The Washington herald., 1920-06-09
LODGE SCORES
WILSON IDEALS
Veteran Republican De-
.livers Mastery Keynote
AT Chicago Convention.
is NAMED CHAIRMAN
Apathy Apparent Is Gavel
Falls for Opening gof Big
Party Pow-Wow.
5 NAMED CHAIRMAN
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atives. conspicuous among them was
the party's honored veterans.
Chauncry NJ. Depew, affectionately
,,reeted on all hands. Near him, as
the convertion's guest of honor, sat
another veteran, Addison G. Proctor.
of St. Joseph, Mich. Sole surviving
delegate of the Republican National
Convention which nominated Lin
coin for President in 1860.
.Transmitters Carry Voice.
Above the speakers rostrum a
giant set of transmitters has been
installed. suspended from the Coli
scum rafters, and, thanks to their
long-carrying powers, young Mr..
Hays voice rang out clear and
strong throughout the whole build
ing as he asked the convention,
PLEASE be in order" The nation
al chairman encountered a flatter-
1Eg reception. He had to motion
his vast audience to calm down and
Permit him to transact the brief
business that brought him to his
feet. Mr.. Hays announced that the
invocation would be offered by the
ut. Rev. Charles Z. Woodcock,
Episcopal Bishop of Kentucky.
: Mr.. Hays followed in brief
speech that breathed radiant op-
stimism. He came. he said. to re
port progress" The Republican
party has met" he declared, "in
t''is free and open convention. to
= rept from the American people a
A.1-ndate for the government of the
United States. We were 500, 900
minus in 1916. In 1918 we were
100000 plus. Today l honestly be-
lieve that IL is twice that number,
and by next November it should be
at least 100000" There were the
loudest plaudits of the day for that
en"ours ging balance sheet of past
achievements and future prospects
Now Mr.. Hays generated a fresh
outburst OF JOY. The great party
"t the Union" he exclaimed. has
become a unit. There will be no
bolt in this convention" Once
again the Coliseum shook with ap-
plause ad cheers.
Lodge Nominated
Then MIR. Hays nominated Hen
Ty Cabot Lodge of the United
.States" for temporary chairman.
called only for the ayes which
were Justify given and declared the
Senator from Massachusetts, unani-
mously elected.
Chaunccy NJ. Depew of New
York; Ex-Governor Myron T. Per-
rick OF Ohio. and Mrs. J. 3. Hume
OF california. were appointed a
committee OF three to escort the
temporary chairman to the plat
form.
Senator Lodge read his speech
rom manuscript, in morning
coat and white waist coat. He
cut hgure of debonair vigor that
btlied his seventy years and his
uninterrupted period of more than
thirty years in the public service.
He was in oratorical fighting form.
Before he had spoken for five min
utes he was breathing fire, with
imagery OF which, as a gifted
writer and historian he is a past
master. Senator Lodge briefly out
lined the trail of waste. desolation
and chronic unrest which the late
war had bequeathed to the world
From that tale of woe he forth
with drew the political moral of
the hour-the vast debt and "heap
"f taxes" which had been imposed
upon the United States in conse-
1uence of the intrepidity and mag
niticence with which the United
states had risen to Its duties 10
civilization to meet the mighty
cmcrECnci"s Of the aftermath of
war S"nat Lodge argued, the re-
sources of the Democratic party
had proved Inadequate.
He hcld that party lin a consider
able measure responsible for the
perilous conditions of the hour il
was to the Republican party alone
that the nation could look for genu-
inc salvation from the woes of 1920
as it had successfully looked to Re-
publicans TO grapple with the
problems of 1850.
Takes Up III. c. l..
Now the high cost of living en-
gagged the speakers attention. He
called il the most difficult and most
essential problem that confronts
us" He accused the Democratic
PARTY of buneling with it's many
sided aspects. He denounced their
russyfooting and Iimelight methods
Of ocminE to grips with it's vital
feature-the crime OF prohteering
The high cost OF living" Senator
Lodge said. with a direct thrust at
the Department of Justice in Wash
ington, should be fought quietly
-and efficiently in the courts of the
land and not in-newspaper head
lines"
Senator Lodge aroused the con-
yention to a marked pitch of ,en-
thusiasm when he touched upon