Evening star., 1924-06-13
Wave Of Resentment Follows Al.
lssedly Poor Kanagement Of
Vice Presidency Race.
SEE DANGER IN SITUATION
Leaders Rail ct Result, But Admit
Dawes Strength.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

not directed against the leadership
as such. but against It's inaptitude
In the first crisis II had to meet
It II chaYgeA with handling the
VICE presidentil emergency with
mastery ,inenectiyenesa vacilatieA
and bad genera1ship. resulting In
the Unnecessary humiliation of
Herbert Hoover. . member Of
President CoolidEe's own cabinet.
are the indictments leveled At the
Coolidge high command.
The criticism is expressed in un.
minced words. There is more than
criticism among the party organixa-
tion sub leaders There is DOWNRIGHT
o6Hciais of the convention. a western
Republican. who was on the platform
every moment 1t was in session,
openly voiced the fear that Cool
idge Is up against the thing that
Hughes es noor IN 1sas iaS~msns me
the part of his managers" Then the
convention dignitary grew specinc.
1T looks to me after last nights
events" he said, ''as II william d.
Butler lis another William NJ
Chiefs Dasesaselate.
Thus Calvin Coolidge enters upon
the 1924 night with q running mate
whom his responsible representatives.
at Cleveland did their utmost to de-
feat Whether that il the kind OF
harmony" kickoff there ought TO be
in this campaign year of incaleulaole
Cleveland today doubted, with discon-
solate wags Of thoir/ heads. 1t would
be impossible to exaggerate the vigor
with which they are speaking out
their hearts. 1t is not President
Coolidge at whom they rail- Their
shafts are directed exclusively at
William NJ. Butler. National commit
teemen are the loudest in their re-
monstrahces.
The thing that riles the leaders is
ed at the eleventh hour to cut the
vice presidential knot Though the
administration wanted Lowden for
Vice President 4 must have known
under no circumstances accept the
nomination.
Refusal Ix Rebuke.
The convention read a singing re-
buke for the Coolidge leadership in
Lowden's telegram to the convention.
pointing out that he had "a thousand
times" said he would not take second
in the convention, at that time still
omnipotent. making no effort to stem
the Lowden tide. it swept on till ne
was landslided on the second ballot
into a place he had repeatedly, posi-
lively and irrevocably declined.
Bor.h Situation Same.
Prior to the Lowden affair the But
ler management made an amazing
midnight attempt to railroad William
Z. Borah into the vice presidential
nomination. Borah, in the small
hours of Thursday morning was
compelled to reiterate by telephone
and telegraph what he had said
viz, that under no circumstances
would he run for Vice President.
Then breaks" piled up on one an
other in endless succession. With the
convention convinced in its own mind
that it could have neither Lovden,
Borah or. for that matter. Hoover.
who also was on record against ac-
ceptance of the nomination, it turned
to Kenyon. Whatever may be said
to the contrary in high quarters.
mate is almost the last thing in the
world that was desired at the White
House.
Radical Views Feared.
He is highly respected there. but
his radical views were not considered
at all fitting companion piece for
the head Of the ticket, yet when the
convention assembled Thursday after
noon Kenyon talk" was dangerously
omnipresent. Expectation was wide
that he would be put over" in early
balloting. Then the Butler leader
a master stroke. With the co-opera-
tion of the giant delegations from
New York. Pennsylvania and Ohio. it
was determined to give Theodore E.
Burton run. The purpose was not
so much to honor Burton as to head
OF Kenyon, but those plans collapsed
and enough votes meantime cropped
up all over the convention to give the
nomina alton to L1wden: htian What ensaed aea
journed for an hour and half to
find out whether Lowden really
means what he says. The result was
his uncommonly terse telegram Of
unequivocal declination.
Final Episode Amases.
Now followed the most amazing
become historic in the annals Of the
claimed: "It has to be Hoover" Sen
ator Reed of Pennsylvania is named
as one of the leaders to whom But
Ter said it. and Reed is named as the
man who retorted: 1T can't be done.
It has to be Dawes" The convention
reassembled at 10 o'clock Thursday
night. Alabama was Nthe first state
called on the third ballot roll. 1t re-
Hoover. 1t was now apparent that
Butler meant to have his way
meant to have it, although Hoover,
like Lowden and Borah, also must
have said at least thousand times
n. t the vice Whst happsned 1G noS Se
longs to the ages. Buffers decree
wa. heartlexsly overruled. The con-
yention voted Overwhelmingly Tor
Dawes. 1t rejected Hoover. and in
doing so defeated not only a Promi,,
nent and highly respected member OF
the Coolidge administration. but the
cantfidate Of the Coolidge leadership
at the convention. II that Is not the
kind of tactics that undid Napoleon
leaders at Cleveland say. they'll have
to learn the A B Of politics all
over again,
Say Hoover Embarrassed.
They say that somebody owes Her
bert Hoover an immediate expiana-
ton and apology for putting upon
him an embarrassment and humili-
alton as undeserved I'd as IT was useless
no political foe of the Secretary of
Commerce could have rendered him
a 1reater disservice. His friends here
were taken completely by surprise,
among rank and file organization
leaders, with William M. Butler rs
its principle butt.
. These are the first reactions to the
events of last night. They are not
likely to leave any permanent bitter
Rarded an undoubtedly strong COM
bination. The White House hitherto
has looked little askance on b
"Hell- and Maria" running mate, fear
full that he would spoil the legendary
picture Of calm, caution and coolness
that has been built around the per-
sonality and character Of the presi-
dent. But that the Illinois banker
soldier diplomat brings strength to
the ticket is universally Acknowledged.