Evening star., 1924-06-20
EXPLAINS NEBRASKA
BACKING FOR DAWES
Dr. Ellis Solves Question That Was
Puzzling Politicians at Cleve-
land Convention.
BANK AIDS STATE FARMERS
Friendly Little Loans Made Years
Planting Possible.

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, June 2o.--Dr. Horace Ell
lis, longtime head Of the speakers
bureau OF the Republican national
committee here, was credited today
with having answered one of the
most persistent riddles at the tleve-
land convention.
He told how Gen. Charles Gates
Dawes, soldier, banker, connoisseur
OF pipes and expert on budgets and
reparations, happened to be "favorite
son" of the big corn and potato state
of Nebraska in the vice presidential
melee.
The question stiI1 was a topic of
conversation in political gatherings,
When former Gov. Samuel McKelvie
| OF omaha came to town Yesterday
and enlightened the world through
| DR. Ellis and others.
There is many a farmer in Ne
| braska this summer who has a crop
| in the ground because Banker Dawes
| loaned him money when he could get
| it nowhere else during the early
spring" is the explanation given by
Mckelvie.
Bank Credits Frozen
He said: Last February and
March, when banks were closing
every day in the Dakotas the rural
| banks of Nebraska and some coun-
| ties of western Iowa were in tight
| place because of frozen credits Farm
| loans were slow, wheat prices were
low and the entire agricultural com
munity was at a difficult period OF
| -
| city banks were only too well ac-
quainted with the situation anG
| money to carry US over was at a
premium.
"Then it was that some Of our
hard pressed rural bankers found d
friend in need. 1t was Mr.. Charles q.
Dawes. chairman of the board of the
Central Trust Company. at Chicago.
He had faith in the farmers in Ne
braska and in the country. He sent
out money to several banks in vari
Gus sections of the state. and it was
loaned to folks who were needing
just that little bit of help which is 50
often the difference between success
and failure.
Gave Friendly Aid
"Dabs of dollars, fifty here and a
hundred there. helped in the program
| of diversifcation, planted new crops
and otherwise helped out at a time
when help from purely commercial
sources was lacking. He enabled
many country bankers to take per-
sonal notes from farmers who needed
| friendly assistance.
| Not a hint of this activity in be
| half of the wheat farmers of the
transmississippi region ever had been
| given by Gen. Dawes, even to some OF
| his most intimate friends. But con-
vention observers who marveled at
the vigor of the Nebraska cry for
| Dawes both in the state caucus and
| in the convention proper. now are
piecing out the story Of his strength
in the state which formally placed his
name before the convention.
| I'm the Nebraska caucus on sun
day, June S. two days before the con-
| vention was called TO order Jay c.
| Moore. an alternate from Tecumseh,
| virtually demanded that the delega-
tion present Gen. Dawes name as d
| vice presid ential candidate.
| Former Representative A. w. JEFF
fries of Omaha, Coolidge pre-conven-
tion man in Nebraska, was selected
for the job. which he performed with
credit. and the delegation voted solid
ly for Dawes on all three ballots Ne
| braska was one OF the few states
which stood pat following the Low
den landslide on the second roll call,
| when many states changed their
votes to Lowden, after his nomination
| seemed assured.
| In the night session Nebraska led
| the Dawes demonstration and was
| one of the most enthusiastic partici-
pants in the celebration of victory
| on the floor.
Try and stop Dawes in Nebraska
| says McKelvie. triumphantly.