Evening star., 1924-06-10

lican1 congress made up of men,
bers tried and true who will stand
united" That brought out the first
real demonstration Of the session.
Delegates rose to their feet. cheering
and waving hats and handkerchiefs.
Many of them turned to the Wis
consin delegation, where the La Fol-
lette delegates remained silent, with
out taking part in the demonstration.
There were cries of "stand up, Wis
consin!" and one delegate stood up
The demonstration subsided when Mr.
Burton went ahead with his speech.
The first mention of President
Coolidge's name brought out a new
demonstration which approached the
feryor of the previous one. Speaker
Gillett of Massachusetts sprang to
his feet and Senator Lodge rose be-
side him.
moment, but was renewed when the
chairman declared 1.-The people have
confidence in Calvin Coolidge" and
his further statement that Others
may have lost their nerve; Calvin
Coolidge has not lost his.
League Opposition Cheered
When the chairman, speaking of the
league Of nations declared, "it Is not
for u.s." there was another outburst
he said he judged the sentiment Of
collation. of the foreign debts.
Reviewing the reparations tangle
and efforts to settle IL, the chairman
mentioned twice the name of Charles
G. Dawes, and paused once to give the
Dawes boomers chance to demon
strate q little for their vice presi
Dental candidate. Either the Dawes
men missed the point or they were
not ready, because the name Of Dawes
passed over without applause or dem
onstration
Ea;- ,,,ct -
| o'clock, having spoken an hour
and a half, and the convention re-
sponded with a demonstration of ap-
plause and prolonged cheers TO his
prediction of party victory in No
vember.
Organization Begun.
The applause over Chairman Bur-
perfecting the temporary organiza-
ton. Chairman Adams of the ma
tiona committee introduced Secretary
.Iafe" Gleason of Now York, who
presented the roll Of temporary OFF,
GERS for the convention. They were
approved.
The organization proceedings were
then interrupted for a moment while
a gavel was presented, made of oak
from one of the great trees where
the first Republican convention was
held. Another gavel was pre- esented.
made from a part of one of the locks
on the Ohio Canal where Garfield
once as a canal boy.
After disposing of some more or
ganzation proceedings the chairman
recognized Secretary Mellon, who got
as grea. demonstration as had yet
been seen. Secretary Mellon was es-
corted to the platform amid prolonged
cheers and applause. Secretary Mel
lon spoke SO softly that Chairman
Burton repeated his words, which
To nff
the platform committee.
A professional reading clerk read
Mr.. Melons resolution and nobody
had any difficulty in hearing him.
The resolution was adopted without
dissent.
ThronEs Arrive Enrly.
Beginning early in what has come
to be rare sunlight, the throng of
ticketholders trooped toward the vast
hall to be on hand by 9
O'Clock, when it had been announced
that the doors would open. Their num-
Der was greatly swelled by hundreds
who had tried and failed to get
tickets, but were still somehow hope
full, and by others who just wanted
to look.
The platform committee was pre-
pared to work IS quickly as possible,
hear sponsors of various planks for
FIVE hours, and then start what may
be an all-night session to whip the
declaration of principles into shape
for presentation to the convention by
tomorrow afternoon. A tentative
draft, which will form the basis of
its work was competed early today
by a group of the committee members
after toiling most of the night and
exchanging views frequently with
Washington.
Committees Selected.
The credentials committee also was
called to begin what threatened to
be a lengthy review of the Repub-
lican national committees decisions
in contests for delegation seats as
soon as it received the formal rati-
fication Of it's membership by the
Most of the members of
the resolutions, credentials and rules
committees were selected at state
delegation caucuses yesterday. al
though some remained TO be named
today before the opening of the con-
vention.
With the main planks of the plat
form in place. even though not nailed
down. plenty OF opportunity was
given for the new ascent of the