Americus times-recorder., 1920-06-29
BRYAN YET MAY
Be INEVITABLE
Chance of Victory Gives
Leaders Big Stage
Fright

SAN T$NANClSCO, June 29- N.
E. A. Special) AFTER all VIM. ].
Bryan may be the candidate of the
Democratic Convention. After Pal
L.er has been eliminated and the drys
have killed off Cox, the nomination
of Bryan may become inevitable.
Does Bryan want it? A few weeks
ago nobody wanted the Democratic
nomination. 1t was the ''yellow dog"
year of the Republicans. Any Repub-
lican could be elected and any Demo-
crat would be defeated. 1t was fated
and predestined.
What have been called the Dem
ocratic bosses were running around
trying to pin the nomination on
somebody-anybody, even Palmer
and all the regular fellers were climb
ing trees and running up alleys to
get away from it.
But that was before the Chicago
convention. When Harding's nomina-
ton was reported to Fred Lynch,
Democratic boss of Minnesota, he
burst into the familiar words OF the
twenty-third psalm: Thou hast
spread a table before me in the will
derness, yea, in the presence of mine
enemy-Thou anointest my head with
oil, NV cup runneth OVER" etc.
And when he heard that there We're
all the makings of third party in
! Chicago. with La Toilette as candi-
date. he concluded" Surely good
ness and mercy shall follow me all
the days of my life, and / shall dwell
in the House of the Lord forver."
In other words the Democrats feel
that they have got a real chance
Some of them feel that the chance Is
so good that the man nominated mere
is certain to be the next president.
And that's why the wildcats wild
All of a sudden nobody believes
! VIM. Gibbs McAdoo when he says ne
| is not a candidate. All of sudden
! Palmer begins to scramble for dele
oates. And all of sudden VIM. },
! BRYAN looms as an encore.
The Federal Trade Commission
and its activities have become i've
issue iii the West.
The Democratic platform will con
tain plank on this subject and an
effort will be made by the Western
interests to make the plank strong
one. Other efforts under cover will
be made by the packing and other
| special interests to prevent any sucf
| Endorsement.
At the Republican convention the
packing interests were represented by
Senator jim Watson of Indiana. Wat
son has made several attempts in the
Senate to discredit and undermine
the Federal Trade Commission; ano
/ II was no surprise that he should turn
nm as chairman of the resolutions
committee at Chicago and protect
the packers from attack in the u. v
P. platform.
Nor was it any cause of surprise
that Watson should be in close toucf
with "Tommy" Logan, the self-con'
fessed lobbyist at Washington of the
packing interests.
The Federal Trade Commission has
made Investigations and brought oul
facts about profiteers in general ano
the profits of the meat trust In par
tciular. Their figures have never
been successfully challenged, thougf
the packers have spent fortune II
| aTtGmDLlHR 10 uloSASQiN SASil
work Of the Commission has been ap
proved by members of Congress who
happen to be free from corporation
influence, regardless of party. 1t pro
vides the basis of the Kenyon-ken
drick bill for regulating the packers
activities and for starting co-opera
tive enterprises in this industry
There are many honest Republicans
as there are Democrats supporting
the work of the Federal Trade Com
mission.
AS the Commissions work has be
come better known it has won the
support of large numbers of people
| in the West. The cattle raisers lool
to the Commission to protect then
from extortions by the packers. The
wholesalers and jobbers rely on the
! Commission to keep the packers from
driving them out of business. The
League of Women's Voters, a non
partisan organization of voting WON
en-, have endorsed the Commission
and will be active at this convention
4o caa that IL petS clIonnrt