New-York tribune., 1919-12-11

going to the extreme of juatifying the
utter rejection Of the league Of
nations,
Some of the Coolidge men arriving
here to-day caused some surprise by
expressing opposition to Speaker Gill
lett as candidate for delegate to the
convention. Mr.. Gillctt ann unccd his
candidacy yesterday and pledged his
support to Governor Coolidge. It de-
veloped, however, that the Coolidge
me, are resent u that Mr. Gillett did
not aid in the fight to put Governor
Coolidge over, and that there is a fur
ther feeling to put new and younger
men up in the party councils This
does not seem to Apply to Senator
Lodge, for some reason, but does ap-
ply. in their opinion. to others Of the
Older leaders in the Bay State.
Lodge Talked of for Chairman
incidentally. there is some talk of
Senator Lodge for permanent chairman
o. the Republican convention, and some
opposition to his being selected for
that position. on the ground that he is
too closely identified with the defeat
OF the peace treaty for it to be good
politics for him to be the deliverer of
II G "keyrotc" speech
While the Wood people do not seem
to fear Senator Harding as much as
they do Governor Lowd N, there is evil
DENLY considerable strength FOR the
Ohio man, not only because he is from
the state so generally regarded as
r. votal. especially since the 1915 cleo
ton. but because the constant ch rae
terization of him as the mckinley
f''n"' is beginning to make some head
way.
G point is that nearly all TIE Re-
rublicans do not want men of the dc
tator type. A prominent Lowdcn sup
porter il explaining why he would go
to Harding instead of Wood if it
should develop that Governor Lowden's
nomination is impos sib,e. said he wa. .
little afraid hat General Wood
wo" d be the dictator type of Presi-
dent
Harding Regarded as Strong
Senator Harding, most of the Rcpub-
leans believe whether they are for
him or not. would be the kind of man
who would appoint strong Cabinet,
take the advice of the leaders in the
House and Senate and make an alto
gether satisfactory-from the political
staniDoint at least-President.
William Barnes jr., of Albany. Joined
the New York cohorts here -da and
confirmed the opinion that the New
York delegation to the convention
WNN'd EO rNlnSFrNctcd.
Drrin~ the early session Of the COM
mittee Major General Enoch Grow Ter
was noticed standing in the rear of the
room Will H Hays chairman of the
committee, saw General Crowdor and
rr~ed him to "come up on the plat
form. " General Crowder sent back
word he could scarcely do it ain
uniform"
Governor Sproul Sounds Keynote
In the "keynote" speech before the
committee to-day Governor Sprou of
PeHrsy vania charged the Delr ocratic
A'm nistration with extravagance, in
eff 'iency, vacillation and inconsist-
ency.
"lf we will only come down out of
the FOOLS paradise Of extravaganza
and neficiency in wh ch we have been
soaring and get back to work in
eaNrest, our troubles and even our
debts soon will vanish" he declared
We must prepare not only to c can
up the governmental mess in which We
find ourselves, but we must lay our
r'ans for reTtor,ng our nation to the
position of respect wh ch it once held :"
Speaking Of the Administrations
Mexican policy he said that this one
blurder alone would give tie Repub-
'oaNs NAV votes in the next election
adding: eve must lay our plans to
meet the menace to our peace and
wo'lbeing on our Southwestern boun-
dairy.
"No chapter in our entire national
history is more disgraceful and hu-
Y iatng than the story of our rea-
tons with Mexico during the last
seven vears and for our own sci :
respect and to save ourselves from ut
ter contempt in the eyes of the wor d
we must change quickly the condi-
tons wh'c' a"e rot only annoying, but
ac4ur'ly threaten ng"
Must Adjuss induetria' Questions
Then turning his attention to do
mestlc affairs Governor Sprou said ::
"Our first duty is to our own people
in NEE ing the questions VIII ch init
matey affect the welfare Of every citi-
zen. While we are organizing a mop
ping-up policy to clean out the intol-