Show i 0 4 X j k 4 1 1 0 4 SA ani wt 0 niort 4 jbf 4 aa rt div ia V t v tf tift t i 0 al N 1 4 1014 V it 0 j f rt HERBERT HOOVER FOR PRESIDENT G 03 P BIG SHOW AT CHICAGO WAS A masterpiece greatest interest centered in fight over prohibition repeal plank by WRIGHT A PATTERSON chicago tho the republican con met heibert hoover as the candidate for or president nod and charles curtis as its candidate for I 1 ice president adopt cd ed a platform hat that embodies a catlon of the prohibition amendment to the states as one plank and adjourned adjourned bilat iSs haas accomplished accomplish edby by 1153 delegates senator borah not being present and 1151 alternates who traveled in going to and from the convention an estimated total distance of 2303 2308 miles at a cost for rall roid fare of something over bo ho far as the actual news of the convention was concerned any reporter even the cub could have written it at any time during the past three months and possibly at any time during the past three years yearl bet but there had to be a con the properly designated Lie delegates legates had to have their day in the spotlight even there was no contest for votes for a presidential nomination and all had to pay their own rill road fa fare re and hotel bills members of the nation al at committee had t ti have the opportunity port unity of sitting in the reserved seats at the big show distin gulshen guests had to have the op port unity of being known as dis guests the assistant serge sergeants ants at fit arms and the ushers dould never have been satisfied had they been deprived of wearing their badges and even the peanut tenders venders had to have their cliance chance to earn an honest dime the nominations art ire made alade when the roll call of states for the naming of candidate candidates began on thursday the california delegation was the first one to respond and james scott presented the name of herbert hever 0 chibos nf f the president produced prods ced the great est demonstration of tho the conven alon mien oregon was reached the name of doctor france was presented to be followed by the one ballot needed to name a bandl date president Ident hoover received all till the votes totes with the exception of three or four tor for cooledge three for france three for blaine of 11 Is coasin and one tor for senator wads worth of new lork york doctor france proved a magn magnani atil candidate tor for the nomination after L it sandblast of portland ore had presented in a modest way abe qualifications of his ills states champion for the presidential job doctor franco france attempted to secure recognition from the chair and when refused attempted to force his way onto the platform the audience presumed he wanted to say something more in bis his own behalf but that was not the good doctor a purpose what he wanted to do wag was to withdraw his own name and present to the convention the name of the distinguished mas bias trout fisherman calvin coolidge the police took ft it band in the affair ejected the doctor from the platform and the name of calvin cooledge was not men except that during the roll call for the presidential nomina tion three or tour four delegates delegat eg from as many states insisted upon vot tot ing for him that Is nil all there was to the thit treat great draft coolidge move m ment t embra zoned cross across the front pages do of chicago newspapers a dozen z en hours before the nomination was made with alth general dawes out of the race there was practically no opposition itlo to vice president curtis and lie received the nomination for second place on the ticket on the first ballot the formalities dem tuesday morning at 11 dock there were close to one dundr hundred I 1 thousand people milling about outside the chicago stadium inside there nere ere some fifteen thousand thoi sand to occupy seats in the section reserved for delegates there was but one vacant chair the one reserved for senator borah in the alternate section they were nil all filled the national committeemen and women omen were all present the distinguished guests had arrived the assistant sergeants at arms all properly labeled with pretty badges were in evidence but all too miny m my of that more than seats provided for paying guests at from 03 3 to 5 per guest guests were va cant the people of chicago h bid ld failed to evidence their appreciation of the entertainment provided by a national republican conven tion it was only 18 minutes after 4 the scheduled hour of eleven when senator fess national chairman with a bung starter for a gavel called for order and announced to those ho persisted in conti continuing nuin their conversation that their time was up and he was now in char charge and would mould temporarily at least run the show ordinarily the next number on the program mm would have been the prayer but before that in to this case they must get through with the welcome by the democratic mayor of the city it would never do to include in the plea for chine guidance the actions or words of 0 a democratic mayor the ley I 1 ebnoter ey uon lion lester jesse of iowa made a good speech the same quality of speech mide before a democratic national convention would have produced hours of boisterous demonstration but the republicans are more given ti voting than to shouting though senator dickinsons speech did not produce any number of wild outbursts any prolonged parade of 0 bow ling delegates it did make a profound impression Impre slon on the assembled republican hosts while looking lookin on at a republican national convention seems like watching the operations of a well oiled and perfectly geared machine it Is dot not as simple as it teems jones and smith and brown and dr ncholas murray butler all have hato a cliance to air their views but all of this Is in committee meetings held in hotel rooms it Is the final result that Is brought to the floor of the convention and goes into the record as the unanimous verdict of the assembled delegates the wednesday morning session n was another of thoe alio e cormal occasions that did not attract the crowd it took ten minutes t to 0 listen to the report of the organization committee and on an hour to listen to the speech of the permanent chairman representative of new york but it ft as a good speech and appealed to the delegates his 1 first mention of the name of president hoover started a halt hour demon str atlon that is would have apen unan amous had oregon joined in but that state was loyal to former senator france of M meryland Mi ryland the adopted favorite of oregon and its banner was not carried in the parade of states chicago st se s the show chicago went to the convention wednesday night and chicago was wet when ahen senator bingham of connecticut read the minority platform report demanding straight repeal of the eighteenth amendment amente oe the thunder thunderous oui applause came from ala o ea 3 lo 10 5 beat seats tho chicago pet people pie and paid for and ino assistant i at arms the rather mild delegate demonstration was led by wisconsin and joined in by many elates states including prohibition maine when previously the majority report aj ai presented providing for modification with federal control of tho the liquor traffic kansas led the demonstration but did not receive any appreciable support from the chicago audience wednesday night it looked like a convention the vacant scat seats that bad had been no so noticeable during the tuesday and wednesday doming morning sessions were all oiled filled all of 0 the chicago aunts and uncles and ins republican and bad had turned out to hear beat what the 0 0 P was going to do about prohibition hibi tion and these chicago aunts uncles anil and cousins knew what they wanted done with it il han james II 11 garfield of ohio attempted to make a pica plea for the adoption ud of tho the majority plank chicago in the gall galleries erles refused to listen even a threat to clear the galleries was of no avail and very little of what mr garfield eald said was wits beard heard by any of the delegates to whom he was talking chicago thought differently about dr nicholas murray du butler tier when be had his ten minutes on the platform the gallery gods recognized him as their champion and the threat to adjourn the convention was not needed to secure attention to bis his speech speech followed speech starting with a time limit of ten minutes and getting down to one minute until every one who wanted to have his say had been given an in opportunity it was such a talk test fest as would bare have been expected at a na lional democratic pow powwow wow but the oratory lasting until one thursday morning did not change a single vote and when the roll of states was called it resulted in the adoption of the majority report by to platform lorm and prohibition tha party platform as worked out by the resolutions committee contains 28 planks when it was read to the convention on wednesday r t CHARLES CURTIS evening the delegates and especially the wet chicago visitors evinced interest in only one of the 28 there was but little interest in the fact that the party stood for a reorganization of the government bureaus in the interest of economy that the party proposed to have the government loan money to the states state for emergency rell relief ef w work ork that it stood for a reduction of public expenditures for the balancing of 0 the national budget for adherence to the gold standard and against currency inflation for revision of the backing barking laws to protect depositors for continuing as san it to the farm marketing act but when the secretary after an hour got down to that one vital all import tant subject prohibition they were Inter Inte esteil restel the majority of the resolutions committee proposed a plank that would modify the eighteenth amendment permitting people of any state to decide for themselves whether they wished to be dry or we wet L if dry the federal government to assist in the prevention of the manufacture of liquor in the state or transportation into or the eale fale of liquor within the state it if wet the federal government to control and regulate the sale of liquor within the state it implied that government control and regulation would be through the medium of government dispensaries to be cs es in wet territories caly other planks call for tax reduction for a flexible tariff and the extension of tariff protection to cover ina natural resource industries farms far forest eRts mines and oil wells for a shorter work daiy and short er c work week of imal gration gr atlon collective bargaining freedom of speech and assemblage for a home loan discount bank system tor for giving the federal power corn com mission authority to re regulate charatz tor for electric current when transmitted between states and others that are usually found in any party platform Ser vica |