Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-06-24
DO Startling Features in After
math of the, Republican
Convention.
BUTLER INCIDENT SURPRISES
National Interest Soon to Center In
Gan Franeiseo-Leading Candi-
dates and Their Strength
Boishevism In Crisis
League Of Nations
Weakening.
BY e. r. CEIPSON.


Tie aftermath Of the Republican ma
saDnal convention has been somewhat
soutine as aftermaths of that sort 60.
T7se usual congratulations have been
extended to the winners with evidences
- good sportsmanship and pledges Of
party fealty on the part Of the near
winners Inasmuch 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
r.nnifested to an unusual degree. Pro-
EresSiye candidates and leaders promi-
Dent In the convention, have with a
lew exceptions, maintained silence, and
the assumption is that they are in Sc
asusiOn, receiving first aid treatment
Eor their wounds. Talk Of bolt Is not
nearly so voluminous as 1t was follow
ing the convention Of 1918, and Is not
seceiving serious consideration. This
- not merely opinion. but fact glean-
Safrom the news /of the day. Several
sminent Progressives, notably Senator
Kenyon of Iowa and Senator Lenroot
20 Wisconsin. climbed into the band
wagon within "a hours after the con-
vention.
As rule losers are treated sympa-
tAetically and charitably, but this fight
has developed the unusual spectacle
u one Of the minor contenders venting
his spleen upon the campaign and sup
Jorters of one of the big figures among
sAe defeated. Nicholas Murray But
l.4, head of Columbia university, who
evidently assumed that because the
Kew York delegation supported him In
Ne convention he was the boss Of that
3sate, has attacked the forces Of Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood as boodlers and
stock gamblers who attempted to buy
she presidency. He refrains from any
attack on General Wood personally
md indeed adopts a patronizing atti-
eude toward that gentleman. General
Wood and his principal campaign con-
tributor, Col. William Cooper Proctor,
/. man not associated in the public
mind with stock gamblers, but rather
xs an affiuent and somewhat proSaic
manufacturer Of soap that floats,
have come back characteriStica1ly and
vftriolically. The burden Of their re-
ply is to the effect that Mr.. Butler Is
= fakir who would not be able to rec
sgnize the truth If he had 1t under
magnifying glass. In the use Of force
fui and soaring words it must be ac-
anowiedged that they have the better
sS the argument. The incident Is the
Snly dlscOrdant note that has so far
developed in the band wagon and the
snly thing out Of the ordinary in con-
vention aftermaths. The bulk Of opin-
Nn as expressed in dispatches and edi-
tcrials is that college presidents may
he men of much book ''larnin'" and
kigh ideals, but frequently very short
% political wisdom.
Palpitant national interest now
shifts to the Democratic cOnclaVe at
San Francisco. All indications are
fhat while there will be less external
beat than Mt Chicago, internal forces
fires and ambitions will provide quite
rs much combustion. Among those
reasonably certain to be placed in
termination are William G. McAdoo of
! New York. James NJ. Cox, governor of
Ohio; A. Mitchell Palmer, attorney
general of the United States. Pennsyl-
rania: Robert L. Owen, senator from
Oklahoma Edward I. Edwards. gov
lerpor of New Jersey Gilbert NJ. Hitch
rock. senator from Nebraska; HOke
Snrith. senator from Georgia, and
John W. Davis. Virginia, ambasSa-
for to Great Britain. Vice President