Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-17

d There has IN recent years been only
= one convention time with undiluted
@ punch u Il ana That was in lHi.
: when Teddy was on hand
Ry no way Roosevelt WAS work
ed overtime From Henry Allen t.
he las; entrant ln The six ronr talk
. fest he speakers called on ne aud.
ltnre 20 witness that their candi.
Z dates were III legitimate Successors
! ~ Roosevelt and several ~ them
read letters te prove h. The only
] exception was the man who nomin
atrd Harding He said he made no
clalm mat = r. lcft hi, mantle a.
Harding ami the audience vcilcd it,
! approval .lohuson's spokesman
said God had ordained Hiram and
ihnt nronlt roar ~ laughter and
dorision Some day u nominating
speech only i've minutes long aud
with plain horse sense III IL Will be
made md Il Viii be- winner 4
half dozen women made Seeonding
speeches aud all we're short. concise
aud pithy They beat the men 100
per cent 4 handsome young Ros
ton woman seconded Coolidge lie
4 + i real American, born oD the an
~ July" she began and her speech
was a delightful little tribute that
all remembered s'That nominating
speech had much Ia do with the
votes
80
1911, don't count much. wood /
and Johnson and Hoover got big /
votes In the Literary Digest poll but /
they did not win Hoover AT no
time had over > votes ont If 9s5
The convention thought that Me.
Adoo will be nominated by the Dem
ocrafs hut now II may be Cox Of
ohio to make better showing in
that state Gompcrs was on hand
roaring around about the platform
aud breathing threats rs 10 what
he would do II II did not suit. No
body paid much attention To him
Henry Allen settled Gompers at
New York.
Chicago ought TO be able to live
on the income of the convention nm
iii the next one The hotels could
not see anything less than $40 a day
for rooms The Kansas headquar
ters was in two small rooms open
ing together they cost 800 q day
The presidential candidates had
great parl0rs and rooms by The doz
en- and must have spent $1,000 a
day each or more Small sand
witches ~ the convention hall were {
- cents near beer was - cents a
1ottle ;
one thing the governor was lie
amincd To- save the national com y
nittocman for Stanley ami to beat "
lnlvane. Kansas was the only 4
.tate that lid not elect lis commit G
eeuau until the convention was Il
,vcr. Mulvane had - of the 20 fl
.otes but il WAS agreed that if "
Wood or Allen went on the ticket u
should be elected; if not.
,fulvane I,ut when the election "
anne the Stanley forces held 10 %
-otes and two were pledged to him "a
ntil he was out Of H. Several bal al
OTIS were 10 to 10. Then Frank ci
,ponable was put in and got I, Null ST
ane 10 Stanley 3 Then a motion al
o drop the low man and that re W
pased two Stanley delegates. Kama 5,
el ana Stewart. and they voted for ii
lulvape who was elected and will II
e the committeeman for four years 81
o come, which is eminently salts ia
actory to the bulk Of the Kansas
More tact and better
would have held the
elegarion together and Kansas
light have had place on the tick. u
hut both were lacking.
The race is not always to the -
wifi. General Wood campaigned uI'
Dr. year in AZ states and spent :,
early two million dollars; Coy. ~
.owdcn spent half million-some :"
( which fell among Missouri cut Y
hroat politicians and probably -
auscd his defeat; Johnson cam
align from Maine to Oregon and pa
pent $2O0.00 Hoover spent I'd
100000 or more. Yet none of 'e
lese won Harding did little =
campaigning aud probably spent u
-. 600 or Whereabouts and did not ~
ven get all his own states dele ~
ates until the alst ballot when II w
MS too lrte to do any good He -
lade only few speeches and MP
Friday night was SO sure he ~
1uld not win that he filed his pc ~
fion for denomination rs senator "
ON ohio. Verify old Samuel was !"
ght VIXEN he said: "As his part Is va
lat goeth down to the battle 80 a.
lall his part be ,hIt tarrieth by the -
M" =
Kansas did not score heavily at M
e convention. Its national com
itteeman had gone over TO Wood "
hich hampered the state with
her candidates. The delegation
ID the governor did not work to-
thor tremendously. Kansas lack
team work and was not equal to III
e veteran politicians of the east nj
1t II had a good time and the Wis n
,rs came home satisfied that a iii
ighty good ticket was named, one Ill
at. Ill things considered, will be III
- ,,,faet t,n.sthlo IN nla.f Ruf iii