Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-06-14
Slips Into Town Before Wei
come Committee Reaches
Station.
ATTACKS MASS OF WORK;
SILENT ON NOMINATION
Big Stock Raiser Says Farmer
Firmly Behind Practical Ideas
of G. O. P. Nominee.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. June 14.-Brig. Gen.
Charles G. Dawes, nominated at
Cleveland Thursday as Republican
vice presidential candidate. his first
appearance on any ballot, slipped into
Chicago today an hour before the re-
ception committee expected him,
went directly to his bank, the Cen
trail Trust Company of Illinois, and
set to work as usual
The nominee seemed a bit amused
and not one whit disappointed over
the absence OF the welcoming throng.
What the reception lacked in noise
and enthusiasm at the railroad sta
tion was compen sated for at the gen.
erals bank, where thousands of per-
sons gathered in the streets. packing
them from curb to curb and cheer
ing with such vigor that the echoes
rolled and echoed down the sky
scraper-iined streets OF the financial
district
Attncks Mass of Work.
Smiling broadly as his bank en-
ployes and the thousands of citizens
acclaimed him, the general declined
to talk of his nomination and, fol-
lowed by as many OF the throng as
could force themselves into the bank
lobby. he retired to his private office
and, with pipe in hand, began open
ing a huge heap of mail and tele-
grams. On the desk is a big white
elephant, emblematio Of the Repub-
lican party.
The general returned from Mar
ietta College, Ohio, of which he is
d graduate of the class of 1884. Be
sides Mrs. Dawes, he was accompanied
by two classmates, Rev. X. X. Lloyd
of Chicago, and Harry c. Butler, a
business man of Dallas, Tex.
The generals homecoming was as
colorful as though he had come di-
rect from the Cleveland nominating
convention which he had tactfully
combine with the national Flag day,
he found the Stars and Stripes float
ing from public buildings as though
the display was exclusively in his
honor. .. s...
Many Of the flags actually were in
his honor for his friends, and par
ticularly his neighbors in Evanston,
had planned a great showing of the
national colors in the nominees S
honor.
Arr1yaI nexpecteu.
The generals arrival at am. was
unexpected and only a few welcomers
were at the station. These did not
include his relatives, as it had been
announced he would arrive at 10 am.
Instead of an outpouring of citf-
zens that had planned to shout their
acclaim at l o'clock, a few, including
newspaper reporters. were at the sta
tion and the general was compelled
to wait for his own automobile.
Incidentally, this is the first time
the general ever has been a candi-
date for an elective office. His name
never has appeared on an official
ballot.
At the station he would not talk
of the vice presidential nomination
nor of plans for the campaign, but
ficially notified of his nomination.
Just when that will be is not known.
Says Farmer Backs Dawes.
Gen. Dawes has won the respect and
caught the vision of the great agricul-
ture population of this country as no
other candidate mentioned before the
convention" C. R Pendarvis, a promi-
nent Henderson County farmer, said in
a statement after taking a shipment OF
cattle to the stock yards. They be-
action and not of visionary theories
because he thinks clearly and hits
quickly, straight from the shoulder.
The men behind the plows have
little faith in the multitude of theo-
retical plains proposed in Congress for
the relief of agriculture, but do believe
that Gen. Dawes plan for the rehabili-
tation of Europe will broaden the de-
rnand for their products. They also
know that his work in establishing the
national budget system has started a
nationwide movement toward curtaiI-
ing government expenses and the low
ering of taxation. The farmers of this
nation ask no sympathy. They need
and will appreciate lower taxes and a
broader outlet for their products. Gen
Dawes will have the support of the
men and women of the farm"
While they prepared to greet the
man made famous as a banker, politi-
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