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COOUDGE AND DAWES NAMED BY REPUBLICANS AMID STIRRING SCENES c ' * . , 'P ? ; > " : Convention at Cleveland Which Renominated the President and Selected His Running Mate Marked by a Subdued Opening and a Thrilling Climax. ; : \ . V . ?> " y,' VICE PRESIDENT CHOSEN AFTER LOWDEN SETS PRECEDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY ' - !i x'- > ?" / s' r ri ' ' ' 1 <?' s ') Former Governor of Illinois Chosen First With Ovation Rival ling President's, Refuses to Accept ? General Dawes Was Nominated on the First Ballot at the Last of the Day's Three Sessions, Receiving 682 Vz Votes, as Against 234% for Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, and 75 for Judge William S. Kenyon and a Few Scattering. ( f , t ? b THE REPUBLICAN TICKET FOR PRESIDENT o CALVIN COOLIDGE Of Massachusetts FOR VICE PRESIDENT (} CHARLES G. DAWES Of Illinois t. ' Ey EDWARD W. PICKARD Cleveland, 0. ? Calvin Coolidge's na tional convention has been held, and It will go down in political history as the quietest, smoothest, most peaceful affair of the kind ever pulled off in this country, unless one except Wood rtfw Wilson's convention in St. Louis eight years ago. And this gathering of the Republican party really was Mr. Coolidge's convention, here to do Just what he wanted done and not to do the things he did not want done. Mr. Coolidge wished to be nomi nated to succeed himself. He was nominated. He wjshed to have for a running mate a man from the Middle West who would be acceptable to all N elements of the party. The conven y tion complied with this wish by nomi nating Frank 0. Lowden of Illinois, on the second ballot. When Lowden positively declined the honor, creating a precedent in political history, word came from Washington that on the third ballot gave second place on the ticket to General Charles G. Bawes of Chicago. ? ' Mr. Coolidge selected for tempo rary chairman of the convention Con gressman Theodore E. Burton of Ohio and told that gentleman what his views were on all the mooted pub lic questions of the day ? if he did not already know them ? and Mr. Burton In his keynote 3peech faithfully re produced all those views. Mr. Cool idge chose for permanent chairman Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming, be cause as vice chairman of the War Finance corporation which has loaned much money to agricultural interests Mr. Mondell might be considered ac ceptable to the possibly disgruntled farmers. So Mr. Mondell presided over the convention after the opening of the second session. Mr. Coolidge had positive opinions concerning the platform on which he would have to stand during the cam paign, so out of all the planks fash ioned by the numerous Interests that Sought to have a hand in the building of that platform, were carefully pick ed the ones that conformed strictly with those opinions, and all the rest we.re thrown into the discard by the resolutions committee headed by Am bassador Warren, who was Mr. Cool idge's selection for the place of chair man. Coolidge's Preferences Paramount No reflection on the Republican party is Intended in recording this seeming dictation by the chief ex ecutive. The condition not only jus tified it but made it inevitable. The rs*k and file of the party had, in the selection of instructed delegates, made known its firm intention to nominate Mr. Coolidge, and the po litical and legislative events of recent months made it evident that his pref-1 erences and opinions must be put above all else. Temporary Chairman Burton gave expression to this when he said in his address: "With some disappointment, as one whose public servicc has been in a legislative posi tion, truth compels me to say that by far the gi eater share of our citizen ship looks to President Coolidge J rather than to congress for leader ship." The outburst of cheering that greeted this, the first spontaneous ap plause of the convention, proved that the great mass of the delegates agreed with it. Outside the oonvention hall, in the , , rooms where the various state dele gations met to organize and name their representatives on the commit tees, another mandate of the mass of the party was carried out. The old line leaders were relegated to the rear and the management put into new hands. Thus the Massachusetts delegation took its chairmanship away from Senator Lodge and gave it to Governor Cox, and the man who had for so long dictated to the Bay state Republicans was not even put on the platform committee. The ef forts of Harry Daugherty's friends in the Ohio delegation to rehabilitate him came to nought when Maurice Masthke was chosen as national com " * \ I mitteeman, Senator Willis as chair man of the delegation and Simeon D. Fess was put on the committee on resolutions. So ft went, not in all the delegations, but in enough to show that a revolution in party manage ment was under way. Senator Lodge was as suave and smiling as ever, and as tired looking, but his smile had a touch of bitterness, and many an other former leader was in the dumps as he saw his power fading away. La Follette's Discordant Note There was but one diBCordan^ ele ment In the convention ? the La Fol lette delegation from Wisconsin. All but one of its members were selected to vote for the Badger senator and 0 present to the platform committee the planks representing his views. Their action, of course, was known far In advance and so was discounted, but to some members of the party it was no less ominous. They got into action early with a set of resolutions of which the following is a Bynopsis: House cleaning pledged. Monopoly ? crush, not foster. Recover oil preserves. Vigorous prosecution of grafters. Revise public domain legislation. Public ownership of water power. Super-water power systems. Public control and conservation of natural resources. Repeal Esch-Cummins law. Make rates on prudent Investment and cost of service. Railroads? public ownership final solution. ex1 Reduce federal taxes. Curtail the $800,000,000 now spent annually for the army and navy. Recover war stealings. Collect foreign loan interest. Oppose Mellon tax plan. Amend Constitution to permit a re enactment to supersede a judicial vote. v Reduce tariff. Promote co-operation between pro ducers and consumers. Reduce freight rates for farmers. Abolish injunctions In labor dis putes. Grant cash^bonus to ex-soldiers. Provide Great Lakes waterway. Amend Constitution to provide for direct nomination and election of President, federal initiative and refer endum and referendum on war. Revise Versailles treaty to comply with termB of armistice, promote i treaties to outlaw war, abolish con scription, reduce amendments and guarantee referendums on peace and war. x There were some other plankB, but these are enough to indicate the kind of a platform Senator La Follette de manded. He and everyone else knew they would be turned down by the committee and rejected by the con vention, so no one was surprised or shocked when that waB done. But upon such a platform, it was assumed, La Follette would stand as an Inde pendent candidate for the Presidency. What would be the effect of his can didacy was naturally a fruitful topic of discussion among the delegates and other visitors. Women Win Equal Representation Women were prepared to play a conspicuous part in the convention. There were more than 600 delegates and alternates of the gentler sex, near ly every state giving them place in its delegation. Even far away Hawaii sent one, Princess David Kawanana koa, and she was made an associate member of the national committee. I In social usage she retains her title, but she Is said to be thoroughly one of the people and a power among the Republican voters of the islands. Temporary Chairman Burton over looked the women, when he wrote his address and had the advance copies printed, but he noticed the omission and Interpolated a graceful paragraph warmly welcoming them to the par ty's conncils. They were ready to do their share of the work, but really there was nothing much for them to do. It had all been arranged before hand, and some of them were a bit peeved. They had a lot of pet ideas, but only a few of them, notably Mrs. A. T. Hert of Kentucky, were serious ly consulted by the men who formu lated the program. Mrs. Medill Mc Cormick, wife of the senator from Chicago, said: "They have steam rol lered the whole thing nicely. Those , who are going to be elected have everything to say about the conven tion and the appointments and activi < .} REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE OP MASSACHUSETTS. ties, and those who are elected and hold party office have nothing to say and can only go back home and work for the campaign." ThiB was largely true at the time It was said, but a few hours later the men gave their sense of fair play a chance and accorded to the women equal participation In party manage ment by giving them full membership on the national committee. Five of the most prominent of the ladies went before the committee on rules and or der of business and pleaded that the example set by the Democrats four years ago Should be followed. Two or three of the men were obstinate, but the majority of the committee yielded and their report on this matter was adopted by the convention with near ly every woman In the hall standing and shouting as loudly as she could. Reduce South'* Delegate* Another thing this committee did, which also was approved by the con vention, was to reduce the delegate representation of the southern states which always go Democratic. The convention of 1920 directed the na tional committee to work this reform, but it had refused to obey. In this' convention there was no outspoken opposition to the change. To make It more binding an additional member of the national committee was given to each state that exceeds a given Re publican vote in the last preceding na tional election. To tell in detail the story of the convention would be superfluous; to read It would be tedious. But it had its high lights and interesting phases. Regular attendants on such gather ings always are on the lookout for "ovations" and outbursts of enthu siat::: frequently are suspicious of the genuineness of such demonstrations. The first session, however, witnessed Beveral that were undoubtedly gen uine. The first came toward the close of Temporary Chairman Burton's . speech when he first mentioned Presi dent Coolidge by name. And it really wasn't so much the mention of the name that evoked toud and long cheering as what Mr. Burton said. ThJs was it: , "With some disappointment, as one whose public service has been 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." All over the great public hall dele gates and spectators rose to their feet to applaud this statement, and even many of the senators and representa- j tives who have set themselves in op position to the President over and over again joined in the handclapplng. Secretary Mellon's Ovation Another demonstration that seemed real was the ovation given Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon. Dur ing the formalities of completing the temporary organization he rose from the midst of the Pennsylvania delega tion to make a trifling motion. At once the convention burst into almost wild cheering, and the secretary was compelled to mount to the platform and acknowledge it. The man who runs the country's finances might well feel flattered by the veception riven1 him. , Just after this incident a bit of real sentiment was Injected into the pro ceedings. Tile chair announced that there was present the sole surviving member of the Republican convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency, Addison G. Prootor of St. Joseph, Mich. The venerable gen tleman was led to the front, and the cheering host arose to greet him and listened with respect to his brief re sponse. That Congressman Burton In his > I / _ keynote speech accomplished with great skill a difficult task was admit ted by all. He could not entirely overlook the breach that has existed between the Administration and Con gress, nor could he be too emphatic In placing the blame for It. But he rec ognized the change that was coming over the party management and gave the President full measure of praise. At the same time he said little that could offend the most sensitive of those Republican members of Con gress who have been in opposition to the Administration's policies. Dr. Burton Nominates Coolldge An easier task and one no less ad mirably performed was that which fell to the lot of the other Burton, Marion Leroy, president of the University of Michigan. As his friend of many I years' standing, he was chosen by Mr. Coolldge to make the nominating speech on Thursday, and no more elo quent and sincere speech has been I heard in a national convention. It was not flowery nor was it political. It was a sympathetic setting forth of the qualities of Mr. Coolldge as the speaker conceived them, a heartfelt tribute to his character, his stern up rightness and honesty, his unfaltering courage and his capacity for the lead ership of his party and his country. ! "My function Is to present the man," said Dr. Burton. "The emphasis must be Just there. My primary task does not concern policies nor plat forms as such. Anyone will tell you he Is 'one of us,' and he Is. In keep ing with his real qualities I shall make no effort to exalt him, for he does not need it. He is not a super-man and would be the last to think so. There is not a trace of show or ostentation about him, for he does nothing merely for appearances. He may be an ex ample, but he would never set one." A little later Dr. Burton saidr "He has moral fiber. To me it is his dis tinguishing characteristic. There is a moral grandeur about him which does credit to American life. You simply cannot think of him as soft or flabby. He aims actually to do what he knows he ought to do." And again: "In the largest sense of the term h* is a patient man. He knows that time will do its perfect work. He Instinc tively takes the long look. He makes a calm, unhurried, steady approach to the tasks of life. No one can throw him into a panic, for he sees life stead ily and sees it whole. He cannot please every one. Therefore some, for the time, become hostile and crit ical. This man in a very remarkable way takes his punishment quietly and silently." Eloquent Peroration Here Is Dr. Burton's closing para graph, which was the signal for a mighty outburst of cheering that last ed for many minutes: "As self respecting individuals we can trust this man. As lovers of America we can follow one who is supremely American. As citizens with interests as broad as humanity we can accept his guidance into a new and larger world leadership because he is at heart a human being. To the national convention of the greatest ! party in American history I have the ! distinction to present as candidate to succeed himself as President of the United States of America the virile man ? the staunch American ? the real human being? Calvin Coolldge." So, with the swift nomination of Coolldge on the first ballot and the naming of hlfe running mate, after a few remaining formalities the national Republican convention of 1924 passed into history. _ Cleveland Covered Herself With Glory Too much cannot be said in praise of the way in which the city of Cleve i REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHARLES G. DAWES OF ILLINOIS land did Its part In making the con vention pleasant and successful. First and most important, it provided Pub lic Hall, the finest place in which a national convention has ever been privileged to meet, excepting that in which the Democrats gathered in San Francisco in 1920. Public Hall cost the people of Cleveland $6,300,000 and is located in the heart of the down town district, convenient to the ho tels. Its architecture is beautiful, and it seats 16,000 persons. Within its walls are all the conveniences that the builders could think of, and Its stage is the largest in the country. Then there are the hotels, ample in number and well conducted. 'Their managers looked after the comfort of the city's guests in every possible way, and, what is more to the point, they did not rob them. Rates were kept well within reason. Cleveland seems to have more auto mobiles than any other city in the world in comparison with the popula tion, but the able and well trained traffic police protected the life and limb of the convention visitor in a way that elicited the admiration of all. No one was permitted to get him self run over, whether or not he wish ed to do so. Local committees, social organisa tions and individuals arranged pro grams of entertainment to fill up the hours when the convention was not in session, and many of the men and women visitors were acoommodated on the various golf clubs. There were theatre parties, boat rides, band oon ' certs, fireworks and other things ga | lore. Special teas and receptions i were given for the women, and the ! program for colored visitors was sep | arate from all else. So it was not in any way the fault of' Cleveland that the convention of 1924 was quiet and uneventful. It did Its part, and the matter of pruvidlng excitement was up to the representa tives of the party, who had none to provide. The crowds in the hotel lob bies, when they were not occupied in the discussion of that elusive subject, the vice presidential candidate, gos siped with old and new acquaintances and amused themselves by picking out from the passing throng the nota bilities. They had no trouble in rec ognizing the dome-like head of Secre tary of War Weeks nor the bronze face of Bascom Slemp, secretary to President Coolldge; the genial home liness of Joseph B. Keallng of Indiana and the Lincoln-ilke physiognomy of Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illinois could not be mistaken. Young Theo dore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, aroused mild interest as he wriggled through the crowds, but eyes did not follow him as they did his father. > \ : Music a Distinctive Feature Always in a national convention the music to an attractive feature, and this Cleveland gathering was no ex ception. The big brass band in the hall was led by John Philip Sousa himself, and every American knows what that means. In the hall Is a magnificent pipe org^n, which was magnificently played at frequent In tervals. The flood lights of the hall, "plain and colored," were used with discretion and art during the playing of the national anthem and other pa triotic airs. From Columbds came a large Republican glee club, which sang not only In the convention hall, but at the Coolldge headquarters of the women and elsewhere. Humorous writers of wide reputa tlon have become an established part of these national party meetings, and they were mere numerous In Cleve land than ever before and perhaps less humorous. Will Rogers, Hey wood Broun, Ring Lardner and a score more were here looking for material v NAMING OF DIMES ? 1; GIVES BIG 1 i t Republicans Select Their ij President Under Conditions | Unparallelied in Political Conventions. Cleveland, 0.? The events jru nary to the naming of Dawes wertj dramatic an anything political has happened in a generation. It Was only a Vice Presidency^ was at stake ? something usuailv complishable in a hurry after of the convention delegates started home, but this time an it est was engendered far beyond uj brought out in moat contets for: Presidency. ^ In the enthusiasm begotten of <d lsfactlqn at getting out of an iimm and unforeseen situation so well nomination was made? not m moua but as near it hb a conrentia could be with a Wisconsin an integral and Irrevocable part. After President Coolidge kad easily nominated on the fint bfcliot, only Wisconsin holding out ipMfl him, the fight for the second (lvf began. . Former Gov. Frank 0. Lo*den Illinois, won In a stampede of gates to him that ignored his eifi* end often repeated insistence he not accept He did not and afr? 1 recess of two hours, during wnict 2J wires were being burned up o?r '*1 country, the convention came and nominated Brig. Gen. Cbarlei Dawes over Secretary of ConUM" Herbert Hoover. The nomination made by acclamation aft,er the S* -I tary had polled heavily In the w balloting. Nominates Dawei The Californian started ou'- ^ lantly with a string of states. him all or most of (heir vote! ?* when the Middle West was re?c'? on the roll call, the swing to in'" was irresistible, and when the of Texas were cast for him b? & won his majority, and a great i' of triumph went up to mark bis & During the recess, which was tai*5 to 9 o'clock p. m., of tlie last dar J t<ord came from the leaders &1' ' must be either Hoover or I "It can't be Dawes, It mu-'f *1 Hoover," William M. I?utl<* *' (oolldge's campaign manager. ' | claimed to Senator Reed, of l'tL:s- ' van la. , "It can't be done, it m'J-' Dawes," the Senator retorted seventy-eight votes from his ?'?" backed him up. The Jettisoning of Hoover for f- ' *n' Maria" of reparation fame Just such a reaction against the ?-? rule Imposed by the Coolldse Iea; f aa had been the nomlna'Ion of ^ den. ? / ? With the nomination of Maria," Republicans generally * delighted. . Dawes makes up as a can>P4l?V what he may lack in pollticat ev ence. He has not run tor el*^ office for many years, since he ^ double-crossed when a candid*1?^ the nomination for United State' - ?tor some twenty years ago. This makes the fifth time W ^ been drafted, however. 'or J ^ service, first as Comptroller ?> j Currency, then as 3 ^ Pershing's staff In the ^?r ^ later as Director of the Badge ? ,jfJ then to help solve the rep? problem which had defied t brains in the world for slJ )e i ? \
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