V f u tV I A . , v (is. V. -hd EVENING PUBLIC LBDaER-PHILAD.BLPHlA; ''WEDNESDAY, SV'ftY 21-, 1920 LIBERALISM ISSU E : 0 r x CAMPAIGN 4 '4i F."f" H fce r? .Democratic Nominee Grasps 3 I Leadership of Party at ' t Columbus Meeting CUMMINGS PUT ON SHELF TV,, - By CMNTON XV. OIUIEUT SWT, Correal, onilcnl nf the i:enlne 1'ubllc I Copuriohf, 120 v Public J.ttatr Co. , Columbus, O., July 21 -C.ovcrnor j Cox made lilntfclf th Democratic party , yesterday. At tin? tncetlnc ot the Demo- ! Cratic National Committee here lie illil these tilings: First. Indlciited the issue on which he1 will seek the prc.ifUency liberalism against reaction. Second. Chose lilt own man. ex Congressman (Seorse White, to lx. chairman of the Democratic natlonnl committee in place of Homer dimming". Third. Pushed tho WlWon w iut the background by ulielvlng Cutniningt, ability to catch the car of the country and chose the issues to suit himself. Tho 'day left no question ai to who is the master of th Democratic party when anything had to be done. I'M moml Moore, for Cox, rose and told the party what to do. He continued to do tliU even after he had resigned fron. the national committee to make a place for White, n fact to which the governor alluded yesterday iu the speech jowled. He is lean, distinguished nnd refined. Ills chin is not the most promi nent feature of his face. He spenks a language, almost as much out of place in the Democratic National Committee as that of the wealthy "Korty-clghters" In the Labor party convention. If you must have it in the words of his critics, Mr. CiimmlngM is not n good mixer. Not to bo a good mixer in politics Is I only to be tolerated in moments of party And though Moore has no othcial po- i McalNni. When the hiwivv-fowled con- siUon. the party will go right on lis- trol, those who arc not good mixers teniag to hlra throughout the campaign. , g0 to the rear. for Moore will be. for campaign pur- Thnt Wns count number one against poses, (.overnor Cox s Colonel House. , Mr. Cummins. Count number two was He will be the unofficial manager of i hiKi,iy practical. Mr. Cummings be the party speaking for the Rovcrnor. lollRC(i t0 t,e other crowd. He had his ou nnve oniy to i-ec Jioore ami niie fr , . if ,n ,.(at nui.l in I.p rim r- in action to see that the relation which made White Moore's assistant during the primary campaign Mas not acciden tal, and that it will continue though White is chairman. Moore has no offi cial position. Moore, older than White. mx mitni always nt.wor . lorcciui ami i Th .. ...lllln- to . M, Cull,. IJiOT. .)l.,T:ul TZK ,". I ' vote hi .noto. speech, at mat) his friends would have to be taken care of to the exclusion of the friends of Mr. Marsh, Mr. Itrcnnon, Mr. Mur pli) and Mr. Moore. Cummings, not beinir a good mixer, had few friends In common with Mr. Marsh nnd the others. figure in the national committee. White, les continent, of Inferior physical sta mina. less experienced, with less men tal readiness, acted like a man surprised Hnn Francisco the grentest in the his tory of his party and to express the de sire that he go upon the stump In the 1,1. .,.,Mn l,.nt!., . t1,n r1,lr. i campaign mm mv i luuy more uw ii Bntwh If one ma.v judge from esterilays developments, the visit to the White mauship Cox TnUes leadershlp J'hat elevation took up nioit nf the day Two forces worked to bring It about One was the determination nf (lovernor Cox to bo the master nf his party. The theory that the national committee should pick Its own chair man nnd that the candidate should abide by its choice of a campaign manager and by mentioning neither the League idoes not work. ,It hasn't worked in of Nations nor the President iu his Hie case of the Republican National I rammlHnn fit 1tk ennl nntene AOnt thin IUU"'I lk "l : IIUI JIWIM I u i t inn itefHibllcan campaign resides elsewhere than in me nanus oi i nninnan v in ii House was one of respect from the new I Uu. where it nominally lies, head of the Democratic jnnrty to its old And it hasn't worked in th head. The Democratic candidate will . of the Democratic National Comi fif make his own campaign, with hW own personal friends in charge, iguorius uie league of Nations ns an issue as mu h an he can, and bringing forward an at tack upon the Hepublicnu party as an instrument of reaction. The day was u Cox dav It begnn icith a conference In the morning ut the Neil Hotel Iu which tho governor talked over the national chairmanship with his campaign manager, ixlmond Mooie. and the state leaders who were instru mental in nominating him nt Ban Fran cisco, the most active being Wilbur Marsh, of Iowa, nnd George Urennan, ot Illinois. At this conference Moore declined definitely to serve ns chairman of the national committee. White Chosen Chairman Then came the all-afternoon con ference of the governor with the sub committee appointed tc select officers for the national committee. At this conference Mr White, who assisted Moore in managing (iowrnor Cox's campaign and who scrcd with Cox tn Congress and is a cloc friend of Cox, was chosen chairman. Following the election nf Mr. White came Governor Cox's short speech to the committee, which was ibiefl no table for its omission nf nil n ferenceto the President nnd to the League of Na tions nnd for the stress it l.iid upou liberalism and its appeal for the sup- he governor spoke of his progress, oigence. Mmomi , Moore young XJemocratic associate on im- - ticket. Mr. Roosevelt, nnd tnld how the - e case ommlttee. for Governor Cox has just done whnt most candidates of both parties have alwas done; he put his personal repre sentative in charge of Ills own cam paign. The force working for the replace ment of Mr. Cummlugs was the desire of the state leaders, who, by naming their candidate for President, had wrested the control of the Democratic part) machinery from the hnnds of the administration to make their vie- Ltory complete. Wilson Element in RiicUground You had only to enter the parlor In the Deshler Hotel, where the natlonnl committee gathered, to realize that something had happened to the party. The WiNon element, so conspicuous for eight vears. was strangely inconspicu ous. The odor of sanctity had departed. The lenn-faced and bright-eyed ideal ists staged at home. Mr. Cummings alone snoke n language that might not lime sounded out nf place nt n unl- ! versify facultj meeting. Busy heads together in conference, risinc to unike nil the motions, lis tened to with 'profound respect, were mfter the shooting. the fat heavy -jowled gentlemen wliom no one could mistake for other than the professionals of whom Washington has been contemptuous for eight years, the Brennnns, the Marshes, the Tag garts, and the chief of these b virtue of his personal relntion to the cundidatc nnd the qunlity of his political intelli- Itut thej were not willing to have him remain party chairman. Successor Hard to Find It was hard to find his successor when Mr. Moore declined to serve. Hut the choice tlnnlly fell upon Mr. White, who is a graduate of Princeton, nnd wus not spoiled for political uses In the educational process, The new chair man studied history under Professor Wilson and Is n Klondike hero, win ning a fortune barehanded in the Arc tic. He lins n slender physique, n worn fnee. wrinkled beyond its years, a quick eye. He smiles readily nnd la ilromptly Intimate in personal relntlons. He Is a cood mixer. In spite of Princeton, nnd perhaps bec.use of the Klondike nnd later nf oil well shooting, he tnlks n language which the hcnvy-jowled can understand. He is more humnn than Cummings, though not his equnl in tellcctuall). He took up his new job gravely like a Presbyterian elder ns sunilug the superintendency of n Sun day school. These young Democrats, and he is one of the joung Democrats, alwavs have a grave senso of re sponslbilit Hut his responsibility is limited. womItTfight fajal duel One Kills the Other in Exchange of Shots Detroit, .luly -'-(Hy A. IM Llennoi- Greer, tlurt -three, is dead, and Birdie Bradford, eighteen-year-old girl, is held In police following a pistol duel which the' officers -aid resulted from a quarrel over a man at a rooming House DRY JUBILEE HELD AT CONVENTI ON Bryan Presidential Boom Fore most Question for Dole gates to Decido WATKINS SOUNDS KEYNOTE hpro i'iirl todn Several shots uie smd to hne been exchanged. Miss Greer was wounded in the temple and dinl m a hospital soou or heavy- Princess Arrives at New York New York. July 21 Princess Alfred V. Hohenlohe-Schiliiigfiierst. who was Miss Catherine Brltton. of Washington, before her marriage to an attache of the Austro-Hungarian embassy in 1010. arrived here today from Cher bourg aboard the s-tciiinship St. Paul. chairman and delivered the keynote ad dress. Committees on credentials, or ganization, rules nnd resolutions were appointed and at the afternoon session it was planned to hear their reports. Wntltlns's Keynote Speech "We are still on the map and our mission is not ended," Mr. Watklnssald In Ills keynote speech. "We must place in the field n ticket of real presidential size nnd make a campaign that will win the respect of all thinking men and women. Mr. Wntklns said that the prohibition question was not settled nnd would not be "until the machinery of government is attached nnd the lawbreakers sur render unconditionally." , "The experiment of even partially enforced prohibition," he said, "has been so eminently satisfactory and the demonstrations of moral and Industrial improvement so convincing that mil lions of hultcrs between two opinions have been convinced bejond a shndow of a doubt." The keynote speaker emphasized the Interest of tho Prohibition party In other questions confronting the country. He declared that "the whole country de sires the Lenguo of Nations," nnd thnt It would finally be adopted, but he char acterized President Wilson's course in handling it ns having "too much the llavor of autocracy" and said his plan could not bo adopted "without radical revision." Burying "John Barleycorn" Mr Ilinshnw. tn his oncning nddrefcs, told tho delegates they had coinc to gether to "select a burial lot for .loiin Barleycorn." The other political par ties, ho said, "out of respect to John s relatives hnvc voted tbnt he shall lie in state for nnother four years to be viewed by tho Amcricnn people. "Tho r)mnrnfo lllnlfnrm Is SUCnt. tho Republican platform is silent," the Prohibition national chairman contin ued. "Harding owns brewery stock, ho is not a prohlbltiouist at heart. C ox is wet. Tho future is before us, the campaign is upon us. , , "Wc want to do the 'wisest thing, the. best thing for the prohibition move ment and for the countr. It 'was our fervent wish thnt every political party would this year fall In line with the constitution ot tho Tnlted states, with tho Congress of the United States, with the Hiinremn Court of the I'nitcd States, and recognize openly nnd avowedly the settlement or. this question, a no oincr parties huve failed." FREED FOR MURDER TRIAL Sentences Commuted So Pair Can Be Arraigned for Homicide Albany. N. Y.t July til. (By A. P.) The prison sentence imposed on Har old V. Lamblc, of New York, for grand larceny, and on Charles Perchaud, also ot New York, for carrying firearms nfter being convicted of crime, were com muted by Governor Smith todav in or- inatlon on the ground that he should der thnt the men might be taken to not be placed in nil embarrassing pns Ncw Jersey to be tried for the hurder Jun- By the Associated Tress Lincoln, Neb., July 21. The Pro hibition party opened its thirteenth nn nu.il convention here today prepared to give oer much of the three days of day and night sessions to jubilation over the downfall of John Barleycorn. To this end several celebrations hove been arranged nnd n dozen or more ora tors have prepared speeches felicitating the party on its fight against liquor and condemning the Republican nnd Demo rrotie conventions for lucJs of definite action on the question. Indications were thnt such matters as nominees nnd plntform planks will give way for nt least two days to tho Jubilee. Convention Is Divided The opening session, however, found the delegates npparenlly fncing tho pe culiar situation of being almost unani mously In favnr of William Jennings Brjnn ns their presidential nominee, and ,ct being dUidrd ns to whether the convention should name the Ncbrnskun as Its leader in the fall election. The Bryan boom, which has had in numerable ups and downs In the last forty-eigiit hours as various luiormn tlon wns received concerning Mr. Bryan's attitude on the nomination, to day had become the foremost question before the delegates and one which many say may result In n floor fight. Bryan May Not Run Mr. Bryan's friends here, who claim to be speaking for him, firmly reiterate previous statements that lie win not ac cept the nomination, will not run on any ticket nnd feels that the pnrt should not name any candidates, con fining its activities Instead to local cam paigns. Groups of delegates yesterday planned to have Brynn nominated iiiianlmoiish regardless of his own views. A series of night conferences by other delegates resulted and today there is a definite movement to prevent Mr. Brynn s nom CHRISTENSEN FAVORS RELEASE OF DEBS Asks Harding and Cox to Join Him in Demand Upon President Wilson Denver, Colo., July 21. (By A. P.) Parley P. Chrlstenseri, Farmer-Labor party candidate for President, today telegraphed to Senator Harding, Re publican nominee, nnd Governor Cox, Democratic candidate, suggesting that all join in n demnnd upon President Wilson to rclenso Eugene V, Debs from prison immediately. Declaring his unwillingness to enter upon his campaign "in behnlf of the Ideals of political nnd industrial democ racy" while one of his opponents is in prison. Mr. Chrlstonscn says: "My conception of liberty includes the right to think wrong. I say to Mr. Debs and to others with whom I dis agree, including tho candidates of the Republican nnd Democratic parties, 'I loathe your Ideas like death, but I will defend with my life your right to express them.' ''It shall not be said that I have been tion. although the delegates working against his nomination declare thev per sonally favor it if lie will accept. Nom inations are not scheduled uutii I'ridu . The convention wns called to order by Virgil G. Ilinshnw, nntinnnl committee chairman, and the usual prnjers and singing followed. Aaron S. Wntklns, of Germaiitown. O,, wns made temporary of Kduiird Kupfer and 1'dith L n cy. Lamble is confined in Auburn prison nnd Perchaud nt Sing Sing. They have been indicted for murder by n Union County, N. J., grand jury. Perchaud is nlleged to have confessed that ho and Lnmhle killed Mr. Kupfer nnd Miss Jiinney. kj. i"nrtv had won D.v nelitlug lor prngn W 1012 and how his opponent nt that time had been for reaction. lie de clared the side of progress nlwnts wns the winning side nnd asserted his cou fldenco in his own victory. i Moore Virtual Campaign ."Manager It wns not u stirring speech in phrase or manner. It was brief nnd informal nnd evidently made without piepa ration, bul it was the definite emergcnn ot Cox. the enndidate taking control of his own party through Moore and White nnd marking out of the issues of tie campaign if he has the force and SPIRIT that is friendly; Methods that are modern; Service that is ef ficient; Directors who have achiev ed success; Of ficers of expe rience and judg ment. Thete factors com bine to urge you to bank here! 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It comes from the pick of Turkish, blended with Burley and other home grown tobaccos. Crimped seam not pasted means slower-burn, longer-smoke, better-taste. Try the only crimped cigarette in America it s Spur. Liggett 6c Myers Tobacco Co. Cigarettes n n party to tho persecution of any man for the opinions ho holdi. anil 1 should no "regard myself If I failed to publicly announce my condemnation of tho Im prisonment of Debs aince I have entered n raco in which ho Is n competitor. Your ncnue, of sportsmanship must have led you, since your" nomination, to conslaV the position of Debs. I beseech an answer from you to this proposal." A Scripps-Booth Six Sport Touring, purchased ten days ago, has been driven 1 275 miles by its owner. He reports an average of 22V miles to a gallon of gasoline. IT IS HIS FIRST CAR La Roche Bro., 1214 N. Broad St Immediate Delivery STANDARD TYPE 59 TOWN BROUGHAM mm If yffip. NEEL-CADILLAC COMPANY 142 NORTH BROAD ST. TO ALL COAL USERS: Wo want to have a few words with you on a subject vital to your interest and your comfort. We want you to consider whether or not it will be to your advantage to have a reserve spot in the nation's coal in dustry, where a supply will be forthcom ing despite the strike and shut-down orders of the United Mine Workers 'of America. There are four important coal fields in West Virginia operating nonunion. They are the Williamson or Thacker field, the Pocahontas field, the Tug River field and the Logan field. A portion of the New River field is operated open shop. These four and a fraction nonunion fields of West Virginia gave to the country its almost sole supply of coal during the November-December strike of 1919. These four fields yield an annual pro duction of 40,000,000 tons, or approxi mately 40 per cent of the total output of West Virginia. Five million tons of this total is pro duced in this, the Williamson field, where the United Mine Workers are endeavoring to enforce an organization. The Logan field production amounts to 10,000,000 tons, Pocahontas and Tug River 20,000,000 tons, while the produc tion in the open-shop mines of Raleigh and Fayette counties will add S.'OOO.OOO tons. This represents approximately 8 per cent of the total annual coal production and exceeds the average consumption of three states. The anticipated requirements for the present year are estimated at about 500,000,000 tons of bituminous coal. By far the largest percentage of this amount comes from fields organized by the United Mine Workers. The United Mine Workers hold and frequently exercise the power to close all the mines under its control. As an organ ization it accepts no responsibility for contracts with operators, "but closes mines regardless. It has an extensive political program, including the nationalization of mines, five-day week, six-hour day, the right to bargain with and enforce its demands on the government, and so forth, which it proposes to negotiate through Congres sional action as soon as it shall complete the organization of all the coal fields. We throw out these hints as to the purposes of tho United Mine Workers that you may realize your prospects for a fuel supply in the event the U. M. W. or ganization gains the ascendancy over production in all the fields. Except for two or three states where the coal delivery must be accomplished before the lakes become frozen, there is no such thing as the storage of bituminous coal. The production and delivery of coal is a hand-to-mouth proceeding. No time is lost for coal between the mine mouth and the furnace that waits for it. It is quite as much your necessity to have coal in your bin as it is ours to mine it. The interest and the advantages are mutual. Just a few days' stoppage of all the mines would find the railroads, which consume one-third of the product, unable to move. It would find the industries of the country at a standstill. It would, if in the winter season, result in tho discom fort of all the homes and all the people. The four coal fields named have, heretofore, stood between the country and such a disaster, and will stand ready to afford, future relief, if permitted to retain their present attitude of independ ence of the United Mine Workers5 or ganization. The Williamson Coal Operators' Asso ciation has not the means to carry on an extensive advertising campaign, even if it appeared advisable to do so. We have, however, thought it proper to issue a warning to the public of the evil consequences of a probable mid winter coal shortage,, to the end that the blame may be lodged where it belongs. There has never been any labor trouble in the twenty-five years' experience of this field. There is no trouble now between the operators and the workmen. Wages are higher here than in the surrounding union fields. The majority of the workmen in this and adjoining nonunion fields do not want to be brought into the Mine Workers' union. Work is suspended because of the criminal menaces and threats and intimidations by tho organ izers and pickets. Many of the workmen have petitioned the law authorities for assurances of protection that they might resume work. This, in short, is the tale of the present disturbance in the coal fields of southern West Virginia. We are not soliciting sympathy. But we want tho coal-using public to know the cause and the spirit of our fight. We wish it understood that our stand against the invasion of the United Mine Workers, while made at great financial loss, is done in the interest of the per manent good of tho public at large, as well as of this coal field. Our success in maintaining tho independence of our mines affords the only reliance the people have against long and disastrous stoppage of coal production at times in the future. THE WILLIAMSON COAL OPERATORS ASSOCIATION, Williamson, West Virginia. IT " i Hcllnry Amu- mont Co. "5 L iflaatf tjV Lojw un 4 7B li I I I I i ' . jp m
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