The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-06-21
REPUBLICAN CANDITA TIE
Who Nominated Him and What For?
ART rgcLE H..
by CHARLES ERsKtNE SCOTT WOOD.


at this writing the republican convention has nominated
Harding of Ohio as its candidate for pres;-
dent He has spoken and voted steadily against
frage, which shows that political equality
dear to him. He has steadily spoken against rohib-
ton which shows (perhaps) that personal liberty
him. These may reconced by the fact that
the particular Rg Business controlling politics state
is the liquor business, the distiIIers and brewers
perfectly evident that the convention and
lot Of cranks their jaws loose from the old
not yetor Dsurb the sacred rights property-or
stroy existing conditions Charles Of England, Louis Xv
Of France and the late Nicnoia of strong
disturbing the sacred rights Of property.
They lost their heads but the Old Guard privilege not
lost its head-not yet.
The Old Guard dies but it surrenders its time has
yet die, far requires the complete edu-
cation OF the American people.
1t is country, still full good pickngs and
people mostly ignorant The convention Of
is easier to dethrone monarch than system. Especially
system that furnishes its morphine. Every school child
learns that this free country where everyone equa op
portuniy ree and equal to all John
was once clerk 1t does not teach that he would still
be only in comfortable circumstances today the railroads
not been private property from which he could secretly
bates against his competitors and oil
secured in perpetty private property paper
owned as owns his eyebaIls.
great Swiss pubIcist told this story:
lake in the Word-it full Of minnows and few great
shark-ke pike The pike devoured the mnnows.
carried their COURT the Judge pike.
found that the pixies did in fact the mnnows but also found
that they had legal right do Then he showed that
year three mnnows could become pkes-and mnnow,s
off happy lake Of equal opportunity
The convention full of minnows the pike outside
Word from the bedside of of them, Senator Boies
Penrose Of Pennsylvania that the nomination of Hard
ing "wouId not be dagreeabIe to him. 1t boosted Hardngs
stock Immediately The little school of innows scooped
from all the other minnows Of the United States, ticked
TO death that they had Senator Penroses permission
nate his stand-pat friend, Senator Harding.
Who is Boies Penrose? Political boss Of Pennsylvania and
of the "OId uard of privilege and putocracy u
ator from Pennsylvania the land coal oil
strikes.
Was the convention reactionary convention? Was it?
After the exposure Of "Nood sush fund nearing the
million mark las sarter) and Lowden purchase Of
delegates that the Praeorian Guard Of Rome in the comedy
class With their sale of the Roman empire patry little
total of two million dollars modern deprecated currency that
convention batted eyed but faithfully and shame
essiy held to their darIngsood and Lowden-as though
they Godva and noby unseis Joan oa
Arc.
But what do the care? Wood, Lowden Harding
It's all one so long he OF them. Whats
president by who respects the sacred rights of stolen
property will smell as sweet to privilege.
Senator William Borah Of Idaho enough to say
he'd take good clean man, but he'd lead fight aga;ns
either Wood Lowde who had dsgaced the republican par
y and American traditions by seeking purchase the nominal
ton And he despsed and hated in the convention
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