Americus times-recorder., 1920-06-11


~" 'S|c|1ES fair assumption
that it is also against the judgment
and conscience of a majority Of the
delegates.
Borah was the Johnson spokesman
before the committee and IN the back
ground was Hearst, whose Chicago
newspapers for the past two weeks
have been telling leaders and dele
gates that if johnson failed to get, his
way on the League of Nations dec
laration he would bolt and head a
third party movement.
Borah threw the same threat into
the teeth of the committee on behalf
of himself and the committee took
it for granted he spoke for johnson.
Of course johnson did not intend to
bolt. He had nothing to bolt with and
no place to bolt. There are not two
delegates in the convention who
would walk out in obedience to a
call from johnson or any one else.
But Borah's loud voice and shaking
locks and Hearst's publicity were too
much for the nerves of the old gem
tlemen composing the resolutions
committee and so the party has gone
on record against the League of Ma
tions in any form.
Policy Based on Expediency
In nutshell the Republican party
at this GREAT crisis in world affairs
has formulated its foreign policy on
the basis of political expediency.
1t is not pleasant thing to have
to write this. 1t may lay me open to
the charge of partisanship, but it is
the simple truth and everyone here
knows it. Most of the party leaders
and delegates who have participated
in this. fiasco or by their silence con-
sented to it are ashamed of it. The
only justification they claim is that
party success is the supreme consid-
Grafton: that when the party gets
back into power it can be trusted to
formulate a safe foreign policy, that
the margin of safety is not great
enough this year to take the chances
of losing the support of two such pow
erful campaigners as Borah and John
son.
So much for the platform adopted
at Thursdays afternoon session.
Some time within the next twenty
four or forty-eight hours probably the
nomination for president will be ac-
complished, if possible the question,
who will be the nominee?" is shroud-
ed in even deeper mystery than it
has been. A terrific effort is being
made by the Wood people to add to
the Generals instructed strength
from the uninstructed delegates.
The Wood managers have been play
ing the game much more intelligent
ly during the past few days and as
the zero hour approaches they seem
to have made some headway in reun-
iting their forces, badly scattered as
the result of the Doodle expose.
Wood Suffers Least
Wood does not seem to have suf-
fered as much as Lowden from the
Doodle expose. Wood and Lowden
will probably not be far apart in
their first ballot strength. Wood
will probably be given the right of
way to develop what strength he can
on the next few ballots if he can not
reach the goal by the fifth or sixth
ballot, Lowden will have the next call.
Lowden failing, anything may happen.
Sproul, the Pennsylvania govern
or, who Penrose says he is for, is be-
ing much talked of as a favorite
among the dark horse candidates.
ly
One could speculate much more de-
finitely about Sproul if there was any
way of knowing whether lie was real
ly Penrose's favorite dark horse or
just astalking horse. The idea per-
sists in many quarters that Penrose
is really for Knox and has put for
ward Sproul for the sole purpose of
holding the Pennsylvania delegates
in line until the time comes to un-
mask his real purpose.
Hoover's name is heard oftener to-
day than any day since the delegates
have been here. His managers have
announced that he will be placed
in nomination by Judge Miller, one
of New York's beg four. 1t is not ex-
pected that Hoover will get many
votes on the first ballot. He will not
get many unless the leading candi-
dates have demonstrated their inab-
ility to get the nomination. If and
when the convention reaches this
point and Sproul does not land, Hoov-