El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-19

AS II may-Cn the prOulplLlOn OF
/ League Of Nations questions.
Mr.. Bryan and most OF the Demo-
/ cratic leaders claim to be pleased at
the nomination Of Harding, but they
are not, OF course. They expected
Wood or Johnson or Lowden and they
are sorry one OF these men, already
tainted with scandal. was not put up.
Democrats Fear Harding.
They are afraid Of Harding They
are going 10 charge him with being
a reactionary and show that he was
against Roosevelt in $3.50 were a
lot Of other good people-and make
it appear that Harding is q creature
Of 'the interests"
Mr.. Bryan will take this ground at
San Francisco and attempt to force
the convention into nominating
radical OF some sort In such an
event, the Democratic nominee may
be a darker horse than the Repubn-
can choice proved to be- Neither Cox
nor McAdoo can be said 70 be radical,
and Cox is wet" and McAdoo is re-
puted TO be tainted in the same
manner as Wood and Lowden were.
It is plain that II Bryan can con-
troll, neither Of these men-accepted
generally today as the leading candt-
dates-Wil get the nomination But
san Francisco may treat Bryan as
Chicago treated Johnson 1t may &C
vent a bolt or a schism in the party
and then nominate whom 1t pleases
when the time comes.
where johnson Failed
Johnson and his aggregation OF
circus agents thought II they got a
Johnson dictated platform, the con-
Tention would have to nominate
Johnson, but the Republican conven-
ton showed them otherwise. There
were a lot Of good Republicans will
ing to stand on the platform and as
capable OF standing on II as the Cali
fornian. 1t may be the same at san
Francisco The Democrats may let
Mr.. Bryan do a lot Of carpentering on
the platform, but they may then and
there draw the line and refuse TO
allow him 70 say who shall stand
upon 1t.
Mr.. Bryan comes right along and /
says the same thing these dispatches /
said yesterday about the Socialist /
party. He says It is going TO get /
the biggest vote in its history this i
year, and that It will be from the
men who are dissatisfied with the /
failure Of the two other parties to 4
axe a stand definite enough on GER
ain subjects. Mr. Bryan IS going TO 1
make the Democrats be more def
lite on labor, liquor and a few other
nat ne can But his dry" plank is
lot going to keep many OF the Social
SITS away from Debs, for Socialists
believe In a general distribution Of
wealth and liquor is considered
wealth these days and Socialists like
heir liquor strong and plentiful so
70 dry planks are going to bait |
hem into voting for eItner or any
larty- II Is not a longer drouth the
SOCIALISTS want II Is a new wet spell
4 guaranteed permanent duration.
Just about the only thing certain
bout the San Francisco convention,
little more than a week off now, !
s that It is going to be held. 1t Is
.lso certain that Bryan, like HIP
ohnson at Chicago. IS going to have
rs say or bust up" things geEsralIy.
ut he is not going TO make the
SHINE showing that Johnson made
4 himself for Bryan Is no fool even
( he does act foolish. And Bryan
s serious and earnest while Johnson
s just plain demagog. But Bryan
s going to be a power.
The @sIck NAM Again.
There viii be another sick man"
{ the other end OF the wire" lust
8 there was at Chicago. only in the
ase at San Francisco. the world viii
Witness the spectacle OF a man about
D lay down the scepter trying to
ictate who shall take II up. while in
.hicago the wire from poor old Boies
'eurose was used by a broken old
IAN trying to keep his party from
GLOWING off the false god OF the
olitical buccaneer from California.
Renrose was not trying TO dictate
he nominee so much as he was try
lg TO keep the party lined up along
ans lines OF thought.
Mr.. Wilson viii use the leased wire
o tell EN- who to put up for the lob
70 must give up as a failure.
If Il wasn't easier to swear, eTJncIe