Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-06-12
DEMONSTRATION
WHEN COOLIDGE
IS N0MIN { D
Cheering Delegates Stage
CoIorfuI Scene When DR..
Burton Completes Speech
SECONDED BY MADDEN
Both Speakers Jay Glowing
Tribute to Chosen Leader
of Party in Race
CONVENTION HALL, cLEvE-

CONVENTION HALL, CLEvE-
LAND. Ohio, June 12:-Calvin
Coolidge was all but unanimously
nominated for the presidency today
in the Rpublican National Conven-
tion.
The voices of the little group of
LaFollette men from Wisconsin and
North Dakota who have stood
through. the convention in militant
insurgency against the policies of
the party leaders were almost swal-
lowed up in the tremendous wave of
acclamation that formally ratified
Mr.. Coolidge's choice as the standard
bearer of his party
It was the plan to choose the
Presidents running mate at another
Irsession this afternoon. Then the
convention viii adjourn and the
party viii go before the country.
Not in many years has Republi-
can convention come so near to
unanimity in its selection of a nomi-
nee for the presidency. Placed in
nomination by DR.. Marion Leroy
Burton, of Michigan. Mr.. Coolidge's
name threw the assembled delegates
into another old time demonstration
and when the roll call began state
after state took it's place in the col
umn Of his supporters. The call of
the states was scarcely half over
when the necessary majority to nom
mate had been recorded in his favor.
Assembling the convention at 10
o'clock this morning to go through
the formalities of ratifying Mr.. Cool
idge's nomination-one foregone
tcf< -.
ers agreed to a recess of only an
hour and half afterward before
proceeding to a selection for the
ce-presidency.
The word ran aroundsfhe conven-
tion hall that President Coolidge
and Senator tBorah We're in confer
ence in Washington. At the same
time the word came that various
state delegations in meeting had de-
cided to support this or that candi-
date until further notice." The
significance of that was that the
delegations were waiting for the
word.
Thirty minutes after the hour set
for convening the aisles were clog
ged with delegates standing up or
milling around talking about the
vice presidency. There were many
empty seats in the galleries. Leaders
were called to the platform for
hurried conferences and then dis
patched to parts of the hall or to
conference rooms outside. The I'm
Gle Sans, marching club of Buff
falo, N. Y. brought in a touch of
color coming into the hall led by
fife and drum corps or women.
1t was 10:40 o'clock when Chair.
man Mondell began rapping for or
der.
The chairman couldn't get order,
but the strains of the Star Spangled
Banner quieted the disorder and
brought the delegates to quiet.
man Catholic diocese of Cleveland,
offered prayer. =
After the prayer the chair called
for the names of the new national
committeeman and conmitteewo-
men. The state delegations respond 4
ed with the names as they were
called by the clerk from the plat
form.
While the cali of committee
names, was going ON the word went
out from the Wisconsin delegates
that they would support Senator
George w. Norris of Nebraska for
president. Senator Norris has
prominently been identified with
insurgent bloc in the senate.
The Kentucky delegation let 1t be
known that it had not abandoned
Lowden and would vote for him de-
spite his repeated declinations.
When Secretary Mellon rose to
call the names from Pennsylvania
he gave the name of the committee
woman first on grounds of courtesy, |
but before he could announce the
name of the man, the reading clerk |
reversed the order and gave the
name of Senator Pepper first The
convention got laugh out of 1t and |
Secretary Mellon sat down without |
having announced the name of the !
Committeeman at all. The clerk |
had done it for him.
When the clerk called for Wis
nanles. the convention was
turned in that direction with ex-
pectancy The namvs were given as
usual however. and the clerk went |
on to the next stare without any
demonstration.
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