The Washington times., 1920-06-12
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE,
Internatiosai News Service.

y Tney Will Try 10 put Lowueh oNef'
! OF course. Apparently we shall see
! a night, for Borahs "same conse-
! quences" mean night. Borah means
! night. whenever he means anything.
. That's his way. He'll give you a
speech when he starts.
Lowden's name has been pro-
nounced, LowdeR banners are parad'
Ing up and down, spotiights have been
\ turned on the Lowden box. Lowden
! himself is not here. OF course. but his
family is and II Is held In great
esteem in this State.
Crowds of men in the parade with
banners are shouting 1--WE want
Lowden." This cry is being organized
/ on a basis that ought to last for half
an hour at least.
This time the New York State dele
cation IL standing. Perhaps because
Il wants Lowden, perhaps because II
wants to see. They have brought In
/ big banners thirty feet long. each car
ried by two men, and some gigantic
I oil paintings of Lowden on loose can
: vas, showing Lowden with a very
fierce expression.
This will last a long ime.
Rodenburg Begins Speech.
Mr.. Rodenberg is beginning his
speech to nominate Lowden.
Mr.. Rodenberg says that three score
years ago. when there was trouble
in the air and Government of the
people, ETC., was shaky. the people
had to come to Illinois and get Lin
coin. He thinks times are pretty
shaky again and he says the people
had better come back to Illinois and
get another man whose name begins
with "L"-Frank o. Lowden.
There are some delegates that don't
agree with him. for instance, Borah.
| has just informed Frank MMunsey's
correspondent. E. c. Hill; that the
I liberals have notified A. T. Hert, Low
den leader and national committee
men from Kentucky, THAT any at
tempt to put Lowden over will mean
the same consequences as further in
sistence on treaty and league ratifi-
cation"
This writer. going out to look for
news among the delegates. asked
Joseph Polcer. editor and owner Of
the Omaha News. to kindly keep
track of affairs for few minutes.
Gallery Cheers Lowden.
But nothing happened, except forty
1 minutes Of Lowden demonstration.
Beveridge, understanding Lodge, had
some trouble to stop the noise.
Lowden should be grateful. and un-
doubtedly is, for the reception his
fellow-citizens in the gallery give to
him.
Mr.. Pickett, of Iowa, seconds the
nomination Of Lowden. He makes q
, good speech. with plenty Of fire.S
Mrs. Fletcher Dobyns seconds the
Lowden omination. Lady seconders
are evidently to be the fashion. Mrs.
Dobyns knows the value of brevity.
Her speech lasts two minutes.
Governor Morrow, Of Kentucky.
took the remaining three minutes
from Mrs. Dobyn's five-minute allow
ance.
wheeler "starts Something"
Wheeler, Of California, is putting
Hiram johnson in nomination. 1t does
not take Wheeler long to start ;ome-
thing. The crowd hears his words.
Legitimate funds for campaign
needs" and that starts the crowd.
The delegates are laughing, but the
Lowden crowds in the gallery. angry
at what might be considered as a
blow at Lowden as well as WOOD.
,growl their disapproval. There are
some subjects too delicate to be men
toned in this room. Wheeler enjoys
It, and laughs at the delegates.
The crowd indignant. undertakes to
prevent Wheeler from continuing his
speech, booing and Kissing Bev-
<ridge comes out to rescue Wheeler
from hostility, but he need not.
Wheeler, of California is not in the
least disturbed. 1t is hardly neces-
sary that he should be disturbed, for
1t is not his candidate that ate the
ivory soap.
wheeler must do his fighting for
himself. for he will not get much
help from the gallery crowd, evidently
for Lowden, or from the delegates
that will only take Johnson II they
fnd that they must In order to keep
johnson from repeating the incident
Ct 1912 Then another Republican
convention and the same old Repub-
lican party were thrown into the
waste basket by Theodore Roosevelt,
whose sister this convention so loudly
appiauds today.
with some kind of men you can
deal satisfactorily only after you have
given them the thrashing that they
need Such men are numerous among
these delegates. They love and ad-
n1fre Roosevelt because he despised
them and beat them. They may live
ts admire johnson for tho same
reason
Answer. "RadicaI- Charge
wheeler is answering the charge
mat johnson is "a red RADICAL That
II hardly necessary, considering that
an substantial business men and all
hard working laboring men in Cali
fornia testify that Johpson is a
builder and that the only radical
thing about him is the fact that he
believes laws are made for big men
"a well as little men
Senator Murphy, of Troy, N. Y. a
wise politician, used to say: young
man. never waste time replying to
anything. You'll need all your time
for attacking II you are to succe b"
That was good advice.
What johnson needs in this conven-
zion Ia somebody to get up and say,
no matter how much the galleries
may hiss, There are two candidates
before this house. One Is soap IN
various forms and the other is Hiram
johnson. You must be for soap or for
johnson. and I warn you that while
you may nominate soap, you can't
elect IT,"
uowsvey this is a Rrnpblicsn con-