The Washington times., 1924-06-12

ment months before the Chicago
convention.
gress alone. facing the hostile
audience"
Cooper began his presentation BY
quoting Whitelaw Reid, a famous
Republican and an equally famous
ambassador and editor, as saving
tnat the tyranny Of party should
De strenuously resisted"
Applause gGreets Him.
mo man can do a higher duty
than to resist the majority when he
believes 1t wrong" Cooper uqOted
Reid as saying.
Applause greeted this, whereupon
the speaker said:
Il see that that gets applause
from my colleagues from Wisconsin
but not much from New York, al
though some of Mr.. Reds relatives
are members Of the delegation from
New York"
Cooper reminded the delegates
that for some years Wisconsin has
been presenting minority reports to
Republican National Conventions.
and pointing his finger dramatically
over the heads Of his hearers he
said:
"And most of the planks which
seemed to you socialism, remind
you. are now on the statute books"
In 1908 we presented q platform
OF thirty-one planks and twenty-six
OF them are now the law of the
Iand. he said, land one of. them
is now in the Constitution. Thew
seemed to you socialism then and
down." ~ 60
II am now going to read this
platform" Cooper continued tIrvly.
and judging from the temper of
the convention as thus fa- dis.
played. Judge that my motion for
its adoption Is going to find ma in
substantial minority"
Laughs greeted this sally as the
his text.
The hearing which the conven.,
ton gave the scholarly patriarch
from wisconsin was hardly a polite
one. Constantly during his open.
ing remarks he was interrupted by
noots ana cries and here and there
misses. Yet he observed that this
old not bother him much, that he
mad grown used to 1t in his years
OF presenting minority reports to
Republican conventions and he CON.
tinued with his speech with re-
markable good humor.
Mild applause-very miId-greeted
parts OF the insurgent platform, but
Tor the most part the delegates sat
IN stony silence. Secretary Of the
Treasury Mellon looked bored.
What applause there was came
from Wisconsin and the sections
occupied by the Dakotas.
Galleries Hiss
When Cooper read that part of
the platform favoring Government
ownership Of railroads and control
of rates there was a volume of
Kisses.
The Kisses came principally from
the galleries, however, and not from
the floor. This caused Mondell to
walk out and warn the galleries
they were there by sufferance and
should be quiet.
Thank you, Frank" said Con.
gresham Cooper. He served more
than a quarter Of q century with
Mondell in the House.
I'VE denounce the Mellon tax bill
as a scheme to relieve the multi.
millionaire-"he continued.
Again the chorus of Kisses broke
out and this TIME there were loud
boos also.
Mellon from his seat in the Penn.
sylvania delegation merely grinned.
The La Toilette program included
a provision for adjusted conpen.
sation for the soldiers, to be raised
by taxes distributed among those
best able to pay This was the
first direct mention of the bonus
In the convention as the majority
platform read by Warren was spe-
officially silent on this question.
Mild applause, principally from
the galleries and not from the dele.
gates greeted this reference and
again Secretary Mellon smiles wide.
ly. He seemed to be enjoying the
show immensely.
Crowd Liked Him.
Cooper finished at 1925 and re.
ceived quite a hand but it was
evident the crowd liked his game.
ness and spirit rather than the
theories and principles he presented.
II move the adoption Of the re.
port" said Cooper.
Mondell then recognized Warren
who spoke against the Wisconsin
program and in favor Of the ma.
jority report.
I'VE have had so little sleep in
the last three nights" said Warren,
land I don't intend to make any ex.
tended remarks about the Wisconsin
program. Mr.. Cooper presented the
same program to the committee on
resolutions. He had no support, all
the representatives Of all the States
and Territories save one voted In
favor Of the majority platform.
II think tha committee on reso.
lutions, having . member Of every