Evening star., 1924-06-12
Vice Presidency Problem Still Far From Solution

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| roar of laughter and applause.
/ Mrs. Crinstead got through in about
! two minutes and the grateful dele
gates showered her with applause
tee escorted her back to her seat
| among the Kansas delegates.
Then came DR.. George f. Cannon
| of New Jersey. He also had a second
ing speech. Cannon is a negro Re,
| publican leader. and. although he had
] plenty of voice and viEor the dele
| gates were getting tired of speeches
| and wanted to vote.
Cannon Cuts Speech.
The convention was no more eager
to hear him than it was any of the
| other Seconders, but he got through
with some Interruptions by cutting
| his prepared speech in half.
Chairman Mondell admonished the
| galleries to be quiet and let the busl-
ness of the convention go on without
| Interruptions.
n. A. Elsberg of New York was
then recognized to deliver another
| seconding speech.
/ Woman Catches Attention.
Mrs. Elsberg caught the attention
| of the convention by declaring:
Ladies and gentlemen, If you won !,
be cruel to me. won't be cruel 10 you,
| The convention agreed with wave
Of laughter and heard her quleliS
and patiently. expecting her to fui-
fill the promise to make 1t short.
When the North Dakota name was was
! read and seven votes were cast lot
Coolidge and six for Senator La Fol
lette, a poll of the delegation wds
called for and ordered. The Coolidge
and La Toilette delegates Wed with
one another in the vigor of their an
nouncement of their votes. The con-
vention cheered the Coolidge votes
and booed and Kissed the La Follette
votes.
| The poll did not change the result,
its purpose being to record those Votihs
for Coolidge.
la Toilette Gets IS Votes.
When Wisconsin cast 2S votes Tor
Senator La Toilette and l for Coolidge
the galleries booed and Kissed again
and there were shouted demands 10
bring the lone Coolidge delegate to the
platform. He was Thomas Scott or
kenosha, Wis
nounced to the convention the chair
recognized Thomas Scott OF Wiscon- =
sin, the lone Coolidge delegate In
the Wisconsin delegation
Refuse Unanimous Vote.
He moved the nomination of Presi-
dent Coolidge be made unanimous
s Y. Way of South Dakota also pre-
sented the same resolution.
| There was long and continuous
| chorus of ayes and the twenty-elght
La Toilette delegates from wisconsin
entered mo" among the cries OF Put
| 'em out"
with the exception of a very few
voices the nomination of Calvin
Coolidge is made unanimous. an
nounced Chairman Mondell.
Recess is Ordered.
! After leaving the platform Mr.
| Scott took a seat among the Vermont
! delegates and did not return TO MS
Charles Il. Warren of Michigan then
/ moved that the convention recess un
til $50, and before the motion could
he nut or voted upon the convention
| was on its way to luncheon; fhe oriei
| rest period preceded the balloting for
/ Vice President, which gave promise
| of running the convention into a pro-
longed night session.
| Gov. Blaine of Wisconsin gave out
! the following telegram which he had
received from Senator La tolietle
during the ballounS:
please convey to every member
of the Wisconsin delegation my pro-
found feeling of admiration for the
gallant fight you have made. Wis
! consin is proud of you. You have
vindicated the confidence and esteem
| Of millions of Progressives the ma
ton over. This is a time for un-
| compromising devotion to principle
| and you have given it in full measure
l
| for every one of you.
ROBERT NJ. La FOLLETTE.'
Nomination PrearTnnged.
| The nomination of President Cool
| idge to succeed himself was even
more of a preordained forn1ality than
adoption of the platform proved tc
be last night when the convention
| overwhe helmingly accepted the draf1
agreed upon by the resolutions com
n, Il c--Is CC I
| ONLY one member. Representative
| Henry y. Cooper of Wisconsin. dis
| senting.
All of the delegates came to Ceve-
land informed we'll in advance that
President Coolidge would be nomi-
mated. and also that the customary
motion to declare the choice unani-
| nous would be blocked by the Wis
| consin followers of Senator La Fol
lette, who stood-or, rather, sat.to
the end last night against the major
| ity platform amid the Jeers or demon
| StratorS-
The vice presidential nomina ton
however. was another story. Days
| and nights of milling, naneuver1ng
canvassdng. comforting. deciding and
undeciding had failed to crystalline
sentiment for any considerable length
of time on a candidate for second
place on the ticket.
Several times little group OF
room of some leader. thought they
had settled the matter. But they
hadn't, and those who were not toe
tired to remember saw in this situa-
tion the fulfillment of another
wish of President Coolidge, whose
hands off policy was characterized by
his expressed hope that the conven-
ton itself would find and nominate
his running mate.
Agreed ON Borah.
aAv inic CT Tor
and other convention leaders agreed
upon Senator Borah Of Idaho as their
candidate, and, regarding his nomina-
tion as assured, went to bed. Some
from the senator that he had recon-
sidered his determination not to ac-
|cept.
Within the hour. at Washington
that no one had any right to say OF
assume that he had changed his mind
and that he would decline the nomi-
nation if an attempt should be made
to force it on him.
So it had gone, all night. all the
week. First, Frank Q. Lowden OF
Illinois held the lead. He insisted he
did not want the nomination-could
not accept because of his activities
in behalf of agricultural organiza-
tions. His boom continued He reit-
Grated his position emphatically, and
finally convinced even his most per-
SlStent admirers they would nave tc
look elsewhere for a candidate.
Hnrbord Once Leader.
Then others rose and fell. One aft
er another the party leaders went
\ down the list of names advanced
Some objection was found to each
one. Secretary Hoover's boom stayed
af1oat, and so did that of Maj. Gen
James c. Harboard, who for a time
was a leading figure.