Evening star., 1924-06-05
Hoover, LoWden, Borah and
Dawes All Cold to Proffers
of Strong Support.
JEAL0USIES AROUSED
BY COMMITTEES ACTS
D. c. Delegate Contest Settled.
Mrs. Upton Quits Committee.
Women to Get Honors.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.

presidential nominee on the Repub-
lican ticket, is strong among the
members of the Republican national
committee, now assembled here. Gov
Lowden is popular in the party, they
say. Four years ago the organiza-
ton, built up to nominate Lowden
for President. was well developed in
nearly all of the states. He comes
from the right part of the country
geographically TO be the Presidents
running mate. But word is brought
here from Washington that Gov.
Lowden has twice intimated to the
party leaders that he does not wish
the vice presidential nomination.
The selection of Secretary Hoover
for the vice presidential nomination
was positively predicted by one of
the Cleveland newspapers yesterday
President Coolidge was reported to be
using all his persua sive power to
prevail upon Mr.. Hoover TO accept.
but here again it is said that the
nomination for second place on the
ticket does not appeal. and that Mr..
Hoover is diSinclined to accept.
The selection of Senator Borah of
Idaho would be eninently fitting. in
the opinion of some of the commit
teemen. but Senator Borah will have
none OF II, II is SdiQ DS MS IrlenQS.
Dawes, Too. Not Receptive.
Charles G. DaweS-sometimes known
as Hell and Maria" Dawes-Illincis
banker, and hailed as the man who
has done more toward settling the
German reparations dispute than any
other, would be acceptable to others
perhaps to a large number. but he
too, according to Illinois politicians,
would not look with favor on the
nomination.
Il begins to look as if il might be
ncC essary to catch the right man and
rope him before the Republican vice
preside ntial nomination can be made
to take" and yet the vice presi-
dency is not a job ordinarily to be
sneezed at. 1t is a job that many able
Americans have held. In spite of it's
having been considered path to
political Oblivion. no outstanding
Anne rican who has held that office in
the past has been etherized thereby
Four years ago in Chicago Senator
Hiram Johnson could have been nomi-
mated for the vice presidency either
with the late President Harding or
with the late Senator Knox of Penn
sylvania as the head of the ticket.
He would have been in the White
House today had he been willing to
accept the vice presidential nomio
nation, and even had Senator John
son been the running mate of
President who had lived, there is
little doubt that he would have been
in strategic position to obtain the
nomination for President either today
or four years from now.
Mrs. Upton to Retire.
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton is retir-
ing as vice chairman of the Republi-
can national executive committee, Will
liam NJ. Butler announced today.
Mrs. A. T. Hert of Louisville. XIV.
Mr.. Butler said. would be recommended
to succeed Mrs. Upton. Mrs. Hert is
the widow of ''Tobe" Hert. who before
his death was Republican national
committeeman from Kentucky.
Mrs. Upton's retirement is another
break in the present organization of
the Republican national committee.
ne new committee, which begins to
function after. the coming convention,
VIII contain many new faces and prac-
ticaIiy @ an entire new list of officers
Fred Upham of Illinois. treasurer:
George B. Lockwood of Indiana. secre
tary; all are going out of office. Mr..
Butler said today there had been no
selection as yet of the successor of
Mr.. Upham. Mrs Upton's retirement
Is at her own request, it was stated.
Women to BE Recognized.
The women of the Republican nar+y
VIII receive full recognition on the
Republican national committee, if the
of Mr.. Butler are
carried out by the coming conyention
My personal view" said Mr.. RutIer
today. lis that it is only fair that
the women should receive full mem
pership in the national committee.
hope the committee on rules and the
convention will take the necessary
action to bring this about"
Under the proposal of Mr.. Butler
each state would have a man and a
woman member of the national com
mittee.
The list of those who will make
seconding speeches for President
Coolidge was increased to six today.
when Mr.. Butler announced that
Representative Martin B. Madden of
Illinois, Judge c. H. Cary of Oregon.
and Isaac Meekins of North Carolina,
would deliver seconding speeches.
There may be one other secondinr
speech, Mr.. Butler said. 1t is expected
these seconding speeches will be con-
fined to five minutes each.
Radio Sets in Hotels.
For the benefit of visitors to Cleve-
land for the convention who may not
be successful in getting admission to
the convention hall. Mr.. Butler an
nounced today, radio distributing
sets and loud speakers would be in
stalled in the Cleveland, Hollenden
and Statler Hotels, by which the pro-
ceedings of the convention would be
reproduced.
Many Oppose MondeH.
The announcement by William NJ.
Butler, in charge of President Cool
idges campaign, that former Repre-
sentative Frank Mondell of Wyoming
had been selected as permanent
chairman of the Republican national
convention has not had a favorable
reaction among many of the Republi-
cans here They frankly say that
they think Mr.. Buffers foot slipped.
Mr.. Mondell was leader of the House
during the last Congress, but with in
conspicuous success. Furthermore
he was defeated by his own constitu-
ents in his effort to be elected to the
Senate In 1922, and as a lame duck"
was appointed to the War Finance
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