The Raymer enterprise., 1920-06-24
No Startling Features In After
math Of the Republican
Convention.
BUTLER INCIDENT SURPRISES
National Interest Soon to Center In
San FraneIsco-Lsading candI-
dates and Their Strength
1clshevism In crisis-
League Of Nations
Weakening.
BY Z. r. cLlpsoN.

TIE aftermath Of the Republican ma.
tional convention has been somewhat
routine as aftermaths Of that sort 20.
The usual congratulations have been
extended to the winners with evidences
Of good sportsmanshlp and pledges Of
party fealty on the part Of the near
winners. lnasmuch as victory fell TO
the right or conservative wing OF the
party some digruntlement was to be
expected from the left or progressive
wing. but so far, this has not been
manifested to an unusual degree. Pro.
gresslve candidates and leaders promi-
nent in the convention. have with a
few exceptions. maintained silence. and
the assumption is thai they are In Sc
clusion, receiving first aid treatment
for their wounds. Talk Of a bolt Is not
nearly so voluminous as It was follow.
ing the convention of 1915. and Is not
receiving serious consideration. This
II not merely opinion. but a fact CLEAN.
Cd from the news Of the day. Several
eminent Progressives. notably Senator
Kenyon Of Iowa and Senator Lenroot
Of Wisconsin. climbed into the band
wagon within "a hours after the con.
vention.
Az rule losers are treated sympa-
thetically and charitably. but this nght
has developed the unusual spectacle
Of one Of the minor contenders venting
his spleen upon the campaign and sup
porters Of one Of the big figures among
the defeated. Nicholas Murray But
Ter, head Of Columbia university. who
evidently assumed that because the
New York delegation supported him in
the convention he was the boss Of that
state, has attacked the forces of Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood a. boodlers and
stock gamblers who attempted to buy
the presidency. He refrains from any
attack on General Wood personally
and indeed adopts a patronizing atti-
tude toward that gentleman. General
Wood and his principal campaign con.
tributor. Col. william Cooper Proctor.
q man not associated In the public
mind with stock gamblers. but rather
a. an afiiuent and somewhat prosaic
manufacturer Of soap that floats,
haze come back characteristically and
n .1olIcally. The burden of their re-
'iv IL to the effect that Mr.. Butler Is
a fakir who would not be able to rec
ognize the truth II he had 1t under a
magnIfying glass. In the use of force.
full and soaring words II must be Ac-
knowledged that they have the better
of the argument. The incident Is the
only dlscordant note that has so far
developed In the band wagon and the
only thing out OF the ordinary in con-
vention aftermaths. The bulk Of opin-
ion as expressed In dispatches and edI-
torials Ia that college presidents may
be men of much book "larnin'" and
high ideals, but frequently very short
on political wisdom.
Palpitant national interest now
shifts to the Democratic conclave at
San Francisco. All indications are
that while there will be less external
heat than at Chicago. internal forces.
fires and ambitions will provide quite
as much combustion. Among those
reasonably certain to be placed In
nomination are william G. McAdoo Of
New York. James N. Cox. governor of
Ohio; A. Mitchell Palmer. attorney
general Of the United States. Pennsyl-
vania; Robert L. Owen. senator from
Oklahoma: Edward !. Edwards gov
ernor Of New Jersey; Gilbert NJ. Hitch
cock, senator from Nebraska; Hoke
Smith. senator from Georgia. and
John w. Davis. Virginia, ambassa-
dor to Great Britain. Vice President