Evening star., 1924-06-12

the recess came when the Louisiana
delegation cast all its votes for the
Ohio representatives..
Then SO votes from Massachusetts
went to Burton also: The remainder
OF -that~stats was divided elsewhere
"BuII Meoser Cheers.
Mississippi also threw her COM
plete ballot, IL votes, to Burton.
New York had absent gave Dawes
4: Lowden, 1S; Kenyon, Is, and Bur-
At this stage Lowden was leading
any other candidate two to one.
North Carolina started the proceed
1ngs at that point by casting 1 vote
for Gov Dixon of Montana A Bull
Moose rooter in the galleries held up
the proceedings two minutes with the
lustiest roars of approval yet heard
in the convention from anybody on
behalf of anybody.
Brookhart of Iowa got votes from
from the galleries
Ohio gave 1 to Watson and 1 to
Hines and 40 to Burton.
Lead See-Saws.
Burton, in the meantime. by his ac-
cretions. had moved up and was follow
ing Lowden closely.
When Pennsylvania gave seventy
eight votes for Burton it put him at
l.
Dawes and Kenyon at that point were
tied for third place.
Secretary Mellon cast the Pennsyi-
vania votes, which went to Burton, and
the convention gave a demonstration
of approval.
presently, however, and then Texas cast
a complimentary vote for Charles B.
Warren of Michigan.
Convene at 4:1O Pm.
At ten minutes after the New
York delegation began arriving, and
Chairman Mondell began rapping for
order again, getting ready to go
ahead
The Pennsylvania delegation decided
to give its first ballot solidly to Rep
resentative Graham of that state as a
compliment.
At 1 5 minutes after Chairman Mon
dell called, on the delegates to be seated
and was in fair way to demolish the
whacking board under his gavel in his
determined effort to get quiet and pro-
ceed with the business of the conven-
ton.
Finally order was secured and Salem
A. Hart. a Christian Science reader of
Cleveland, offered the opening prayer
The prayer was the Lords PRAYER,
which was preceded by two minutes
first quiet and then reverberated
with the rolling tones of 10000 per-
sons repeating the words OF the Lords
Prayer.
Senator Frank B. Willis OF Ohio
was the first man to the platform, and,
by direction of the Ohio delegation,
introduced a resolution of remem-
brance of the 1920 convention and
the late President Harding. who was
nominated there. Mr.. Willis nominat-
ar -
and succeeded him in the Senate.
The resolution also carried an af-
fectionate expression for Mrs Hard
ing, the late Presidents widow. 1t
vas carried without debate and a
Wisconsin voted with the convention
for the first time, and 1t was. unani-
nous.
The roll of states for Offering vice
presidential nominations was called.
Kenyon First Nominated.
Judge Kenyon was the first man
placed in nomination for the vice
presidency.
Hanford MacNider, past commander
Of the American Legion. who placed
the judge in nomination. told the
the good of the Republican party at
heart, Iowa offers you a man fit to
run with Calvin Coolidge"
!, MacNiders nominating speech was
not more than a hundred words in
length. The Iowa delegation stood up
In the brief demonstration which fol-
lowed.
The call of the states then was
continued for the offering of the other
Candidates.
=. r.. P. Boyle, secretary Of state of
Arizona, then took the platform and
nominated former Gov. frank o. Low
den of Illinois. There was a con-
ltinued demonstration for Lowden
when the speaker concluded a two
minute speech.
Seeks to witharaw Name.
Delegates piled out of their seats
with state standards and joined in q
patade for LcWden- About a hundred
e. laace actively led tho march and the