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Atlanta Saamal VOL. XXII. NO. 29. HOOVER LOOMING STRONG US CHOICE OF THEDEMDCMTS Lawrence Hints Food Ad ’ ministrator May Get Wil son’s Support—Conserva tives Welcome Bryan BY DAVID LAWBENCE (Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.) WASHINGTON. Jan. B.—People who attend the Jackson day dinner and the meeting of the Democratic national committee —or, for that mat ter, the Republican national commit tee meetings, are essentially poli ticians. Their conversation is about delegates and convention rules and booms and certain success and the terrible faults of the other party. Candidates have their boosters on the job quietly sounding out sentiment and extolling the virtues of the as pirants for the presidency. But underneath it all, when you get them away from the formal stuff, the politicians wh# are here for the Democratic assemblage have some definite ideas of what is going to happen in the coming campaign. Far from being as comfortable as the Republicans were in their calcu lation that any Republican could win this time, the Democrats seem to be saying that it will take “some can didate,” not just any candidate, to win on the Democratic ticket. There is a sense of impending re sponsibility for the selection of a big man to be the standard bearer of the party, but as usual at this early stage of the game, the friends of Mc- Adoo, Palmer, Governor Cox, Sena tor Pomerene, Senator Hitchcock, James W. Gerard, and last, .but not least, William Jennings Bryan, have a confident feeling that their man measures up exactly to specifications. Hoover Looms Strong They' talk about their Individual choices with the usual enthusiasm, but running through it all seems to be a belief that the Democrats either will have to have a really big personality or a strong issue. The more or less disinterested of the political delegates talk about Her bert Hoover, and there is no under standing his possibilities even by the delegates and committeemen who haye- candidates of their own to espouse.' Indeed, the most interesting bit of political news in the Democratic gathering is the pronounced friepd- Mness to Herbert Hoover. * "Is ne a Democrat?” is the ques tion which I overheard one commit teeman ask another. “I don’t know,” was the reply, “but the people down my way don’t much care whether he is or not.” Strength for Herbert Hoover comes not merely out of the west, from which section he hails, but from the south. One of the men who has much to do wjth South Carolina politics and delegations, for. instance, told me that if the convention were held tomorrow, it would not be a difficult matter to swing South Carolina for Hoover. But there are certain pledges that always go for the first ballot. 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The average Democrat here be lieves —or fears—that Mr. Bryan is a candidate. The situation may as well be faced as it is, they say, and there has been more Bryan talk in the cloak rooms at the capltol/with in the past few days than since 1912. This talk is by no means all fa vorable, but it is unquestionably nue that the big interrogation today in Democratic quarters is: “What about Bryan?” There will be a dozen speakers at the Jackson dinner here Thursday night—most of the speakers being national figures—but' the headline attractions of that dinner will rank as follows: The letter from President Wilson and the speech of William J. Bryan. The Bryan come-back is one of the mystifying things of Democratic politics. Mr. Bryan dropped off the front page with his resignation as secretary of state. Everybody as sumed he was dividing his time ,be tween Asheville and Miami, or 1 mak ing prohibition lectures, and let It go at that. Today, merely because he bobbed up in Washington two weeks ago and held a conference with Demo cratic senators, ostensibly to dis cuss the peace treaty, and because he is a Jackson-dinner speaker and was quoted at length in a Balti more paper on national issues, W il liam Jennings/Bryan is right back on the front’ page and getting more publicity than the president. “The fellows seem to think he is a candidate,” was the remark of a Democratic senator who had recent ly left the cloakroom. He spoke re signedly. “But he/ can’t be nomi nated,” he added, a bit more hope fully. Bryan’s Sample Case “Why not?” suggested the inters viewer. “Book what he has in his sample case—all good stuff, except government ownership of railroads.” And then there followed this resume of the situation at it is play ing into the Bryan hands, to wit: The silver' dollar has caught up with the gold dollar, or, in the words of Bryan, “the silver dollar is no longer a cheap dollar; it is the gold dollar that is cheap, if we may bor row the phraseology employed by financiers twenty-five years ago.” Woman suffrage has been recog nized by congress and the rapidly ratifying the suffrage amend ment. Bryan was talking and ad vocating woman suffrage when some of the suffrage leaders of today were yelling about states’ "iyhts and petticoat politics. National prohibition is here. Bry- was “dry” when some of the re cent converts were sipping mint ju leps in the back room and reluctant ly admitting that local option might The Democratic leaders don’t want Bryan; that’s a certainty today. But more than once they’ve not wanted Bryan, only to see him land, right side up, in some -party situation. Hence the worry over the emerg ing Nebraskan, who was thought to be permanently submerged. With what misgivings and alarm Champ Clark, Oscar Underwood, At lee Pomerene, Governor Cox and other Democratic aspirants for White House residence will view the per formance of Mr. Bryan at the, Jack son day dinner—and thereafter —is readily /to be imagined, in view of the disturbing comeback of the gen tleman from Nebraska and Florida. woman and The Household Journal are both as good as can be had among the popular price magazines. The price of The Semi-Weekly Journal alone is $1.25. We are giv ing you an additional five papers for only 15 cents extra. The price of $1.40 is just half the regular price for this combination. We are selling it to you at the very cheapest that it can be bought. We cannot sell it for even one cent cheaper. Does not this ap peal to you? Send us your order to day. We cannot tell how long we will be able to sell it at this price. Tell your neighbors and friends of this of fer. They will thank you for the bal ance of the year for letting them know about it. Use the coupon below. No commission allowed on this offer. The Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen: Enclosed find $1.40 for which send me your “BIG SIX”' combination offer. Name P. O R- F. D State PEACE OFFENSIVE IS STATED SOVIETS OK SEVERAL FRONTS Three Distinct Overtures Made by Bolsheviki —Anti- Red Forces Seem to Be Completely Defeated WASHINGTON, Jan.* B.—Soviet Russia today has in full swing a “peace offensive” similar to thos? Which Germany launched at fre cuent intervals, according to ad vices repeived here today. Complete defeat of the anti-Bol shevik Russian forces of Kolchak, Deniken and Yudenitch has dis-* pelled almost all hopes for success ful resumption of hostilities against ♦the Bolsheviki by the Russians alone, officers of the military in telligence here, •who are in daily touch with the Russian situation, believed today. The Bolsheviki are masters of Russia from the Black sea to the Baltic and Arctic ocean, and from Poland to western Siberia,, they said. Within the past few days news has been received in Washington of three distinct peace overtures by the Bolsheviki. These are: 1 — A new peace offer to the allies from Lenine is reported being taken to London by Colonel Tallents, Brit ish representative in the Balt'e states. This offer carries with it the concession to abolish Bolshevist terrorism. 2 Bolshevik Foreign Minister Tchitcherin has offered peace negoti ations to Poland, according to state department advices, and has threat ened Poland with a military offen sive in the spring in the event of her failure immediately to accept the offer. 3 Tchitcherin also is reported to have proposed to Italy a resumption of relations with Soviet Russia, and to have declared that the “imminent capture of the Black sea coast by the soviets will open the Black sea route to Italy.” Would Control Russia Should the Bolsheviki succeed in obtaining even tacit recognition from the allies, they would be left in complete control of all Russia, it was said, as it is not believed that the all-Russian forces can again suc cessfully combat the Bolsheviki un less they are rendered active and complete support by the allies. The British blockade fleet in the Baltic sea, now the principal allied weapon against the Bolsheviki would be withdrawn and soviet Russia coull then obtain badly needed supplies. Lenine and Trotzky would be fre« to concentrate on their purpose “to subvert the existing principles of government. a ,nd society the world over, 'including' those countries in which democratic institutions are ' already established,” which was re- i vealed by Secretary of State Lans ing in his memorandum to congress I recently. Following is a “birds-eye” view of the present military situation in Russia, as outlined by officers of the military intelligence. Siberian front: A Bolshevik force of between 70,000 and rifles and 6,000 cavalry now is believed to be only a few hundred miles from Irkutsk, with a demoralized Kolchak army of between 30,000 and 58,000 retreating before it. Irkutsk, the present capital of the Siberian gov ernment, now headed by General Semenoff, is threatened by Repub lican revolutionists, who also are holding sway over the region a few hundred miles west of Irkutsk. But the mikado has declared that the Bolsheviki “shall not pass” beyond Lake Baikal, and the Japanese gov ernment' virtually has decided to send reinforcements to her already large force of troops in Siberia, to check the red advance. ATLANTA, Ga., FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1920. Revenue Officer Breaks Up “Still’ Scene, Arresting Movie Stars Working at Dahlonega > I I nlw* . H -JO & "v-... ■" mi M’VClwf? • I I I ‘wr- I UK i <.. I”- s as / r® I 7 ' I /i W I Bib w" ■ J x “ W I fil J I J -. ; I II ||| ■ ’I .M#-• li ' / A SCENE AND TWO PRINCIPALS FIGURING IN THE UNIQUE INCIDENT WHEREBY UN CLE SAM summarily broke up a movie re L arsa! in Lumpkin county Thursday. At the top may be seen United States Deputy Marshal Ben Lan ft s in the center of the startled group of players he raid ed while they were enacting a “nioonshine” At the lower left is Dr. Craig Arnold, of Dahlone ga, who had aided and abetted the To the right is Miss Irma Harrison, comely little star of “The Daughter of Devil Dan,” one "prisoners” taken into custody by the federal offi cer. Milas Harrison may be recognised infthe upper picture despite her costume. MOON, REFUSED $lO, KILLED HIS MOTHER, HE SAYS ' VALpOSTA, Ga., Jan. B.—Melt Moon, held in jail here charged with the murder of his mother, Mrs. Susan Moon, near Adel, <ast week, confessed to the Cook county coron er’s jury last night, according to officials, that he alone was responsi ble for his mother’s death. Moon, who is described as of unsound mind told the jury his mother had refused to give him $10; that he kicked the breath out of her, struck her over the head with a stick of wood, then cut her throat and stabbed her through the heart. After finishing his recital of the brutal and fiendish crime, Moon de clared that S. P. Cooper, Lacey’ Spires and Jim Johnson, young white men who were also being held, had nothing to do with the crime and that any statements he had made heretofore which would cast sus picion on them were false. Johnson was being held in jail here and he v'as immediately released on the charge, but was arrested on a war rant charging him with hog stealing, for which he gave bond and returnel to his home. Cooper and Spires were f: eed. Governor Declines to Pardon Dr. McNaughton Convicted of Murder Governor Dorsey Thursday de clined to pardon or parole Dr. W. J. McNaughton, who is serving at the prison farm at Milledgeville a life sentence for the murder of . Fred an Emanuel county farmer and turpentine operator whom Dr. McNaughton is accused of poisoning with arsenic ten years ago jn com plicity with Mrs. Flanders. Dr. McNaughton’s application for a pardon or parole was heard by the governor several weeks ago. It was supported by numerous friends of the prisoner, including a Baptist minister of Savannah and a Meth odist minister of Atlanta. Relatives of Fred Flanders strongly opposed the application. In declining to grant clemency, Governor Dorsey declares in a writ ten statement that he is convinced there was intimacy between Mc- Naughton and Mrs. Flanders, and thai. the circumstance of Flanders taking sick about the time he was prepar ing to move away from Swainsboro, and the strange behaviour of Dr. Mc- Naughton in connection therewith, are irreconcilable, in his mind, with any theory other than Dr. McNaugh ton’s guilt. The governor then states that a commutation of Dr. McNaughton’s sentence from death to life imprison ment, granted by a previous gover nor, in his opinion is a sufficient ex ercise of clemency In his case. 1 Govewnent Sleuth Stops Filing of Realistic Moun taiFScene, Thinking Play ers Real Moonshiners It happened near Dahlonega, the heart of Lumpkin county—famed for gold and hospitality and mountain scenery. The film players making “The Daughter of Devil Dan”—forthcom ing six-reel screen production—were at the crux of a tensely dramatic scene. Little Irma Harrison, leading lady, make-believe daughter of a make-be lieve moonshiner, was about to be seech her father to give up his il licit distillery. In a moment more she was to blow up the nearby dam, thereby sweeping away all evidence of guilt before her make-believe sweetheart, Kempton Green, leading man and make-believe revenue offi cer, arrived on the spot. “Ready! Action! Camera! Shoot!” commanded Director Frank Gordon Kirby, nervously, in the tempera mental way all reel directors have. ’ “Bang!” crashed a .38 Colt auto matic, and in walked a determined looking figure, booted, slouch-hatted and truculent. “You’re all under arrest!” he gasp ed. \ “Get out!” shrieked Director Kir by, “You’re not in the script! And you’ve ruined the scene!” “Scene—your necktie!” retorted , the intruder. “I’m Ben Landers, of Gainesville, and I’m a United-States deputy marshal. This still is raid ed. Everybody here’s’ pinched. If ' anybody don’t believe it, he can try to outrun a bullet!” Thus it happened that in the year 1920—last Thursday, to be precise— in the commonwealth of Georgia, an entire company ©f motion picture players was gathered in by the long arm of Uncle Sam. Thus it happened that four prin cipals in the filming of “The Daugh ter of Devil Dan,” arc today under bond on the charge of violating the revenue laws of the United States. Thus it happened that a charming young screen star still wanes hys terical when she tries to tell what happened—that a well-known direc tor side-steps -whenever he sees a traffic cop—that one of North Geor gia’s foremost citizens brings one of the best stories to Atlanta that has come from the mountains in many a day. Dr. Arnold's St°ry. Dr. Craig Arnold., former state legislator from Lumpkin county, good roads evangelist, and a Geor gian popular from Rabun Gap to Tybee Light, narrates the tale. He reached Atlanta Tuesday. So did the fifteen actresses, actors, cameramen, etc., of the Buffalo Motion Picture corporation, of New York city, who are producing a Georgia-made screen drama. In fact, everybody’s here except United States deputy marshal (.Continued on Page 6, ernnmn 6) i SOUTH GEORGIA CITIES ASK HELP FOR A., B. & A. R. R. FITZGERALD, Ga., Jan. B.—Reso lutions calling upon the Georgia sen ators and congressmen to support the Cummins railroad bill and endors ing that measure insofar as it re fers to the guarantee of income and financial "-otection of railroads, were adopted here by an assembly o; rep -esentatives from various cities along the line of the A., B. & A. railroad. The meeting was called by the Fitzgerald Chamber of Commerce to consider the situation caused by the report of the probability that the A., B. & A. system may be scrapped because of financial diffi culties. Practically all the larger cities along the line of the road were represented by municipal officials or officers of their respective chambers of commerce. The resolution follows: “Whereas, the conditions now con fronting the operation of the rail roads of this state are such that only a few of our lines are able to meet their actual operating expenses, pro ducing a condition most deplorable and which we regard with deep con »cern; therefore, be it “Resolved, That we urge our sen ators and representatives, both indi vidually and collectively, to exer cise themselves support of remedial legislation, the two bills now in con ference. It is the sense of this body that we heartily indorse the Cum mins bill in so far as it refers to the guarantee income and financial protection of the railroads for a pe riod of six months after they are returned to their owners.” In attendance at the meeting were I. H. Davis, mayor of Manchester; J. S. Peters, vice president of the Bank of Manchester; W. E. Algee, secretary of the Tifton Board of Trade; A. M. Smith, president of the Brunswick Board of Trade; W. K. Holt and J. W. McCall, of Rebecca; J. H. Mays, W. A. Adams, S. G. Pry or, Jr., J. J. Dorminy, D. A. Bragg, W. R. McLendon, M. W. Garbull, I. Gelders, Lon Dickey and I. C. Smith, representing the Fitzgerald Chamber of Commerce; B. L. Bugg, C. E. Brower, George M. Gentry, L. R. Waters, G. B. Eunice and E. H. Hill, representing the A.. B. & A. railroad. HEACS STOMACH ANI3 TAPE WORM QUICKLY AT HOME A simple home treatmeur which gives quick and lasting relief in all forms of stomach trouble, including tape worms or other worms, is b-- ing supplied to sufferers by Walter A. Reisner, Box C-64, Milwaukee, Wise. He is so confident of results that he guarantees absolute satis faction in every case or there is no charge for the treatment. If you suffer from stomach trouble or ar. kind of worms, send him your name snd address today as this notice may not appear again.—(Advt.) JOURNAL TO PUBLISH LETTERS OF KAISER TOTHEFOMICMII Under Arrangement With Chicago Daily News, En tire Correspondence Will Be Printed for First Time Willy-Nicky Letters Begin In Semi-Weekly Journal The Atlanta Journal has se cured' from the Chicago Daily News, exclusive rights for pub lication in Georgia \Of the “Willv- Nicky Letters,” seventy-three in all, being those written by Wil helm 11, former kaiser of Ger many. to the late Nicholas Ro manoff, former czar of all Rus sia. The correspondence coyer* the period of twenty years, 189 1- 1914, just preceding the war. The first letter will appear in next Tuesday’s issue and others will follow at regular intervals. By ISAAC DON LEVINE. (Foreign Correspondent of the Chicago Daily News.) Upon the execution of Nicholas Romanoff, the ex-czar of Russia, in Ekaterinburg in July, 19181 a .case containing his private correspond ence was found among his personal effects. This case was transmitted by the soviet authorities to Moscow. Among its contents was a batch of letters written in English, addressed to “Nicky” and signed “Willy.” Thei e were seventy-three letters in the latch, covering a period of twenty years, 1894-1914. I examined these original letters during my fctay in Moscow last Octo ber. The somewhat faded blue of the stationery used by the German emperor, his heavy and firm hand writing as well as his quaint English distinguished this batch from .t number of other papers kept in the Same safe. 1 cause to be made a complete copy of all the letters, and photographs of some of them. The collection that Th.* Daily News and The Atlanta Journal wi’i publish is complete-—not a selects jn ij'om the kaiser's letters to the cza* - . It includes all such letters in exist ence. None of these letters has ev*r been published, although more than a year ago a number of telegrams exchanged between the kaiser and the czar in the years 1904-1907 ap peared under the name of “The Willy-Nicky Correspondence.” Without questioning the genuine pess of tlie telegrams referred to ■ U should nevertheless be that the so-called “Willy-Nicky Cor respondence,” being telegrams, can* by their very nature be authenti cated. For it is scarcely possible that no errors should have b<en com mitted in the transmission of a large Lumber of telegrams. Tn the case of letters here published we have really a set of irrefutable and unquestion able documents. The first of these communication?, was written in 1394, on the occasion of the succession to the throne Oi Nicholas Romanoff. The iast was dispatched in 1914. The twenty years encompassed by these com munications from the kaiser to the czar will always remain a period of profound interest to the future his torian. In these twenty vears the forces which culminated in tti» bloodiest and vastest war in the life of mankind grew and developed. After the countless contemporary histories the causes of the world war have turned into, dust and vanished from the memory of man, these let ters will hold their own. As time goes on and passions and prejudices givfe way to calm Judg ment and impartial analysis, people will peruse these pages more and more frequently. What a boon to humanity it would be if the enor mous volume of truth lying buried in the private archives of half a dozen European courts, existing and ex tinct, were suddenly to be revealed to the world! So far little has come out of the archives of the fallen Ger man and Austrian royal houses. The letters here published are the first collection of its kind from the arch ives of the deposed Romanoffs to see the light. The kaiser was the apostle of the “principe de la monarchic.” This appears very early in his communi cations to the Russian autocrat. His big purpose, running like a red thread through all these letters, was to divert Russia’s attention from the west to the east and alienate her from France. In the first part of his program the Iflaiser succeeded. He turned the attention of the czar to the Far East, he aroused in Nicky the belief that Russia’s mission was to stave off the yellow peril, inas much as the czar followed the sug gestions of the kaiser—and this cor respondence shows it—the kaiser was actually responsible for the Russo-Japanese war! What would have happened to the world had Europe’s mightiest autoc racies joined hands in a military alliance is a matter for interesting speculation now. In all probability there would have been no revolutions in Russia and Germany, and Willy and Nicky would still be on their thrones. The whole world now prob ably would be respectively under the arrogant rule of Prussian and Rus sian militarists. It is impossible to recount here all the charcteristics of the “admiral of the Atlantic”—as the kaiser call ed himself—revealed in these let ters. Every letter contains a differ ent feature, discloses a new trait, of the kaiser’s nature. But by far the most outstanding phase of Wil helm’s mind appears to be his in tense hatred of Great Britain. The kaiser’s English is far from perfect. His spelling leaves much to be desired. “Allready,” “all ways,” “wellfare” are some of his commonest mistakes. He almost in variably employs “&” for .“and.” He writes “beeing” instead of "being,” “wether” instead of “whether,” “un noble” in place of “ignoble,” “cour tesey,” “assisstance,” “takle,” “ex istant,” “openess,” are some of his other errors. Instead of “Turkey” the kaiser writes “Turky” and in stead of “Dardanelles” he spells “Dardanels.” His letters are replete with faulty constructions and con tain scores of in addi tion to those here mentioned. These mistakes have been corrected in the text of the letters as they are to be published in The Journal. Scents a copy. 81.2 S A jrfcAß. HM SAYS HE IS NOT RUNNING • FUR PRESIDENCY ■ Senators Fighting’Pact Are Called ‘Unpatriotic’—San Francisco Claims Lead in i Race for Convention - •. i ■ i WASHINGTON, Jan. B.—Resolu- ■ lions indorsing the treaty of Ver- : ballies and denouncing as qnpat’riotic J ! the attitude of senators who vWtlld /I I defeat it directly or by nullifying J ■ reservations weie unanimously adopit- B cd today by the Democratic natioffal ■ committee in session.’ Jill The “arrogant” Republican ledder-* yl ! ship of the senate was denounced gs ■ having earned the “contempt of the V world" by throttling the treaty; z for 'ta seven months, and the senate .■al! fl upon to “quit playing with tl.e question of Senator 1 ’nderwood, of a statement today. would not be a candidate for'.'wß|l I)-niovrati.- pretldcntial "My friends have complimented , me." the senator said, “by suggest- Ing that 1 be a candidate for tjm ; Democratic presidential nomiuatioji, •' j but I am In no sense a i i have announced a candidacy son I senatorshjp for Alabama and I and expect to represent that e ‘ > in the senate so»- another six Roviev.ing the legislative recall 1 of the two Wilson administrations and the manner in which the war ?f was v.on. the resolutions also ex pressed gratification that the., pres- ■ idem was regaining healtti dft'ef, a f breakdown “duo largely to his efforts for world ponce.” The resolutions were adopted at the committee’s quadrennial meeting ■,? to select a time and place fer the 1920 convention. The choice will be. made late today with the race be- . tween Kansas City and San Francis- ; - co and with the supporters of the latter claiming they have enqilfeh votes pledged to insure beyond dis- ;; cushion the selection of their city.' ICesolnticu on Treaty Concerning the peace the resolutions said: 'jS "We affirm our approval Os the treaty of Versailles and we condemn as iihwise and uupatrlotie the atti- 'Z tude of those senators who would U defeat its ratification, either directly, ' | oi- by overwhelming it with reser vat tons that are Intended to, and will , - have the effect of nullifying it. “The failure of the senate Repub lican leaders to offer or to permit consideration of interpretative reso lutions that would preserve the gen eral putpote of the treaty and to so permit its ratification condemns them to- the criticism of the nation - antj lo the Contempt of the world.” ' ’ The resolutions said that when the lj Democrats came into powef in 1913 they found "the nation in a condi tion of comparative industrial and commercial depression" and With “the banking system in the bands of, a few men at whose will panics pe riodically occurred.” - /.-.ma It was added that “these and Ot .- er ills had existed for sixteen years under Republican rule without any relief." “To remedy this condition,’’ the resolutions continued, “the Demo- ' cratie administration entered imme diately upon a vigorous constructive - ' program,” adding that the establish- T'/ ment of the federal reserve banking system “entitles the party to the everlasting gratitude of thr'COUntry, M while the farm loan banking system <■'! gave to our agricultural interests the relief long demanded by them.” The resolutions then referred to the enactment of the law giving “the people the right to elect their United States senators by popular vote,” and ■ said the party had “enfranchised the J women apd for the first time gave labor the fair showing to which it I was entitled ” i Referring to the avowed objects of the country’s participation hi the war, the resolution continued: j “A treaty to this end was- nego- 1 tiated and for seven months-R has been throttled by the misusea Re- J publican leadership of the senate that is so arrogant that it evb’n irfefuses to let the senators of its own .party; who desire to have the. rati- I fied with certain reservations that 1 seem reasonable to them, tdtvtfte ac cordingly. and thus to make at least a start toward world-wide peace.” • emand for Peace z As a result, me rcsohrtioua: said, ■'conditions are unsettled, a definite proclamation of the end of the- war ; is delayed.” it'declares that had th’e treaty been ratified “with reasonable promptness, the world would now be | engaged in the fruitful work of re.-., construction.” “We Join,” said the resolutions*', “the demand of the pulpits of the | country and of its agricultural in terests. of labor and of the; great I business, industrial and comhiercial | organizations of America that: tins ■ senate quit playing politics w+Qi tips sacred question and give to tire world M the word’that Amerca; is readx to at least make a trial for uniyersa. peace. We repudiate the inferential suggestion that having joined our as sociates in a war that is now leading th mto chaos we are to withdraw’ j and leave them to a merciless fat,© in order’ that we might maintain a so-called traditional state of ‘lsola tion’ that we surrendered when we went to the defense of our rights and to the aid of struggling humanity. "If this is to be our attitude, then "’“l the 50,000 Americans who now. sleep in France gave up their lives in yam and the 2.000,00:0 more Who Willing ly offered their lives for the cause that called us there, have a right |o ask for what were they summoned to the colors.” - - \ ? The delegation working for- San Francisco went into the meeting de claring they were absolutely assured that the Pacific coast city would win. Suporters of Kansas City were not so optimistic, but said they srfill had a chance. z Clark Howell of Georgia was ap pointed chairman of the resolutions committee with A. R. Titlow, W&sU ington; John Gary Evans, South Carolina; Senator Saulsbury, Dela ware, and Patrick H. Quinn. Rhode' Island, as committee members. There were a number of absentee* both in the ranks of the committee men and the women's associate com mit ise when the gathering was call ed together by Chairman Homer S. Cummings. A committee was appointed to hea>' a request regarding the holding »■ primaries in the District of Colum bia. It was composed of John W. < Continued on 8, Oolom* 8)