The Washington times., 1924-06-12
la F0LLETTE'S
PLATFORMS
JEERED
Howled Down When Present
Cd to Convention by Sturdy
Wisconsin Delegate

90 to Convention BY Sturdy
Wisconsin Delegate
BY GEORGE r.. HOLMES.
international News Service.
CLEVELAND. June 1I.--HOwling
down the La Toilette platform. pre-
sented by the Wisconsin delegates,
under a thunderous chorus Of
noes. and adopting the platform
mittee. the Republican national con-
vent1on last night cleared the decks
for the nomination today OF Presi.
dent Coolidge ana his running mate.
The convention adjourned az
1880 o'clock last night, after a two.
hour session entirely given over to
platform consideration.
The Wisconsin delegates, true 20
their announced determination, pre-
sented their platform Of principles,
ana Congressman Henry Cooper,
who spoke for It, held the platform
Tor twenty minutes against odds Of
Misses and boos from floor and
galleries.
All Save One.
He presented the Wisconsin ulti.
matum after Charles b. Warren.
OF Michigan. had presented the
majority platform. which was ap.
proved "by all the delegates in the
committee save one" The phrase
was constantly reiterated by War.
rem ana never failed to evoke q
dertsive laugh from the convention
and q craning Of necks in Wiscon.
sins direction.
When the question was put, Wis
consin and a scattering Of dele
gates voted for the La Toilette Of
fering and against the majority
platform. There was no roll cali.
The result was SO apparent that
Chairman Mondell laughed when he
announced 1t.
The calm serenity Of the conven-
ton gave way last night to
rough and tumble fight when the
platform was laid before the dele
gates, with the marks of the White
House branding iron visible on it.
For the first and probably the
only time during the convention
unless the fight over the Vice
Presidency carries into tonight
the convention managers staged an
evening session, and the delegates
assembled last night for the sole
purpose of adopting the platform
Of principles.
Fight In Prospect.
A lively fight-one of the few of
the convention-was in prospect,
ana the delegates showed they ap.
preciated that fact by reporting
early. The galleries were also bet
ter filled than at any Of the routine
sessions thus far.
1t was 1922 p. m. when Chairman
Mondell Quoted the floor and gal
!eries with vigorous pounding OK
his gavel.
Mondell opened the session by in.
forming the delegates that the pro-
ceedings OF this night session were
being listened to by the President
IN the White House and by millions
OF unseen listeners everywhere.
Just az the session got under
way, word ran around the hall that
former Senator Albert j. Beve=idge
nad abandoned whatever plans he
nad Tor conducting q fight from
the floor against the World Court
plank. which pledges the party to
the plan originally proposed by
Harding and Hughes and approved
by Coolidge.
Charles B. Warren, ambassador
70 Mexico and chairman of the plat
form committee, was the first man
recognized by the chair. He pre-
sented the platform.
Slap at Wisconsin.
He told the delegates that he
held in his hand a platform Of
principles that had been approved
by every one Of the fifty-.odd mem.
bers OF the resolutions committee,
save the member from one State
He did not name him but from tho
floor and galleries came the MUIR
muir Wisconsin"
Several times In the course of
his Introductory remarks he men,
toned the fact that the platform
had been approved by all save the
member from one State" At the
second repetition Of this observa.
tion' somebody on the extreme
LETT OF the platform yelled ''Hurrah
Tor wisconsin" and there was q
chorus OF Kisses.
When they had subsidized Warren
commenced the reading Of the bulky
document.
Demonstrations Staged.
The first mention Of President
Coolidge's name brought a demon.
stration that lasted for several
minutes. From floor and galleries
came a chorus or cheers and at
last-a demonstration.
Delegates stood on their chairs
ana cheered-all save Wisconsin.
The delegates who are loyal to Rob
La Toilette stuck grimly in their
seats and smiled and did not rise.
nor did they join In the march
around the hall that commenced
after the cheering had gone on
for several minutes.
North Carolina began the old IN.
miliar march around the hall. Kan.
sas fell into line. Then New Jer.
sey-all heading to the section
where the Wisconsin delegates sat
grimly, and seemingly contemptu.
Gus OF the whole proceeding Ban.
ners were shaken at the stolid
badgers, but 1t had about as much
effect on them as Kisses that had
gone before, and they sat unperturb.
ed in their seats.
On the platform the convention
managers made no attempt to stop
the demonstration so the reading Of
the platform could go on; on the
contrary they stood smiling at the
scene and urged the enthusiastic,
delegates to renewed efforts. War.
rem left the platform and mopped
his brow while the show went on.
The sign cards which mark ali
State sections Were seized bY the