The Holly chieftain., 1924-04-03


embassy. 3The Minute Man statue
" Paul Revere's ride and the Batte
assert the President already has $50
delegates in hand and $50 more in
sight. outside of contested states, and
that with this minimum total OF GOO
votes he Is assured of nomination on
the first ballot In the Cleveland con-
ventlon.
Some of the Coolidge leaders are
talking quietly of the advisability of
nominating John Lewis, president of
the United Mine Workers. for the vice
presidency. They believe this would
be good politics and would in meas
ure Offset the influence of Samuel
Gompers. who each year comes nearer
to becoming a Democrat. Lewis is
held In high esteem by nll union labor
| except the rabid radicals and by the
people of the country generally. There
| Is good reason to believe that he
would accept the nomination.
TEN million dollars was voted by
| L the house last week for the relief
of hungry women and children in Ger
many. Only 81 members had the nerve
to vote against the measure. 24O vol-
ing for it. The bill stipulates that the
money is to be expended for food
stuffs in this country and the food is
to be transported in shipping board
vessels. Wherever possible the sup
plies are to be bought through farm
ers' organizations. Since the house
repeatedly has been informed that
there is no real food shortage in Ger
many, only u failure of proper dis
tribution, 1t must be admitted that
Representative Tucker OF Virginia
had reason for his assertion that the
measure was designed to consolidate
the German vote.
TWO more monarchs have been de-
L posed-King George of Greece and
the shah of Persia. In the former case
the Greek national assembly voted for
the deposing of the entire Giucks-
bourg dynasty and its exile. and in
favor of the establishing OF a repub-
lie, subject to the decision of the peo-
pie in the coming pleblsclte. George
is quoted as saying that he will not
abdicate because he believes the
Greeks want him and will vote to
keep him on the throne. In Persia the
assembly dep0sed the shah. who has
spent most of his time In Europe OF
late, but the republicans were for the
present outnumbered so the shah'a
infant son was proclaimed ruler un
der regency.
MYTH NIL the pomp and splendid
wv ceremony that surrounds such
occasions. Archbishops Mundeleir OF
Chicago and Hayes of New York were
elevated to the carlinalate by Pope
Plus NJ. First came the secret con
sistory, in which the pope proposed
the names of the two Americans t.
the sacred college and the cardinals
formally acQuiesced. after which tht
new princes Of the church were noti
fed. appeared and delivered addresses
Three days later, in public consistory
the pope invested them with the pur
pie cloaks and red blrettas. Sentet
on his scarlet draped throne, the hol!
father delivered Ions eulogy o
America In which he declared tina
Americas miracle OF charity savet
millions from starvation, just ns tn,
entry of the United States into th'
World war decided the fate of Europ,
and the world"
CROvER CLEVELAND BERG
" DOLL, draft dodger and deserte1
is said to be on his way from German
to America, ready to serve his sen
, tence in order that the estate nf hi
family may be untangled. Maybe h
will be met by n reception committe
, from the group of half-baked studen
i, pacifsts Of Northwestern universit
who SO gratefully listened to an ant
, American lecture by youth VIII
served time in prison for refusing t
serve in the army, and then hisse
the American flag and Its benrer. n
G. ex-servIce man. But the less sal
about these young creatures the be
, ter, for they are untouched by denur
citation and thrive on publicity.
e NdEXICO'S revolution has nlmos
lVl wholly collapsed. De la Huert,
its leader, has fled the country aboar
: small vessel which may have bee
. sunk In n recent storm. Nearly nll tn
n other chleftnins have run away c
= surrendered, and the governmer
Z. forces are proceeding to Glenn up
t Frontera, Chiapas and some other II
n callties where there are still bodies 1
y rebels.