Show DOMESTIC I 1 nothing else was so ai to the IL people ale of ahw united sums stales ng its t alif lip business of select ilig their next real dent the ning started tur teil burly anil and from coin the beginning it was tolef toki ably appareti app areni flint si of com buiu mere bierce e herbert hoover would wi alij tile dip Republic aln binl rill ill alini av giov I 1 at A smith or of new york would the hie Demo cralle ticket T alir I 1 i v 0 0 P nn 1111 convention met on june 12 1 in it kansas city with tile flooder delegates strongly entrenched the only ollier prominent 4 iles bpi t ig frnnk 0 t lowden tit of illinois und 1111 az charlea curta or of t moa M oa Is bull ported lv by the lie lenders len lend lri irs tit nf ariti or who fainted vain ted the lie mc nairy ilaug vit reler hill unit tind they t that there alit rc v ulo rf 0 n hy y it if tile ml did not tit ill 1 li it n u phanh tit 11 II 11 inc tills d mit it tp i v a rise aldrin aln rin and il aver went over nver en anil 41 on the 1181 1 I tit ille aitto up tit it ii ii to ills his s Senat rn hiir tir air nr wils consoled s V with ith tile lie III for mr ir hoover select aed fd of tip interior c work for ot of tile the I 1 I 1 committee and the campaign work was promptly organized the democrats met in national convention in houston no aston texas on june 20 26 and from fr om that moment there mere was wai j no DO doubt oz of smiths victory the southern democrats however being nearly oil all dry and protestant made such fight as they could bouldi and on june jane 28 accepted the nomi nomination ngUon of smith 0 on a the first ballot with wry faces the enthusiasm of the governors supporters was such that there were many assertions that the party would stand solidly behind him how flow wrong the prediction was la is known to all it took only one ballot for the convention to choose senator joe robinson Kobl of arkansas as smiths running mate he was the first resi resident deni below the masoo and DIxon line since the civil war to be named on a presidential ticket by either of the major parties find nd hla his selection was regarded as aa a wise strategic move governor smith on receiving word of hla his nomination rather upset the convention by a telegram in which he declared he be had not changed his opposition to the present prohibition laws and methods of their enforcement john J raskob chairman of tile the finance committee of bf the general motors corporation wits was made democratic national chairman and under its ills leadership the party for tho the first time in many long years obtained ample funds for the campaign both candidates made daveral speaking tours and for the first time radio wua was used extensively in the campaign tho the people were thoroughly aroused and the religious issue though deprecated by tile the leaders of both parties would not down it and also the prohibition hibi tion issue ailt cut both ways in tile the middle western and western states the question of farm relief was played up but in the end it was overshadowed by th the e fact that the count country ry in general was exceedingly prosperous and the voters did not care to make an experimental change the american people men and women went to the polls on november 8 0 in unprecedented numbers and when their tbell ballots ballota had bad been cost cast hoover and curtis carried forty states with a to total tal of electoral votes and smith and robinson had carried eight states with ST 87 votes in the electoral college hoovers majority exceeded even en that of wilson in 1012 1911 1 moreover he smashed the h solid id south winning florida maryland Maryin fid new mexico north carolina and texas smiths states were alabama arkansas georgia louisiana massachusetts mississippi rhode island and south carolina tie he failed to carry new york though franklin roosevelt dem was wag elected governor of that state when tile the popular vote was considered them defeat of smith mith did not seem so humiliating the total vote cast was vas ap proximately and of these smith received about two weeks after the election sir hoover salted sailed from san pedro unlit calif on a good will tour of the republics c s of f central and south americ i ihla w was is to last about two months and he announced that lie he would not spied select his cabinet until after his return on his trip lie he was received everywhere with enthusiasm by the officials and peo pie lite of the countries visited and it wils believed the tour would do much to cement the friendly relations between the latin american nations anti and the united states sant PS legislation fur for navail construction flood control and farm relief occupied much time in congress from the 0 of f the year the farst as V passed provided fos foi the construed construction 16 of fifteen cruisers and one plane piano carrier cara and carried a V in the mutter of flood control president coolidge insisted hint flint the santes especially interested Inter esteil finif share tin the cost and tile mei tsure adoli adopted ted recognized tills this principle find appropriated sa ulu KWo for the wark nork the president was equally insistent against the aarm relief measure und when both muses houses passed it tip fit vetoed it it another A piece of legislation wits tin the finance hill bill which reduced taxes 4 more thun the boulder canyon i invin anin project so dear to call nil forkla was atil flip of a lobig anti hitter bitter tight tit ohp house pushed passed the flip hill hut but when contress con cin press gress adjourned on may 14 it hii 11 left a business in I 1 the conens cengr fur the short term on De vember 3 with prospect of immig any eastres incept the necessary supply lillis the decided levi ded mar the lie mutter of amrit I should lie he tilen taken up burly I 1 in Ja january nunry tint hut it wits MS vil greed upon that alin anti fiorni 1 I rut relief should tie be passed in wd tin on to it spee hidi ur mr flooger lind salt alo lie would all president coolidge in his nit ims sage ae RIP gave un tin account of ills hi stewardship for fir tive ave anil a half clars ind the file amilte of tile nuth ll 11 us most insist with ninive girt irus S ono nu good d the denute linseed in bcd the lie boulder dam bill amended to lo meet objections tt and mrs coolidge e teni their sti summer miner fitlin nt at a ti lodge e in northern wisconsin their ller win son lolin john to in dip ollices of im eastern en tern road and in ini her ber ahli to MIs its florenc f of the gio glovernor Koter vernor nir nt nf tonii edli in ati announced I 1 the llie ct invention of the lie amark an ig legion an wits iteld it lii sun stin arm nho tfx tex us ii tind ind imil V mi alo nun wal faini elected r at al sinne tim the vr Vele Velo runs ilice in llin inn kiihn auhl in n tle flinoil almy nf 04 alie lie bield Us its aliv in din ver er und i leip lolin tsetse for lly its cutill UKI tilt ader I hi 11 ch let |