Evening star., 1925-05-13

THE man who made Coolidge
President" has just left Washington.
His name is Wallace McCamant of
Oregon He was a guest at the White
House Some authorities think he may
be the next Solicitor General of the
United States. Judge McCamant was
the delegate who placed MIR. Coolidge
in nomination for the Vice Presidency
at Chicago on June u, 1920. The day
was hot. The Republican convention
had rea ssembled for the afternoon ses-
sion at 4:i6 o'clock, pursuant to recess
and perspiring freely. Harding had
not vet been nominated for President.
but his victory on the tenth ballot,
about to enSue. wasSlssured. Ihe pow
ers that put the Ohio Senator over had
determined that his running mate
should be his brother Senator from
Wisconsin. Irvine L. Lenroot. The late
Nedill Mccormick, Senator from Illi-
nois. was assigned the task of plac-
ing Lenroot in nomination. He did SO
in a speech that lasted only 80 sec
onds. Suddenly. after Kentucky, Az
kansas, New York and Ohio In turn
had seconded Lenroot's nomination.
tall man from Oregon secured the
floor. He was Wallace McCamant OF
Portland.
The official proceedings of the 1920
convention make the following laconie
remarks at the end of Judge Nc
Camant's very brief speech. which
named "for the exalted office of Vice
President. Gov. Calvin Coolidge OF
Massa chusetts'
This nomination received an out
burst of applause of short dura-
ton. but of great power. being
ioined in by the Massachusetts and
a number of other delegations.
Michigan. Maryland, North Dakota
and individual delegates from Arkan
sas. Kansas. Connecticut ana Penn
syfvania seconded Coolidges noinlna
ton. Delegates from Illinois, NeDras
ka. Nevada, Vermont and New 1orR
did likewise. Henry ]. Allen OF kansas
and Henry W. Anderson OF virginia
ha wing been also placed in nomination
ono ballot ensued, and Coolidge Wor
| overwhelmingly. Republicans have al
ways said that it was "McCamant OF
Oregon" who "did 1t.
Speaking of former Gov. Allen o.
the Sun1ower State, his brother Kan
san. William NJ. Jardine. told a goot
! story of the Wichita editor politician
| in Philadelphia the other nlght. In'
new Secretary of Agriculture was the
guest of the .rock-ribbed G. o. p. or
@anization of that city, the Ullior
League. He very much amused hi
audience by telling it that no rea
dirt farmer could also be an orator
| "Henry J. Allen" said DR.. Jardine
| s.is the orator of Kansas. and he's NJ
better dirt farmer than l am an ora
tor" Nevertheless, Jardine made
deep impression on the distinguished
| audience of Philadelphia business ant
professional men who met him for TIN
| first time. E. Pusey Passmore, presi
dent of the Union League, writes thi
observer that Jardine seems to u
the best qualified and most sensibl
head the Agricultural Department ha
had for long time"
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tribulations that are discussed at Cal
met meetings. Every once in a whil
the President and his official famil
talk about their private troubles. and.
will comfort this disfranchised com
munity to learn, they sometimes cor
slider the woes of Washington. Tn
housing situation engages the cab
nets attention periodically TIL
other day one of the members he'll
forth vigorously and vehemently Of
the problem Of finding a moderat
priced house in or near the Capita
He waxed warm and even wroth a
he narrated that his wife had locke
at more than a hundred homes, ne,
ana old, only to learn that each 9