New-York tribune., 1920-06-15
n. Y. Delegates
e,Declare
Party United
Chauncey Nj. Depew Sees
Nothing but Victory in
Sight; Give the Donkey
the Gate" Is New Slogan
Butler Explains Outcome
Says Money Had To Be De.
feated and State Group
Was Belgium of the War

The New York delegates to the Re-
oublican National Convention at Chi
cago began 10 arrive home yesterday.
some of them came on the Twentieth
Century Limited, but the majority we're
on the delegates special which arrived
late in the afternoon. There was GEN
eral expression of approval of the
ticket selected and confidence in the
eec;ion OF Harding and Coolidge.
Several prominent Republicans arrived
on the earlier trains.
Chauncey NJ. Depew and Mrs. Depew
and DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler were
on the limited.
81 am thoroughly satisfied with the
ticket said the former Senator, "and
! see nothing but victory in sight"
John j. Lyons. Republican leader of
the 10th Assembly District and dele
gate, declared that all factions of the
Republican party would be united in
the coming campaign for Harding and
Coolidge. He said that any soreness
existing now over the disappointment
Of candidates and their followers would
be dissipated in few days.
"Give the Donkey the Gate"
"They are all good sports" said Mr..
Ions. "and good losers 1t is only
natural that after such bitter fight
all are net Immediately smiling. They
all will be in the ring shouting with
the rest of the crowd the campaign slo
gan of 1929: Give the Donkey the
Gate'
at seemed fateful that convention
which appeared to be stacked for Wood
or Lowden produced the man Of the
hour, Warren G. Harding. He is the
type Of man that we all revere, Of the
Lincoln. McKinle" build. All who know
him love him; = simple, frank. con-
servative. tvo-fsted. 100 per cent Amer.
lean, he owes lis nomination to no
man. or group Of men.
He is the kind Of man in whom the
country is bound to have the greatest
confidence IN the trying days of recon-
structlon: He was better equipped than
any OF the candidates before the con-
rention TO handle Congress during this
DR.. Butler issued a statement in
which he declared that the New York
delegation became "the Belgium of the
var at the convention in order to stem
the Wood tide and swing the vote to
some other candidate
The chief task Of the convention
was to prevent the sale of Presidential
said DR.. Butler. Had this not been
done the party faced not only certain
defeat: but crushing dishonor. The
New York delegates who voted for me
on the first ballot were the chief fac
tors IN stopping the Hindenburg drive
10 overWhelm the convention by the
power OF unlimited money and bv
strong arm methods in preference pri-
maries
Butler Sorry for General
motley group of stock gamblers,
OIL and mining promoters. munition
makers and other like persons seized
upon as good man as General Wood
and with reckless audacity started out
20 buy for him the Presidential nom
nation. 1t was the cause of genuine
sorrow 70 me. as to many others of
General Woods personal friends. to see
n, nm put in this unhappy position. /
mere Was nothing for the Republican
party TO do but defeat the band of men
mat were behind him with their bank /
accounts and their great financial in
tuence. This meant that we had to de-
ieat General Wood himself"
=, Dr Butler declared the story of the
~. ne" YORK votes showed precisely how I
me Wood defeat was ACCOMPLISHED /
o. hnaliy swinging its strength to the /
Lo"den column. when other states
could not help, in order 20 bring the |
vote Of his nearest rival up to the
Wood vote. Owing to local and state
ssomplcatlons, there were few sources
from which the strength for Lowden
e9uld De drawn, Dr.. Butler said, and at
..earl1 became necessary for New York
= - become the Belgium of the war"
~. Butter said he cheerfully gave his
approval to the plan and released the
oeaegates ..Ii.a VINO had voted for him.
"nen, after the seventh ballot. il
vas clear that Lowden could not be
Inominated,' said DR.. Butler, eve
nelped the drift toward Harding. and
VI 'ne ninth ballot became the decisive
psycho logical factor in the contest by
sF'hg Harding sixty-six votes"
Mills Sees Victory
>. H. d. Sewall, of Bath, Ne, head Of
.he Wood League Of Maine, who re-
.arned from the convention yesterday,
said that. although Maine stuck TO
usheral Wood 70 the last, the Maine
s;ip' 'eaHZe tnat ~ IS harmony
neHet and will give it their hearty
support
george Henry Payne, tax comnis-
, s.or, declared the ticket was an ex-
'eiisnt one and was sure Of election.
would have been strong Lowden
ssupporter.' he said, "if it had not been
ror the Missouri incident, and there
we're we're many other delegates who shared
.he same opinion. Governor Coolidge
10 an excellent selection as the run