| Show COOLIDGE AND DAWES 0 01 P TICKET Ilfin illinois ois man selected for second place after lowden refused unanimous nomination from start to finith finish it was all collidge COD co lidge platform sets forth G 0 P principles princia les Y X v W ak V 1141 calvin coolidge per for president CALVIN COOLIDGE of massachusetts for vice president CHARLES G DAWES of illinois cleveland CleT eland the above Is 19 the ticket selected elected by the republican national convention to make the fight kor or the party in the forthcoming presidential election p before the roll call had been half completed the story had been told athe the vote tote resulted coolidge cooledge 1005 TA L follette 34 johnson Job 10 thomas scott the lone coolidge delegate fe legate from wisconsin moved to anake the nomination unanimous 1 with the exception of a very few voices the nomination of calvin coolidge Is in made unanimous announced chairman mondell the first ballot for vice president showed bowed lowden in the lead with but burton dawes hoover and kenyon following 0 g closely on the second ballot the convention turned to lowden and be was unanimously nominated in a telegram to the convention the former governor of illinois absolutely refuted refused to accept the nomination i after a three hour recess another was waa taken and before it was finished dawes was so tar far in the lead over hoover that the nomination was nias made unanimous amid the wildest enthusiasm thusia sm with president coolidge Is nomination a foregone conclusion and everything else prearranged there was really nothing to do but give the tamp of official party approval when the various matters were brought before the tha convention president Coolid name was placed in nomination by dr marion leroy burton barton president of the university of michigan ile he presented a scholarly eulogy of the tha president which was frequently interrupted with wild demonstrations ills hier first mention of the presidents name was all that the tha crowd had been waiting for it was wag the signal tor for the wildest orgy of noises that the convention had bad yet experienced it made pre tim outbursts pale into insignificance and has been equalled equal led seldom la in the history of party conventions As A one who knows know him 1 17 shall speak ss as one who for years has bu known the president bald eadd doctor burton ux tOlL 1 I follow this plan because I 1 believe you want to hear from one who has a firsthand first hand knowledge of his big subject abject the people have an un satiable at lable desire to learn about the life and ways of this man the better you know him the more you will trust him the more carefully you study his written words the more certain you will become of the clarity of hla his mind the depth of his thought and the sound mass of his judgment there Is 13 no real statesmanship without these qualities my function ts Is to present the man the emphasis must be just there ile he Is not a superman and would be the last to think so there Is not a trace of show or ostentation about him for he does nothing merely tor for appearance ue he may be an example but he would never set one Us his quiet unobtrusive and natural way of doing things was beautifully and graciously illustrated during the sad days of last august when he assumed the duties of the presidency ile he personified soni fied the plain simple virtues of our citizens at their best yet tet tills this Is not all it if it be said th that atlle he Is rarely common it must also be known that he Is nobly uncommon A great man Is always simple and direct about this man there Is something elemental ile he can see into the heart of things he knows that every person has hag a soul and that the greatest thin thing about america la Is her spirit lie ile never lacks dignity the office he occupies Is exalted esal ted for when he be performs a public duty it Is L ceremony only one ona problem the vice presidential nomination was w as the hard nut but to be cracked days and nd nights of milling maneuvering canvassing conferring deciding and had failed to crystallize sentiment for any considerable length of time on a candidate for second place on the ticket time and again a name would be proposed that seemed to solve the problem only to have the whole thing upset either dy by the declination of the gentleman in question or for geographic reasons one after another the party leaders went ent down the list of names advanced some objection was found to each one so it went on and on jumping from abne one name to another and getting nowhere the republican national convention of 1021 1121 ft ill go don in history as ono one of the most unique gatherings of the kind ever held old timers who have been attending conventions for years year never saw anything like it it was much like a prayer meeting with everything settled long before the convention met save only the name of the man to be chosen running mate for president coolidge there was nothing much to get excited over the president completely dominated the convention the delegates were there to carry out his eagerly willingly not hot that he attempted to interfere they had accepted him as their leader and were whole heart ed in their purpose of following his leadership the so called old guard had no hand in tills this convention they were there of course but just ns as privates in the ranks burton sounds keynote theodore E durton burton of ohio was the keynoter assuming the gavel as temporary chairman he delivered an 1 oration that held the delegates delegate in their seats beats for an hour and a halt half the ag aged ed ohio statesman is one the last of the old school type of 0 orator he has hag had vast experience in politics and he knew exactly what to say aay ills ilia allusion to president coolidge as a the roan man to whom the looked for leadership rather than to congress gave the convention its ita first chance to break loose every mention of the presidents name was the signal for a demonstration much of the blame which Is visited upon republicans in the present congress Is not deserved said congressman bressman burton because on many major questions their party has not commanded a majority in either branch let us not for a minute forget the importance of a republican majority in the next congress made up of members tried and true who will stand united the people and all the people have confidence in calvin coolidge it Is a time when there Is a hunger for simple robust virtues for a leadership which shall be based on no cheap or selfish motives As a candidate for the presidency and this in the midst of temptations temptation 3 stronger than those by which the angels tell fell he has shown no truckling no scheming for votes but pas has gone calmly and steadily on ills hla way unaffected by the lure of expediency or the promise of success mondell Is chairman frank W mondell mandell former congressman from Wyo wyoming was chosen permanent chairman ills speech was short and was mainly a plea for a republican congress every serious fault of recent legislation and every failure to round out a satisfactory program could and would have been avoided he be declared had there been dependable republican majorities in congress the first big demonstration of the convention came when Coolid name was mentioned by charles F warren in the introductory to the report of the committee on resolutions the delegates from wisconsin sol sole e dissenters from the platform as presented by the committee sat silent amid the bedlam 0 blat th at aroki loose round and round the wisch sin aln delegation the frenzied crowd of delegates smiled shrieked howling jeering waving banners and threatening and cajoling the uproar lasted for nearly an hour and only subsided when physical endurance reached its limit turn down wisconsin plank the conven convention tinn was mas dis inclined to listen to congro ian cooper when he took the to present the minority or the committee on resolutions contained the wisconsin or Laro La ilette planks he was n charles G dawes jeered and booed bloed while chairman mondell pleaded that the wisconsin ruan mail was entitled to the courtesy of a fair hearing sir cooper was a good sport and was not ruffled by the violent antagonism of the convention ile he proceeded with the reading re ding of his resolutions in a calm clear voice and then offered them us as a substitute for the report of the majority the wisconsin delegation alone voted tor for tills this motion and the majority report was adopted with a roar the platform Is said to embody the coolidge program tor for legislation which the president thinks will keep the country on the way of prosperity much Is made of governmental economy and tax reduction A proposed solution of the financial burdens of 0 the deop people I 1 e Is offered the first session of the convent convention on was taken up with ith preliminaries the reading of the call tor for the convention and the keynote speech of the temporary chairman permanent organization was effected wednesday the committee on resolutions was reported to be still laboring with the platform but the reports of all other committees were quickly disposed of and the convention took a recess until evening when the platform was presented |
