Americus times-recorder., 1920-06-11

SGdHuS iOI law anu OEuST ana COIlSLI-
tutional government. Of fine legal
mind and training, with both legis-
lative and executive experience, he
believe in re-establishing the powers
and prerogatives of every branch of
the Federal government as set forth
by the fathers in the constitution it.
self and he is unalterably opposed to
executive usurpation of any legisla-
tive or judicial function.
"We present him to you because
his record demonstrates that he has
clear and comprehensive conception
of the proper relations of capital and
labor to each other. His work as Mem
Der of Congress and as Governor of a
great industrial state, with all its
complex and diversified interests,
stamps him as the living embodiment
of the doctrine of the square DEAL
He believes in the interdependence of
employe and employer and in all of
his official acts he has accorded to
each exactly the same measure of pro-
lection under the law. We present
him to you because he typifies more
than any one of the distinguished
gentlemen who. will be placed in
nomination before this convention the
great, vital issue of economy in the
administration of public affairs. He
believes in the application of sound
and practical business principles to
the conduct of government and as
proof of that belief we point to the
decreased tax rate and the increased
administrative efficiency of the state
over whose destinies he presides to-
day.
eve present him to you because
he is in full accord with the true spirit
of America which still prefers the Ma
tionalism of Theodore Roosevelt to
the Internationalism of Woodrow Will
son. He believes that the sovereignty
of the United States must be kept
free and inviolate from European in
fluence or dictation and that while
maintaining a friendly attitude to-
ward all nations, we owe it to those
who have gone before and to those
who are to follow us to enter into
partnership with none"
AS soon as the speech was over the
Lowden demonstration began, his del
egates carrying large pictures. The
procession was headed by the Iowans,
with Illinois and other states falling
in line.
Wheeler Presents Johnson
The Johnson fireworks broke loose
as Wheeler finished at :16 o'clock.
After thirty minutes Representative
Schali was introduced in a seconding
speech.
Hailed as the man to "scourge the
last of the bosses from the temple of
the Republican party" Senator Hi
ram Johnson was formally nominated.
The great responsibility is yours"
the speaker said to the convention
! delegates. "The American voter ev-
erywhere is saying of California S
son just as Roosevelt said of him
of all the public men in this coun-
try today, he is the one with whom |
find myself in most complete sym
pathy.
ITO the end that men and not
masters shall administer the great
trusteeship of the Republican party.
to the end that this convention NAV
make no mistake; to the end that
you who hold in your hands the partys
NSSIlAlS may ~ IOLtH from CQeSe nails
triumphant in the assurance of GER
tain victory; to the end that Re-
publican administration may once
again broadcast the nation with hap
piness and prosperity; to the end that
| the constitution of our fathers and
the highest traditions of the American
people shall endure; to the end that
the patriotic principles of Washing
ton, of Lincoln, and of Roosevelt,
shall live on and on and on-the SOW
ereign state of California places be-
fore you in formal nomination Hiram
W. Johnson.
"a yellow dog is impossible and a
dark horse cannot win. If you expect
their vote, do not offer the people
a cold, incapable, nerveless, unsym-
pathetic business administration
They are in no mood u take it on.
IF you shall select this SON of
California, remember that in the con-
duct of his campaign he has placed
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