The ove of the Republican National Convention fs in marked con-vast to similar gatherings. The city ts filed with politicians, repre: senting. various States, but no banners are fying from the head quarters of rival candidates nor are pictures of. them pasted "in Windows and other vantage points, Who "reason is" that President Coolidge appears tobe the only candidate and he is likely to" be nominated, virtually by acclamation. "The only' thrills likely to. occur will be during the efforts to choose 4 Nige-Preident and to" frame. th lanks of the party's platform, par-{ieulacly: in regard to the World Court, foreign debt and tariff, on Which' there: ix considerable diver: ney of opinion among. the Party A number of names of possible Vice-Presidential " candidates. are' mentioned, including those of General Chatles G. Dawes, Mr. Herbert Hoover, Mr. Theodore Burton, and the Ambassador to. Mexico," Mr. Charles. Beecher Warren.—Reuter's American Service, New York, June 9, Considerable zest has been given to the political situation through a statement by Governor Smith of New York, the avowed Democratic candidate for the Presidency, on his stand on the "wet" or "dry, issue, which he made in, response' tan inquiry bythe Self-Detegmi Governor Smith said that he opposed saloons and "hard liquor," but favoured light wines and beer. He desired modification of the Vel-steal Law and challenged its definition of intoxicants-—Reater's
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