AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 June 1924, Page 3

AMERICAN ITEMS.

[Reuters Teleurams.]

DEMOCRATIC POSSIBILITIES

(Deceived this day at 10.25 n.m.) NEW YORK, June 22. The. Democratic Convention opens tomorrow and the alignment of forces has already clearly indicated that Smith's proposals have enlisted all the factions designed to defeat Mr MeAdoo. The test of strength apj ears to centre on the Anti-Kin Klux Klnn plank, Smith being a lloman Catholic and as thus he is unlikely to obtain nomination, lie is striving to secure an unmistakealde repudiation of the Klnn. He is being especially supported by | Mr Underwood. In that there is the crystallisation of an anti-MeAdoo sentiment which is also due to his connections with the oil scandals. Mr MrAdoo, in order to secure an adequate majority of tin; delegates, is endeavouring to get a platform filled with innocuous pronouncements on every so called personal liberty issues. The Presidential aspirants. mean- [ while, are increasing. Senator Robinson, ex-Senator Pomerne, Governin' Ritchie of Maryland, Governor Davis of Kansas, Mr Baker (ex-Secretar.v of War), Mr Houston (ex-Secretar.v of Agriculture), Governor Bryan of Nebraska, and his brother William J. Bryan (who has been an aspirant since 1890) have entered the race, the last named advancing a plank asking for a popular referendum, if possible, before a declaration of war.

•Senator Glass advocates a plank that the United States join the League of Nations, but various leaders do not favour a rehabilitation of the main spring of the 1920 debacle. It was this which revived the rumour of the so-called Wilson’s political will which is without foundation.

Various groups, seeking inclusion of special planks in the platform, have left Cleveland for New York to prevent the same pleas to the Democratic Committee on the resolutions of the women delegates and alternatives which approximate four hundred, many delegates having half a vote in order to seat a larger number of ladies. The leaders declare women perfectly synchronized with the party organisation, and supporting no special proposals, although many women’s organisations will appear independently before the resolutions committee.

ForXI) OKAr*. NEW YORK. Jim.' 23. Tlio lm.lv ol - Clarence D. Sheldon. 81. fi wealthy Now Vorlc publisher, was found in a swamp near his summer home at Pnngkoepese. He had lieon missing for ten days. The r.ininer asserts death was accidental. ASSAULTS ON JAPAN KS K. [ReUTKUS TeoEORAMS.] (Received this day at 12.80 p.m.) XKW YORK. June 21. A sweeping investigation is living conducted by the l.os Angelos authorities in connection with an alleged assault upon M. Kawamoto, his wife and A’. Xaito, which is referred to in the Tokyo despatches, ;is a tar and leathers incident. The Sheriff declared that although they were assaulted, tar and feathers were not used. The investigations revealed that a crowd of ten women and six men visited Kawamotos home and demanded that they leave the neighbourhood. Kawamoto, his wife and Xaito were then heaten, and one member of the crowd threatened to use a gun. Kawamoto escaped and telephoned to the Sheriff, and the crowd dispersed before the officers arrived. In connection with tlie* deaths of two Japanese, Kachini l/.nrishi, and loma Yoshioko, near San Pedro, officials maintain that these grew out of a war waged between gamblers and bootleggers. TiIAXS-AAIERICAN FUGHT. NEW YORK. June 21. Lieutenants Russell and Mattghan hopped off from Alitchellfiield at half n minute to three this morning in their attempt to span the Continent from New York to San Francisco, between dawn and dusk.