New-York tribune., 1920-06-24
By I4eywood Broun

by IlcyWOOQ DfOun
SAN FRANCISCO, June 23.-With
only one of the Democratic possibili-
ties on the ground, the visitor to San
Francisco must choose his candidate on
the basis of the campaign literature
provided at the various headquarters.
There is no such abundance as Chicago
provided, and yet there is enough to
cause confusion.
Visiting the Palmer headquarters
first, we received a lcafet entitled
"Why Mitchell Palmer Is the Best Man
for President" Here we learned that
Palmer is a sturdy American by birth,
breeding, education, aspiration and
achievements. He is an American "who
thinks it is an Americans duty to take
an active part in public affairs"
This seemed to us an absolutely con-
vincing argument. We assumed, of
course, from the tone of Mr. Palmers
manifesto that his opponents for the
nomination were Rumanians, Greeks
and Icelandcrs, and weak-kneed ones
at that 1t also seemed fair to believe
they were men who denied the duty
of taking an active part in public af-
fairs. Such being the case, it seemed
hardly worth while to visit the head
quarters Of such impossible candidates.
We happened into CoXs headquarters
wholly by accident and We're astounded
TO discover that he, too, IS an Amerl-
can and, more than that, was born on
q farm of poor but honest parents"
Thus encouraged we went to all camps
and found that the candidates are all
Americans.
John W. Davis, in fact, is great
American.' Governor Edwards, we are
told, was born in Hoboken, but within
the grounds Of the American Embassy,
which is technically part of United
States territory.
Although the first issue raised by
Palmer hardly stood up as his eXclu
sivc property, second glance at the
campaign literature shows that he has
found great and popular causes which
a Quaker in politics and public life
says the Palmer manifesto, "as in re-
ligion and private life. The GoldeA
Rule, Ten Commandments and the Ser
mon on the Moune are definite rules of
Quaker guidance.'
Here Palmer scores heavily. All
the other candidates have been so busy
expressing their views on the League
Of Nations and 2.73 beer that they
have overlooked the Ten Command
ments.
These are indorsed by Mitchell Pal
mer, also they are his copyrighted is
sues, as are the Sermon on the Mount
and the Golden Rule. To be sure
some of the respected Reds who were
cuifed about by Palmer's men may
have been little puzzled by Mr. Pal
mer's Interpretation of the Golden
Rule, but it is entirely possible that he
believes in "the evelopmental' reser
vations. Another issue which seems to
be the exclusive property OF Mr. Pal
mer, as set forth in his campaign leaf
let, is that since the, age Of three
years he has made his home in
Sroudsburg, Pa. How many men in
these days of hectic and partisan poll
tics can say as much Moreover, Mitch
ell Palmer is the first of the candi-
dates to come into the pictorial field
exclusively"
His Last Appearance"
San Francisco is lavishly placarded
with pictures of q large faced gentle
man holding a book in his left hand
and shaking his right forefnger. In
the window of his headquarters the
pictures first appeared partially cover
ing concert announcement Of John
/ Mccormack, so that it reads, "Mitchcll
Palmer for President. Positively his
last appearance"
This mistake has now been rcctified
and the correct caption reads:
'Mitcholl Palmer for President. The
fighting Quaker laying down the law
We are not familiar with the manner
or methods Of Quaker fighters, but VIC
can't believe that any first class referee
VIII allow the fighting Quaker to hit
am opponent with the heavy book which
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