The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-06-11

the League of Nations was left for
the party chiefs to formulate in Chi
cago. 1t Is understood that there will
be no mention of prohibition, although
William Jennings Bryan went to Chi
cagO with the avowed purpose of in
ducing the Republicans TO adopt
"dry" resolution.
The spectacular event Of the week
in the convention city was the arrival
of Senator johnson to take personal
charge of mis- fight for the nomination.
The supporters of the Californian
gave him great reception, with bands
and banners and parades and much
noise, all of which was preliminary to
a mass meeting arranged for the Audi
forum the night of June 7. The big
politicians, who presumably control
to some extent the unpledged major
ity vote of the convention, watched
the demonstration coolly and with ap-
praising eyes, as they were watching
all popular demonstrations, for they
know they must take real account of
the wishes of the people when it comes
to throwing their influence to this can
didate or that.
Among the new headquarters opened
were those of Hoover, Butler and
Poindexter. Hoover, it was announced,
would not go to Chicago. Wood said
he would be at Fort Sheridan during
the convention, and Governor Lowden
said he would spend the week in the
executive mansion at Springfield.
The selection of Governor Allen of
Kansas to place General Wood in
nomination caTSed many amateur
prophets to forecast a repetition of
the sensation If the convention of
1880. Then Garfield made the nomi-
mating speech for John Sherman, and
was himself nominated after a pro-
tracted deadlock. Though Allen has
not been a candidate he has often
been mentioned as an eminent posi-
bility if none of the leading aspirants
can get the necessary votes. The
Kansas delegation is uninstructed
but is supposedly for Wood.
Reused by the failure of the Della
ware legislature to ratify the woman
suffrage amendment, the National
Woman's party planned a great DEM
onstration in Chicago for the opening
day of the convention to impress on
the Republican party the Importance
of giving the cause full recognition in
it's platform. The Delaware law
makers ignored an appeal from Presi-
dent Wilson and adjourned without a
vote on the matter. and the suffragistS
will now center their efforts on Yer
mont and Connecticut. Only one state
is lacking to ratify the amendment.
Attorney General Palmer is travel
ing a rocky road toward the White
House, If indeed he is moving in that
direction. The senate committee, i'm
it's search for the mysterious McAdoo
boom, called Judge Z. c. Bonniwell
Of Philadelphia, the McAdoo leader in
Pennsylvania and a fine display of fire.
works resulted. Bonniwell started in
to lambaste Palmer, charging that the
attorney general, through his support
ers, had made a deal with the liquor
interests in the state under which
some localities were permitted to be-
come ''as wet as the Atlantic ocean,"
in return for which the vets supported
Palmer in the primary and enabled him
to capture the state delegation to the
San Francisco convention. He cited
especially the city of Scranton, as
sorting the breweries there were pro-
ducing beer of Illegal strength and
the bonded warehouses and saloons
running wide open. Mr.. Palmer, hear
ing of the testimony that was being
given, hurried before the committee
and demanded and was given an op-
portunity to reply. His answer was,
in effect, denial Of the charges, which
he said were stale as well as false.
The blame for failure to enforce the
prohibition law in Pennsylvania be laid
at the door of the bureau of internal
revenue.
The same day the house received the
report of the judiciary committee on
the sugar investigation and Repre-
sentative Tinkham followed with a
statement in which he demanded the
resignation of the attorney general.
The report said In part:
"The attorney general used his pow
er as chief prosecuting officer of the
United States for the purpose OF fix
lug maximum selling prices of sugar
In the state of Louisiana, and in so
doing acted wholly without authority
OF law and In violation of his own
construction Of his Official duty. which