The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-14

Harding and viii Hays, chairman OF
the national committee also are
scheduled to confer.
HAYS shortly will call the national
committee together to get to WORK
on the revision of the basis of repre-
sentation recommended by the com
mittee. A subcommittee probably
will be appointed to make recommen
dations for rule for representation
on basis Of the actual republican
vote.
officers of the convention today
were cleaning up odds and ends fol
lowing the convention.
Third Party Convention.
CHICAGO, June IA third politi.
cad party to contest in the coming
presidential campaign will be launch.
ed here July tenth. The committee OF
forty-eight issued the call for the con.
vention.
! The announcement declares candi.
dates for the presidency, vice presi.
dency, congress and numerous state
tickets will be put in the field
| Senator Robert La Toilette, of Wis
consin, has been mentioned as pros
pective presidential timber of the new
party.
All Over But Shouting.
by Hugh Baltic, United Press Staff
Correspondent
CHICAGO, June 14.-Well, its all
lover, including the shouting.
Candidates row, which swarmed
with jubilators and nnourners, after
Harding and Coolidge won. swarmed
with janitors and scrub women today.
tour of the famous row today re-
vealed:
Harding's headquarters, pile Of
gilded chairs. .
Johnson's headquarters, well worn
path in the red carpet over which the
pilgrims moved in single file to shake
Hiram's hand and placard: You
can win with Johnson" in a waste
basket.
Lowden's headquarters, sign in
the window: Vote for Harding and
Coolidge"
Woods headquarters. a huge bust of
Theodore Roosevelt and drove of
carpenters wrecking the temporary
partitions behind which the general
and his own generals sat in secluded
state last week.
L
canvas sign; 'Poindexter for presi-
dent" with a hole kicked in it.
Coolidge headquarters, locked
door with placard tackled on it tel
ing the Massachusetts delegates what
train to take for Boston. a..
Hoovers headquarters, not even a
crowd of janitors. Only lone sweep
er cleaning out many rumpled and
torn pictures Of Hoover.
Buffers headquarters, great gobs OF
gloom
Enroute to Convention.
ABOARD NEWSPAPER SPECIAL
IENROUTE TO SAN FRANCISCO,
BOONE, Iowa, June 14.-Eighty-six
newspapermen, enroute to the demo
cratic national convention, arrived
here today. They were due to arrive
in San Francisco Friday.
Talk of politics was barred.
The weather was extremely warm.
The special was due to reach
Omaha at $3.50 p. m.
Plans for Offensive.
WASHINGTON, June 14.-Demo-
Gratis today were planning an imme-
date offensive on the republican plat
form
Until after the San Francisco con-
vention actually chooses democratic
nominee, it is not probable that
there will be any organized attack on
Senator Harding.
This is a direct switch from demo
cratic plans tentatively framed Las.
week when the nomination Of WOOD
or Governor Lowden by the repubil-
cans was anticipated.
The nomination Of Harding, how
ever, it apparently to cause no bolt.
Furthermore democrats want to
wait until they have located the most
convenient angle from which to at
tack the senator, they SAID.
Many republican leaders were back
in Washington from Chicago today.
At the same time democrats VINO
are to take leading parts IN their own
convention were preparing for their
trip to San Francisco.
London commen..
LONDON, June 14.-Hope that Sen
ator Warren G. Harding, republican
presidential candidate, would pursue
a middle course in dealing with in
ternatlOnal audlfS III case he Is
elected was expressed by newspapers
common ting upon events at the Ie-
publican national convention held at
Chicago.
There was an undercurrent Of salts
faction at the defeat of Senator
Hiram Johnson, of California, whose
policies It was feared might involve
difficulties between Great Britain and
the United States.
whether a republican or democrat
goes to the white house, II IS CUES
ton of American politics with which
foreigners have little concern" the
Times said today. I'VE will welcome
either. Senator Harding has an OK
cellent record. The republican plat
form is very vague, bur this very
vagueness leaves plenty of scope for
favorable Interpretation in strong
hands"
The Mail said: '1t remains to be
seen whether the California fire
brand, Senator Johnson, will accept
the situation. r. he bolts, he bids