Evening star., 1924-06-12

with various callers and at noon
Mr.. Coolidge shook hands with
long line of school children visi-
tors.
voices the nomination of Calvin
Coolidge is made unanimous an
nounced Chairman Mondell.
Recess is Ordered.
After leaving the platform Mr..
Scott took seat among the Vermont
delegates and did not return TO his
chair in the Wisconsin section.
Charles 3. Warren of Michigan then
moved that the convention recess un :
til 800. and before the motion could
be put or voted upon the convention
was on its way to luncheon. The brief
rest pc Rod preceded the ballotfng for
Vice President which gave promis
of running the convention into a pro-
Gov. Blaine of Wisconsin gave out
the following telegram which he had
received from Senator La Toilette
during the balloting:
please convey to every mem ber
of the Wisconsin delegation my pro-
found feeling OF admiration for the
gallant fight you have made. Wis
consin is proud of you. You have
yindicated the confidence and esteem
of millions Of Progressives the ma
compromising devotion 10 principle
and you have given it in full measure.
With afTectionate and abiding regard
for every one of YOU.
ROBERT NJ. La FOLLETTE.''
Nomination Prearranxed.
The nomination of President Cool
idge to succeed himself was even
more of a preordained forrnality than
adoption of the platform proved to
be last night when the convention
overwhelmingly accepted the draft
agreed upon by the resolutions com
mittee after much discussion. but with
only one member. Representative
Henry A. Cooper of Wisconsin. dis
senting.
All Of the delegates came 10 C1eve-
land informed well in advance that
President Coolidge would be nomi-
mated. and also that the customary
motion to declare the choice unanl-
nous would be blocked by the Wis
consin followers of Senator La Fol-
lette. who stood-or, rather, sat-to
the end last night against the major
ity platform amid the jeers Of demon
Strators.
The vice presidential nomina ton.
however. was another story. Days
and nights of milling. maneuvering.
canvassing. conferring, deciding and
undeciding had failed to crystalline
sentiment for any considerable length
of time on a candidate for second
place on the ticket.
bleary-eyed men" gathered in the
room of some leader. thought they
had settled the matter. But they
hadn't, and those who were not too
tired to remember saw in this situa
ton the fuIfillment of another
wish of President Coolidge, whose
his expressed hope that the conven-
tion itself would find and nominate
his running mate.
Agreed on BOrah.
Early this morning administration
and other convention leaders agreed
upon Senator Rorah of Idaho as their
candidate. and, regarding his nomina-
ton as assured. went to bed. Some
of them said they had word direct
from the senator that he had recon
sidered his determination not to ac-
cept
Within the hour. at Washington,
Senator Borah declared emphaticaIly
assume that he had changed his mind,
and that he would decline the nomi-
nation if an attempt should be made
to force it on him.
So it had gone, all night all the
week. First, Frank o. Lowden of
Illinois held the lead. He insisted he
did not want the nomina ation-could
not accept because of his activities
tions. His boom continued. He reit-
Grated his position emphatically, and
finally convinced even his most per-
sistent admirers they would have to
look elsewhere for candidate.
Harbori Once Leader.
Then others rose and fell One aft
er another the party leaders went
down the list of names advanced
Some objection was found to each
one. Secretary Hoover's boom stayed
afioat. and SO did that of Mai. Gen.
James q. Harboard, who for a time
was a leading figure.
Suddenly and swiftly, but briefly.
last night James w. Good, former
representative from Iowa and man
ager Of President Coolidge's pre-con-
vention campaign. was swept up on
q wave of discussion. His nomina-
ton. too. was about as good as set
tied" Shortly afterward Senator
Curtis Of Kansas seemed to have the
best chance. Then came the Borah
decision
The announcement that party
leaders had agreed on Senator Borah
followed a lengthy conference in the
hotel suite of Secretary Weeks.
Present were William NJ. Butler.
chief of the Coolidge campaign; c.
Bascom Slemp. secretary to Presi-
dent Coolidge: Secretary Mellon, Rep
resentative Longworth of Ohio, SEN
ators Reed and Pepper of Pennsylva-
mia and Wadsworth of New York.
Charles d. Hilles of New York and
Postmaster General New.
The conference had been in prog
ress for more than two hours, with
the sentiment as percolated from be-
hind the closed doors apparently
drifting toward Senator Curtis. pro-
IaI al frnr opvy
cultural states, meeting at another
hotel. would agree to support the
Kansan. This agreement seemed pos
sible of accomplishment, according
to reports from the farm state dele
gates conference.
Weeks Issues Statement.
Secretary Weeks suddenly opened
the door, called waiting newspaper
IF 1 were a newspaper man
nominated for Vice President, al
though other candidates names will
be placed before the convention"
Several of the other conferees.
leaving Immediately afterwards, sup
ported the statement of the War
Within fifteen minutes Mr.. Butler.
receiving a committee representing
the farm states conference. outlined
the characteristics generally consid-
Dental candidate this year He con-
cluded by saying that Senator Borah
possessed those characteristics to a
greater degree than any one else,
that word had been received that
Senator Borah would take the place,
and that the senator was acceptab BILE
to Mr.. Coolidge.
The statement was authorized on be-
half of Mr. Butler later that Senator
Borah had generally been found suit
able and that. according to word from
Washington, he would not decline the
nomina ton il the convention should
thrust the honor upon him.