Evening star., 1924-06-11
Platform Whipped Into Shape
For Adoption Tonight by C.. o. p.

approved unanimously. Chairman
Burton appointed Senator Wadsworth
of New York. Mrs. Effie Eastman of
California and Archie Love Of Kansas
committee to escort the permanent
chairman to the platform. There was
more cheering as Mr.. MoEdell. for
mer Republican leader of the House,
stepped to the front of the stage in
the glare OF a concentrated fire from
a dozen spotlights.
Voice Fills Large Hall
The incoming chairman began his
speech, which was short one, with
great deliberation. His voice, multi
piled many times by the amplitylng
device installed at the front Of the
platform, filled the hall.
Applause for Leaders.
The crowd applauded when the
speaker predicted Republican victory
in November and again when he
eulogized Lincoln. Mckinley, Roose-
welt and Harding. There was a short,
sharp burst of che ering when he
praised the c.,rtn neutrality-suspicious. 1fnn,isss
There were more patterings OF
handclapping here and there as the
chairman, speaking very slowly and
with only an occasional reference TO
MS manuSCTlpt, pTocetueu WIN iiis
speech. When he declared for a Re
publican Congress, both Sin name and
principle" the delegates came to
their feet, and there was full min
ute of cheering. AS on yesterday
when the same plea was made by
delegation from Wisconsin kept its
seat
Rowland Submits Report.
Ending his address by turning to
the 1ag-draped portraits OF the past
of the stage, the permanent chairman
announced that 1t was time for the
convention to get down to business.
was called for, and Paul Rowland
Of Cleveland, who has acted as coun-
sci for former Attorney General
Daugherty during the Senate investi-
cation. came forward amid handicap
ping to submit it
Mr. Rowland made quite speech
and he started a crescendo of cheer
ing when he announced that the
committee had given "to the ladies"
equal representation on the national
from feminine threats, but many
men were standing and cheering. too,
before the short demonstration was
over. Almost for the first time since
stood up with tho rest.
New Plan Explained.
The new apportionment plan as
work ed out at the December meeting
of the national committee also was
explained at length by Mr.. Howland,
who then read the whole report Of
the committee.
The delegates listened patiently
for while, but they began to grow
phases describing the ins and outs of
the apportionment plan rolled out
over the hall in monotonous success
sion. Many Of those on the floor
were In whispered conference. The
report of Secretary Hoovers state
a candidate for the vice presidency
was passed around among the leaders,
who at once began to reassess the
situation in the light of this latest
development
Mellon Talks with Butler.
While the convention was in prog
ress Secretary of the Treasury Mel
lon held a conference with William
NJ Butler and Charles B. Warren,
chairman of the resolutions commit
tee, to discuss the vice presidential
situation and see what progress had
been made in the capitalization of
sentiment.
Meanwhile on the floor of the con-
vention several western delegates
quietly began a move to bring the
vice presidential nomination to some
one west of the Mississippi River. A
meeting of delegates from that sec
ton of the country was called for
this afternoon to agree upon some
candidate. There was a report that
Federal Judge Kenyon of Iowa would
be brought forward by some Of the
midwest delegates.
Move for Adje1rnmenf.
After he had been going good for
more than quarter of an hour Mr..
Rowland got laugh by reading a
committee report and providing that
no one could speak for more than
five minutes.
1t is not customary to read in de-
tail the reports of convention COM
mittees and it became apparent that
the convention managers were kill
ing time in the hope that the plat
form committee would bring in its
report soon. At the same time there
was a movement on foot to adjourn
until s o'clock tonight and wait un-
til then to receive and act upon the
platform.
There was some cheering when Mr..
Rowland read a rule giving the ma
tional committee authority to unseat
any committeeman who refused to
support the party nominees The
speaker interrupted the reading to
assure the convention. that such
provision had been in the rules for
years and then he read it again to
an accompaniment of a new burst of
cheering