The Washington times., 1920-06-30

Permanent Chairman Robinson gave
in his own language, which Is al
ways well chosen, a review OF tne
party's splendid economic record, fol-
lowing much the line Of Chairman
Cummings speech. His remarks
about the Senate elected one of the
most enthusiastic Of the outbursts OF
applause. He disappointed the drys
By not making my references to the
subject. OF prohibition, a matter the
more surprising bccnVse he comes
from q bsne-dry stnten represents
q conS.S.pency that hk grown more
and ne nrm In it's opposition to
intoxic~ats. tr.tf .,.r --
The session was entirely formal be-
yond the delivery of the,speech, there
being no volunteer Or calied-out
speeches.
The second day is usually employed
as a sort Of gala day; prominent Dem
ocrats are called out to stir enthusi-
asm by recital of the glorious deeds
OF the party and by propiIesies as to
what we are going 20 do to the
enemy. There fs no time in a. poll
tician's life when victory and the Of
Secs TINT come with 1t loom larger
than they do on the second day of q
convention.
SHORT SESSION NOT FAIR.
The set speeches being couched in
language more or less cautious, the
audience has to rely upon the /ex-
temporaneous speakers to wave the
flag and pull the tail feathers out of
the eagle with real abandon. Too
bad that such a splendid opportunity
was wasted, for 1t must be remem-
bered that those present have been
fghting for tickets, for weeks. They
have been writing to everybody they
knew that had a push or a pull. The
convention gives the man with influ-
ence a great opportunity to demon
strate to his friends how near he is
to the throne. 1t isn't fair for a con-
vention to have short session on
the second day with as many
rhetorical flowers blooming in the
prepared speeches that are ready de-
livered extemporaneously.
While the convention was proceed
ing in the auditorium the resolutions
committee was affording quite a
promiscuous group of petitioners an
opportunity to lay before the commit
tee in open session the subject on
their hearts.
Samuel Gompers, the veteran presi-
dent OF the American Federation Of
Labor, presented the claims OF thes
for whom he has SO long spoken.
He spoke earnestly ns he always does
and made n very fnvorbIe Impression
en- the mmittee. He will have
more reason 90 rejoice here than he
had in Chicago.
CAN'T IGNORE PROHIBITION.
Prohibition wns the second subject
taken up md no ono who WINS pres
ent will he beguiled any longer by
those who have been predicting that
the subject will be ignored. IL WINS
very apparent from the Arst moment
that this IL the question upon which
there IL most feeling.
had the honor of apportioning the
time among those who spoke in favor
of dry planks and was satisfied with
the showing made. Bishop Canon of
the Methodist Church, South. a typical
virginia Democrat, dwelt on the
party's part in this great moral vic-
tory and appealed to the committee
to crafty those who had made this
long and successful fight by an as
surance that there would be no re-
turn to alcoholic drinks Mr.. Hall
spoke for the Presbyterisns and other
church boards.
Mr.. Silsby presened an appeal from
he bone dry organization and Mr..
Needham presented formidable
package OF petitions from the Pro-
hlbition party. Mrs. Yost, the ma
tionai legislative representative OF
the women's Christian Temperance
Union, spoke earnestly for nearly one