Abstract

Rites for the G. O. P

Not that it matters much, but the Republicans open their convention in Philadelphia, where a national title pugilistic or political has not changed hands. Republicans, however, profess to be encouraged by their Philadelphia convention record, having won the election on the only other occasions when the party convened on the banks of the Schuylkill. Hardly any Republicans in Washington still believe that the convention will be a "quickie" or that the nomination will be won without a real fight. The policy-makers at Philadelphia have three choices. They can denounce the president as a warmonger and place the party frankly in the isolationist camp. This however, would alienate the mass of independent voters on whom the only Republican chance of success depends and acutely embarrass those candidates.