Evening journal., 1920-07-01
WOULD TIE
CAM ON BRYAN
But It'll Be Some Job of
Tying. Opines
Gardner
COMMONER HAS
GREAT FOLLOWING
RY Gibson GARDNER.

SAN FRANCISCO. July i-rhls con-
vention is going to tie a can to Bryan
and send him down the road"
The speaker was promoter OF The
Edwards boom. but what he said
might have been heard at almost any
OF the headquarters those OF Cox,
Palmer or McAdO0. He went on.
There are sOven hundred and ten
delegates in this convention who are
wet. There has been o lot OF ialk OF
bryan having a veto power on the
convention on account OF the two
thirds rule. He won't veto this con-
Mention. The party and the country
are tired of Bryan's dictation. Every
time he has led the party 10 has been
10 defeat For twenty years now he
has been an old man OF the sea on our
hack. Now we are going TO do the
same thing 10 Bryan that the henlln-
leans did 10 Hiram Johnson at chi
cRgo. You watch
Everybody. OF course, will watch,
and I predict they VIII see a merry
scrap This idea OF bclling the cat
has been suggested at livery conven-
tlon since that OF the Gross OF Cold
and Grown of Thorns.' But when y
comes TO actually attaching the bell
TO pussy's neck the bold talking
mouse has disappeared.
Once ihc.c was very eminent man
who wrote that he would presently
knock Bryan into a cooked hat but
dc lived 10 see The day when he bad
TO anoloelze by tnanklng Bryan Tor
the presidential nomination. and IN
Viting him into his cabinet
II Is the old story Of the man win
a popular folio Wing and the crowd
with the political machine. bryan
has more popular Following tusn any
other ilNe men IN the convention.
He has campaiged The coualry IN
season and out on the lecture plal
form and on his own account. ne
has run his paper, the Commoner,
and kent In touch with the faithful
foliowing OF some hundred thousand
neople. lie is backed by the Anti
Saloon League and the church Nole
generally, lie Is credited pS ,mosi nss,i
people with sincerity and ls enuurseu
by most people because ne istahus
for middle class and decency..
When he dcnOunces maa IKE fu.
wards OF McAdOO he llLes up most
OF good people, agains. the oDlecls
OF his denunclatlons.
Almost every element OF disagree
ment In the convention eNce.t ths
wet and dry issue-the, bryan an1
4
ant. But this is irreconcNable ana
VIII be settled by ilsllt TO fo M
ish al least so Il now appears.
Will the Democrats furnish the nnei
state 10 endorse the Womans Sul-
frage amendments and VIII mat S1ete
Il beeins to look that way. Mrs.
Abby Scott Baker is here Tor Iie
Womans Party and sac says c.,,,,,,s
laI AfuNDN kllnTllnH IlUllIl 4
decision in the Ohio case we ilnd IL
annliee 10 Tennessee. "a removes we
= thsrrier In the local state consulu-
f,on fn The calling Of specia ses-
sion of lhe LEGISLATURE 10 raiiiN lpe
amrndment. The Legislature ls
frlendly TO Suffrage ana we are
working now TO get the governor 70
cali t." - .,s .r,,,.,d
50 helm put over the Edwards cand q
dacv Hs Is fun OF statistics showing
thai The advent Of drastic prohlDl-
tion has produccd a much worse
louor situation Than Deior.
's\foonshlning." s3ii he, mas come
down from the mountains and iour.
lshee in the open. The enforcement
ofilcer can make his years salary ~
one day by turning his back Ana
he does. ~,
The NpururS nave UlNlN ANAh "
different degrees Of hardness man
ever before. The government gets n,
revenue--the money goes TO corrupt
the enforcement Officers instead. Ih'
situation is vicious and almost alarm
ing"
The platform has arrived as I
proper In a well regulated conNen
iion. II Is an drawn. the Is dolles
and the is crossed have not seer
"A. but Charley Russell has and ~
saws it's a pretty good document. i'
felt its gums and says he found sew
eral small teeth for biting The mgr
cost OF living and pronleers.
THAT government governs bes
which governs leastN remarked m.
old friend Fred Lynch, National Com
mitteeman from Minnesota. who /
here boosting for palmer-Which D.
the gospel OF anarchy as preached b,
proudhon Sick 'em Mltchl