termined to dwell together in harmony
at least until they can dwell together
Vanity Of vanitiesi Four years age
there was a massacre in Chicago, a riot
In Baltimore. and after. the effects OF
the anesthetics had worn of the MANNED
survivors. there was universal. b.
partisan agreement that was the finish
OF the National convention system
Never again!
1t was too dangerous to get all the
eminence of the nation together and
then start red-handed murder The
nationwide primary was to be substi.
tuted forthwith for the crude and mol
some old ways of doing the thing.
Don't YOU recollect all that line OF
talk7 We were all writing II and
talking 1t and resolving 1t and Grating
about 1t.
What Has Happened, Meantime.
Yet take note what has meantime
happened. The National convention Is
more strongly intrenched than ever be-
fore, for ahput everybody now agrees
that the primary has not worked In
national matters.
The man who would turn up in either
party convention this year with q
Presidential primary resolution woult
be looked upon as Rip Van Wrinkle
come back after his nap. He might
get a laugh; that's all.
so there will be family reunion IN
Chicago and az love feast in St Louii
and the convention system VIII get
and uncouth and unmanagable; but thu
politicians and even the great majority
OF delegates reckon that It's better thar
the unutterable chaos Of primaries,
Just how the primary system as nov
mel OF a national convention can b,
illustrated by the story that a mar
from a Western State told me.
I'm a delegate-at-large, he began
1T was for the favortte son first and
sincerity so are all Of us, But wal
supposed to be for Roosevelt as secont
choice. Another candidate was FOL
Root as second choice; still another
for Hughes; the rourth-oh, I'm no
sure, but l guess he's for Borah. IL
figured out carefully; all the elements
insisted on being represented, and the!
are.
north end and considerable hughe
leaning in the south end So a north
end Roosevelt and a south-end Hughe
| man made combination and boil
were elected in the primary. In an
other district a man with Burton pro
civities allied himself with another o
Fairbanks tendencies. and their com
| bination won.
House Is Divided.
"Now. It worked moro or less tina
way all over the state. DO you 20
where It leaves us, after We get hero
We can stick together for the favorit
son until It's over with him. but afte
that, II We try to switch we fall I
pieces; there will DO votes for four Q