The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-16
Comment On Nomination

Editorial comment in representative American
newspapers on the nomination of Herbert Hoover by
the Republican national convention follows:
NEW YORK TELEGRAM-This ScrippS- Howard
newspaper and its twenty-five independent liberal as
socates led the journalistic support for Hoover To-
day. we congratulate both the candidate and the cou-
try on this victory.
NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE-M Hoover
need fear no adversary All the essentials to Repub-
lican success this have been furnished to SUI
perlative measure at the Kansas City convention.
NEW YORK TIMES-Before November comes
Hoover will have virtually united party behind him.
All this makes him redoubtable candidate For the
Democratic party to hold him lightly would be an
ineXcuSable bunder
NEW YORK EVENING WORLD-Wan Street
presently will perk up and proclaim Mr.. Hoover the
natural and ideal heir to the Coolidge policies The
Democratic party has largeszed job cut out for it
to up to its candidate and give him the back
ing he needs to beat Mr.. Hoover.
WASHINGTON POST-Upon all questions except
farm relief the Republican platform to be a
well-constructed statement of party doctrine At
present it appears that the Republican party will
enter the campaign with candidate who, while pos
sesSsng many elements of strength, is handicapped
by platform unacceptable to an important section
of the party.
OHIO STATE JoURNAL-NIr. Hoover does not
owe his nomination to the favor of the Pennsylvania
and New York delegations, but to his demonstration
of superior strength among the candidates which
made the support of these great delegations eXpedient
and almost inevitable
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER-The nomination
of Mr. Hoover is a circumstance which invites new
confidence In democratic government. He brings
character and promise to the Republican ticket His
election would bring to the presidency one whose
horizon of sympathy and understanding is world wide
ALBANY KNICKERBOCKER PRESS-The Re-
publican party has valuable asset in it's candidate for
President. 1t may be that in some respects Hoover
lacks something in personal attributes of canddatoria
appeal. 49,. We need not be greatly concerned with
that 1t is our judgment Hoover will grow and grow
steadily from this day to the end of the campaign
HARTFORD COURANT-It is not a magnetic per-
sonality that the Republicans have nominated. .
What they have done is give the seal of their ap
prova to a man who probably has better aH-round
qualifications for the presidency than any other man
they possibly could have named
NEW HAVEN TIMES UNION-Mr. Hoover is not
a noisy man at any time under any circumstances,
but he works day and night when he has work to do.
He is the best organizer in the country and the best
votegetter in the Republican party Mr Coolidge ex
cepted).
CHICAGO DAILY NEWs-The Republican ma
tional convention has nominated for President a
strong and able man. man essentially open minded,
constructive and of vision and wide experience
Apparently he is the true and lawful heir OF the
Coolidge policies.
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE-Herbert Hoover
goes before the voters of the Nation the choice OF the
rank and file of the Republican party. He has been
nominated by the and women at large OF the
party because they believe in him and want MIN ana
for no other reason.
PORTLAND (ORE) NEWS-The rank and file Of
the Republican party wanted Hoover. The conven-
ton was wise to nominate him, for he Is the only
man who can compete with AL Smith.
ST. LOUIS STAR-The United States knows
Hoover only as an efficient neutrality-suspicious. the
most efficient manager of big propositions this Nation
has yet produced. What the country now wants
to know is who is Herbert Hoover and what does and
will he stand for in government?
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH-Th nomination Of
Herbert Hoover caps amazing record OF success in
varied fields What are his political principlesP What
is his attitude toward privilege and plutocratic con-
troll of Government? His own attitude VIII de-
termine his fitness
Hoover the logical man of his party, is the Repub-
Hoover the logical man Of his party, isthe Repub-
lican candidate for President His nomination was
a triumph of popular will over back-roo politics.