The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-06-18

G. 0. P. Convention Names
Calvin Coolidge and
Charles G. Dawes.
~ JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN


DRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE
was nominated for President
Thursday by the Republican national
~sconventlOn at Cleveland. Charles G..
Dawes of Illinois was nominated for
re president Thursday night.
president Coolidge was nominated
= lie first ballot by a vote practical
Ii unanimous" Before the first and
17Lly roll call was half completed the
aWCry was told. The result was:
Coolidge. LOGS; LaFOllette, 6 from
North Dakota and % from Wisconsin,
b; Johnson. 10 from South Dakota. J
After announcement Of the vote Thorn.
80 Scott, the one lone Coolidge dele
War1 in the Wisconsin delegation, rose
and moved TO make the nomination
unanimous. But amid the mighty
Of ayes Wisconsin shouted
NO"
With the exception Of a very few
Vsstces the nomination of Calvin Cool
EGGe is made unanimous" declared
Permanent Chairman Frank w Mon
dali OF Wyoming.
The II unexpected thing in the
convention was the long search for
n running mate for President Coolidge.
LOwden of Illinois would not take It.
Aelther would Borah of Idaho. A
&Cst Of prominent Republicans was
observation-disclosures, Dawes, Hartford,
Curtis Of Kansas. Kenyon Of Iowa,
Radley OF Missouri. Beverage and
Watson Of Indiana, among others.
&Une Of them came to a nomination.
Finally. In spite Of his reiterated
declaration that he would not accept,
the convention Thursday afternoon
dominated LOwden. Hard upon the
nomination came another refusal from
1Owden. ThereupOn the convention
took a recess to enable a committee
20 get In touch with him. He again
declined.
Thereupon the convention c
wenPd and reSnmed hallOting. Dawes
and Hoover were voted for and finally
Ehe nomination OF Dawes was made
unanimous.
Charles G. ("Hell and Maria") Dawes
IS y national figure also "a worldwide
drure. He is u college man, a lawyer
and banker. He also knows his way
around In politics. He has served his
4oOuntry we'll in several capacities. He
was comptroller Of the currency, 1897
o. In the World war he was quick
IS promoted to brlgadier general and
achieved fame as the purchasing agent
" the A. =. r. He got back into pri-
vnfo 'Ife I'm 1910 and in 1921 was ap-
DOlnted director of the federal budget
system. There wasn't any budget
0ut Dawes quickly established one in
good working order. 1t was when he
was laying down the financial law anC
gospel to executive department head.
ghat he got his nickname. AS TN,
Elead Of the Dawes commission OF
German PREPARATIONS he made tn,
world sit up and take notice.
CALVIN COOLIDGE stands for cleo
~ tion largely on two issues: hi
Republican regularity and his person
At character. Events in the cOnven
sion make that clear and emphatic
Representative Theodore z. Burton o
Ohio, a @. o. p. stalwart of the oil
school, sounded the party regularlt
note IN his keynote address Tuesda!
The LaFOllette platform was r~ejecte
Wednesday with an emphasis and Ell
SAusiasm that gave convincing ev
slence OF the temper of the CONVEX
zion. The Coolidge platform was al
other proof. Then came the adore:
az Chairman MOndeIl repeating Il
party ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
note Of Burton and sounding
new note Of the personal worth
she standard-bearer Of the party ar
che cOuntry's confidence in his chara
Ger. Said Mondell, who twice serve
Ills party as floor leader OF the hous'
Never before in our history h
she need and the necessity Of Deepen
able party majOritles and of defini
party responsibility been so clear
demonstrated as In the very rece
zRsxt