The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-11
Johnson's Standing In
Race Unknown Status

teeman, The first name called was
Henry Lincoln Johnson, and Henry Lin
coin Johnson voted for Henry Lincoln
johnson to the amusement of the audi
ence. Twelve of, his other henchmen,
negroes and white, did the same thing.
Three voted for another candidate and
two were recorded as not voting. Then
Senator Lodge announced the result
and asked if it was the will of the
convention that Henry Loncoln John,
son be seated as national committee
man from Georgia. The delegates made
the rafters shake with noes. The con-
venton repudiated him as clearly as
man ever was repudiated. But Sen
ator Lodge remembered that it cost
Gov. Lowden $4,000 to get Henry and
his delegation, and declared the motion
put, which was defeated, out of order,
and that Henry Lincoln johnson. whom
Gov. Lowden could have bought so
years ago for half what he paid for
him this year, was the duly accepted
member of the national committee from
the sovereign state of Georgia.
1t was 554 when Senator Jim Wat
son appeared with the platform and a
voice that could make it heard. He be-
gan by denouncing the Democratic
party for being unprepared for war
and unprepared for peace and grad
attitude. He criticized The Democratic
administration for the high cost of liv-
ing, and Norman Mack. the Democratic
leader from Buffalo, who sat just in
front of me, turned and remarked;
THAT is quite an innovation. Usually
it criticizes the Democratic party for
the empty dinner pail.
The editor of a Wichita paper sitting
beside me, kept up with the reading by
following the draft prepared by the
subcommittee. In one place the, sub
committee said I'VE urge Republican
governors whose states have not yet
acted upon the suffrage appointment to
cali special sessions for this purpose
of ratifying the amendment The re-
port was changed to say: I'VE hope
Republican governors, etc. Quite a
difference. It did remind the people
that 20 of the 35 states ratifying the
amendment were controlled by Repub
lican legislatures.
THE farmer is the backbone Of the
nation was the beginning Of the us
ual line of bunk as sop to the farm
ers But there was no equivocation
on the labor question. The platform
pledged the Republican party with re-
gard to strikes. ito reduce their fre-
quency and limit their consequences,
adding that no right exists to strike
against the government
Is Johnson Plank.
Hiram Johnson wrote the immigration
plank to favor immigrants whose
standards are similar to ours.
The American plank is a masterpiece
IT Is an epic. 1t demands that all
aliens shall register annually until they
become naturalized and that no per-
son may become "A citizen VINO doe :
not also become an American. 1t was
a fine thing to declare for a free press
and free speech and to add that mo
man may advocate the violent over
throw of the government"
Conservation said the platform.
lis a Republican policy or perhaps
it said conversation. It would have
been more in keeping with platform
an hour and forty minutes long,
In the place of a bonus the Repub-
lican party gives the soldiers "our
grateful thanks"
A member of the committee from
Wisconsin proposed minority report
signed" Senator Lodge announced, by
himself" II 1t had not been SO radical
one might have thought it was the
platform Debs is running on, For 30
minutes he read his report, holding
$4,000 persons against their will and
then did not get a second to his mo-
ton to substitute. A negro delegate
offered an amendment to place the gov
ernment in charge of elections, and
Senator sherman made the point that
it was out OF order and Senator Lodge
so ruled.
The convention adjourned and Nor
man Mack went to the Blackstone to
see McAdoo.