Life — June 26, 1924 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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“While there is Life there's Hope" PUBLISHING COMPANY Cuantes Dasa Gr , Breams Bldgs., IFE, goes to press this week just as and so far as the conventi Republican Con- vertises him it may be useful a convention offered a lot of gentlemen concerned in preliminary reports public affairs a better chance to think cir minds and and remarks at one wonder a little why it was conclusion as to necessary for the Republicans to have ere American politics is at predigested, it from so fa id trouble, whe usual convention struggles are so nearly eliminated, that there seems very little to interfere with a truly thoughtful time choly, but that can’t be helped chusetts and Dr and a few other gi a platform, put out a ticket a set the Republican machinery a les a most unus the Democrats by denouncing them al a running-mate OF course th hievement of the three match him on a pl and as much mplished by a committee as that might s years now coming up f urse a great d legislation has been as- d and made possible by Democrats Republicans But its corruption is its own will get something ¢ ciation, and pe clearer what political Republicans have survived. what degree all see if the proposed res- COOLIDGE'S grea country is a claim of ecc has tried to save He has even for several ¢ ether, will not g: considerable action creasing the pay of the postal employees. was no moncy to pay the the University of Mic that the postmen were already getting better pay than the average of govern- will impress the convention as a likely ment employees or the avers like employments not in the pt Coolidge’s heart has bled for He has not amend the tariff, but he has tried hard not to spend money. ter all, the convention will nominate Vice-President, and that’s an important job, and if ble man to have The taxpayer is eful to him. He is a pretty sound, ¢ candidate. The correspond- iservat ent who says he is the best business men’s candidate that has been offered for many years gets it about right. But whether the ness men can clect a cand) seems extraordi narily doubtful. La Follette has un dertaken to demonstrate that they can’t and his effort will be serious and inter- est One thing the convention will do will be to disclose what La Follette wants, and what chance there is to get by voting the Republican ticket. The chance does not look very good at this distance Not all the work of the Cleveland convent n will appe in its platform 1 its nominatior A large part of I will consist of what delegates say er. Part of that ough correspondents come out in Novem- privately to one anc will come out th The rest of it wil ber and subseqt ntly. The reason why a party that had seven millions majority in 1920 stands shivering at the gate of the new election will be discussed in Cleveland, and pretty steadily, with Democratic assistance, between the Fourth of July and Election Day P' ISITIVE and somewhat volumit assurances are given in the prel ni nary convention reports that the scep tre has departed from Senator Lodge f Massachusetts, They tell us th he is » longer a at Republican When he voted to pass the bonus over Mr. Cool in Massact rendered. To say that his voice will Age's veto, his last henchman tts appears to have sur- be heard he convention is some- what rash, but there has beer 0 pre- liminary provision for making him audible Mr. Lodge was seventy-four years old last month. The last five years of his political life have been fruitful in. misconduct. Possibly it most amuses him to have been able to have his way so long. One could bear to have him repine but the prospect of his repining is not very bright, nor yet that in this life he will be troubled to any considerable extent by remorse For Mr. Lodge is a hard character and quite liable to believe that Henry Cabot Lodge has always done right and done comicbooks.com