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New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
Mr.. Hoover's Mistake

Our neighbor The World. the orig
inal Hoover boomer, but for several
weeks showing little interest in its
favorite, allows the name of Mr..
Hoover to appear again in the head
line Of an editorial article.
But instead Of adulation and q
pledge to support Mr.. Hoover on any
or all tickets there is reproach. 1t
is said if he had not entered his
name in the Republican primary in
California and had held alocf from
all parties that the Chicago eonven-
ton would have hesitated a long
time before rejecting him.
Is it worth while for our neighbor
to keep up its farce longer? Is it
still unaware that its Hoover zeal
was commonly attributed to a parti-
san desire to make trouble for the
Republicans? The maneuver. was so
transparent that few regarded it
as Machiavellian. The reasoning was
too simple to be cunning. Its lucent
flow was that if the Republicans did
not nominate Mr.. Hoover perhaps his
friends could be melted to vote with
the Wilson party, and, on the other
hand if the Democrats did nominate
him, then harassed party might get
cut Of the hole in which it was
landed. "Either way works my
gain as one lago once remarked.
The World now speaks of the NOM
ination Of Mr.. Hoover at San Fran,
cisco as impossible. Why? Be
cause Mr.. Hoover has indicated that
he is not a Democrat. SO it should
not be difficult to understand what
prevented his nomination at Chicago.
He was not known Republican.
During critical weeks, while opinions
were crystaIlizing, he was paradcd as
a political trouble maker. Why was
the country's principal Democratic
newspaper advertising him? 1t was
uspected-unfairly, of course-tbat
Mr.. Hoover was in on the deal, His
candidacy was thus lanled at the
start
The notion of bludgeoning self
respecting political organization into
selecting a leader unagreeable to it
is too puerie for discussion. The
meekest of organizations would rise
up against any person saying to it:
"IIl look you over some day and see
If you are good enough. Perhaps III
join OF course, Mr.. Hoovers spe-
cial champion presented him as prac-
tically saying this.
Why was Mr.. Hoover SO long
about waking Up? Political green
ness seems the best explanation. He
did not Immediately realize he was
being used. When he did wake up
he promptly kicked the scheme in the
stomach, but it was too late.
Mr.. Hoover has cause to complain
Of those who sought to capitalize
him for their own ends and then
threw him aside, but scarcely those
"ho, believing in parties, as Yhe
World docs, and even as Mr.. Hoover
does, were in honest doubt as to his
position.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
Much To Be Thankful For

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t was with considerable dis
appointment that I read your leading
editorial Of this morning lamenting, as
it did, the choice of Senator Harding.
fNl been in complete sympathy with
your feeling toward General Wood and
believe that no better man could have
been nominated. We must, however,
give to the party our complete and
unqualified support, and to subject it
to criticism at this stage of the game
IS TO strengthen its enemies.
At least we have much to be thank
full for. Dangerous candidates have
been eliminated. The present candi-
date represents the people, from whom
he comes directly by his own making
ana through his own ability. and so
has at this time a peculiarly strong ap-
peal. lie eliminates the charge that
money bought his nomination. q
charge to which General Wood and
Lowden, whether rightly or wrongly.
were both open, and this assumes par
tioular Importance with the recent re-
pudiaton OF the Republican party by
labor.
Furthermore, we have a man whose
attitude on the league of nations and
all issues of Importance which have
come up during the last year. has been
essentially sane and patriotic; a strong
man who does not deal in gcneralities;
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
For a Real Primary

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I am one who believes that Sena-
tor Harding will make a great Presi-
dent, but who does not believe that he
represents the choice of the people
composing the Republican party.
As result Of your stand in the past
I believe it to be your duty to work for
a real preferential primary, in winch the
preferential vote OF the entire party
will limit the number Of candidates
from whom the convention may choose.
HARLAN A DEPEW.
Palmerton, Pa, June IA, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
The Convention and After
Continuation Of the Debate BY Our Reade-Re Who WIN a
Who Will Not Vote for Hardng-Pase and of the Tribune p

ali American from the word go, but
rot sentimental American. Ably sec
onded by Calvin Coolidge, there is no
reason why he should not carry the
party to success in November.
1t is incumbent on all of us. whether
We are in sympathy with this candi-
date or not, to stand by the party now,
whole-heartedly and determinedly, for
through it alone can the country be
saved from another Democratic admin
lstration and its attendant calamities.
NJ. W. L.
Cedarhurst. n. Y, June IA, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
A Socialist Challenge

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIT: notice that Henry tFoeh.e',
executive secretary Of the Soeia''"
party of Kings co7-asr. issues a ea'+
lenge 10 any man O. escan'za'ion u
investigate their work. read taair i''e',
aturo and to hnd one rhaa- IN Il '"''
Is Unconstitutional or aaAmemesn'
1t il not necessary 20 read a sag :.
line Of sociallstic literature to aee'i'
the challenge The fact thai tasH
standard bearer, Eugene Dess, oFens
proclaims him self a Boishcvis' an' :
ievolutionisi is eaIte enough 20 ''N !,
viet the party and utterly disgust ."
decent American citizens.
More power to Judge Benedict!
H. X. EBEN.
New York, June II, 1920. !
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
To the Editor of The Tribune

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I wish to express my appreciation
of your editorial on Leonard Wood in
this mornings paper 1t is one of the
finest | have ever seen in any publica-
ton. | also wish to say that your edi-
torial on "Everybody's Problem fits my
sentiments. and, imagine, the senti-
ments of most Wood supporters exactly.
Many Of US have felt bitter disap-
pointment that the Republican party
should fail to recognize the true great
ness of its natural leader, but even q
mediocre standard bearer backed by Re-
publican principles is preferable to a
continuation of the policies COR lack of
them that characterize the present Ad-
minist~ton.
Leonard Wood was, beyond a doubt,
the choice of the people Would it not
seem that there is something funda-
mentally wrong with our system of
choosing a Chief Executive that the
preference of those who are supposed
to govern should be so lightly re
garded? There are many who looked
forward to 1920 as the year of light,
the year when the false leader and his
prophets should be cast out and the
basic principles of democracy be vim
dicated. Everywhere there was a sem
timent that at last the national will
was coming into its own; that this year,
of all years, the politicians would not
dare disregard it. The disillusonment
has been severe
We accept the action of the convcn-
ton because it is the only way out of
our present misfortunes, but one cannot
but wonder whether there is any way
to make government by the people
reality. JAMES C. M'MULLIN.
New York, June ID, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
Richly Deserved

Nicholas Murray Butler richly de-
serves the castigation he has re-
ceived from General Wood.
Dr. Buffers statement that mot
ley group of stock gamblers and
others tried to buy nomination for
General Wood IS not only false in
fact but is an impudent insult to
our best citizenship-to that great
body of men and women who "saw"
the war and its supreme issues
while others were cold and who
furnished the moral force which led
the soldiers of the Republic, never
yielding an inch, to drive on from
Chateau Thierry to the Argonne.
Nearly a million in the states where
primaries were held voted for Gen
eral Wood. Think of insinuating
that this great multitude was
bought!
As for delegates from the states
where the Republican party is al
most non-existent, DR.. Butler we'll
knows that most were first for Gov
ernor Lowden and on the decisive
ballot for Senator Harding. That
the Republican nomination was
sought to be put up for bidding is
SANDER. In partisan recklessness
and possibility the Democratic
press seeks to create this impression,
but Dr.. Butler does himself no
credit in echoing it. The trail of
corruption led close to one candidate,
but even in this instance the weight
of evidence is that the illegitimate
expenditure was not authorized. The
nomination, for reasons it has indi-
Gated, did not please The Tribune,
but why falsify about it?
DR.. Butler contributed to the de-
feat of General Wood. He persisted
in his candidacy when it was plain
he was but a screen. We leave to
him the question of whether he did
It from vanity or whether he con-
sciously was in the scheme to use his
name for an ulterior purpose. What
ever the motive, there was the spec
tacle of university president beg
gsng and bleating for support for
ballot or two on the ground that he
should be saved from humiliation.
The Wood candidacy DR.. Butler is
i'll equipped to understand. Early in
the war his course was one his
friends seldom refer to and which it
is charitable to forget. In other
times he was the open and some
times the venomous opponent of
Theodore Roosevelt. In the lamen-
table convention of 1912, then
member Of the New York delegation,
ne was faithful follower of Mr..
Barnes and gained in newspaper cir
cies the sobriquet of Fido Butler. SO
ne did not deem it particularly to
the credit of General Wood that he
was the nations awakener and en-
listed in the purifying progressive
movement
1t is for Columbia and its friends
to say to what degree Dr.. Butler has
united himself to be the head of
great institution whose work colors
the thought and the future Of thou
sands Of young men and women.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
His First Democratic Tofe

10 the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t looks as if l shall have to
vote the Democratic ticket next No
vember for the first time in my lie.
1t IS all very well for you to say that
any Republican viii give US better
administration than any Democrat. and
have no praise to offer for the past
eight years, but that does not touch the
vital spot. That is exactly what the
men who voted on the last ballot at
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
Other States Children

1t IS difficult TO understand the
reasoning processes which induce 2
justice Of the Supreme Court to al
low a dangerously insane degener-
ate, who has been twice arrested for
attempting to attack little children
70 20 at liberty provided he was re
moved to another state.
Within the last calendar year the
rtan has been twice in Bellevue fo,,
attempted attacks upon little girls
TIE last a child of six years. The
physician in charge of the psvcho-
pathic ward Of Bellevue reported he
vas Of the class from which rip
pers' come, and unfit to be outside
of the constant watchfulness of an
Institution. The Commissioner Of
Public Welfare appeared through
Corporation Counsel Tarbox and
asked that this creature be commit
tfd ~ an institution where he could
he adequately guarded And even
ne jndge Is reported 10 have stated
that he mas clearly ncnace to the
little children of my community in
~aich be happeod b. be
Nevertheiess, a~aa assigned to
the custody III MS relatives on the
non official condition that he be-
takea out Of New York State and
ip~ another state--Oregon being
named. 1t would seem that the little
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
II Not, nv Not?

10 the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; If not this ytar-but whv r,.,
me National Roosevelt party
For President-Leonard Wood
For Nice-Prcsideat-,ir nor.,.
Robinson gay
HARRY HUBBARD cooree
Boston, Mass, June Is. ta.o
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

To tho Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir Dr. Butler by his uncalled for
and insulting attack on the supporters
OF General Wood, whom he classes as a
motley group of stock gamblers, oil
and mining promoters, munitions MAX
ers and other Ike persons, has made
the feeling of bitterness chat was
caused by the undcrhandod way in
which General Wood was defeated
much stronger than it was, if that were
possible. As am Independent Rcpubli.
can, cannot SEQ how | can vote for
a man whose nomination vas brought
about by politci4ns Of the type Of
Ponrosc and Wadsmorth, especially
when ] think Of tho way the wishes Of
the mass of Republicans were disre-
gardcd in the last three conventions.
| have the greatest ndmiration for
Governor Coolidge and would like to
vote for him lhis nomination wAs
above board), but cannot bring my
self to consider senator Harding. l
have nothing agalns. him as a man,
but | am against the way he was nom
mated q. r =
flainfcld, \. j., June -, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

Chicago expected all Republican.
say. The significant thing to N. %
voter is that this is supposed to :. - .
representative form of goverrm.
that the action at Chicago was ,a.
!utcly contrary TO the well know, s''
sire OF huge number of Republi,ss
and that the nominee there se,o.,.,
does not represent US. DISGUSrFn
East Orange, n j.. Juns Il ,oeo
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
Stapleton, n. y, June 10, 1920.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: ANY one to beat Wadsworth"
viii be the slogan of those Of us who
would rcpay in kind tho delegates ac-
ton al the CHICAGO Convention, 1t
would EN- nearly impossible to pierce
the hide-bound egotism of that section
of the New York delegation which de
foated General Wood, but at least we
can make the effort at the polls.
7. II. BADGER.
New York, June 10, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

1he Associated Press is exclusively entitled 70 tho
sse for republication Of all news dispatches credited
to II or not otherwise credited IN THIS paper. and
slso the local news Of spontaneous origin published
hsselu.
All rights OF republication OF all other matter
heyein also are reserved.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

You can purchase merchandise advertised In tn {
TRIBuNe with absolute safety--for IL dlssatsfac
tior eesuits in any case THE TRIBUNE guarantees
10 pay your none, back upon request. No red tape.
Ne auibtng. Wo make good promptly II the
Advertiser does not.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
Anti W adsuorlh
Readers Who Resent His Stand at


To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: ! am glad to know that am rot
the only one who is sore about the
turning down of General Wood by the
New York delegates. I received lot
ot comfort from your editorials OF
June II. ! lay tho defeat of General
Wood at the feet Of the New York del
cgates. never read or neard of any
such amount Of support for Lowdcn as
they displayed. What is the use Of
the voters indicating their preferences
II they are not to be respected? am
ready for change of metnods.
All through the recent drive by The
women to defeat Senator Wadsworth
l offered my disapproval and supported
him, but never again. Ida Z Gedney.
in to-day's Tribune, gives him credit
for being shrcwd politician. That
remains to be proved. viii be salts
fed if the November election proves
him to have been an ass.
STATEN ISLANDER.
CtaDinfpn n Y r,,o t0on
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
Butting In
tFro,n The Dc1rn,1 -.

rFrom The Dcroit free P,oSs)
Mr.. Caruso should be made to under
stand that being robbed of diamonds is
prerogative of sopranos with which
tenors should not interfere.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

children of Oregon--or any other
state-have as good right to pro-
lection as the children of New York.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
The Cost Of Tennis Balls. Etc.

W mere was your noodle when
That guy offered you a dozen
Tennis balls for merely men
Tionine something that had not
Despite rise in raw MATERIAL
Advanced in price?
Lock at coal. maybe that's not gone up.
Nor labor nor copper cable,
Nor many other things, except, perhaps
my salary.
And yet so accustomed is one to have it
that
One never appreciates how, delivered
right at
Tn" bedside or in the darkest closet
Electricity Is still
cts. the XIV.
md gas at SO cts per NJ.
Or twenty-mile ride on the sub
way tor nickel when everybody
Knows that the stuff whereof it's made
i higher. Then where does the tennis ball
Come off. or rather its cover, few punv
Inches of cloth, at an advance of thirty
five cts?
When You get the dozen you may
Send me SIX. T. HEn.
1t IS probably fact that more news
paper readers have spent, and will
spend, more time over the Elwell case
than they spent over the keynote
speech, the convention, the platform.
and the details of the nomination.
IRIS proves, if anything, that mur-
Ger case is not only more interesting
than politics, but also more interest
ingly written.
Also, the newspaper reader, be he
never so dull. feels he has chance TO
solve murder mystery; while the
newspaper reader, be he never so pro-
I"und and perspicacious, feels he has
no chance to solve the mystery of
politics.
There is something in the old story
OF Arh'.'es,7 writes Franklin X. Lane
in the June National Geographic.
on reach down and touch the soil
and You get strength from it," "Un-
less, comments Heloise. "lke Anteua,
you have vulnerable heel"
One who has Just returned from a
class reunion observes that the effect
Of the 18th Amendment on reunions is
that re-uner tries to do sober what
ne d try not to do drunk.
Commercial candor please do not
compare us with other fake sales"
Our lack Of reverence for detectives
IS shared, apparently, by the World,
winch says, "No rumor is deemed too
trivial to be ignored by the detectives
VINO are working on the mystery
! wouldn't take the Democrats
nomination on a silver platter" says
Mr. Thomas Il. Marshall.
Doesn't he mean silver platform :?
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

lFrom tho London Daily MALL
The campaign in the New York Times
on behalf of Mr.. Davis, the Ambassador in
London. as Democratic candidate for the
presidency has added fresh interest to Wall
Street betting. Bookmakers yesterday gave
odds of 5 to l against Mr. Davis's prospect
In the Interstate Mixtmet COMPETE
tion Agricola Strong enters Mr.. Ray
mond NJ. Weaver, who, in the June
"Bookman" (p. 454), says: every crop
of new verses brings to bed litter
of this stamp, some of passing inter
est, others doomed to face in silence
their own intrinsic merits"
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

Mr.. Dwight T. Norton submits-and
cites figures that the cost of tele-
phone calls in New York is one thing
that has been reduced since 1914,
which is true. But Mr.. Norton makes
no mention of the subscribers time,
which is worth more than it was in
1914
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
THURSDAY. JUNE II. 1920.

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luc.. New York Corporation Ogden Reid. presi-
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Reid. Secretary. r. f. Marneld. Treasurer. Ad-
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York. Telephone Beekinan 5000
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
In the Henry Case

Every citizen who has the welfare
of New York at heart will see in the
Henry case matter for grave con-
Germ 1t is bad enough to have an
inspector of the police force convict
cd of perjury. The example Of such
conduct in a superior official is de-
moralizing, however sharp the warn
ing of the present sentence.
But there are in addition the state
mcnts made by Colonel William
Rand, acting as Special Deputy At
torney General, in his address to the
court. In acquiescing in the jurys
plea for mercy Colonel Rand re-
marked that the crime had not been
committed for personal gain, but
rather out Of loyalty to his superb
ors.' When the false aflidavts were
originally made, he stated, their true
purpose was to act as reserve ann
munition against Assistant District
Attorney Smith. 1t was not until
they were given cut at the direction
of the Commissioner of Police and
the Commissioner of Accounts, Col
onel Rand remarked, that Inspector
Henry committed perjury. And he
concluded:
at should, in my Judgment, be re-
membered that, as a matter Of fact
if not of law, the Commissioner OF
Police, tho Commissioner Of Accounts
and the Mayor of New York are in
no small measure responsible for the
occasion which now calls for the
judgment of the court
Such words spoken by a special
attorney general of the state, dis
tinguished member Of the New York
bar, cannot fail to arrest the atten-
ton Of every one.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

"The Senator seemed in fine fettle,"
says the Washington Dispatch land
Kept up running fire of humorous
comments" Again the vagueness.
What was one Of the humorous COM
ments? A mans humorous comments
are moro indicative of his attitude
toward what is often called life than
his Observation-Disclosures views on the
League of Nations.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
The Coming ope1
Nuzzles and Kicks from Pegasus

"
Richard LIE GaNienne
shifted around his yard awhile
And cropped pungent weed or two,
That he, near-sightcd, missed
But mostly hurt my teeth on wires
That held each blade Of grass, just so.
If | had found more weeds,
Or he had seen me there
No, he was forever polishing
His bride buckles in the house
| smelled an honest barnyard breeze,
And leaped his close-clipped hedge,
Into a pleasant bed of thistles,
Grown as Nature wilcd.
Edgar Allan Pos
I'm a plain speaking beast,
And love to burt the thing | feel.
In words that squirt eet-bittcr juice
Inside the mouth.
1t may be in the gutter
That [ find the one that suits.
1t Jars the ear, as like as not.
He always knew where he was bound
Before he mounted
And he had map, and followed it
No matter how tossed my head
When airs off dew-wet hay
Came drifting down crossroad.
besides, he was too fond Of smelling
onions
Then, when tears would start
He'd catch them for his ink.
His saddlecloth was edged with lace.
One day [ broke into gallop,
Caught foot in it, and ripped it loose.
He got thread and needle cut
And then I bucked,
And snorting, buckcd him of.
tie fell among some rotting straps of
slcighbells
On a rubbish heap
And as | fed, forgotten,
lie played maddenIng tunes upon them,
on and on.
Il lie knew too much OF how to ride
To ride on me.
Yet | stayed with him
TIN | knew his tales by heart.
They had no rhymes.
JOHN GAY,
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

Free Advertising

(From Thc rhtladciphta pubhc Ledgci3
rate seems to be press ngonting for
Caruso lately.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

Wall Street Sharps Pick Cox and
Edwards A week ago Wall Street
sharps, at 6 to 5, picked Wood and
johnson. We prefer the o. f. ouja
board.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

Doesn't he mean = silver platform i?
r. P. A.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

We'll, old human ouija board Ir-
vim Cobb is reported to have said to
Sam Blythe in Chicago, "who will be
the nominee? ~ None Of your bust
ness" said Blythe. "And if didn't
know you pretty we'll and like you, I
wouldn't tell you even that"
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY mall. Including
GUARAN IH

Entered a: the Posoflcc 4: New York az Sccont
CIaSs Mall Matter
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

Our lack Of reverence for detectives
Is shared, apparently, by the World,
which says, "No rumor is deemed too
trivial to be ignored by the detectives
VINO are working on the mystery
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

Commercial candor: "Please do not
compare us with other fake sales"
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

New York, Jaae Is. 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

.'nd gas at SO cts. per NJ
Or twenty-mie ride on the sub
Way for a nickel when everybody
Knows that the stuff whereof it's made
Is higher. Then where does the tennis ball
Come OF. or rather its cover, a few puny
inches Of cloth, at an advance of thirty
five cts.
M,
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17
Butler, Penrose and Wadsworth

New York, June 10, 1920
New-York tribune., 1920-06-17

one who has Just returned from a
class reunion observes that the effect
Oh the ISth Amendment on reunions is
that re-uner tries to do sober what
ne d try not to do drunk.