Show COOLIDGE AND AD DAWES on 0 P TICKET illinois man selected for second place after lowden refused unanimous nomination from start to fin F finish in isbit it was all coolidge platform sets c forth G 0 P principles 5 pv mil har V 14 N 44 N 4 X w t A calvin coolidge for president CALVIN bac of massachusetts for vice president CHARLES 0 DAWES of illinois cleveland the abere Is tile tho ticket selected by the republican national convention to make tile the fight for tho the party in tho the forthcoming presidential election before the roll call had been half completed the story had been told the vote resulted coolidge 1005 la follette 81 34 johnson 10 thomas scott tile tho lone lano coolidge delegate dele gaie from wisconsin moved to ranke make tho the nomi nomination nution unanimous with the exception of u very rew few voices the nomination of calvin coolidge la is made iman linous announced chairman mondell tho the first ballot for vice president showed lowden in the lend lead with burton dawes hoover hooker and kenyon following cl closely opey on the second ballot the convention turned to lowden and ito ho was unanimously nomi nominated tinted in a telegram to the convention the he former governor of illinois absolu absolutely toy refused to accept the nomination after a three hour recess another ballot was taken and before it was ivas finished danei was so far in the lend lead over hoover that the nomination was made unanimous amid tho the wildest enthusiasm thusia sm j with president Coolid nomination tion a foregone conclusion rind dad everything else elo prearranged there was really nothing to do but give the tamp stamp of 0 official al party approval when the various matters were brought brou glit bo tort fore th the convention president Coolid name was placed in nomination by dr ak marion arlon leroy burton president of the of michigan ile he presented a scholarly eulogy of tho the president which was frequently interrupted with wild demonstrations ills hla first mention of the presidents denta naro nam was all that the crowd had been waiting f for or it was the signal for tho the wildest orgy of noises that the convention had yet experienced it made previous outbursts palo pale into cance and has been equalled equal led seldom la in the history of party conventions As A one who knows kiowa him 1 I shell speak an aa one who for years hats has known tho the president said doctor burton 1 1 I follow this plan because I 1 bellove believe you want to hear from one who has a firsthand first hand knowledge of his subject the people have an un sat callable lable desire to learn about the life and ways way of tills this roan man the better you know him tho the more you will trust him n the more carefully you study life his written words the more certain you yon will become of the clarity of ills his mind the depth of his thought and tho the soundness of his judgment there Is no real statesmanship without these qualities my ay iy function la Is to present the man the emphasis must bo be just there lie ile Is not a super superman miln and would be the last to think so there Is 14 not a trace of show or ostentation about aboul him film tor for ho he does nothing merely bof appearance lie ile may be an example but tie lie would never set one Us bla quiet unobtrusive and natural way 0 of doing things was waa beautifully and graciously illustrated during tho the sad days of last august when lie ho assumed the duties of tile presidency lie he personified soni fied tile the plain simple virtues of our citizens at their best yet tills Is not nil if it bo be sold that lie ho Is rarely equit common tion it must also be known that lie he Is nobly uncommon A great roan man la Is always simple and direct about this man there Is something elemental ile he can see into tho the heart of things ile he knows that every person lansi n soul and that the great est cst thing thine about america Is her spirit ile he never lacks lacks dignity the office onico lie he occupies Is exulted for when ho he per forms a public duty it la Is ta ceremony only ono one problem tile the vice presidential nomination W was its the hard nut to be cracked days daya and nights of milling maneuvering canvassing conferring deciding and lind had failed to crystallize sentiment for any considerable length of time on a candidate for second P place I 1 ace on tho the ticket time and again it a name would be proposed that seemed to solve the problem only to have the whole thing upset either by tho the declination of the gentleman in question or for geographic reasons one after another the party leaders went down the list of names advanced some objection was found to each one so it went on and on jumping front from one name to another and getting nowhere the republican national conven alon of 1921 1024 1 will go down in history as one of the most unique gatherings of the kind ever held old timer s who have been attending conventions for years 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 ronn mail 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 curry out ills hla eagerly willingly not that he be attempted to interfere they had accepted him as their lender leader and were whole heart ed in their purpose of following hin leadership the sn n called old guard had no 1 igind in athla convention they were there of course but just as privates in tile ranks burton sounds keynote theodore 13 hurton burton of ohio was the keynoter assuming the gavel Rs as 1 temporary chairman ho he dOl vered an 1 oration that hold held the delegates la their seats for an hour and a half the aged ohio statesman stateman la Is one of et the last jast of the old school type ol of orator lie ile has hai had vast experience 11 in politics end and ho he knew exactly what to td say ills ilia allusion to president coolidge an tile tho man to whom the o pol looked for leadership rather th than 0 n to congress gave the convention its alist 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 n tile tho present congress Is not deserved sold eald co congressman gressman tin burton because on many major questions their party has not commanded a m majority in either branch lot let us not for a minute forgot forget the importance 0 of f a republic republican can majority in tile tho next congro sm made up of members tried and true who will stand united the people and all the people have conil confidence dence in colvin calvin coolidge it Is a time dine 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 thim in the midst of temptations stronger than those by which the angels fell lie he has shown no truckling no scheming for votes but has gone calmly and steadily ly on ills way unaffected by the lure of expediency or the promise of success mondell Is chairman frank IV mondell former congressman from wyoming wag was chosen permanent chairman ills speech was short and was mainly a plea for a republican congress every serl flerl ous oua fault of recent legislation and every failure to round out a satisfactory program could and would have been avoided he 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 resolution so the delegates from wisconsin sole dissenters from the pla platform as presented by the committee sat silent amid the bedlam 0 that broke loose round and round the wisconsin 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 sided d when physical endurance reached its limit turn down wisconsin plank tho the convention was dis inclined to listen to congre itin cooper when he fie took the platform to present the minority rep or the committee on resolutions which contained the wisconsin or La Pollette planks ho he was 0 W 4 charles 17 dawes jeered and booed bloed while chairman mondell pleaded that the wisconsin man was entitled to the courtesy of a fair hearing mr cooper was a good sport and was not ruffled by the violent antagonism of the convention ile he proceeded with the reading of ills resolutions in a calm clear voice and then offered them ns as a substitute for the report of the majority the wisconsin delegation alone voted for tills this motion and the majority report wits was adopted with a roar the platform Is said to embody the cooledge program for legislation which the president thinks will keep tho the country on the wily way of prosperity much la Is made of governmental economy and tax reduction A proposed solution of the financial burdens of the people la Is off offered erod the first session of the convention was taken up with preliminaries the rending reading of the call for the convention and the keynote speech of the tempo chairman f permanent was effected wednesday tile the committee on re resolutions as was reported to be still laboring with the platform but the reports of all other committees were wera quickly disposed of and the convention took a recess until evening wl when to n the platform was wag presented |