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hack Sunday. ;
Mrs. Thomas Burger spent a few1
days with her sister, Mrs. Leonard
McAllister, on the Ducktown side last ,
we ek.
There has nevtr been such a demand
for sweet potato plants in this'
section, as there is this year. There
! are but few to be found.
Tho Rev. Hobart Hill proached at
New Union aSturday night and Sun|day
I Mrs. J. hn Simonds s:mt Sunday
night with htr son, Robert, at his
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, M;-. John Nix, pust over on the,
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I CULBERSON NEWS
Most people through this section
are now plowing and hoeing their \
corn.
Mr. Ross Sllis ha? a new contract
with the Etowah Tie and Lumber Co. 1
Mr. Pot Cearley was home during *
[ Saturday and Sunday.
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Mr. and Mr?. Bascom Carrol's little
laughter , Christeen is on the sick
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Mr. Bascom Carrol was at Culberson
Sunday to see his wife and little
daughter.
Mr. U. S. Nichols and family went
to Murphy in their Car Sunday.
Mr. Luther Kisselborg has bought
him a car in which to carry the mail.
Mr. Pot Cearley has been building
and repairing his home.
Mr. Jeptha Voylts of Cincancata, I
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CURTHY. NOHfH CAROLINA
COOLIDGE AND
DAWES NAMED
AS 6.0. P. TICKET
Cheering Sweeps the Republican
Host as Vote Is Announced |
1,065 for President, 34 for
La Follette. 10 for Johnson.
VICE-PRESIDENT NAMED
AFTER LOWDEN DECLINES
Gets 682' 2 to 234'/2 for Hoover on
Opening of Night Session?Gathering
Adjourns After Witnessing as
Thrillina s Climax as Ever Occurred
In a National Political Convention.
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET
FOR PRESIDENT
' CALVIN COOLIDGE
n? K' . Ilrhnl.lt>
FOR VICE PRESIDENT
CHARLES G. DAWES
Of Illinois
By WRIGHT A. PATTERSON
Cleveland. O.?It is over. The Republican
national convention of 1924
has passed into history. The delefates
that gathered from every section
of th? nation, including those
from Alaska. Porto Rico, the Canal
Zone and the far away Philippines, to
perform a task they had been told to
pert ">r:n. have completed their labors
ami . altered to the four winds. At
Cleveland they ratified the nomination.
made by the rank and file of the
Republican voters, of Calvin Coolldge
us their candidate for the Presidency
of the Cnited States.
That convention is comparable to
but few other national political conventions
in the history of this nation.
To some extent it was similar to the
Democratic meeting at St Louis in
191ft. at which Woodrow Wilson was
nominated to succeed himself. To
prune extent, too. it was similar to the
Republican convention held at Chicago
itt 1904. when Theodore Roosevelt
was nominated to succeed himself
after having succeeded to the Presidency.
just as Calvin Coolidge did. by
the death of his chief. In all of these
cases there was a lack of competitive
candidates. The delegates had as
Bemoiea wixn oui one man in view lor
first place on the party ticket, anil
those conventions, like the one just
closed, were but ratifications of no.ninstious
that had already been made
In the minds of the rank and file of
the party they represented.
Man and Policies Ratified
But the convention at Cleveland
went even further than those of 1904
and 1916. It was not the man alone,
but his policies that were to he ratified.
In the previous instances cited
the policies of the men to be nominated
had been also the nnlirtoHMSl
their party as represented in the legislative
branch of the government. In
this case it was. to sou*? extent at
least, a choice between the policies
of the legislative branch and those of
the executive branch as represented
by President Coolidge that the rank
and file of the party were called upon
to judge, and the verdict was almost
unanimous in favor of the executive
branch.
Representative Theodore E. Burton
of Ohio, the temporary chairman. In
hif. keynote address at the op-nils?
stbsioa on Tuesday noc:: touched a t
popular chord when he said:
"With sdme 'disappointment is one 1
whose public service ha*, bct-n in a
legislative position, truth compels me
to say that by far the greater share of
our citizenship looks to President
Coolidge rather than to Congress for
leadership."
That reference to the man and the
policies the delegates were assembled
to ratify brought forth the first and
one of the notable demonstrations of
the convention.
Several times in that keynote
speech Representative Burton took
occasion to emphasize those policies
ox toe rresiaenx as ooing me poncies
of the party, though they differed from
those of the representatives of the
majority of the members of the party
in the legislative branch of the government.
He referred to this in connection
with the subject of soldier
bonus legislation, with tax legislation
and with Japanese exclusion. On the
latter subject he said: "It is regretted
that in the passage of the recent bill
the request of f!ie President for time ;
for further negotiations with Japan .
was refused." Throughout the entire
speech the keynoter praised the policies
of the President rather than those
of the Republican representatives in
the legislative branch wherever the
two policies differed. But of Congress
he said: "Much of the blame visited '
upon Republicans in the present Con- j
gress is not deserved because on |
many major questions their party has :
not commanded a majority in either
branch."
Many of the men whose faces have
been familiar at Republican national
conventions for some years pagt were
not to be found at Clev^ton* at all. j
others of the old time leaders were \
present, but they were there more as .
spectators than as active participants.
Senator Lodge, both the temporary ;
and permanent chairman of l? last
Republican convention, was pre-cnt
as a delegate, bdt be had been displaced
as national committeeman
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THE REPUBLIC/
El!=Ss=Rl:
CALVIN COOLIDGC
of Massachusetts
'rom Massachusetts a::d Governor
:ox had been chosen to succeed hini
rh.Tc was evidence everywhere of a
lew controlling force in the party,
ind that new force, for a time at least,
s Calvin Coolidge. personally represented
by William M. Putler. the new
lational chairman cf the party, and
who will lead its activities in the
orthcoming campaign.
Vice Presidency Absorbing Topic
The problem of a candidate for vice
president was the perplexing one of
he convention. The delegates had
wished the President to indicate his
preference, but his representatives
lad stated that lie wished the delegates
to make the choice. That was
seemingly impossible The one outitamifng
possibility was Governor
Lowden. of Illinois, who had stated
:e would not accept. Up to the time
if naming candidates it had been
loped by the delegates that Lowden
would accept, and even after ?t had
)een announced by the Illinois delegaion
that his decision was irrevocable,
he delegates refused to accept It, and
in the second ballot named him as
the Re pi;' I: -an candidate for vice*
president, an i made it unanimous.
Before the convention had adjourned
a no ssage was received from
t.overnor Lowden absolutely declining
the nom.nation and refusing to
ma.
That was a bombshell. It was the
first time in the history of the nation
hat any man had absolutely refused
to run for either president or vicepresident
on either one of the major
parties, but there was nothing to do
but hold anothe** session, and elect
another candidate This was done at
an evening session, and the name of
General Charles G. Dawes was substituted
for that of Governor l^owden.
: La Foliatte ?.^rhorw~-;
The second saoject was that ot the
attitude of the l/ft toilette wing of Cue
party on the question of platform
planks. Early in 'he first session on
Tuesday there was distributed to the
delegates copies of the platform proposed
by the Wisconsin senatoi and
his followers and ofTered to the resolutions
committee by Henry Allen
Cooper, the Wisconsin member of the
committee. This proposed platform
carried a drastic condemnation of the
legislation e:ia<*Urd by both parlies
during ?i -rul ; jct : ! uiuDtra'i
I*. .db.:..:. i fo. he p.. 1 c qene.ship
c*r vv^ttu power, th?* public control oi
natural resources repeal of the Bsch
< nir.m.": : I.v?v. publi- ownership ol
railroads, drastic curtailment of war
and navy expenditures, a tax on ex
cess profits, the making public of tax
returns, election of federal judges
without party designation, a reduction
in freight rates for farm products
abolish injunctions in labor disputes
protection for farmers' organization:
and collective bargaining, granting ol
a cash bonus to soldiers, deep water
ways from the lakes to the ocean
amendments to the Constitution t<
provide for the direct election of Pres
ident, a federal initiative and refer
endum and a referendum on war
There were some other less irupor
tact planks.
The whole question of the platforn
was fought out in the resolutions com
nnuee on Tuesday night and Wednee
day. and when its report was made a
the convention session on Wednesda;
night it was adopted with but litth
Cuss and despite the protest of Sena
tor I,a Follette's followers.
Reduce Southern Representation
Political history was made by th?
adoption of the report of the commit
tee on credentials on WedneBda.
morning. The party now Btands defi
nltely committed to a limitation o
repreeentatlon from the southeri
states. This was done by providini
for representation in- the convention
of the party based on the percentag
of Republican electors elected froc
each state. It is so worded as to rati
er increase the representation in boti
the number of delegates and the mem
bers of the national committee In R?
publican state* instead of materlall
decreasing either the number of delt
gates or national committeemen fror
those states that are recognised a
distinctly Democratic.
'Political history was made in at
other instance when !t was voted t
give the women the seme voice i
party affairs an that enjoyed by th
man. The movement for this was la
:
Friday, June 20, 1924 *
IN CA NDIDA TES
qHj
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BESSSSBS
CHARLES GATES DAWES *
of Illinois ^
by Mrs. Me Jill McCormick of Illinois, J
j and when proposed to the convention
i it went through with but few dissent*
1 Jng votes and was ioudly cheered by
, the women.
Press Stand Puzzled
There was a continuous commotion
in the press stand at the Cleveland
show. The gray heads of the newspaper
world who have been reporting
political conventions for years found
it difficult to get a story out of this ;
one. Not because there was not a
story to he had, but because the story
must have the names of people who .
are ddfng thincs. and the mer. of the
press did not know by sight the men. '
and the wonvtn, toe. If you please, who: j
were the moving and guiding spirits /
of the Republican gathering.
The old timers, the tnen who have
made Republican history for the last
quarter of a century and more, Md
either disappeared entirely or. tith
but few exceptions, were In the luck* *
ground. Tht-f were new aud in nany
cases strange faces one saw upoa the
platform.
"Who is the man in the gray suit
sitting beside the railing?" asked a
veteran New York newspaper writer,
a man who has covered every ccn^en- ?
tion since the lat^eighties. *-.? |jg
"Search me." said the man next to ll
j him. another veteran. "One of tha [H
numerous interlopers who have butted 1
into the game to make it hard for ua. 1
Ask Jim Preston." *
And so it went throughout eucu
i session. The men and the women
, who to a large extent were doing
things were unknown by sight to the
newspaper men. and they were kept
busy trying to catch the names of
those who were making motions, reporting
to the convention as chali^
men of important committees?the
names of those who were running the
snow, whetncr it be at the stated performances
or about the committee
rooms or the hotel lobbies.
Among Those Present?
The taces of sucu men as Senators
Ix>dge. Smoot, Watson and others of
the senatorial coterie, of Will Hays,
of Harry M. D&ugherty, of Mrs,,
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, of T. j
Coleman duPoni. of Charles D. Hilles'
aud a long list of others who filled i
the speakers' platform at Chicago in1
19110 were not ?eeii on the platform St'
t, : vel :.d. T bo - ire. ma* " cf them,
t..-- ru ...?ri;y in ; .c:. we. *, present,
but they were merely among thosepresent.
They wer- not on the plat-;
' fcrxc si :.ng in the big. e: sy. leather
upholstered chairs provided for the;
S ultra distinguished. Several of them
occupied the hard bottomed seats ar*
. ranged in long rows on the floor of the
i i convention hall provided for delegates
. ! and alternates. Others had seats In
i the guest sections far up in the baico;
: nies. and others wandered about the
E rotunda of the big building with
i look of bewilderment on their faces.
| Marks a New Deal
' It all marks a new deal in the hie"
j tory of the party, a passing of party
government into new hands. The
President and his advisers rather than
the leaders in the legislative branch
are in control. What the result of
1 the change is to be will be determined
when the votes are counted next No"
| veuiber.
1 j It was a strictly Coolidge conveny
j tion. Quite as much so as was the
e Progressive convention of 1908 at
f" Chicago a Roosevelt convention. They
did what the President would wish *
them to do; they did nothing he ?
0 would wish them not to do. It vu a
convention that was satisfactory to
Y the great majority of the delegates,
i- They had assembled to do a certain
11 job they had been told to do by the
it rank and file of the party a^home
k and they did It. It was all ;om*
* pllshed without anr great amo*.lk of
e noise, with no blatant trumpeting of
a jazz muelc, with but little oratory,
i- aside from the keynote speech of tht;
h temporary chairman and the noml|
i- natlng speech 2;, ,
Burton, president of the Unlrerai?of'
y Michigan, in naming Calvin Coollogl!
as the standard hearer of the partyi
n at the session on Thursday morning J
s The usual hurrah, the din, the verbal'
fireworks of a political convention,
?- were distinctly absent
o As for the city of Cleveland, It hats
n died a big job in a big way. It pal
e itself on the map as one of the fore
A most convention cities of the nation.