Evening star., 1924-06-10
LOwden Holds
Lead Over
Big Field.
HACKERS INSIST
HE ACCEPT POST
Hoover and Dawes
Also Stronger as
Session Opens.
BY N. O. MESSENGER.
STAN Correspondent Of The Star.


CONVENTION HALL, Cleveland.
June 10.-The big show under the
main tent opened at II o'clock this
morning in the presence of 1900
participants and spectators. 1t will
be three-day stand, and is ex-
pected to grow more interesting as
it progresses. The proceedings UP
TO this time have been stale, fat
and Improbable, characterized as
big a." the same applying to the
prospective nominee for the vice
presidency.
By tomorrow morning it is ex-
pected that the Jog which has OBJ
scurcd the vice presidential situation
will have cleared away to the ex-
tent OF at least affording a shadowy
glimpse of the man who is to be put
forward with the backing OF the
group of leaders who are now
wrestling with the problem or not
allowing the convention to remain
at sea without any light from the
administration as to its choice of a
man.
Far into the night the confer
once continued. and soundings were
made among the delegations as to
their preferences without result.
Frank O. Lowden was the center of
interest during the early evening. He
was importuned from many quarters
to reconsider his refusal to be candi-
date. At o'clock he was called on
the telephone and told of the states
which want him to run, the list
headed by New York.
He was told that the Illinois dele
CATION had unanimously Endorsed
him and would place him in nomina-
tion.
Declination Emphatic.
His reply was reiteration of his
declination and was brief and en-
phatic. This did not discourage his
supporters.
The Illinois delegations resolution,
entreating Lowden to reconsider, fol-
lows:
I'VE all know that our distin-
guished citizen has declined to al
low his name to be used in connec-
ton with the vice presidential nomi-
nation.
But, believing that the condition
confronting the Republican party
demands it and believing that the
sense of the national convention is
that Gov. Lowden should change his
mind and Is an act of public service
allow his name to be presented, l
move that the delegation of Illinois
be directed to present the name of
Gov. Lowden to the convention"
A conference of the Pennsylvania
delegation was held and former Gov.
William c. Sproul of that state. last
night sent telegram to former Gov.
ILowden urging him to withdraw his
declination to run, saying he owed it
to his country and his party to make
the race.
Backed by Old-Liners.
Ralph E. Williams, vice chairman
of the Republican national committee
and committee member from Oregon,
also indicated that an effort would be
made to nominate Lowden, although
Sunday the Oregon people, who were
instructed in their primary for the
accepted his statement of refusal as
final
Not the slightest doubt that many
of the old-line leaders OF the party.
especially as they are represented in
the national committee, still are for
I-owden and will continue to urge his
nomination
AS the day starts. it would appear
that Hoover stock is high. Secretary
1f In 10
all day yesterday plugging insistent-
ly for Secretary Hoover. Many dele
gates jumped to the conclusion that
he was speaking indirectly for the
President, which accounted, in part,
for the increased talk in Secretary
Hoover's favor.
There is no sign in the sky of any
resistance to President Coolidge's de-
sire as to platform or policies. The
Coolidge organization is as perfect a
piece cf political machinery, the old
politicians say, as has been set up in
many a day, although no one has yet
characterized it as a steam roller.
Only Coolidge Men Present.
This is accounted for by the fact
that there are only Coolidge men in
the convention. The La Toilette men
are looked upon as somehow out
side the breastworks and not consid-
cred as more than nominal partici-
pants.
The Republican hosts gathered to-
day to nominate Calvin Coolidge for
President and to praise him. They
know exactly what they are going to
do, and this takes the edge off the
excitement.
They are "for" Coolidge, this gath
ering of delegates from forty-e tght
states, four territories and the Dis
tict of Columbia. Make no mistake
about that, they are pinning all
their hopes on the man from Massa-
chusetts Into the great walls and
gray ceilinged arena the thousands
;ramped. At 10 am. an hour before
the convention was scheduled to open,
only handful of men and women,
a half hour later there were more
delegates and alternates in the hall
than spectators in the gallery. But
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