The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-06-11
c. OPP. OLD GUARD
OBEYS ORDERSOF
BOSS v. H. BUTLER
Not Only Has 1t Shown
White Flag but 1t Has
Joined Enemy
By LOWELL MELLETT,
Times StGT Correspondent
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CLEVELAND, Ohio, June IL
THE old guard dies, but it never sur
renders" The battle of Waterloo
made that mark famous in the his
tory of wars.
The old guard surrenders, but it
never dies" The 1924 convention
may make this new version famous
in the history of politics. For the
Did guard has surrendered to William
H. Butler. 1t not only has surrend-
cred but it has joined his army, as
far as it has been allowed TO do so.
1t is busy all over the place execut-
ing his orders.
Old guardsmen spent yesterday
morning and this morning listening
to long speeches in convention hall
by Coolidge spokesman, telling them
what their views should be. and then
adopted to themselves these views
They spent weary hours serving on
the resolutions committee prepare
tory to bringing in COoHdge's idea of
platform, and on the credentials
committee preparatory to seating the
Slemp- Coolidge delegates. Mr.. But
Ter can find no fault with their ebe-
dience TO orders.
i Today they are still fighting his
fight. They are still attempting to
crowd his and Coolidge's choice into
the unwelcome second place on the
ticket.
Don't Like Hoover
They have joined right heartily in
this undertaking, for most of them
don't like Herbert Hoover anyhow.
It was from old gu Fdsmen that the
report went whispering forth that
Hoover was understood 10 have re-
Tented and to have agreed to make
the race if nominated. which whis-
per put him well out in front of the
actual candidates for the honor
Hoover is battling with his back
to the wall-not literally, for he
doesn't use a wall telephone-and he
is doing most of his fighting against
being drafted by long-distance tele-
phone
He used language today in a Wash
ngtOn-tO-Cleveland telephone con-
versation that would have shocked
his many women admirers if they
had heard it. The man on this end
had an idea that Hoover was only
being coy about the nomination.
Hoover disabused his mind COM
pletely.
And that's about the only news
Of the vice presidential situation.
None of the other candidates seem
to have gotten very far. More talk
fe hao-d 1h
Iowa Congressman. than about any
other. but that may be because the
Iowa delegation is taking its cam
paign for him seriously and is
working hard to put him over.
As tor the platform. the only
other business before the convention,
old Guardsmen Reed Smoot and Jim
Watson made themselves as harmo-
NOUS with Charles B. Warren and
Ogden Mills as possible.
The platform makers enjoyed some
recOmpense for their labors for four
hours yesterday afternoon when hey
listened to speeches in behalf Of va
rious causes on which various pub
lie groups desire planks in the plat
form. Into this session walked Gov
ernor Blaine of Wisconsin. being
granted three minutes in which TO
address the resolutions committee,
he proceeded to read the whole of the
La Toilette resoIutions-thOse made
public Monday-into the record. It
was a machine-gun performance, but
the Wisconsin Governor got all his
resolutions read before his three min
utes were up.
Motion Is Made
They really seemed to enjoy this
unexpected bit of speaking out in
meeting. When Governor Edgar J.
Adams of Oregon, at Blaine's con
clusion. rose and moved that the
resolutions be sent back to Senator
La Toilette" it was Reed Smoot
himself who raised a point of order
against Adams motion. Chairman
Warren sustained the point and once
more the crowd cheered.
The first days formal session Of
the convention was not exciting. II
70 partOok of the nature of an old-fash-
toned experience meeting in the
Methodist Church. Prayer, songs
and his long experience of the Re
publican party related by Temper
airy Chairman Burton.
The one great thrill was furnished
by Andrew w. Mellon, secretary Of
the treasury. What he did was to
offer the routine motion that each
State delegation name its member
Of the resolutions committee. Few
in the hall could hear him, but the
sight Of the second richest man in
America sitting right there among
the other delegates set the party
workers wild. They started the
cheering and the galleries took it
up. Finally Mellon was escorted to
the platform and made his motion
over again, still without anybody
being able TO hear what he said
and the convention went wild again.
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