Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-06-16
CONYENTION DRIVES AND AMENITTEs.

+ CONfENTION DRIVES AND AMENITIES.
Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University
who roomed candidate for republican nomination
for president Chicago the chief the convention
to prevent the sale of presidential nominations auction
the highest bidder and to accomplish this worthy ambition he
patriotically sacrificed his candidacy.
motley group Of stock gamblers oil and mining munior
AHsrean political life seized on 50 good man as General
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stopping the Hndenurg drive Overem the convention by of
General Wood scarcely be called innocent victim for
he satin at the meetings whereby his campaign financed
and fully eognzant of his slsh fund support He indg
nan denies that his hackers motley group and declares
his angel pure the soap he makes 99 and 400 per
pure and his supporters contributors to noble cause He de-
Dr. Butler ar coward and aker and implies that
is also snob kowowing to political bosses for future
General Woods retort courteous is in part, follows:
extraordinary high
known hushOu the length breadth Of the land for his
They ypify group Of progressive Americans The them
exercised determining
influence "a al ns convention and possibly to explain his own political weak
legged public service which intended rendered to
faker and to denounce a lie"
Passing up these pleasing amenities between the vanuuish
ed which important only they engten the people
the TRUTH let return the subject of convention drives If
Woods effort Hndenburg drive to buy the nomination.
Lowden might be called Ludendo smash for the object
i've Lowden spent half million of his money of which
went to buy delegates outright However unprofes
sona these efforts Pullman Palace Car coin looked
respectable to Dr. Butler than soap and oil money At any
the Lowden slush fund did not from motley group all
from the candidate himself hence Dr. Butler had no con-
centcus objections helping along the sale of the nomination
and threw his support to Lowdenmt his delegates deserted
to another standard
However the real drive the smash that brought
home the bacon before which the Hndenburg drive of Wood and
the Ludendof smash of Lowden rumped defeat that
organized by Big Business and capaned by the Old Guard with
grand headquarters at the Blackstone hotel from which invisible
hands pulled the wires that delivered the goods here
that the platform built here that Penrose orders
honed here the candidate picked and here the strategy
Big Business to the convention primarily defeat
Hiram Johnson and that nothing radical crep plat
form and that safe and sane candidates chosen 1t was
represented in the following persons
Elbert H of he tied Corporation
Herbert Pratt Of the Standard Oil
Henry p Dawson and Thomas w. o ]
II. Allen Co, big Bostonb bankers
w AteIbury vice president of the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad
L. Repoge Frank vandeip
interests
Daniel G. Reid known as the "Tfn Plate King"
Charles 20
This group represented wealth enough the total
man debt Beside them Woods motley mionares
crowd of pkers and Lowden tipped Pullman porter In
slant conference with them Senators Murray
Watson Smoo Wadsworth Weeks Boss Barnes and others of
the Organization Johnson quietly eliminated and pocketed
the platform Wood and Lowden rejected because of sush
fund scandal utilized to kill each other off, and Harding
nominated by the sul strategy of the combination sa
factory to the conservative business interests of the country
sus fund of $7000000 to elect Harding start
er-with more coming if needed
Dr. Butler justly shocked the idea of the getrcquic
mionare bung into the preserves of Wall Street. and right
amateuh attempts to play the game of big money kings His
heroic sacc to preserve the sancy of the party
yahe would rather the G. o. pure and undeled
than be president He fairly earned the doubeross the con-
verton bestowed upon him for distinguished service But why
kick the noble dead?