Evening star., 1924-06-12

tion's proceedings. He gave no
outward manifestation when the
voting was completed.
Throughout the DAY, with few
exceptions, the President stuck to
his usual program. Conferences
were held during the morning
with various callers and at noon
Mr. Coolidge shook hands with a
long line of school children visi-
tors.
voices the nomination of Calvin
Coolidge is made unanimous" an.
nounced Chairman Mondel
Recess is Ordered.
After leaving the platform Mr.
Scott took "A seat among the Vernon
delegates and did not return to hi:
chair in the Wisconsin section.
Charles Z. Warren of Michigan ther
moved that the convention recess un,
til $3.50. and before the motion coulc
be put or voted upon the convention
was on it's way to luncheon. The orie
rest period preceded the balloting fol
Vice President, which gave promise
of running the convention into pro
longed night session.
Gov. Blaine of Wisconsin gave out
the following telegram which he hac
received from Senator La Toilette
during the balloting:
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
ton over. This is time for un-
compromising devotion to principle
and you have given il in full measure
With affectionate and abiding regard
for every one of you.
"ROBERT NJ. La TOILETTE"
Nomination PrearrnnEed.
The nomination of President Cool
idge to succeed himself was even
more Of a prcordained formality than
adoption of the platform proved TO
be last night when the convention
overw helmingly accepted the draft
mittee after much discussion. but with
only one member. Repre- tative
Henry A Cooper of Wisconsin. dis
Senting.
All of the deiega tes came to Cleve-
land Informed we'll in advance that
mated. and also that the customary y
motion to declare the choice unani-
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 nomination.
however. was another story Days
and nights of milling. maneuvering.
canvassing confe ring. deciding and
undeciding had failed to crystallize
sentiment for any considerable length
of time candidate for second
place on the ticket.
Several times little group of
bleary-eyed men" gathered in the
had settled the matter. But they
hadn't. and those who were not too
tired TO remember saw in this situa-
tion the fuifillment of another
hands-off policy was chara cteriZed by
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 Borah OF Idaho as their
candidate, and. regarding his nomina :
tion assured. went to bed. Some
of them said they had word direct
from the senator that he had recon
sidered his determination not 10 ac-
cept
Within the hour. at Washington,
that no one had any right to say or
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.
week. First, Frank o. Lowden OF
Illinois held the lead. he insisted he
did not want the nomination--could
not accept because of his activities
in behalf of agricultural organiza
tinnS HE hnnnr I'M
Grated his position emphatically, and
finally convinced even his most per
sistent admirers they would have tc
look elsewhere for candidate.
HarbOrd Once Leader.
Then others rose and fell. One aft
er another the party leaders wen,
down the list of names advanced
Some objection was found to each
one. Secretary Hoover's boom stayed
af1oat and so did that of Maj. Gen
James c. Harboard. who for a time
was leading figure.
Suddenly and swiftly, but briefly
last night James W Good. former
representative from Iowa and man
aser Of PresidenF Coolidge's pre-con.
vention campaign. was swept up or
a 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 Borat
decision.
The announcement that party
leaders had agreed on Senator Borat
followed a lengthy conference in the
hotel suite of Secretary Weeks.
Present were William ID. Butler
chief of the Coolidge campaign; C
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dent Coolidge; Secretary Mellon. Rep
resentative Longworth of Ohio. Sen
ators Reed and Pepper of Pennsylva-
MIA and Wadsworth of Ne~ York
Charles ID. 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-
vided delegates from western ag1-
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
men, and said:
If 1 were a news~sper man l
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
Secretary.
Within fifteen minutes Mr.. Butler,
receiving committee representing
the farm states conference. outlined
the characteristics generally consid-
cred necessary for the vice presi-
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 Borsh would take the place.
and that the senator was accepta bile
to Mr.. Coolidge.