Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-06-19
NEWS review OF
CURRENT EVENTS
G. O. p. Convention Names
Calvin Coolidge and
Charles q. Dawes.
By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE
1 was nominated for President
Thursday by the Republican national
convention at Cleveland. Charles G..
Dawes of Illinois was nominated for
vice president Thursday night.
President Coolidge was nominated
on the first ballot by vote practical
ly unanimous" Before the first and
only roll call was half completed the
story was told. The result was !:
Coolidge, 1,O65; LaFollette, 6 from
North Dakota and % from Wisconsin,
"a; Johnson, 10 from South Dakota.
After announcement of the vote Thorn
as Scott, the one lone Coolidge dele
gate in the Wisconsin delegation, rose
and moved to make the nomination
unanimous. But amid the mighty
chorus, of ayes Wisconsin shouted
mo"
with the exception of very few
voices the nomination of Calvin Cool
idge is made unanimous" declared
Permanent Chairman Frank W. Mon
dell of Wyoming.
The one unexpected thing in the
convention was the long search for
running mate for President Coolidge
Lowden of Illinois would not take it..
Neither would Borah of Idaho. A
host of prominent Republicans was
considered-Hoover, Dawes, Harbord,
Curtis of Kansas. Kenyon of Iowa,
Hadley of Missouri. Beveridge and
Watson of Indiana, among others.
None of them came to nomination
Finally, in spite of his reiterated
declaration that he would not accept,
the convention Thursday afternoon
nominated Lowden. Hard upon the
nomination came another refusal from
Lowden. Thereupon the convention
took a recess to enable a committee
to get in touch with him. He again
declined
Thereupon the convention recon
vened and resumed balloting. Dawes
end Hoover were voted for and finally
the nomination of Dawes was made
unanimous.
Charles G. ("fJell and Maria") Dawes
is national figLce-alSO a worldwide
figure. He is a college man, lawyer
and banker He also knows his way
around in politics. He has served his
country well in several capacities. He
was comptroller of the currency, 1897
o. In the World war he was quick
ly promoted to brigadier general and
oI,s e.. !, ociY
of the A. e. F. He got back into pri-
vate life in 1919 and in 1921 was APP
pointed director of the federal budget
system. There wasn't any budget,
but Dawes quickly established one in
good working order. 1t was when he
was laying down the financial law and
gospel to executive department heads
that he got his nickname. AS the
head of the Dawes commission on
German reparations he made the
world sit up and take notice.
CALVIN COOLIDGE stands for cleo
~ tion largely on two issues: his
Republican regularity and his person
al character. Events in the conven-
ton make that clear and emphatic.
Representative Theodore e. Burton of
Ohio, G. o. P. stalwart of the old
school. sounded the party regularity
note in his keynote address Tuesday.
The LaFollette platform was rejected
Wednesday with an emphasis and en-
thusiasm that gave convincing evil
dence Of the temper of the conven-
ton. The Coolidge platform was an
other proof. Then came the address
of Chairman Mondell repeating the
party OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES responsibility
note of Burton and sounding a
new note of the personal worth of
the standard-bearer of the party and
the countrys confidence in his charac-
ter. Said Mondell who twice served
his party as floor leader of the house !:
"Never before in our history has
the need and the necessity of depend
able party majorities and OF definite
party responsibility been so clearly
demonstrated as In the very recent
past.