The Kansas Observer from Hutchinson, Kansas • 1

i L-c 3 1 1 rHE KANSAS OBSERVE! A DEMOCRATIC WEEKLY, SUCCESSOR TO THE OBSERVER. jVOLUME VI. HUTCHINSON, KANSAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1920. NUMBER SELECTION SEEMS TO PLEASE THEM McFADDEN RENOUNCES NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE FIELD IS DRAFTED FOR SECOND PLACE Pretty Prairie Man to Be the Democratic Candidate for Lieu- tenant Governor. Republicans Confident With Harding As Candidate, While Demo, crats Do Not Care.

Democrats, of Hutchinson and over, the district who have expressed themselves on the subject seem to be fairly well pleased with the nomination for he presidency of Warren G. Hard-ng, of Ohio They -understand that the old guard. or standpat element are immensely well pleased and will support the candidate to a man, but on the other hand they recognize that a considerable portion of the pro- gressive element, no matter how strong may be their republicanism, will vote against him and for the Democratic nominee, provided that man is McAdoo, Governor Cox or some other equally well-known individual. Here in Hutchinson the G. 0.

P. forces were pretty evenly divided between Lowden and Wood adherents. That was before Harding was considered a likely possibility. Now the convention met for its final session Saturday afternoon. But the powers that controlled the destinies of the party put Allen out of the running after the convention convened, and Kansas did not get the word.

It was all done so quickly that the information did not reach the delegation in time to save it from disaster. The AJlen vice-presidential boom started when Senator Curtis and one or two others visited Harding and suggested that for Allen to go on the ticket would please the Kansas crowd; that he was a westerner and would strengthen the ticket manifestly. Harding said it was agreeable to him. Then ex-Governor Bailey went to Watson of Indiana and asked him to make the nominating speech. Watson consented to do so if it was all right with Harding.

He consulted the soon-to-be presidential candidate and Harding said that Allen was satisfactory to him; that Lenroot and Coolidge also had been suggested, but that he did not expect to make any expression of choice. Thus the matter stood until late in the afternoon, when the senatorial caucus crowd, that had made Harding's nomination possible, wrecked the Allen boom in a few minutes. Senator McCormick of Illinois, and others, went to Watson and said that because the Kansas Governor was having a controversy with union labor chiefs it might be well to avoid him and bring no complications to the ticket. As Lenroot was a fellow Senator, most of the men who had "made" Harding insisted on Lenroot. Watson went to Governor Bailey and told him that he could not nominate Allen under the circumstances.

And then and there Bailey exploded. The Kansas delegation had cast its twenty votes for Harding under considerable pressure on the theory that it had made Allan's vice-presidential nomination sure, and that Allen's nomination was desired by Harding and his friends. Bailey said that if Watson refused he would put Allen in nomination himself. Meanwhile the situation had been explained to Allen and he sent word for his name not to be presented. But Bailey and the Governor's friends were angry and went ahead.

It was unfortunate for Governor Allen, but it was done as an act of loyalty and under the belief that it was the approved program. Most of the delegation, did not understand what had struck them, but they knew One of. the most dramatic scenes witnessed in Stafford county since the close of the world war was enacted last night, when, before an audience that packed the Weide -Opera House, Jay W. McFadden, prominent farmer and vice-president of the First State liank of Stafford, publicly renounced his allegiance to the Non-Partisan League, with which he is accused of affiliating in the past. The meeting followed the breaking up by the American Legion of an attempt to hold a county convention at Hudson during yesterday afternoon.

The convention, it was announced, was for the purpose of nominating candidates for county offices, but it is suspected that this was merely a cloak, or excuse, to hide another aim, in the hope that the Legion would permit the gathering to go on unmolested. More than 200 members of the American Legion from Stafford, Great Bend, Pratt and St. John went to Hudson during the afternoon to participate in whatever appeared to be done- They encountered a few leaguers who had come to attend the convention. A number of these, after hearing talks by the ex-service men, expressed the conviction that the N. P.

L. is un-American and disloyal, and declared that they are through with it. Four members at Hudson, Emil Fischer, Geo. Bailey, Will1 Harms and Jesse Hill, signed statements to the effect that they forever renounce allegiance to the N. P.

Upon their return to Stafford, the Legion men visited McFadden at his farm, six miles south of Stafford, and obtained a signed statement similar to that endorsed by the others. McFadden's statement follows Stafford, Kansas, June 17, 1920. To Whom It May Concern: I hereby relinquish all1 relationship, membership and affiliation with the Non-Partisan League. I declare it to be fraudulent, disloyal and un-American. And be it further known that 1, Jay McFadden, align myself against the leaders, organizers and workings of said Non-Partisan League, and will forever use my influence against it and all other such disloyal organization.

1 further agree to make public announcement of the above at the Weide Opera House in Stafford, Thursday evening, June 17. I make this statement freely and voluntarily. (Signed) JAY W. McFADDEN. Witnesses: E.

R. Brock, J. C. Butler. All five, men anrjeared according to the agreement of each has been not only reduced to a subordinate position of carrying out orders, but it has seen the doors to the White 'House barred.

The country may not care a whoop whether they are or not. but it doesn't lead to good government. It leads to rows and "buckpassing" and quarrels instead, of action. That is the worst sore spot in Washington now. Every man, woman and some children, old enough to have views on the subject, are longing for a return of the good old days when the occupant of the White House was a human individual, ready to give and take and consult and be consulted with.

Harding fits that bill. Possibly -the country may be fed up on "one man rule." That is the challenge the Republicans put up in Harding. McKinley His Political Ideal Harding's ideal in politics has been William McKinley He has been a student of McKinley all his life knows so much about him he must carry a copy of his life around in his vest pocket. McKinley was the "party rule" type. He would call everybody in and consult and talk things over and then act.

He never created any great excitement. Whether Harding is a McKinley, of course, remains to be seen. But that is his ideal. That is what the Republican leaders who chose him for the nomination wanted him for. By chance or design Harding's headquarters in Washington were the old McKinley room at the Ebbit house, where McKinley lived during his many years in Congress.

In public life and on most public questions Harding is a conservative. He is a strict party man and believes in the organization. There was no surprise when he stuck with Taft and the organization in 1912. He has "stuff" in him when he wants to take hold and loses his good-natured ease. He does considerable work; in committee and has; from the outset of his Washington career occupied a rather prominent spot in party councils.

He believes in councils. He fits in them. And if he is elevated to the White House he would try and surround himself with men whom he believed to be agreeable and well fitted and tell them to go to it. When big questions arose there would be a council to decide it. And the door will be open open all the time to Congress and the members thereof and to their wives, for Mrs Harding is as popular as the Senator.

There will be the old free and easy relations tbetween the White House and Congress, the easy access to the President. If the country is fed up on one man rule and wants a return to the less strenuous, less spectacular and quieter party council rule, it will get the antidote in Harding. One of the most gratifying bits of news that has come out of Topeka in many a day is the announcement that the state committee at its meeting at the capital city last Monday, "drafted" Frank Field, of Pretty as the democratic candidate for lieutenant governor and his name will go on the ticket that Tvill be voted upon next November, The committee met as Is the custom each election year before the for the purpose of going over campaign plans and acting In an 'advisory capacity in the selection of a state ticket Jonathan M. Davis, the Bourbon county agricultural war horse, is an avowed candidate for the gubernatorial nomination and apparently he will have no opposition, 'although one or two other men have been talked of as remote possibilities. When the name of Mr.

Field was mentioned as Mr. Davis' running mate, it met with unanimous and it is a certainty that he will have no opposition. 1 Frank Field is a man of whom the democrats of Reno county and western Kansas have been proud during the past quarter He has been a tireless and influential worker in the ranks and has spent many years in the state legislature, both as representative and senator. He has in him excellent timber for either governor or lieutenant governor, and it is admitted that his selection is a happy choice. Other United States and state office whose names were discussed toy the committee meeting are: United States senator, Geo.

H. Hodges; secretary of state, T. C. Hunt, Harvey county; treasurer, Mrs. Ada Rodman, Ottawa; attorney general, Ei.

T. O'Neil, Topeka; superintendent of public instruction, Harley I. French, El Dorado; superintendent of insurance, Et D. Farley, Topeka; justice of the supreme court, A. If.

Jackson, Winfield. Those indorsed, or rather talked of, for congressional nominees from th so-called reactionary element is uncompromisingly for the Ohio Senator, while the others either are silent or half-heartedly behind his candidacy. The writer can vouch for the statement that Senator Harding is a man of pronounced views and a leader of recognized ability, This fact was gleaned from a several months' residence in Washington while we were engaged in newspaper work. We heard him deliver on behalf of America the Washington day memorial address in the Billy Sunday tabernacle two years ago last February, and that effort was a credit to the nation, delivered as it was in the presence of most of the big men in including all foreign ambassador and ministers. For the benefit of our readers we are reproducing the following story on Senator Harding and his wife by a Chicago writers, which appeared in different eastern newspapers this 'sjj week: They're fine, homey people, these SHardings, extremely popular in Washington.

Not that it makes him a bet before the public gathering in Stafford last night and reiterated that there had been a disaster of some kind. And the disappointment and chagrin they felt over the result took much of the joy of president- making out of them. They had con tributed to the choosing of a Presi dent, but they had nothing to say about the selection of a Vice-Presi SORROW OF A SENATOR in part their signed statements. McFadden declared that he is 100 per cent American and that he is for right. "If the Non-Partisan League is wrong, I am against it forever," he declared.

"Cut out that 'if? shouted Legion members as the speaker retired behind the scenes. However, he failed to respond, which leads to the suspicion that he may not be sincere in his declaration. Hill, who is said to have been head of the Non-Partisan League in Stafford county, and one of the men who denounced the organization during last night's meeting, appeared before the Legion post in Stafford Wednesday night and delivered documentary evidence against the order. He also is said to have voluntarily gone to North Dakota several weeks ago for the purpose of gathering evidence against the League. The meeting last night was addressed by several men, among whom are Orie Dawson, of Great Bend, and Stewart Simmons, of Hutchinson.

ter on worse man lor nesment at au. but if the presidential nomination had been left to the Senate, or even the House, It would have been a walkaway for this Ohio Senatpr. He's an easy-going, extremely affable sort of person, tells a good story, is a much sought after-dinner guest, popular in the senatorial cloakroom or "club," knows all his fellow Senators well and most of the House members, is often to be found with a group about him discussing the day's events or hearing the latest) story. Of late years he has a tendency to he lazy, not the fat, good-natured laziness that characterized ex-President Taft. but rather his disposcition not to fool with the many legislative proposals unless he becomes personally and intensely interested.

Then he gets roused and goes to it He is i polished orator of the old political school, little inclined to flag waving and flow, ery figures, but does it welL And 'When he has something special he dent. The delegation did not do much team work in the convention. It is easy to imagine the confusion of the situation with men like "Bill" Morgan and "Bill" White sitting on a delegation with Dave Mulvane and Frank Grimes. The New Yorw World, one of Amer. tea's greatest newspapers, prints the following editorial relative to the eleventh hour emotions of Senator Lodge on the Armenian situation: When the returns from the next LIVING COST INCREASE IS LOWEST IN UNITED STATES Turkish massacre of Armenians come in, nobody can say that Senator Lodge various districts are: First district, J.

A. Evans, Valley Falls. Second district, C. El Bowman, Kansas City, Charles Danner, Ft. Scott.

Third district, W. O. Van Pelt, Pittsburg; John D. Turkington, Pittsburg; Sam Smith, Parsons'. Fourth district, W.

W. Austin, Cottonwood Falls. Fifth district, Thomas Johnson. Sixth district, Senator James Malone, Herndon; Miles Mul-roy. Hays.

Seventh district, John Beeching, Hutchinson. Eighth district, Will Ayres, Wichita. The meeting was attended by approximately 76 leading party men from different parts of the state and is said to have been the most successful and harmonious held by the democrats in many years. We have this from Edw. A.

King, state director of finance for the committee, who was present and participated In the deliberations. "There was a note of confidence and hope expressed by every single speaker which I have not heard at any previous democratic gathering in Kansas," said Mr. King. "It. augurs well for of the ticket next fall.

With such men as former Got. ernor Hodges for senator, Jonathan Davis and Frank Field for governor and lieutenant governor, respectively, confidence in the outcome is bound to become assertive. Personally, I believe the democratic party in the state and in the nation has not faced brighter prospects for success than never did anything to prevent the atrocity. A few minutes before the Senate, under his leadership, adopted the resolution rejecting an American mandate, he generously avowed his i wishes to put over, he can phrase it sympathy with the martyr nation and ALLEN BOOM WENT IIP IN A CLOUD OF.SMOKE Kansas Governor Was Victim of False Hope and Never Had One Good Look-in. The Bankers' Trust Company of New York has received from its London correspondent a detailed analysis of the cost of living in various countries as prepared by the British, Board of Trade.

The percentage of increase in the cost of food, fuel, clothing, is much greater in Europe than America The following comparison was given: United Kingdom 130 France: ParlB 197 Other Towns 220 Italy: Rome 193 Milan 282 United State 96 Denmark 296 Belgium 142 Norway 201 Sweden 159 Germany 356 The date from which the rise is the Windy City in an extremely bad humor, the correspondent says: They are not the most congenial company in the world today. Governor Allen, apparently, is feeling in better spirits than any of them. He has been visiting all day with friends from various sections of the country and "kiddind" about his dark horse boom for President, which never materialized. The Kansas delegation led the break to Harding. They broke to Harding because they wanted to prevent the nomination of Lowden.

Harding presented the only chance to accomplish Lowden's defeat. Everybody realized that. Friday night It seemed that nothing could prevent Lowden turing the prize. After a night of It now appears that Governor Henry Allen of Kansas never had a good look-in at the Chicago convention. The Governor's supporters in this state tried to persuade them effectively and plainly.

He has a pleasing, rather distinguished manner of delivery and won't be a frost on the stump like Hughes was in 1916 even thonugh the doctrines he stands for and preaches may be somewhat too conservative for the average westerner. Harding Fits in Well. To get the background of why Harding was chosen for the presidential nominee one has to understand Washington and how it feels on the subject. Then it is easy to see where Harding fits' into the picture. In the old days Congress and the White House were on intimate terms.

Congress, if' anything, predominating or overshadowing' the executive. Then came f. R. with his big stick, He reduced Congress, when it got fractious, to (he position where it foU Wf' But T. R.

kept up speaking terms because he was such selves that they believed he might at the present time. Especially is this secure second, if not first, place on said there were many ways of helping it, none of which he enumerated. There may be many ways of assisting Armenia, but there is only one sure way not to do it, end that is the habit of Republicans in Congress of opposing everthing suggested by the President. When the Chief executive proposes a duty in the Near East, Mr. Lodge manifests sorrow and then proceeds to harden his heart, evaporate the marrow in his bone and buckle up his pocketbook.

He talks one way and votes another, full of grief and guile. The attitude of the Turks toward the Armenians resembles the Senator's toward the treaty of peace. The Turks come from a race that kills, and they do their killing first and make their explanations afterward. They also have great compassion for the Armenians once they are dead and buried. With Henry Cabot Lodge's sympathy added to that of the Turks, there appears to be no reason why a traglo settlement of the Armenian quostlon should not be ef-focted very'soon.

the ticket, but we do not believe that true in the light of comedy pulled off at Chicago last week." any save Ed Moore, of Hutchinson, and the Governor himself really believed there was a chance. conference, however, Harding emerged Things could be worse. Supposing, for Instance, human beings had been Pacts are, the governor was rolled computed is 1914, except in Germany, and rolled badly by the few leaders where It 1b 1910. fashioned after the thousand-loggers, with the prices of shoes prevailing Sallna Journal. who ever held out hope that Kansas would be honored by one of the two places on the national ticket.

This fact is evodenced by the Kansas as the "white hope" of the crowd that wanted to beat Lowden. And Kansas acted. Then the word was passed down the line that Governor Allen was to be placed on the ticket for Vice-president, and Kansas believed that it was on the road to fame, with a clean track and plenty of gasoline in the tank, That was the belief when the It is amusing to listen to the street car conversation about the Chicago sort ol individual ana ioveu 'rLmhAwUnuWii TTIa -wnrst enemies The beauty about the presidential convention, says Pip Daniels. There City Star's Chicago correspondent, election next November Is that of all Inaugural addresses already written who gives some of the Inside facts in are some who don't even yet know who will be nominated by the an exclusive article. After recount in the Senate or House were frequent White House Rues.t.8 or callers 'of evenings to talk things over.

For the last eight years Congress the people will only have to listen Jo one. 4- ing that the Kansas delegation loft 3.