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SAN FRANCISCO, June $.-The
League Of Nations covenant was
championed as the Monroe Doctrine
Of the World" by Homer Cummings,
Temporary chairman Of the Democrat
ic National convention, IN his Key
note address here today.
OF. the peace treatys defeat In lne
senate. he said: mo blacker crime
against civilization has ever solea
he pages Of our history"
He characterized the Repu6ncan
platform as ''reactionary and pro.
yincial." "Filled with premeditate1,
SANDERS and vague promises II WIN
be searched in vain for one consIac.
tive suggestion for the reformation
Of the conditions which It critcizes
and deplores," he continued. A..
"The oppressed peoples Of the
earth will look to 1t In vain. II CON
tains no message Of hope for lrelanoi
no word Of mercy for Armenia; sno
d conceals a sword for Mexico. u y
the Vofk Of men concerned more with
material things than with human
rights. Il contains no thought no pun,
pose which can give impulse Or tnrln
10 those who love liberty and nope
10 make the world safer and nap
pier place for the average man..
He declared that the peace time rec
ord OF the Democratic party r0m
March. 1918, to the outbreak OF the
World war has to its credit more ei,
fectiye, constructive and remenal
LEGISLATION than the Republican party
had placed upon the statute oooks IL
q generation"
Praising the administrations course
In the war he said: I've fought 9
great war, for q great cause and We
had a leadership that carried america
to greater heights Of honor and power
and glory than she has ever KNOWN
before In his entire history.
"Let no one misundersnnt Us.
These great affairs were carried lor::
ward under the stimulus Of American
patriotism, supported by the courage
an dsphit Of our people All this Is
freely and gladly acknowledged; eut
surely the time has come when, be.
cause Of the calculated criticism anu
premeditated calumnies Of the oppo-
sition, we are entitled to call atten-
Hon; to the fact that all Of these things
were accomplished under he leader.
ship Of q great Democrat and OF 9
great Democratic administration. Il
the Republican leaders are not able
TO rejouice with Us In this American
triumph they should have the grace
to remain silent, for Il does not he N
CONTINUED on Page Four)
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Governor Cox Expected to be the Plins
cipal Beneficiary From This
Change Of the Situation
many FAVOR|TE SONS TO Be VOTED FlR
Lack of Apparent Leadership for the McAdoo Movement
is Great Puzzle to the Delegates and Others
on the Ground at San Francisco.
By H. N. NcKEY
LSneciaL Dispatch % The West Nlginin,l

assumption that Coz VIII get enough
advantage from the division otfthei
Palmer delegates to balance the dtis
ference between his vote and Mcs
Adoo's on the first ballot and put tho
two leading candidates at eyens.
Beyond this Is more guessing ana
the reader can guess Just as vellses
any OF US alleged experts. 4
The most interesting thing about
the revival Of the McAdoo boom and
It's steady growth during the past feg
days is that 1t seems 70 be entirely
lacking in organized leaderahlp.
There are no McAdoo headquartersi
no McAdoo pictures, no McAdco but
tons or literature OF any deecripd don
but the McAdoo talk and the .McAd dQoi
feeling are all pervading. You catlk
move a foot in any Of tie hotel lob
bies without humping INTO some eng'
who tells you that McAdoo @ 6nl1
to be nominated. When yo9 IA -
find the one real source Of III tlo
McAdoo talk you can tdo Il Thele
Is no such place.
Ono of tba most artiya and entluii.
s;sstsc 1 N McASoo . SSc Soostets is N NSfioSSI
committesnan Comm AmmiSon of Kansis:
An attemnt WAS made laxt nieht Is
have a meeting Of leading McA Adoo
try t with the idea of electfne ImmiGor
cS.;rman ~ oniy . handf1Is reSnon6Sd
10 toll The Is, csll al and Ammidon MS NOT
smonS ~ thoee mr., nresent 7 - y ~
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-28
COX AND M'AD00 way IN LEAD
Mrs. LeepefsFag
Day Poem at Big
Rotary Event

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. June 2S
One Of the souvenirs given out
by Rotary clubs at the Interna-
tional convention held here last
week Is a four page booklet gotten
out BY the Charleston Rotary club
which has the state flag on its
front cover and q poem -The FLAG
Day Song Of the Mountain State"
by Mrs. Jeanette Anett Leeper,
Of Fairmont, and on the back page
a likeness Of the state flower
the rhododendron or big laurel.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-28
DEFENDS PARTY RECORD
Convention Opened at Moor
With Presentation of
Stand Of Colors.
[By Associated Pressl

SAN FRANCISCO, June o..
Election Of Senator Robinson as
permanent chairman Of the con-
ventlon was Indicated today when
w. J. Bryan met him at breakfast
and extended congratulations stat.
Ing that he was glad the Ark.
sens choice was to Sc unanl.
nous,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-06-28
Auto Crash Injuries
Cause Death Of Girl

Christina FuccL aged five, daugh-
ter Of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fucci Of Mon
ongah, died today from injuries re-
|ceiYed In an automobile accident some
time aso. She is a grand child Of
Frank Martin, also Of Mononph.
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RnRIEp An HOLY GROSS.

The funeral Of John scoay whose
death took place at Riyesvllle on
Thursday took place yesterday morn
ing from St Joseph's Catholic church
and burial was made In Holy, Cross
Cemetery BY Undertakers Carpenter
aad Ford.
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TENN. LEelsLATURE CALLED

NASHVILLE. Tenn, June a@The
legislature VIII be called. to meet
August 8 to consider the Federal Suf-
frage amendment.
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rgy Associated pressl


SAN FRANCISCO, June 2S.-As-
sembling at noon today for their first
session, delegates to the Democratic
National convention heard q keynote
speech by National Chairman Cum
mings and perfected preliminaries
clearing the way for the real work Of
finding a presidential candidate.
Z Twelve o'clock noon was fixed for
the opening, but hours before ticket
holders gathered in the spacious
building, which for theoccasion seats
more than 1900 persons. Decora.
tons Of the hall were simple and
tasteful, with the stars and stripes the
dominant feature Of the display.
The seats of the 1892 delegates
were compactly assembled close to
the platform and stretched almost
across the width Of the hall Here
and there stood the state and terri
Etorial standards made OF California
red wood, showing the location Of the
delegations.
Directly behind were the seats Of
the alternates and all about them In
an almost perfect circle were places
for more than 10000 spectators.
With the exception Of a patriotic
touch given at the start by the pre-
sentation Of the colors BY a detaeh-
ment Of marines, the opening prelim-
inaries were not unlike those Of prior
conventions. The outstanding fea-
ture of the program was the speech
Of Chairman Cummings, understood
to have had the approval Of President
Wilson. With the preliminaries over
the four big convention committees
will probably get down to work.
The greatest interest as usual cen
tiers In the committee on resolutions,
where the party issues Will be
brought out, with prospects that some
Of them will reach the convention
floor for final decision.
In the meantime managers OF
presidential booms were keeping IN
touch with delegates and working lot
position in the early ballotng.
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WHAT HAPPEN ED
TO THREAD.

American housewives who have
wondered at the advance in thread
and for a time at~its seeming scare
ity may be interested in what hap
pened to 1t in England. A Parila.
mentary committee on trusts has
just completed its report on an in
vestigation II found that while
there are six large manufacturers
of sewing cotton, they are all own
ed by the largest and control %
per cent of the trade in the king
dom. 1t was established also that
retailers could obtain trust thread
only on agreement that they would
make an equal profit on the thread
Of other makers and as the trust
was able to manufacture away be-
low any competitors, this clinched
the monopoly. Further, the trust
refused or cut down orders sus.
pected of being for speculative pur-
poses or for export, resulting in Civ
ing it a monopoly also Of export
trade, in which it Is said the prof
its were much greater than for the
home trade.
As to the profits: In 1918 the
trust made $20,O00,OOO; in 1919 it
made nearly s20,000,000 and its net
profits in the past year after deduc-
ton OF income tax and excess prof
its were $1S,000,000. or $4,000, 900
more than before the war, with a
smaller output! This, too. notwith-
standing labor cost trebled and the
yarn cost increased 125 per cent.
The net profit on costs had increas-
ed from Al to 40 per cent during the
war. Yet announcement has just
been made of a further advance in
price. Spools which cost six cents
before the wal have been selling at
1515 cents and the new price is to
be 20 cents.
1t is the unc1nsCiouable greed of
proiiteers that is squirting unrest in
every land, The British govern
ment has been able to prove this
case, and is being urged to take ap-
propriate action. Over there they
do more than issue promises and
proclamatAons against profteering.
Pittsburgh Dispatch Qnd.).
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THE FOURTH IRISH
HOME RULE BILL

The effervescence Of st. Pat
rick's Day should not make Us for
get that the British Ministry is res
olutely proceeding with its bill for
Irish elf-gove1nment. 1t is the
fourth measure of the kind since
Mr.. Gladstone first went over TO
Home Rule for Ireland. The new
bill has been bitterly denounced.
Sir Horace Plunket returned from
the United States to tell an audi
ence in Dublin that the latest
scheme is the worst of the lot. But
this needs a little qualification.
Since Sir Horace spoke .Uulster
has virtually announced her will
ingness TO give the bill trial.
This is something new and some
thing encouraging. To none of the
previous Home Rule bills would Ill
ster assent for single moment.
Against the enforcement of the Act
of 1914 Ulster was ready to take up
arms-in fact. did take up arms. Sir
Horace Plunkett is strong on the
point CT Irish nationality and Irish
unity. Ulster, by so much, agrees
ITO both. OF course she feels that
her rights will be fully protected
under her separate Parliament. But
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-20
THE LEGION AND
THE BONUS

The American Legion ought ney-
er to have been asked by the Con-
gress to put itself on record as
favoring any forms of relief. The
Congress ought to have proceeded
speedily to give that relief as one
owed by the country to those who
made the greatest sacrifices in tie
war.
But the Congress saw fit to pass
the buck" and the national execu-
tive committee Of the Legion was
right in countering back promptly
at the Congress with recommends
tons that the former soldier be
given his option of our forms, viz,
farm loan, home building aid, voea-
tional education or adjusted cash
compensation.
1t is gratifying to see the stand
Of the national executive committee
of the Legion So Enthusiastically sup
ported by the local post of the or
aanization in two decisive votes.
There ought to be no further eli
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-03-20
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

A Polish committee is studying
the American constitution as pat
tern for the organic law Of the new
republic. The committee will prob
ably stop when 1t gets to the eight
eenth Fundamentally Paso Herald
President Ebert manifests on3
characteristic of the rue demo
crat. He holds on tight to his job.
chattanooga News.
The water supply has been cut of
in Berlin. Surprising that were to
happen in the United States!-De-
troit News.
A lot of Eastern politicians ars
reaching the bitter conclusion that
w. J. B. stands for Wallop John
Barleycorn.-T Capital.
The German troops had a clash
with the workmen. That German
army is determined to beat some.
body.-Columbia State.
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coming down shows that the reser-
walton is not the same. For one, we
do not believe that it "cuts the
heart out Of the treaty" especially
after the Lord Grey episode.
Mr.. Wilson's foes of the opposi-
ton party want to thrust upon him,
If they can, the responsibility and
odium of killing his treaty. Here,
they will show next fall, I'VE of the
Senate adopted the treaty with the
League attachment merely strength
ened SO as to protect good, stall
wart Americanism, and the presi-
dent because he couldn't have his
own way to the letter. went and
threw it into the waste basket.
Judge ye now who is responsible
for its death" Not very logical, but
they could make a good many peO-
pie believe it.
The president has a perfect de-
Tense against that If he will use it
providing, of course, that the
treaty is adopted by the Senate.
Instead of pigeonboling it. it would
be his highest trump card to send
IL 10 Paris Tor fatlflcatlOn eXchdn-
ges, pointing out briefly his consti-
tutional limitations in the matter
gnl that the changes were the WORK
of the Senate. If the allies accept
this without protest, the G. o. P.
killing" issue against Wilson van
ishes. If they object to the point Of
insisting upon the negotiating of Il
new treaty, the burden will be
straight and fair upon the United
States Senate.
Woodrow Wilson surely has a
great chance to outwit and defeat
his foes, at the same time showing
the world that his desire for a set
Element of its affairs is not beyond
the limits Of neces sary compro-
mise.-Boston Post Gnd. Dem)
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without even a willingness to be
considered an aspirant," his vote
was half that cast for Johnson,
and one-third of Gen. Woods" and
shows g degree Of spontaneous
sentiment that must be somewhat
disconcerting to those candidates
who are boldly seeking the nomin.
atom Similarly it is discovered By
the Duluth Herald GndD that in
recent newspaper poll in Oregon
there were as many Republican
ballots cast for Hoover as for all
the other Republican candidates -
namely, Wood. Johnson, Lowden
Poindexter and Harding
The Knoxville Sentinel Gnd.
Dem) while it thinks Hooy-
er "a receptive but not aggressive
candidate on progressive Republi-
can principles" thinks he viii in
have great difficulty in obtaining
the Republican nomination. though
ID would feel no disposition to
weep II the Republicans should win
with such candidate" The Senti.
mol agrees with Senator. Penrose
that Hoover rightfully belongs 10
he Wilson end OF the Democratic
party Other Democratic papers
take similar view Thus the Louis
mn courier journal tDem9 says
THE reactiOnary group in the Re
aupI5cah party Is master OF the par.
~ now. 1t will control the Republi-
can convention at Chicago next
Juhe' nominating It's candidate and
qlcta'ihg lt5 platform Herbert
- TT VIII ma no place IN the
~ y. /. te2t TINS year on which 10
lay MS heaa FAll the lndtc2.
'lo's now are that unless ir. Hoo
yer should aIo" mis- great energies
70 Eo 10 waste IN this years cam
pals1, ne VIII have to enlist with
tue 'ehIocfatS-
-, th the progressive kepubli-
an support VIA talt VI Hoover
III cue view OF the Dallas News
Ninu; Den'' lof most OF the TO-
Matu,iookef8 OF that party and aga
IiiSt me league OF Nations, where
d. M. hoover is for II. and the
y i!'iauelphla record tlnd. Demo
lHi ,a VI hoover mas taken HIM
sen uehnltely out of the RepubIi-
can fi1i, &Aks lie certainly ISM
Tl,ilns 10 De ciassined with HI
I I,7lS OF ms own state or old Doc
oou' OF New hampshire who are
@pout al that are left OF the Bull
Moose outiit'
ne Louisville Post tind) finds
ual SO lar as tne RepHblican lea
,'ers are >. concerned Mr. Hoover has
o'ii'a1. leu an unlorglVanie SIN he
Ids aceual.y sdia mat tne wal was
:" 9ueUsss' whereas the hepubii'
Ndh party IS committed to the prop
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SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1920
Daily
Editorial
Digest

(Title Appld for Q. S. Pat Off
Edited by the Washington
Feature Service
DAVID LAWRENCE, Prest.
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past and they are well advised as
to the use of machine guns. In a
contest between Junker and mob in
Berlin many interests previously
neutral would have been found on
the side of power, whether lawful
or unlawful. The fight of the US
urpers leaves the Constitutional
Government face to face with this
situation at the capital, but through
out the empire the contest is on be-
tween the Reds and imperialists or
republicans, as either assert them
selves.
Whatever the outcome may be,
Germany is at present in the throes
Of civil strife, with a class warfare
superimposed. What has happened
and all that is to happen may be
charged in a large measure to yenge-
full tactics Of the Allies and to the
refusal of the United States Senate
to make and assist in the just ad-
minstration of peace.-New York
World (Dem.).
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SECRETARY HOUSTON'S
TAX PROPOSALS.

Borrowing Is the only bad way of
reducing taxation, and of that
there is no present danger. There
are many good ways of making tax
burdens easier to bear when the ex.
listing methods are as bad as ours,
and Secretary Houston specifies
sevehad worthy Of commentator
Possibly there never was more
complicated and needlessly irritat.
ing method OF Furnishing wealth and
hampering industry than the Kit
chin excess profits tax and surtaxes
Bracketed with this error is the
cumbersome system of exemption
from taxation OF the income on the
several Liberty issues. When the
Secretary suggests simplification
OF both taxation and exemption
from taxation 1t is difficult to imag.
inc dissent
Ii Is time to consider the reduc.
ton OF taxation, as well as the bet
torment of tax methods. The peo-
pie are restless about the amount
OF money which the government is
spending, as we'll as about the
money taxpayers are paying. and
, they are entitled 10 learn when they
may expect economy in both re-
spects. II no action is taken until
the next Congress meets, it would
be necessary either to enact retro
active taxes or to make the ameho.
rated rates and methods apply to
The year 1922, payable in 1928. That
IS too long for the existing taxes TO
survive. They are major men.
/ ace, threatening enterprise with
heavy but indefnable future obi
cations genegatlng cloud Of old
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fort to confuse the issue, or afford
the Congress reason for doubling
the attitude of former service
men.
1t has been said that the Con-
gress is only looking for an excuse
to kill the soldier relief legislation.
It is said that the proposed legisla-
ton is already slated for defeat. In
that event, service men who suffer
ed serious financial embarrass-
ment as a result of the war Will
have to wait still longer for re-
lief. But they can wait confidently,
for America is grateful country.
She will finally express herself, il
not through the present Congress
hen through succeeding one, and
her expression. when it comes, will
be full. generous and unconditional
Arkansas Democrat (Dem.)
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FRANCES JUST CLAIMS
UPON AMERICAN CREDIT.

Premier Millerand Of France has
reiterated in clear as well as a
virile way both the purpose and the
ability of his government and Of his
countrymen to pay their debts in
full They don't ask anybody's
charity. They don't want anybody
10 discount their obligations. They
want only the financial and com
mercial consideration which will
cost their creditors NOTHING, but the
lack of which will bleed the French
to death.
If for government bond loans or
for the sale of private bill o.
goods We demand and receive spot
cash payment in deprecated francs
50 deprecated that the adverse ex
change against the debtor is 80
per cent and even 50 per cent-all
We get in any event is single dol
La for every single dollar owed us
But the penalty upon the French
debtor of making him thus pay i'm
mcdiately under such adverse ex
change rates is that it costs him
two to three dollars TO pay every
one dollar he owes US.
No wise creditor ever demands
his dues on terms that ruins debt
or when it is possible to get those
dues from the debtor and, instead
of running him. help him to be
stronger and safer. No wise credi
tor possessed of ample resources
fails to grant al ordinary business
extension to a good and deserving
debtor when such extension as
sures not only full payment with in
terest. but the preservation Of the
friendly. profitable and honorable
relations of the two.-The Sun and
New York Herald (Ind.).
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CLASS WARFARE
IN GER M ANY.

The failure OF the Prussian mill
tary usurpation to establish mas
terry which its authors thought would
be easy will be explained in vari-
Gus ways. On the face of things.
the revolution appears to have had
little support outside of the rem
nants of the old army and navy.
Business interests did not respond.
The chief survivors of the Hohen-
zolern regime, willing enough to
profit by the adventure of a few up.
starts, held aloof But more import
ant than all else. the great Social
Democratic and Centre Parties were
in active opposition.
If it was a trial balloon the eager
Kaiserites who have watched its
collapse will at least have the
knowledge that a majority of the
people are not inclined to renew
their acquaintance with autocracy.
and that without more powerful
forces and resort to traditional
frightfulness any repetition OF the
experiment must meet the same
fate. This. however is not the end
OF the matter Ebert and Noske
are once more in Berlin, but Kapp
and Luttwitz have let Loose the
futies OF Bolshevism and Commun,
ism. which republicans no less than
imperialists are now compelled to
meet.
The statement that the military
reactionists are already in terror
of the anarchy for which they open
ed the. way may well be believed,
and yet it is possible that their
plans had some such contingency
in view. They know what grape
shot has done TO ma5orities in the
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WILSON'S
OPPORTUNITY

II the senate shall adopt the peace
treaty resolution as now nearly
completed, including the modified
reservation of the famous Article
y, the president will have an oppor-
tunity to show craftsmanship of
the highest order, as we'll as to cir,
cumvent the very evident desire of
his partisan enemies to put him
in hole
Now the Article X reservation is
a much weaker affair than the one
adopted by the Senate last Novem-
Der; many Republicans criticize it
on that account, Mr.. Lodge came
down" a considerable degree from
his declaration Of an "irreducible
minimum" several months ago. The
very fact that he has been fired
upon by the "bitter-enders" for
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claims and potential clogging
the administrative machinery and
threatening indeed it's possible
breakdown" Taxpayers have been
thinking mostly of themselves and
their troubles, but they know now
how and why the Treasury has been
so sympathetic. The case for ac-
ton at the present session is as
strong as the case against the Kit
chin system perpetuated by Repub-
lcan inaction.--New York Times
Gnd. DEM.
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it ought not to be an impossible
step from this to a Dominion gov
eminent, such as Sir Horace advo-
Gates, with the rights Of ninorities
safeguarded. If good sense and a
conciliatory spirit are beginning to
penetrate the North of Ireland, they
should not be altogether spurned in
the South.-New York Evening Post
Und.)