Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-06-25
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
No Startling Features in After
math Of the Republican
Convention.
BUTLER INCIDENT SURPRISES
National Interest Soon to Center In
San Francisco--Leadino candi-
dates and Their Strength
6olshevism In Crisis
League Of Nations
Weakening.
Ry {. 2. cLIPsoN.

The aftermath of the Republican ma
tional convention has been somewhat
routine as aftermaths Of that sort go.
The usual congratulations have been
extended 10 the winners with evidences
Of good sportsmanship 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-
gressve candidates and leaders promi-
nent In the convention. have with a
few exceptions, maintLined silence, and
the assumption Is that they are in Sc
clusion. receiving first aid treatment
for their wounds. Talk of bolt is not
nearly so voluminous as It was follow
Ing the convention of 1916. and is not
receiving serious consideration. This
Is not merely opinion. but fact CLEAN
ed 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.
AS rule losers are treated sympa-
thetically and charitably, but this fight
has developed the unusual spectacle
Of one Of the minor conrenders 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 as 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,
a man not associated in the public
mind with stock gamblers, but rather
manufacturer of soap that floats,
have come back Enthusiastically and
vitriolically. The burden of their re-
ply is to the effect that Mr.. Butler is
q fakir who would not be able to rec
ognize the truth IL he had II under a
magnifying glass. In the use of force
ful and soaring words it must be ac-
knowledged that they have the better
of the argument. The incident is the
only discordant 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 is 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 al
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 ir
nomination are William G. McAdoo Oh
New York. James M. Cox. governor o.
Ohio; A. Mitchell Palmer, attorne!
fpneral Of the United States. Pennsyl
--rnia; Robert L. Owen. senator from
C'slahoma; Edward !. Edwards. gov
ernor of New Jersey; Gilbert NJ. Hitch
cock, senator from Nebraska; Hok
Smith. senator from Georgia, ant
John w. Davis, Virginia, ambassa
dor to Great Britain. Vice Presiden