Evening star., 1924-06-13
CONVENTION SPURNED
II.3 COOLIDGE CHOICES
Kenyon, Burton and Hoover All
Urged for Vice Presidency
/ by Butler.
DAWES ALWAYS FAVORED
Mellon Emerges as Potent Figure
Il in Party Councils.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
fCLEVELAND, Ohio. June 13.-Out
~ the series of tactical errors. anna =
teur nagement and confusion in
the Republican national convention
several things stand out as inescap-
able and Significant
! First, despite the fact that William
n. Butler. personal manager for
president Coolidge, tried to dictate
the choice of a vice presidential can.
didste, the convention three times
turned him down. rejecting. Kenyon.
Burton and Hoover.
Second, the selection of Charles {,
Dawes as Vice President means an
attack by the Democrats on his labor
record. for he is an avowed chamnion
or the open" shop, and the head OF
Ine minute men of America" who
were organized to fight union labor,
Ihlrd. apart from his labor record
Sno mis- banking connections. Charles
~. paWeS is an ideal candidata for
ne Is RooseNeltian in temperamant
th nc Spectacular, straight-from-
'he-shoulder and capable
Dawes Was Favored.
Fourth, Charles g Dawes MOS 49,
rue cholce of the entire conyention and
III many cases his labor record was an
at asset TO him. Indeed, with Lowden re-
using TO run, Dawes was the tyne of
w. the oeiegates wanted all along.
put the White House spokesmen insistaJ
on candidate who would appeal to the
~sSeIn farmers. some one identified
tr M.u lne progressive movement. and for
endt reason every one supposed tho
va ~Shes OF the President would prevail
nu no one of the Dawes school of
thought could be or would be nominat..,
ruin, although there was natural re
sentiment on the part of the "old e,,a rd,,
leaders at the tactics of Mr.. RntIer
~non1 they denounced as amateurish
ana Diundering, there was a far ereatar
slsnincance in the action of the dale.
saIes IN turning down Hoover and Ken
Noh. Ihe truth of the matter il tho
majority of the delegates to the Rennhe
I'can convention and the old guard lead
ers are convinced that it is a mistake
10 cater to the radicals by irving to e;Ne
taem any one approaching their tTna
anu that II is better to stand pat on a
conservative man and even take a de-
real rather than compromise on prin-
cipie. This spirit was noticeable thrnnpb-
out and will have an important hearinr
on the campaign.
Mellon in Control.
sixth. President Coolidge cou,d
nave had any one he wanted for Vice
PRESIDENT had his manasers n,aved
,nelr cards right. They did not
Know how to issue orders and at the
same time avoid the resentment that
zines from pelng given a command
1hey did not gather the various state
chalrmen together soon enough
tnoush there was plenty of time ali
week to do 80. They did not really
aen,rot the situation at any time
convention did as it pleased. with
Andrew w. Mellon of PennsyIvania
.secretary of the Treasury, potent
hSure in the discussions of the east.
ern delegates and perhaps the most
overthrow of Mr.. Butler, for If So
retary Mellon refused to accent
Kenyon. the other leaders felt free
40 the same, as every one KNEW
MeHon,s influence and power in the
The silent man from PENNSYLVANIA
who has been heraIded as one who
never engages actively in politics,
FOUND perhaps to his own surprise.
that the conservatives of the east
clamored for his leadership, and he
stepped into the breach and asserted
his influence with all the determine
lion hes of a Penrose or a Quay. If he
Cleveland that the Republican party
looks to elder statesmen for guidance
1t was removed when he was given a
numbering ovation on the first day
Of the convention when he was per-
mitted to come to the stage to intro
duce resolution appointing one of
the numerous committees on the con-
Nention's routine program
BufIcr ArouseS Animosity.
When Mr.. Butler appealed to the
"old guard" to abandon Dawes be-
cause of the attacks made on him by
the Illinois Federation of Labor and
subject. together with the necessity,
as he saw il, of making direct ap-
peal to the farm states, all the pent-
up feeling against the Ma sSac chusetts
man. which began to accumulate when
the delegates first got here and found
ahead of time, simply was exploded.
and nothing short of direct and
public statement from Mr.. Coolidge
himself could have changed the situa
ton This. the President refused to
do. for while he was willing to in
dicate privately in answer to ques-
tions just what his preferences were,
he did not care to appear publicly
as the dictator or boss of the con-
vention which nominated him.
There is always disappointment in
every convention when there is con-
lest Much of it will remain and will
crop out during the campaign unless
the "old guard" is given more of
say now tDdn 1t naO from the rev
days before the convention began
bal1oting. But the old line leaders
are always loyal. and the Democrats
need not count too much on the
apathy of these men.
La Toilette Group Pleased.
On the whole, the biggest asset the
to the Republican ticket
will have will be the fact that the
national convention turned down
man like Judge Kenyon. and another
like Herbert Hoover. ignored the de-
nand of the farm states. and selected
for Vice President a Chicago banker.
The La Toilette group went home to-
day fully satisfied with what had
happened. as the thirty -four delegates
who were hissed and jeered for their
to make the nomination of
Coolidge unanimous and to support
the platform are more than ever con-
vinced that third party ticket must
be put into the field. The Democrats,
including McAdoo's manager, Judge
David I4add Rockwell, who was here
urinE the convention. are sure the
New York convention must nominate
A progressive and even a radical, and
some one who is friendlier to labor
than the Coolidge Dawes ticket.