The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-12

1t required but one ballot TO name
Coolidge the leader of his party for
the next four years.
The Illinois delegation, which had
two Johnson delegates elected in the
primaries. cast a solid vote for Cool
idge. The first break came lin the
North Dakota delegation, which,
when polled. showed seven votes for
Coolidge and six for La Toilette.
johnson Gets Ten
The second break in the solid
Coolidge pphalanx came when South
Dakota cast ten votes for Hiram
johnson and three votes for Cool
idge.
The final rift in the Coolidge col
umn occurred when the Wisconsin
delegation cast twenty-eight votes
for La Toilette and one for Coolidge.
A motion to make the nomination
of Coolidge unanimous was made by
the delegation from South Dakota.
Thomas Scott, the Wisconsin
delegate who voted for Coolidge
moved to make the nomination un
animous. 1t was carried with a
shout The other Wisconsin dele
gates shouted no"
with the exception of very
few. the nomination of Calvin Cool
idge is made unanimous" Chairman
Monden shouted.
Nomination Of President marked
the emergency of a new leadership
in the G. o. Pa leadership of New
England. The so-called Senate oil
garchy" passes as dictator of the
party organization with the rise of
this new leadership.
The conventions choice was ac-
claimed by a wild din as the dele
gates and galleries shrieked, whistled
and applied themselves to all sorts OF
noise-making devices that had been
distributed through the hall.
Delegates Break Loose
Delegates and visitors broke loose
from the restraint which has made
this one of the quietest Republican
conventions ever held.
The first great demonstration of
the nominating session came at the
conclusion of a nominating address
delivered by Or. Marion L. Burton of
Michigan. The tall, lean, red-haired
Yankee scholar and divine made a
tremendous appeal. He concluded
by presenting to the convention:
s,.t1 nn -fa 81,
American-the real human being
Calvin Coolidge"
A cheer broke out over the hall
as delegates and galleries rose to
their feet. A delegation stirred. one
banner moved forward, and then, al
most as one man, the 1,1O0 delegates
started on a parade about the hall
singing Onward Christian Soldie S, 81
Marching Through Georgia nd
other old favorites.
Burton stepped out before he
great convention throng as an un-
known person to most of the poll
ticians there assembled. They
scrutinized him closely. He was a
total stranger and realized it. The
fact was obvious from the uncer-
tain, rather restrained, formal greet
ing of the audience.
Burton first set out to get &C
quainted and logged along in an in
formal, pleasant vein, coming With
cisms which soon had the crowd in
such a constant uproar that ne had
to appeal to them not to interrupt
him.
You haven't heard anything yet, o
he said as he plunged into his analy-
sis of the character of Coolidge.
Burton displayed amazing power
of expression in exploring the baf-
fling personality of Coolidge. He
gave the convention some real un-
derstanding of the man in the White
House whose odd personal traits
have puzzled so many.
Fifteen Minute Tumult
| After DIR. Burton sat down, it re
quired fifteen minutes to quiet the
1 he a