El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-29

these subjects. Evidently the Demo-
cratic party is going 70 promise some
thing definite in the place Of Wilson
Watchtul waiting policy in Mexico
and accept the presidential view Of
an American mandate for Armenia.
The Irish plank has already been
forecast in these dispatches. -Presi-
dent" Eamonn de Valera, OF the re-
get a definite recognition Of his re
public into the platform He and
sam Gompers are the two big figures
here, outside OF convention leaders.
both with an armful Of material to
offer gratis for the building Of the
platform Gompers wants labor rec
oEnition. De Valera was rendered q
reception last night at Dreamland
pavilion.
As chairman CUMMINGS told how
the federal reserve measure had kept
banks from breaking. the delegates
applauded loudly. demonstrating that
even the Democratic delegates have
a tender spot for money.
But the convention cheered every
thing from the chairman's declaration
that the hired substitute degraded the
civil war 10 his bouquet to Josephus
Daniels's dry navy and his tribute
TO Gen. 'PershinE.
Those are three statements he made.
The chairman gave absolutely
no credit to France, England or
any OF the allies for the defeat
OF count Won HohenEollern. but
took the credit to the United
States and declared that aAu this
was accomplished under the lead
ership OF a great Democrat. VIII
SON"
A few hand claps greeted his as
sertion that we should praise rather
than deprecate what America has done
in the past four years"
III the American flag must be
hauled down, It viii be done in the
Republican conrentlon-not in a
Democratic convention" got a lot OF
cheers, also his designation OF con-
gressional war invests cations as RE
publican smelling committees, vast
ing money and time OF the people"
It little behOoves those who con-
Quoted the Spanish-American war 10
belttle woodrow Wilson and the
Democratic administration conduct
Of the world war" he said, and aWoke
the convention TO renewed cheers.
Delegates Get First Laugh.
The delegates got their first laugh
when Cummings referred to the Re
publican party's fruitful Investigation
or itself, referring TO its probe OF
pre-conyention expenses. Another
laugh followed when he said. "The
Republican meeting at Chicago was
not convention, but an auction"
although, he added. the leaders got
afraid and refused TO sell TO the
ma nest nAAuGEs E1Aa lLllluQE NallLALlOn
of the sick man OF the white house
with "the knockers gleefully stand
ing at his door" and his defence Of
the league by the assertion that II
the president had been mistaken Il
was because he believed that the
ideals that had led the allies into the
war would lead them out Of future
wars, got more applause. but as time
wore on the applause grew less until
the chairman apologized for speaking
50 long. but they politely shouted.
Go on and he went-to the bitter
end.
It grew Just as tiresome as Mr..
Lodges hour and IS minutes did at
Chicago. Why can't chairmen make
speeches and not books
He asserted that IL took a Repub-
lican congress twice as long to kill
the treaty as Il took the allied gov
ernments 70 make IL. He defended
the treaty as protective OF American
interests and asserted:
II there are more protective. con-
structive amendments, the president
viii be glad OF them. The Repub-
leans offer no constructive criticism. Z
II is not modification but notification
the president has had TO fight"
As the chairman's keynote speech I
was finished, the delegates filed out
so fast that nobody heard the an
nouncemeut OF the various convention l
appointments. but the papers had al
ready printed them. anyhow.