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Evening star., 1924-06-28
CONVENTION OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

ence's patience. Seconding speeches
are the last word in futility. They
revel in repetition of what somebody
already has said, and usually said
better. Few are ever listened u,
and when they become long-winded.
they arouse either mirth or jeers.
Somebody from Main Street, Pa. sec
onding McAdoo, bored the Garden to
extinction. He had memorized his
harangue. and as platitude after plati
tude oozed forth, the galleries shrieked
Andy Gump." Barney Google" and
Able the Agent" Chairman Walsh
finally led the unfortunate man away
from the speakers stand amid peals
of laughter that Were. in fact, sighs
Of relief.
The Carter Glass demonstration,
despite manifest organization, smack
ed of heartiness and spontaneity. 1t
ragged around four silken banners, in
scribed, respectively, Glass Is the
Leader" Glass Means Confidence.
Glass Spells Success and Glass
Will Win" One of his seconders
labeled the Junior senator from the
Old Dominion that little giant from
the Virginia hills"
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British, French, Dutch. talan,
Japanese. Canadian and South Amer
lean newspaper correspondents are
reporting the convention. Their in
terest is mainly in the platform and
declarations on foreign policy. Most
of the international scrfhes are
weathering their first experience of
an American national convention and
marvel at its eccentricities. jour-
nalist from Nippon was curious to
know whether the lady who held
red rooster aloft from the speakers
stand, in honor of McAdoo, was per-
forming a ritual. Our foreign co..
leagues find it difficult to take the
convention seriously. With their
more decorous view of politics they
feel that some of the things hap
pening in Madison Square Garden are
Incredibly asinine, as, for instance
the invasion of the platform on FRI.
day by a double quartet, which Kept
up the Silzer demonstration with
songs about the New Jersey gov
ernor. to the tunes OF. popular mel
odies. Nq.' ,
The convention band is hard work
ing, but needs no pity. 1t is coming
money. Under the rules. it is re-
quired to play twice, gratis, any par
ticular piece required to start a
demonstration. Anything beyond that
costs real money-s50o number. II
southern favorite son. for example,
wants Dixie" "The Suwanee River.
or Carry Ne Back TO Old Virginny'
kept going for stimulating purposes,
somebody has to pay the pipers.
The Bowery," East Side, West Side.
or THE Sidewalks of New York,
has not been revealed. About mil
lion dollars worth of Manhattans
classics has been played this week.
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noise making machineS-paid, 1t Is re.
lated, at the rate Of So an hour-and
thus keeping up the clamor for the
time necessary to overreach the span
Of the McAdoo demonstration which
had preceded 1t.
The practice Of holding conventions
in halls large enough to accommodate
spectators many times more numerous
than the delegates themselves has led
to these performances. The thousands
who swarm around the delegate body,
as a matter of fact, have little or no
influence upon the selection Of the
candidates. although reliance Is placed
in them for the effect of noise and
clamor upon the judgment of the
voters.
Many hours have been wasted this
week in New York as a result of the
packing of Madison Square Garden
with partisan ''rooters" and resort to
the actually futile outbursts Of sound.
II is true that the resolutions commit.
tee has been slow in preparing a plat
form draft. Perhaps if there had been
fewer entrants In the nomination race
and more orderly procedure and less
manufactured enthusiasm the conven-
ton would have been ready to ballot
on Thursday. without platform. But
the noise that covered two full days
did not camouflage the fact that the
party was at an impasse in the matter
of declaration Of principles.
1t is doubtful whether this hula.
balloo will be eliminated from the
political nominating convention. l;
has become a tradition. 1t is worthless
as a political asset. 1t is dangerous to
party harmony. 1t provokes bitterness
of faction feeling. 1t obscures real is
sues and prevents calm judgment in
the end in the selection Of candidates.
But it has become an established Gus
tom. Like the two-thirds rule of the
Democratic convention. it seems to
have come to stay.
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Progress Toward Settlement.

Premier Herriot is showing himself
to be an effective administrator at
Paris. He has just tackled the Ger.
man question with directness and
vigor that may bring speedy results
for settlement. He had an interview
with the German ambassador. Won
Hoesch, and, according to one dis
patch, spoke in a manner in which
probably no French premier has ever
before addressed a foreign diplomat"
distinctly to understand that now, if
ever. is the time when Germany must
show evidence that she really wishes
to regain the worlds confidence.
AS an evidence of good faith on the
part of France order is given to repa.
triate more than $4,000 inhabitants of
the Ruhr basin. This meets in great
measure the demands expressed in the
Reichstag as a condition upon which
the Dawes reparation project will be
accepted. The Nationalists in the
Reichstag are still intransigeant
They have tried to block the govern
ment, which is disposed to accept the
plan of allied military control, but the
chancellor remains firm, and in case
of a showdown in the Reichstag a
Nationalist victory is not expected
The Socialists. who are numerous in
the Reichstag. are now disposed to be
friendly to the French attitude, mas
much as Herriot is a representative
of the French Socialist bloc.
The situation is delicate, but 1t
would appear to be more favorable
now than it has been for many
months. Settlement is indeed in sight.
Evening star., 1924-06-28
Labor's Ultimatum.

A manifesto was delivered in New
York yesterday signed by representa-.
uves of six labor organizations de-
claring that w. G. McAdoo must be
nominated by the Democratic party
If these labor leaders are to go to
Cleveland next week and vote against
the placing of an independent candi-
date in the field" They said, fur
thermore, that they have the neces-
sary votes to prevent the successful
launching of an independent move
ment"
If this is the voice of organized
labor it would appear that an indie
pendent ticket is probable, for it
seems at this time quite likely that
McAdoo will not receive the Demo-
cratic nomination. But 1t is not as
sured that this is the voice of or
ganized labor; nor is it assured that
those signing the manifesto, which is
in the form of an ultimatum. actually
have the votes to control the action
of the Cleveland conference.
manifesto of the six labor leaders a
statement was issued from Smith
headquarters by the president of the
New York State Federation of Labor
to the effect that as between McAdoo
and Smith those labor men who
know the labor records of both pre-
fer Gov. Smith
The threat to deliver" the labor
didate has been often heard in this
country. But it is to be noted that
such delivery has never been prac-
tically effected. 1t is one of the hard
est things in politics to deliver a
class vote. Organizations may re-
solve to favor one or another candi-
date or party, but individuals follow
their own preferences at election time.
Mr.. McAdoo is favored by railroad
men particularly because he as di-
rector general of railroads during the
war brought about a material increase
in compensation. One of the chief as
sets of his candidacy for the nomi-
nation has been this fact: That he ap-
peals strongly to labor" He will be
denied the nomination, if the New
York convention so votes, not at all
because of his labor aff1liation, but, in
part, because of his connection with
the oil interests and because of the
klan issue, which has been brought
forward in other interests to his Sc
riouS disadvantage.
If the labor organizations go to
Cleveland and vote for d third party
ticket because McAdoo is not nomi-
mated at New York, they may seri-
ously confuse the political situation.
1t is we'll known that La Toilette is
favored in advance as the candidate of
the Cleveland conference if it puts
a ticket in the field. Nobody looks to
see La Toilette elected President by
such a maneuver. His purpose, it is
believed, is to deadlock the electoral
college and throw the election into
the House, where, as it is now con-
stituted, choice cannot be had, thus
throwing the election of the Vice
President into the Senate, where a
third party man may be chosen, ulti-
mately to serve as President. This,
then, is the threat for it is no less
than that, of the six labor organiZa-
ton leaders to seek to bring about
victory for the tail of the La Toilette
ticket.
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School Promotion Query.
70 the Bditor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
On the strength of his grading for
a school term our boy was recon-
mended for a straight out-and-out
promotion to the 2B grade. Can you
imagine our surprise when the as
sistant superintendent in charge of
white schools informed us that as d
result of a certain Intelligence test
the boy was ordered to be promoted
'oa trial" to the 2B by a scientific
educator named DR.. Jesse La Sale?
If the intelligence test is TO have
preference over and is to supersede
the grading for a school term; by
what standard of marking are par
ents to be guided. OF what use are
the school report cards then? Carr
1t be possible that this intelligence
a faddist educational Clique at the
expense of nearly 100000 school
children? Why not test the intelil-
gence testers? The old saying is:
"A dumbbeli scholar reflects dumb
NJ AND MRS. PHILIP EsERE
Evening star., 1924-06-28

to the crown there were about 10000
conyicts in England. At her death
there were less than 5000.
Q. Where is Eleonora Duse buriedo
A. The italian traeedienre il
buried in the cemetery OF Asolo
Italy. Her grave is beautifully
marked.
there now?-H. NJ. S.
656,547 members, including Lone
Scouts. At their fourteenth annual
convention, in st. Louis, it was de-
cided to raise 100000 for national
scouting.
u Does artificial silk take the
place OF natural silk k?-I. l.
A 1t was originally manufactured,
as a substitute for silk, but has Gomez
70 occupy place of its own. In 1913
i,oeo, ,oOo pounds were produced, while
IN 1872 24,406.000 pounds were made
| ne greatest use of this fiber has
| peen made by the knitting industry
Tor hosiery, sweaters, scarfs, ties and
knit dress fabrics.
| Q. What are the insects on small
| tree in glass case in the museum
|
| A. The director of the Colombo
Museum says that these are living
| leaf insects. They are true insects he
longing to the family Phasmidae,
which also includes variety of twfr-
| like forms. The specimens kept on
| view at the museum are fed on guava
| leaves, but in wild state they proh-
ably eat variety of forest plants
| Q. What is a henry?-W. +.
! A. 1t is the. practical unit Of in
| duction in the measurement Of self
| and mutual induction. 1t was named
in honor of Joseph Henry, who con
tributed greatly to the worlds store
| of knowledge regarding electricity. In
| like manner was the watt. the pra cti-
cal unit of power or activity named
for James Watt, the mechanical en-
gineer, famous for his improvements
of the steam engine.
| Q. Is it true that men of short
stature have never figured prominent
ly in our government?
A. Lombroso in his Man Of
Genius" says that greatness and
stature are rarely found together IN
consulting biographies Of a number of
great men in American history. how
ever, it has been found that this
| statement does not always apply
There have been on the whole more
prominent men above middle height
|
may be numbered John Quincy
Adams, Admiral Farragut, Paul Jones.
Gen. Phil Sheridan, Stephen A.
Douglas, William H. Seward and Mar
tin Van Buren, On the other hand
| we find that Charles Summer was
feet 4; Thomas Jefferson, feet ~
Charles Godfrey Leland, feet 212
Andrew Jackson, feet !; Samuel
Adams, Salmon p Chase and Jona-
than Edwards described as over
| feet; James Monroe, feet or more:
Bayard Taylor. s feet at the age of
seventeen; George Washington, s
feet Henry Ward Beecher, Rufus
Choate and Benjamin Franklin were
slightly under 6 feet. Daniel Webster
| and Patrick Henry were about
feet 10.
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Some orator might venture the ex-
pertinent of frankly mentioning the
name of his candidate at the begin
ming Of his remarks if it were not for
the possibility that applause would
drown the rest of the speech.
Evening star., 1924-06-28

The claim that James Cox is the
Wilson heir to the league of nations is.
sue may be conceded without reluc.
tance by the McAdoo men if it is un-
derstood that their choice is heir to
the railroad vote.
Evening star., 1924-06-28

The Ku klux Klan has been so con-
spicuously featured that many New
Workers will be disappointed if its
members do not vary the convention
istic parades.
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settlers are still farming r." and
would farm it more extensively and
more intensively if they could hire
the necessary labor. Those German
Immigrants who want to farm in
New England and are not prepared to
DO so "on their own" will stand an
excellent chance of hiring out
Springfield Republican.
Evening star., 1924-06-28

Even if Oscar Underwood should
get no further he will be remembered
historically as the man who threw the
bombshell into the 1924 Democratic
convention.
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At present there are too many
Democrats trying to tell the New
York convention how to behave for
it to pay much attention to Mr.. La
Toilette.
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After presiding over an investigat-
ing committee Senator Walsh of Mon
tana should feel prepared for any kind
OF a session, however tempestuous
Evening star., 1924-06-28

Mr.. Smith and Mr.. McAdoo were
the means of precipitating a row
which Immediately reached all the
way from coast to coast.
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The glowing and unqualified com
mendations SO gracefully expressed by
orators Of the day are worthy the
study of any ad writer's convention.
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Moths,

The huttering moths a beauty,
But it's morals are not high.
1t has no sense Of duty
AS it gayly wanders by.
1t seeks a life of pleasure
For itself and for its kin.
The things that others treasure
No solicitude can win.
Spare the flow'rs we love sincerely
Spare the fabric fine" we beg,
But the moth regards them merely
AS some place to lay an egg.
Evening star., 1924-06-28

Even band wagon has to be pro-
tected from the gentleman who does
not hesitate to throw a monkey
wrench into the machinery.
Evening star., 1924-06-28

Cleveland. Ohio, is probably wonder
ing whether it is gding to have a safe
and sane Fourth Of July this year.
Evening star., 1924-06-28

Many delegates no doubt looked for
are having it.
Evening star., 1924-06-28

Several demonstrations have oc-
CURED to strengthen the impression
that Florida is the place where the
good politicians go.
Evening star., 1924-06-28

Instead of a steam roller Mr.. War
rem Stone ventured to suggest loco
motive.
Evening star., 1924-06-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Time to Go Fishin'.

Time to Go Fishin'.
Hey, fellers! It's time to go fishin'
The air is so humid and hot,
If we had to lose you, we'd try to ex
cuse you
For seeking a pleasanter spot.
Who'd blame you for claiming permits
sion
To run, like boy out of school,
All weary Of guessing at problems dis
tressin,
And look for a place to keep cool!
You're trying to take position
On questions familiar in form.
They're more than one wrangle car
quite disentangle.
The seasons oppressively warm.
The waters are gleamin' and swishin
Where quietude reigns as a rule.
Who'd censure a thinker with line
hook and sinker
For hunting a place to keep cool?
Evening star., 1924-06-28
Mingled Emotions.

Was Mr.. Dustin Stax referring to
politics when he said he pointed with
pride and also viewed with alarm"'
"Not necessarily" answered Miss
Cayenne. Maybe he was referring to
bis daughters engagement to a titled
foreigner"
Evening star., 1924-06-28

"Listenin' to a speech by radio jes'
suits me- said Uncle Eben. If !
wants to go to sleep in de middle OF
it tain no offense to nobody
Evening star., 1924-06-28

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Evening star., 1924-06-28

Jud Tunkins says the man who in
sists on working only eight hours a
day has to suspend the rule when he
goes convendoning.
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leadership.

leadership.
I'VE lack leadership" remarked the
constituent.
II won't say that" replied Senator
Sorghum. Our delegation had a
pretty good cheer leader"
Evening star., 1924-06-28

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|
later. chronologically it antedates. in
parts by twenty years, the story of
! the hero's flight from the bolshevik i.
| 1t recounts DR.. Ossendowskfs ex-
perienceS on four scientific eXpedf-
| tions into strange and little known
parts of Asia, chiefly Siberia. where
the author spent ten years of his life
as a geologist. Though this book
lacks the intensity of the unified
horror of the earlier published book.
| it contains a collection of smaller
wonders and horrors sufficient in
number and intensity to satisfy the
most voracious appetite.
The recent votes of the General
Conferences of the Northern and
Southern Methodist Episcopal Churches
for reunion, after eighty years of
separation, lends special interest to
chapter in the Life of Augustus
Baldwin Longstreet." in which the
author, John d. Wade, tells the story
of the controversy among the Metho-
dists over the question of slavery
and of the part played by Judge
Longstreet and his friend, Bishop
Andrew, at the General Conference
held in New York City in 1914. at
the Northern and Southern Methodists.
The books about Washington
affairs now fill many a five-foot shelf
and more shelves must frequently be
added to accommodate the new pub
lications. One of the latest additions
| Is Forty Years in Washington" by
David s. Barry, once a page and now
sergeant-at-arms of the United States
| Senate and formerly correspondent
successively of the New York Sun
and of the Providence Journal
Though the book makes no very new
or significant contribution to our fund
oe information concerning our politi-
| lures, character sketches and divert
| ing anecdotes of men and events
from the Hayes standardization to the
present
The Coconino sun., 1924-05-23
POLITICAL TRADERS

The combination of the mining Diamond creek
bunch with the Daggs- -Baumert- Maddox bunch,
at the recent state convention at Phoenix COM
mences to unfold as Maddox announces his cam
didacy for the republican nomination for COVER
nor. Doubtless only that part Of the mining IN
terests and their attorneys behind the Diamond
Greek dam project were in the trade to help the
Daggs- Baumert element nominate Maddox in re-
turn for their assistance in attempting to dis
credit Senator Cameron in order to further the
Diamond creek dam project in Washington
These miners and Diamond creek advocates are
neither republicans nor democrats, but recruited
for financial purposes only. It is very probable
that Daggs- -Baumert-M Maddox will discover before
the game is played to completion, that they made
a bad trade The people have right to their
own opinion as to who should be nominated and
elected. Political trades in which the people are
not included, seldom come to a successful con-
clusion for the traders.
The Coconino sun., 1924-05-23
DEMOCRATS WANT REPUBLICAN HELP

It is mighty amusing to note the attitude of
democratic newspapers in Arizona who have gone
the limit of denouncing the "robber tariff now
irving to back around into some old place which
will give them an out on placing six-cent duty
on copper Owned and controlled by copper in
terests-solidly democratic and against the rob
ber tariff which the poor devil has to pay'-how
can they reconcile themselves to the sudden de-
sire on the part of the poor mine owners to ask
for protection of their industry along with wool,
cotton ETC. Arizona is more or less democratic
state because the big mining interests felt they
could control the copper market of the world. It
appears something across the water has slipped.
That would be- a close guess, consequently the
sudden change in belief the tariff question,
but it's hard to switch the rest of ones political
beliefs along with a sudden desire for financial
relief, when all the propaganda has been paid for
the other way round.
The Coconino sun., 1924-05-23
LET'S CARRY ON

IT is rather amusing to note that a federal
GRAND Jury indicted Senator Wheeler IN Mon
tana. The case has not been tried IN the federal
court The senate, which seems to be a close cor
noration and a closed one as to season ON pre-
ferled senator's, Immediately calls an lnvestga-
tion of senate members and abSOlveS HIM OF all
blame Whitewashed him in advance OF any legal
hearing In the Daugherty case and otnef CAP
met members including Fall, the senate has con-
victed them without their even being indicted Dy
2 iurv of any kind If men can be convicted or at
least punished publicly without trial other than
constitutional methods by the United States SEN
ate. body which has recently assumed Judlclai
functions overriding their constitutional lmlta-
tions as a legislative body, why blame the boot
logger for lack of respect Iof Ine CONSTITUTIONS u
the United States?
The oresent conglclneration of senator's ana
conoressmen. a coalition of all radical elements,
combined with misguided democrats, are evldent.
lv having a brief Roman holiday, with avleW, OF
laving all the blame ON the republican party. Inc
records show socialists and others who sneaked
IN l,de1. the republican tent to get votes, who are
now doing their best to discTedit Coolidge ana a
Yenuhlican administration. The conditions under
which the democratic leaders in congress have ac-
cepted this renegade support to secure lew
brief victories eventually viii hold them account
able as good Americans for allowing the blocS, the
socialists and se-caled non-p partisan element, TO
even get a foot-hold. in America. Ii America can
he a bosheyiki Leninized, TrotSky country, the
blame can and should be laid to the democratic
party for trading with that traltorous, destruc-
tive element whose whole idea is to govern, con-
troll and profit by the ignorance of the masses.
It's the DID, old story. Charge all our troubles
to "Nall Street. Let us take it away from them
and live easy without work.
There isn't any such animal. Getting down to
brass tacks it is up to each individual as TO
where he lands and it don't make a helovalot OF
difference what his politics happen to be. And,
be it said to the shame of too many American
born boys the foreign element are taking care OF
our politics for us and profitng by our utter dis
regard for the institutions founded by Washing
ton. Lincoln, Jefferson and other great liberty
loving Americans.