Evening star., 1924-06-12
Unanimous Victory Prevented
by La Toilette Insurgents

dent should succeed himself and
| formally place him in nomination.
EuIoEizes President.
81 wish there were time for me
| To tell You some of the things
Of the United States He represe nts
the paradox OF greatness. This man
| is one of us and when IL is said that
| he is ra rely common he is rarely un-
| common. He represents all of those
plain. human virtues Of American cit
| iZenship at its best. To me tne most
| distinctive thing about this man.
! continued DR.. Burton, is his moral
| whole case there"
When DR.. Burton was stopped by
| applause he remarked:
You know we appreciate your ap-
| plause. but ] wish you would keep
quiet and wait until / have really
said something. | think this business
! OF public speaking in America is a
vice. but remember in this speech
not only have To hear it, | have TO
| ma ke it
| Sketches Boyhood-
| Rapidly Or. Burton sketched the
| Presidents boyhood and early life
| and then proceeded To answer the
| question. rs he human being?
| Il assure you" said he, he is, but
| he is not naturally hilarious"
| His mind has time TO work. be-
| cause his tongue permits" said DR..
Burton.
Here. them said Dr. Burton as he
! finished word picture OF the Presi-
| dent. lis the man we have before us.
| Make no mistake, he is the type of
leader for which America is in dire
! need today
/ "A good deal has been said about
| the conservatism of this man A good
! many things have been said that
|
! true. Many people have tried to stick
| on this man the label of a dead con-
| servatism but he does not worship
the past as the past. To him truth
| knows no time distinction. A thing
to him is true. as it accords to the
| standard of reason and experience.
| There are conservatives who ex-
| emplify the vain proud unteacha BILE
| the past for "A guide to the future.
/ Those who talk about his con-
| seryatism need to get little closer
| understanding of what conservatism
come. but he does not concede that
| the clamor for change today means
| that our governmental agencies
should be destroyed. He believes in
| change to be sure. hut he could not
| ignore the truth that comes from the
past.
| Is Progressive Candidate.
1 III = easy TO destroy ana II 0lfn-
| cult to huild up and this man in his
| conservatism points out to us the
| blessings that we now enjoy. His
! conservatism is progressive, it looks
| to the future. it looks and it says
| that its your task and mine TO fight
| for the kind of freedom America rep
| resents. Heart and soul this man
| is an American.
| Pausing in his line of speaking
DR. Burton turned aside moment to
I .~1-
Court and proposals to have judicial
| decisions overridden by Legislative
action.
| This he said. would be a vicious
attack on the fundamentals of Amer
| icanism,'' while the convention rose
and cheered
| This man is an out and out ma
tionalist. He believes in the un-
diminished and untrammeled sover-
| eighty of the United States of Amer
/ ica. We have here not only a man
| with a character we can trust, we
| have here a man who knows that law
must be observed and one who in all
| respects and in all circumSt ances
American independence. He is superb
| ly, supremely American.
Delegates Start Parade.
DR.. Burton's peroration brought
the convention to it's feet with an
outburst of cheering and applause
| and the procession of delegates start
ed around the floor, with Vermont in
| the lead.
other delegates quickly followed.
carrying their state standards. and
soon the aisles were choked with a
marching. cheering, shouting thronE.
There were. some rebel yells inter
spersed in the demonstration.
Boys from Plymouth. VT. carried
| a banner reading I'VE are all mem
bers of the home town Coolidge Club
+, At first the demonstrators did not
have the inspiration of music to spur
them on. but soon they got going
to the accompaniment of the band,
| which played a gallop. The demon
stratlon was all for Coolidge, a noisy
but hearty one. The North Dakota
which there are six La Toilette dele
gates, was carried into the process
sion. but the South Dakota standard
rom the delegation having Johnson
delegates failed to get in
The great pipe organ took up the
music and the electric lighting effects
were used to good advantage. bathing
the nall and the swirling, milling.
ent shades of light, ranging from
bright sunshine to twilight blue
Hymn Sung BY MarcAen
The organ swung into the sonorous
chords of Onward, Christian Sol
ofers!" and the marchers took I'D the
words Of the grand old hymn as they
marched about. When the organist
paused a second, the crowd whistled
for more and Joined in another
stanza.
The demonstration for Coolidge was
marked by ITS orderliness Demon
strations foA candidates in conven-
tion often result in conside ra BILE
scramble and roughhouse, but it was
not so with the demonstration today.
After Onward, Christian Soldiers I"
had been sung with all it's stansas
the delegates began taking their
stations In their sections, but the Old