Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-12

expenses do not arise; that the retro
active tax cut of % per cent is ex-
pected by the people, and should be
promptly given, and that>it is desirable
to have definite determination of the
taxes as applying to 1924 incomes
while the income is still being re-
ceived. For these reasons he gave it
his approval.
90 FAR as the Republican national
- committee could do so, everything
was fixed up for the Cleveland con-
vention. Frank w. Mondell, former
congressman from Wyoming, was Sc
lected as permanent chairman and
Charles B. Warren, ambassador to
Mexico, was chosen to be chairman of
the resolutions committee which builds
the platform. Mr.. Coolidge picked on
Marion Leroy Burton, president of the
University of Michigan, to present his
name to the convention, and Doctor
Burton accepted the grateful task. He
told the press that he would speak not
as a partisan but as citizen and a
friend and admirer of Mr.. Coolidge.
Fred Upham Of Chicago announced
that he would resign from the post of
treasurer of the party, and his cleo
ton as national committeeman from
Illinois was assured. Chairman Adams
and Secretary Lockwood of the ma
tional committee also will retire. Roy
o. West of Chicago will succeed the
latter. He has been long prominent
in politics and is even more silent than
the President.
Naturally most of the pre-conven-
ton discussion was concerning the
vice presidential nomination. There
developed a strong demand that Frank
o. Lowden be given the honor, and
Mr.. Coolidge let 1t be known that the
Illinoisan would be very acceptable"
as his running mate.
No arrangements were announced
for placing Senator Hiram Johnson in
nomination for the Presidency, and the
LaFollette headquarters in Washing
ton said the wisconsin senator's name
would not be presented to the conven-
ton. His little block Of delegates
probably will vote for him to the
end.
TURNING now to the Democrats,
i one reads with interest the state
ment by Franklin D. Roosevelt, man.
hot
York delegation as whole will make
no effort to have dry plank inserted
in the platform, nor will the New
York Democratic organization sane
tion such an attempt.
Senator Ralston seemingly put him
self out of the running by requesting
the Indiana state convention to send
an uninstructed delegation to New
York.
1t is probable that Senator Thomas
Walsh of Montana will be permanent
chairman of the Democratic conyen-
ton. George Brennan of Illinois is
for him, asserting that 'aside from
geographical reasons, the distinguished
record made by Senator Walsh in dis
closing to the country scandals with
out parallel in the history Of the ma
ton, should make his selection in
evitable." Senator Pat Harrison of
Mississippi has been selected as tenn
porary chairman and the keynote
sounder.
TN SOME respects the report of the
l senate oil committee, prepared by
Senator Walsh and submitted Thurs
day, was surprisingly mild 1t charged
fragrant disregard of the law in the
Sinclair and Doheny leases, which
were declared to be "indefensibly
wasteflll'' and based on a policy which
congress alone had authority to deter
mine. Former Secretary Falls secret
negotiation of the leases was described
as in disregard Of the statutes and his
acceptance of 100000 from Doheny
was called ''in the last degree repre-
hensible.'' The executive order by
which President Harding transferred
the oil reserves from the Navy to the
Interior department was held in the
report to have been illegal.
On the other hand, the report exon
Grated former Secretary of the Navy
DENLY and Assistant Secretary Roose-
Welt of any part whatever in the nego-
tiations leading to the leases, and de-
clared that the committee found no
facts of Importance in support of the
rumor that public officials had specu-