The Arizona copper camp., 1920-01-03

an ardent Republican who has the
best interests of his party at heart,
offers cash prizes aggregating $4,000
for the best platform suggestions by
young Republicans in the country
His offer has been formally accept
ed by Chairman Will H. Hays of the
national committee, and the contest
will open at once and close March 81,
1920.
A first prize of $4,000 will be given
for the best manuscript received; 3d.
900 for the second best, and $1,000
for the third.
Manuscripts are limited to 5000
words and must be addressed to
Walker Blaine Beale Contest, Division
of Young Voters, Republican National
Committee, 929 Woodward Building.
Washington, D. c. Four typewriter
copies must be submitted, one only of
the numEer being signed.
Under date of November 20, 1919,
Mr.. Beale, in letter to Chairman
Hays, quoted William Roscoe Thay-
er's description of national conven-
tion, with its scenes of turmoil and
strife, as given in his life of Roose-
welt. On this chapter Mr. Thayer
said:
: ..'g-'"A spectator from Mars might have
K remarked, but for so important bus
mess as the choice of candidate
who may become president of the
United States you ought to have
quiet, deliberation, freeplay, not for
those who can shout the loudest but
for those who can speak the wisest.'
"And to this remark the bowling,
| whirling dervishes who attended the
convention might have responded, if
they waited long enough to hear it
through, by yelling, Hail, Hail! the
gangs all here and would have dart
ed off to catch up with their fellow
bacchanals," etc.
Commenting upon this depletion of
q national convention, Mr.. Beale, in
his letter esia
IF ttese copdt ions were strange
for rae no-Iatia1 Of ? president,
4 49, aage Tor work
the princi-
q political plat
pfm would surely
~ lcre c-ea ASS Il thought out IN
Dta1es e.E0 scldIes OF the schol-
&rs cf the country than ii the turmoil
and noise of political convention;
it would have more consistency if
made away from its jarring elements;
s-4t would have fewer evasions antheams
biguities if not made under the pres
sure of its clashing interests, and the
great organic truths of sociology AMI
economics for the guidance OF party
could be more profoundly considered
and more effectively expressed.
There never has been time when
the two great parties have differed SO
4 fundamentally in principle as now,
differences that go to the very foun-
dation of society; never a time when
so many brands of quack medicine
have Eeen SO energetically hawked
about as cures for the distempers of
9the state, and therefore never time
when an honest platform and straight
thinking, holding out no false hopes
and promising no short cuts to the
yfnillennium, is more important than
now
For these reasons, Mr.. Beale sub
scribed $4,000 to the Republican ma
tional committee to be offered in
prizes as here outlined. The only
stipulation that he made was that the
committee assume the responsibility
of furnishing the machinery and ex-
pense required for reading the manu-
scripts submitted. "Of course" he
added, sit is not my idea that such a
platform would necessarily be adopt
Az the national convention, but the
eative effect on the people at
1argG\might have beneficial indirect
result; and may aid you in your we'll
directed efforts to interest young peo-
pie in politics"
Mr. Beale's original proposal con-
templated opening the competition to
graduates of Harvard, Yale, Princeton,
Columbia, Johns Hopkins, Michigan,
Wisconsin,, California, University of
pVirginia, University of Kansas, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, and Univer-
sity of Texas, Eut he waived this lin
itation upon the suggestion of Chair
man Hays that more good would re-
suit by opening the competition to all
young men and women % years OF
age or under
Chairman Hays formally accepted
Mr.. Beale's offer in the following let
ter: