Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-06-17

nc the friends of the Irish "republic.-
The former, under the leadership OF
the heads Of the Womnn's party, We're
In Chicago In strength and during the
entire week maintained around the
Coliseum n line Of pickets bearing
banners that warned the Republicans
that the women demanded the fran
chise and would be satisfied with no
less. A plank was inserted in the plat
form urging Republican legislatures
,ua, nave not acted to ratify the 60
fr.ge amendment. but this did not APP
peaSe the ladies. In the last few mo-
ments of the last session they dropped
from a balcony a great yellow banner
on which was the statement that they
wanted votes not planks. As for the
Irish. they, too, made n big demon
stration In Chicago and De Valera. the
president OF their republic" was there
TO deliver speech before great gath
ering But something went wrong with
the plans; and the plank which was
tentatively shaped for the platform
suited them so little that it was omit
ted entirely and nothing put In Its
place There was a story that this
resolution had been drawn up by JUS
tice Cohalan of New York In the hope
that II would be unsuitable and that
the Democrats in San Francisco would
he enabled to take advantage OF the
circumstance. So though considerable
space has perforce been given to the
platform OF the Republican party, 1t Is
not because ii must be considered as
"A great or particularly strong pro-
nouncement. Lots OF men and WON
en- i'm the party are far from pleased
with many parts of 1t, and ii must be
confessed tlIat the writer failed To ma
anyone who VAS crazed With enthusi-
assn over IL.
The story of this convention would
he intensely Interesting II one could
tell all the truth about the secret in
hnenccS that governed its actions. On
the surface II was not IA very eXcit-
INK affair, and the enthusiastic out
bursts that characterized some OF its
sessions appeared too often To he face
tious. For five days the 1+Nn dele
gates. alternates stockholders and pos
SCISSORS OF tickets that allowed them TO
/ stand about the few open places and
hamper everyone else gathered faith
fully In the Coliseum, prepared to howl
/ with glee over expected contests and
trlumphs. But most " the time all
/ they could do was To cheer for
1 their faNorte ON occasion and try To
keep UP with the strong lunged
cheer and song leader who had been
brought up from Camp Devens.
Bossed by Senators.
4 From the first il was heralded as
that most unusual thing, an Embossed
convention. All the experts asserted
that the delegates were going 10 do rs
they pleased and that the old
/ leadership was impotcnt, Fer da!
or two this seemed true. hut then the
senate coteric got into action. and
from that time 10 the end what was
done was generally what il wished
done. To start with Senator Lodg,
was selected ms temporary chairman
and WAS continued permanently In the
place. the entire temporary organiza
,ion heing retained On the all-im
portant committee on resolutions there
were numerous senators and eN-Sena
tors and they pretty much dictated
the makeup OF the platform. In tn.
selection Of the ticket their influence
was seen and felt in every move and
every shift ~ votes, clear down 10 the
moment when Senator Harding re-
ceived the ballots that made him the
conventions choice. All this time III,
greatest Of the old-tiine party bose.
still sllve. Senator RoieS Penrosr. la,
on sick bed In his Philadelphia home
Unt direct telephone wire was ri,
into that room aud there was scarcel,
an hour Of the day or night when h,
was not in communication with hi,
friend, John r. King He knew nj
that Was going on. and IL is fair I,
assume that in most cases he knew
beforehand that IL was going ,o 20 on
What happened happened because II.
willed that II should harper ". This +,
not Written eNacrly i'm criticism. FER L
may be that What PenrcSe decrcvt
Will suit tie party and result in (,