Evening star., 1924-06-11
MELLON is SECOND
CONVENTION HERO
Spontaneity of Applause Given
Secretary Indicates Vast Follow
ing Throughout q. S.
FACES DELEGATES TIMIDLY
Hopes for Brief Platform Regarded
Slight.
FACES DELEGATES TIMIDLY
BY ROBERT IT. SMALL.

are two heroes of this Cleveland con
vention. The first one can he p,,ssssd
me second is Andrew w. Mellon, Sec
retdry OF the Treasury. 1t was really
thrill 10 the convention when Tenn
porary Chairman Burton announced
that ne would recognize Mr.. Mellon To
oHer the resolution for the apnoint-
nlent of a platform committee. Tho
applause which greeted the anuounce
ment was spontaneous outburst.
The convention may be "cut and
dried" in other respects, but in this
instance its tribute to Mr. Mellon was
entirely its own idea.
Although he is an eastern banker
Mr.. Mellon is extremely popular in
the west, and there are many dele
gates here who believe that the Sec
retary of the Treasury is the second
best asset the Republican party has
There are some who would like to
see him in the vice presidency, but
they have understood from the first
that he would not accept. There are
others who believe Mr.. Mellon would
make a splendid President. Thai
would indeed be a noveltv-a multi
millionaire in the White House.
Mr.. Mellon. supposedly hard
boiled" hnancier, was as tin1id as
kitten when he was hauled up on
the speakers platform. where all the
convention could see him. The spot
lights were turned full on him and
he was plainly in at ease. He did
not face the audience or the broad
casting microphones, but turned ap-
pealingly to Chairman Burton, who
stood behind him and offered up the
clerk. Few of the delegates present
realized that Mr.. Mellon was in the
convention hall until this incident
occurred.
some of the oldtimers in the con
vention were inconsiderate enough to
remark that Mr.. Mellon reminded
them something Of Gov. Clifford Pin
chot. There are some points OF re
eyes, the moustache and the jaw. But
there the resemblance stops. Mr..
Mellon and Mr.. Pinchot like each
other tremendously-just like two
strange bull dogs.
Many of the delegates expected that
the first session OF the conVenuon
would adjourn out of respect to the
ing. But if such was the intention OF
the leaders, they forgot about II a
the finish, for the session laHeo
much longer than was expected-
There was nothing about the hrst
session to suggest Coolidge breWty. II
was different today, however, TOT re,
manent Chairman Mondell cut his ad-
dress down to the bone Wnat ne hao
to saw he said briefly and pointedly.
Soon after the resolutions committee
met il became apparent that Mr. Cool-
idge's early dream of q new sort oi
platform, very brief one, had not peeh
realized.
After Mr.. Burton had been speaking
the better part of an hour and showed :
no signs of reaching his perorauon'
one of the delegates was heard 10 re-
mark that the Ohioan sounded more
like a permanent chairman than tenn
Another allowed that instead Of be-
ing the keynote" speech, it was the
| full score. A complete symphony SAID
| some of the old-timers.
| The three musketeers Of the conven-
| ton are Representative Nicholas Long
| worth, young Teddy Roosevelt and the
immaculate James Francis Burke OF
Pittsburgh. one time member OF the
House Of Representatives. The three
are old friends and 1nseparaoies.
Nick" and Teddy" are brothers-ln-
Beau Brummel of Congress Even here
| at the convention where the dress Is
mostly informal, o'clock never mas
James Francis out of his dinner
clothes: Mr.. Longworth is the Kspno,
|
washington. He is not taking major
role in the convention, however.
! What does your voice measure? In
a hot little room all filled with glow
ing tubes and electrical apparatus
| Just back of the stage in Convention
| Hall there is an instrument Whlch
! measures the electrical energy ex-
pended in putting voice on tne
| air" This applies both to putting II
| on the air inside the Convention Hall
] and shooting il through the ether
! from the broadcasting stations ali
| over the eastern half of the country
| 1t may seem a simple matter, this
| carrying of the human voice by
electrical impulse. but as every voice
| differs in quality and intensity, tn"
| change from one speaker to anotner
| means a whole series OF read1ust-
| ments in the operating room. Even
while one person is speaking the
| electrical needle which guides the
| operators at the switchboards does
! sort of dervish dance. 1t galiopS
| from to SO on the indicator scale
as the infections of the speaker
| measured by any fixed electrical
| standards, not by volts or amperes or
| milleamperes or any OF those Things
| but just by an arbitrary scale which
| has come into existence since nroad-
casting was invented.
There may or may not be signifi-
canoe in the performances being
| given this week at a local tneaIer oy
| q troupe of trained elephants Train
| ed is truly the word Never nave
| Elephants been seen so well trained
They lay down. roll over. play dead
/ do the "shimmy," walk Spanish, tot-
| low my leader, obey at once the
slightest command of their masters
voice. They do not need any prod
ding. The trainer has no spike or
| stick or other visible means OF force
or coercion. The elephants just be-
| have themselves, that's all, and do
their stuff exactly as they are told.
| Charley Dawes of Illinois has many
! hackers for the vice presidency, but
ored gentleman from the south who
made himself fine blue satin ban
ner and sent it to national commit
tee Headquarters. in the FederaI re
serve Bank building. On the hue
| field there are grand gold letters ana
| this is what they say:
"A world war veteran for Vice
President. Gen, Charles G Dawes OF
Illinois. He done his bit over there.
let's do ours now"
f. Frank E. Hitchcock of New York
and Arizona, who was for brief
time the campaign manager OF the
brief campaign waged for the presi-
| uentldi nOfnlndtloH this ySdi Oy OCH
| ator Hiram Johnson of California, is
a distinguished figure at the conven-
4 tion.
Hello, Frank" what are you do
| ing here" asked one of his friends.
"Just wearing badge, that's ALL"
replied the one-time Postmaster Gen.
eral, with a grin.
On his badge were the words ::
| Former chairman of the Republican
national committee" Just as ex-
| senators and ex-represertatfvesh have
the privileges of legislative floors at
Washin gton, so the former committee
chairmen have the run of the ma
tional convention halls.