The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-06
.LOWDEN CHOSEN RUNNING MATE
 BY COOLIDGE Former Illinois Governor Will Not Resist Draft,
 He Discloses DAWES AND HOOVER ARE OUT OF RACE Nominating Machinery Is Gathering Momentum
 At Cleveland

CLE ELANO, June O.-\Dy AS- socited Press. )-President Coolidge has passed the word that former Governor Lowden, Illinois, will be acceptable to him as his running mate. There is every reason to believe that MT. Lowden, who was the choice of the old line party leaders for first place in 1920, will not resist a draft.
 This word came to Cleveland to- day and crystallized the sentiment already running strong toward LOwden.
 It was made plain that President Coolidge, in disclosing his approval of Lowden, had not departed from his hands-off policy and was still leaving it to the convention so long as no attempt was being made to put on a running-mate to represent the insurgent wing of the party. The President, it was carefully pointed out, was simply making it known that he would regard Low den as very acceptable if the con- vention chose to pick him.
 Lowden Tide Rising
 All this fitted in with a rapidly ris- ing tide for the former Illinois gov ernor, which today had entirely drowned out the talk for Charles G. Dawes of Chicago and put Secretary Hoover out of the running.
 Delegates and committeeman arriv- ing from the states of the northwestern tier, where the LaFOllette strength is openly admitted. as a factor to be reck- oned with rathSf than to be dismissed lightly, added 10 the rapidly growing Lowden sentimSnt. They declared that Lowden was the man who could do the ticket most good in the great agKicul- tural states west of the Mississippi and who would draw strength from the rural vote which otherwise might be attracted elsewhere.
 As pre-cOnvention details steadily are being cleared away, the machinery which will nominate the ticket next week is beginning to gather momen- tum.
 Main Contests Over
 Principal contests among delegates have been disposed of organization selections for national committee off cers are being made; last-minute touches have been added to the ar- engagements for the sessions in public hall beginning Tuesday; delegations are beginning to arrive, and the pre-con- vention period has now reached the stage of the ticket scramble.
 The center of interest in Cleveland tonight is a great burglar-proof, bomb proof, steel and concrete vault over the Federal Reserve Bank building which contains the thousands of coveted pnsteboards which are many thousands too few to satisfy all
 MulvihilI UnhOrsed
 Recognizing a new organization in Mississippi, the republican national committee today unhorsed NJ. J. Mul- vihill, veteran national committeeman from that state and victor in many a hard-fought contest. The vote was unanimous.
 The delegation headed by Perry W. Howard, a negro lawyer of Jackson, was seated in place of that which Null vihill headed. While the committees action forecast the replacement of Null vihill by Howard, it is understood the latter does not seek the place and that E. E. Hindman, United States district attorney at Jackson, will be selected national committeeman.
 After disposing of the Mississippi contest, the committee voted unani- mOusly to seat delegates from the Fourth and Sixth South Carolina dis tricts representing National Commit teeman Joseph w. Tolbert. In this factional fight there was entered the first and only charge of the use of money in bringing about the selection of delegate to the 1924 convention.
 In the brief filed in the committee by J. W. Hardin, a negro of Spartan burg, which challenged the right of James A. TOlbert, a negro of Green vile, there appeared correspondence between Secretary Lockwood of the national committee and B. F. Thomp- son, chairman of the district commit tee, in which Thompson charged that B. T. Smith of Spartanburg, one of the alternates to the district convention, had been paid $25 for participation in trump convention called by National Committeeman Tolbert."
 It was definitely made known today for the first time, with official sane tiOn, that the name of Hiram Johnson will not be presented to the convention and that no votes are expected to be case for him as will be done for Sena- tor LaFOllette. State Senator George Fl. Bender, JOhnsOn's manager in Ohio, announced that there would be no nOmi- nation of the California senator and that he stood by his previous release of his delegates.
 At least one of the old-time figures of every republican convention since the nomination of Lincoln will be ab- sent this time to the regret of many. He is Chauncey NJ. Depew, who has sent word that at the age of 90 he cannot come.
 Uncle Joe" Cannon, however, who sat in the convention that nominated Lincoln and has an unbroken record of taking part in every one since, will be here and will deliver a speech.
 NEGRO WOMAN KILLED