THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.

Southland Times, Issue 18848, 14 June 1920, Page 4

THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.

The early rejection of Mr Hoover by the Republican Convention was not unexpected. Ht was regarded with open suspicion by the strong party men and they had good grounds for being nervous of him. He was introrluced into the presidential fight by the New York World, one of the Democrat newspapers and for a long time the mouthpiece of President Wilson, and he was generally' regarded as a Democratic aspirant in spite of his earlier association with the Republican forces, but when he had to commit himself he accepted (he Republican colours, although branches of the Democratic forces continued to ask him to wear theirs. Naturally the leaders of the Republicans did not greet with any enthusiasm the appearance of a man who was making a non-party appeal and seemed to be out to secure support from both sides. Party considerations and party management are paramount in American politics, and Mr Hoover could only expect to win out in a convention that had slender chances, of victory’- The Republicans in 1920 are in a strong position and unless a split occurs as a result of the convention’s choice their hopes of supplying the next occupant of White House are bright. In such circumstances the Old Guard of the party could be expected to weild great power in the ultimate selection of the party’s nominee. General Wood and Governor Lowden were acceptable to (he party managers, but not wholly so. Both stood in higher favour than Mr Hiram Johnson, of California, whose selection would have committed the Republicans rather too deeply to the complete rejection of the Treaty of Versailles. At no stage had Senator Lodge, who is the representative of the inner circle of the party, asked for the rejection of the treaty. He refused to accept it in the fyrm in which the president presented it to the Senate, but he was prepared to accept it with reservations. Mr Johnson and Mr Borah were totally against the treaty', reservations or no reservations, and evidently the Californian’s stand on the treaty, his radicalism and past performances in breaking away from the party lines, coupled with the support that Mr Hearst gave him willy-nilly, were too much for the Republican delegates. The rejection of (le Valera’s request for some mention of Ireland’s cause in the party platform was a sign of the party’s distaste for the antiBritish plank that Mr Hearst would be likely' to support. Mr Johnson’s failure is a good thing for the future relations between the United States and the British Empire. It is not quite certain, of course, that the last has been heard of the Californian Senator. In 1312 he broke away with-Theodore Roosevelt and headed the Progressives and in 1910 he was largely responsible for the failure of Mr C. E. Hughes to carry California, the deciding state of the election, so that another insurgent movement must not be considered a-s outside of the range of possibilities. Senator Warren G. Harding, of Ohio, is evidently a compromise candidate and he represents orthodox party views on the treaty question. He was a member of the Foreign Relations Committee that reported the original reservations to the Treaty and he followed Senator Lodge right through the treaty fight. He came late into the contest for the party nomination and shrewd observers regarded him as the Old Guard’s hope, after General Wood and Governor Lowden had disclosed their real strength. It is obvious from the voting that these two popular candidates were unable to gain the requisite support and Senator Harding was then put forward as a compromise. The selection of Mr Coolidge, of Massachusetts, in preference to Mr Johnson shows how completely the Johonson-Hearst-de Valera combination broke down when the issues came fairly and squarely before the party.

The Masterton Teachers Institute passed a resolution on Saturday morning hoping that upon review the Department would revert to the main lines of the old grading scheme, says a Press Association telegram.

Intimation is made of a change of proprietorship of the Cromwell Argus, Mr J. Gnodger having disposed of the paper to Mr R. Varcoe, who has been associated with the journal for the past 12 years.

Messrs McKay Bros, offered by public auc ion at their rooms on Saturday last lot 9, block 1, town of North Invercargill, fronting Chelmsford street. The highest bid was £175, at which figure the property was withdrawn and left in the hands of the auctioneers for private sale.

A Te Kuiti Press Association telegram states that a case of pneumonic influenza is reported from Oparure. The Health Inspector, Mr Milne, has been sent to the district. The native school is closed and a tangi dispersed.

The Minister of Internal Affairs, replying to a deputation from town-planning associations’ delegates to-day, promised that he would bring a Town-Planning Bill down this session, if possible, though it might have to be delayed until next year. Personally, however, he would do his best to get a Bill through Parliament this session.

The new schedule of rates as passed by the Wellington* City Council provides for an increase in revenue of £24,400. The Mayor (Mr Luke) pointed out that there had been large increases in wages and salaries and in Ihe hospital and charitable aid rate, which had risen from £28,000 to £35,513.

A number of employees of the Eltham Bacon Company have been paid off recently. In conversation with an Argus representative, the secretary (Mr Dewhirst) said: “The bottom appears to have been knocked out of the canned meat trade, and we have been compelled to pay off half of our staff, and anticipate further reductions shortly.”

A man named Henry Crichton, a resident of South Invercargill, was admitted to the Southland Hospital suffering from severe injuries to his throat, stated to have been self inflicted. On inquiry’ being n®de at the hospital last evening, it was stated that the condition of the patient was slowly improving.

Thus a rather amusing "correction” in the columns of the Rotorua Chronicle; “The unauthorised intrusion of a V into a word had effects inconvenient to the occupants of St. Luke’s Vicarage, making it appear that garments sent there for transmission to Auckland, in response to the appeal of Sisters Hannah and Esther, would be ‘patched.’ It should have been ‘packed.’ ”

The dairy fanners of Otago and Southland are to hold meetings this week to discuss the proposition formulated bj' Messrs A. Moreton, R. Ellison, and H. D. Forsyth (representing the National Dairying Association), and placed before the South Island Dairy Association, as to the channels through which next season’s produce is to be shipped.

Petty thieving is fairly rife in Invercargill and a particularly mean crime of this sort was perpetrated recently through which the Railway Rowing Club is the loser. During the recent rough weather the door of the club’s sheds became damaged, and boarding, leaving a means of access, was erected as a temporary measure. Some person or persons forced an entrance through this, evidently, and a vyce was wrenched from a bench and all loose tools were taken. The matter will probably be placed in the hands of the police.

During the hearing of a truancy case at Wanganui a parent stated that, instead of going to the Technical College, the child was attending classes at the Convent, and brought a note from the teacher to this effect. The Magistrate (the Wanganui Herald reports) stated that when parents desired to send their children to some school other than the Technical College, they would have to satisfy him and the director of the Technical College that the children were receiving proper instruction, and not merely a note stating that they were attending classes.

According to a house agent, the house buying and selling “boom” at Ashburton has collapsed. Although a few large houses have changed hands lately, business generally has been slack by comparison with that done a few months ago, when the town seemed to be engaged, more or less, in a game of “general post.” Buyers are more cautious, feeling that values have reached their highest, point and are bound to recede. Sellers, on the other hand, are not willing to join the army of house-hunters without exceptional inducement, and therefore put such fancy prices on their properties as almost to forbid a sale being made.

Newspaper correspondence in Christchurch has drawn attention to the fact that a big two-storeyed brick residence in the centre of the city is being pulled down to make room for a motor garage. Inquiries show that the facts as stated are correct. A permit has been issued by the City Council for a motor garage, nominally valued at £ISOO, although it has been stated that in order to discourage non-essential building for any structure costing more than £3OOO a permit has to be obtained from the Government. The city surveyor states that he has received no instructions from any Government department that permits are to be withheld in any case.

An account of the present state of Germany, as seen by a German, is supplied in a letter received in Wellington from a German naval officer who was interned in New Zealand during the war. “Your papers had been right,” he writes. “Germany has perished. Good old proud Germany, with its princes and aristocracy, is in the hands of a nolseful mob, gets terrorised by what you call I. I call them beasts in human body. Do you know what wc are longing for? For your troops to come over and bring discipline and civil behaviour to this infamous horde of criminals. I have been a great patriot. I loved my country more than anything else, but now I am ashamed to be called a German. You were wrong when you called them Huns. They have turned into Huns very soon, and we will have the same conditions as in Russia, killing each other —father kills his .son, and son kills his mother. It is horrible.”

When asked about the free passes granted by the Union Company to members of Parliament, Mr Massey said the matter originated by a deputation of members from all sides of the House, who waited on him at the end of last sesiou in regard to a number of disabilities under which they suffered. A suggestion was made by one member that the company would be willing to give passes for the ferry service, and in February of this year the managing director of the company wrote (hat as it was desirable that members should be encouraged to visit all parts of the dominion, it had been decided to issue free passes during the term of the present Parliament. Mr Massey added that members for the past 20 years had secured a return ticket at the single rate. Parliament would take in hand during the coming session the question of privileges and salaries of members, and no doubt this matter would then be dealt with.

The sale of War Loan certificates through the Post Office, which was such a popular feature of the first War loan issued in New Zealand, has ever since been continued (says the New Zealand Times). These certificates are still meeting with a steadydemand, and are regarded by the authorities as an excellent means of encouraging thrift and helping to secure the financial stability of the country. People who have not much money to invest are afforded a means of placing a email sum on fixed deposit for five or ten years. It has been suggested that the issue of the certificates might well be made a permanent feature of the finance of the country. There, is a desire to encourage the small investor. A step in this direction is in making the bonds for the new Government loan £SO instead of £IOO, as formerly.

“You have a great countiy in New Zealand," remarked General Bramwell Booth in the course of an interview at Christchurch. "But why don’t you let us send you some people from Europe? You want to double your population. You have a magnificent country. You' call it God's own country', and I think God’s country must be something like it."

Some twelve months ago, while blasting operations were being carried out at Mr Gebbie’s property at Teddington (says the Christchurch Press), gold-bearing quartz was uncovered. Samples were sent to the Mines Department to be analysed but were declared to be of new chum gold. A few weeks ago quartz of a different kind was struck, and samples again sent to the Mines Department. A report has now been received stating that the quartz contains pure gold, and permission has been given by the Minister of Mines for the quartz to be worked. A start is to be made forthwith to exploit the mine.

Let your boys kick their way to robust health and happiness. It is infinitely cheaper and better to buy a toe-ball than attend on sickness. Hyndman’s, Dee street, Invercargill, offer 200 splendid cow-hide footballs; hand sewn throughout and of lasting quality, complete with best rubber linings in four popular sires, 2, 3, 4, 5, at 10/6, 12/6, 14/6, and 17/6. Posted, fid extra. Cheaper qualities down to 5/-.

No better Hosiery can be procured for keeping out the cold Winter weather than the following, which can be procured at THOMSON & BEATTIE’S. Knit. Wool Hose in black, brown, khaki, grey, and heather mixtures at 5/11. A fine make in Knit. Wool Hose in black only at 6/11 pair; 1/1 Rib. Cashmere Hose in wool and cotton and all wool from 3/11 to 9/11 pair. Children’s Sox, plain and coloured tops, all wool, in all sizes, 2/11 to 6/11.— (Advt.) "Ladies who want to preserve their stylish figure" must abandon the toil of rubbing the weekly washing and instead, let “NO RUBBING LAUNDRY HELP’ do toe hard work.— (Advt.) A busy week at SMITH’S. Tremendous preparations are being made for the big reliability Sale. All our huge stock of over £50,000 worth of new and faahionabla Drapery, Clothing and Wearing Apparel of every description will be marked in Red Letters and at quick Sale Prices. Reliability will be the watch-word during thia great sale. Our past success means much to you. It places at your disposal the offerings and services of one of the most modern and Progressive Stores in the Dominion. It protects your every purchase with an irreproachable good name and the highest standards of value. Sale begins Thursday, June 17. A hearty invitation is extended to you to personally visit our splendid display. H. & J. SMITH, Ltd., Progressive Stores, Invercargill and Gore. — (Advt.)

FISH-—2 Salmon 1/8, 2 Sardines 1/8, 2 Pilchards 1/8, 2 large Pilchards 2/7, 2 large Salmon 3/2. Also Honey, 21b tins, 2/3; jars prime Honey, 2/9; 91bs Honey 9/9; uGlbs superior choice Clover Honey, IOJd —at BAXTER’S.—(Advt.) On Thursday of this week, 17th inst., Messrs PRICE & BULLEID, Ltd., start their Annual Colossal Winter Sale. For this popular function preparations have been proceeding briskly for some time. There is to be in all Departments a very drastic throwing-out of all Oddments, Remnants, and other lines which the firm deem it necessary to quit at a price. It will be a buying opportunity offered to the general public which should be taken advantage of. “Red Ticket” Prices in abundance in all sections. — (Advt.)

“What muddle superfluous preparation makes.” —Stanus. Certainly be prepared, for wise preparation means also the battle half won; but superfluous preparation i» ill-advised. Always be prepared during winter time, which to the unprepared is chronic cough and cold time. Baxter’s Lung Preserver is ample preparation, for this sterling remedy is a sure, safe, and prompt remedy. It nips the trouble in the bud and fortifies against the return visit. The home that knows “Baxter's” is cough and cold proof. Get large bottle of this 54-year-old specific to-day. 2/6 at chemist and store. — (Advt.) RAPID FIRST AID. By promptly rubbing Q-TOL into a cut, burn or bruise, all dangers of inflammation or festering wounds are avoided.—(Advt.) HATS for men, youths, and boys—a fine showing of all the popular styles and valu« prices. UNDRILL’S, opp. P.O.— (Advt.) INFLUENZA BACILLUS. As the Influenza microbe takes two day* to develop, a dose of germ-destroying “Fluenzol” every second day will ensure immediate relief. MASTERS, LTD., were the originators ol tno iu per cent, discount to returned soldiers. Other storekeepers have copied u* and we now go one better. We now invit* all discharged soldiers and those waiting discharge to have their military hats reblocked, free of all cost, by the only hatter in Southland. We still give a 10 per cent, reduction to all returned soldiers.—* MASTERS, LTD., Dee street.— (Advt./ A Special Display of Exclusive Evening Frocks, Silk Dress Skirts and Blouses, now being made at THE “ECONOMIC," Ladies' Outfitters. Prices exceedingly reasonable, (Advt.)