POLITICAL NOTES: Gentlemen All

Some 20 state governors gathered last week at Mackinac Island, Mich., made speeches, ate dinners, held round table discussions. Gentlemen all, and realizing that the personnel of the meeting included both Democrats and Republicans, the Governors discussed most controversial questions in a non-controversial manner. Prohibition, so burning a question that it is almost certain to provoke heated debate, they did not even mention. Among prominent governors present were Lennington Small, Illinois; John E. Martineau, Arkansas; Ed Jackson, Indiana; John Hammill, Iowa; Ralph O. Brewster, Maine (president of the conference) ; and...

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