Evening star., 1928-06-13
BY q. GOULD LINCOLN,
a..n cnrre.nnndent Of The star.

stan Correspondent OF Inc STAR
KANSAS CITY, June 1S.-Gathering
momentum and delegates. the hOoSeI
band wagon rolled rapidly over tile
ornosition as the Republican nauonal
Convention got down to work To-Day at
its second session.
The first real test OF strengtn III 1lis
convention between the Hoover anu
anti-Hoover forces came on q contes'
carried to the floor to seat the ah.,
Hoover delegates from Texas. boel,
tra Republican national committee ana
tne committee on credentials had re-
norted Overwhelmingly in favor OF sile
c.reager or Hoover delegates. .,.,,
1ffer arguments on both Slues, VIII
AIRS Nabei walker Willebrandt, cnan-
roan of the credentials coLlliisss1as laAsa.,
ia.Ss.g the debate for the maJoflsy
rpTSnrt and Judge Hastings OF DeiawaIe
~. the minority report. Senator rsss
T,SIt the question Of adoption Oh tn.
rninoritv report A roar OF
rolled forth, but the supporters "a ~ 80
Yninorsty report demanded ana o
faiY1ed a roll call. six SlaIe oeioe
tons seconding the proposal .,.ro,,r,
ysefore the Texas contest was tnlomh
srto sne arena the Florida ano Mls-
a5srir,,,l .s Hoover delegations were seat
a vrithnIIt a contest. The allleo op-
,Sorttsns1 10 Hoover pinned their nope
N the outcome Of the Texas strogsie'
Hoover Men Seated.
,rhe Hoover delegates from Texas
were seated by an overwhelming vote
The minority report was rejected sfoa2
- aaL With seven not voting.
The anti-Hooyer alliance went down
eontinq. showing that they plan 70 re-
fist 10 the end and not Jump on ING
Hoover bandwaeon, according 70 tner
,.resent plans A big delegation cast us
"a votes solidly for the majority report =.
amid cheers Of the Hoover pcOpsas. pIppss. ,,as
1sse bpw York delegation the spnb Mas
"a fo~ ft.e antl-Hoover delegatlon ana
- for the Hoover delegates.
-rl1e District nf Columbia oelegAses
-nfaA far the EOovcr-TexaS 0eaegatiOn
and Sc did Nebraska, winch was SUI
sTSse antt-HooYer group had only 10
~ ti1e MISSOURI delegation and 10 Yoteo
with the Hoover crowd
Tasaacf1usetts cast its 30 votes solid
~ foY the seating Of the Hoover dele
cataon from Texas. Maryland gave .
NC aMo vice President until the Hoover
~.Ov,rtnatSor a out Of the way" is the
sloxar Of the Hoover leaders. But the
~sn1ds are full Of candidates. VICE
T1rexl6eraf Dawes is In the talk every
.9aeYe 90 is Senator Charles Curtis Oh
Hansas though he Indignantly denies
10 is candidate and sticks TO his claim
he NAV be nominated for President.
senator George II. Moses Of New
FzsmpEflire. a Hoover man, pieelo3hg
cyer the convention, gave the oirectlon
which the campaign VIII take. lam.
many Is TO be the target Tne ngns viii
~ carried 10 AL Smith, TanmSny
I saeaaern. II he is the Democratic nom
! fnee.
Opens Fire on Grating.
TN seeking for policy 70 assure
| honest administration" said the per-
fazneat chairman, "Of the Government
NJ tf1e United states, We know our
s,e00ae will not turn 10 the party whose
yyao@t recent and most outstanding
! acIlssyeuent io this year Of grace Is
the revealed grating Of $20JO0o, 900
from a single city,
In seeking for policy of law en-
fogceHent III the United States We
uaxty which maintains itself IN the
yaAess Of It's power through nuiiifca-
fi0n Of two amendments 70 the Cen
gtitutson and which openly fouts a
third.
we enter this campaign IN no poG-
4ufe Of desense We come upon the
fed agare@sigely militant. We intend
10 carry this fight 10 the enemy And
We challenge them W bring forth their
strongest champion. Whether he emerge
from another spectacle like the i02-
r1gyad 5a1tge ~ the Madison Rear Oar
Gen or whether he come from sn over
powered spell behind the glare of the
yaH1nzny tiger, We are ready for him
aJsrffg hlnn On ard We will bury him
we welcome him with iloeDitable t1ands
~ bikxyay gFAgf.
"Ana W. care mt ynsti9eT his name
b. Brown. JONES oF Smith"
Ezeks Dry enforcement.
TIE national platform, which IL 10
f,e presented ~ the convention later
fl,Gay, places the party EQasTely On
refxygd I'm the enfOfeemeHt u DfotliDi-
ton end against pgiliflnataon " tks
eighteenth amendment. GeDAtgF Eofab
m Idaho, ci1ief sntagooist 0f tff nulii-
4,e2tl1nlstE. wins Here again the hs-
Nfa1f4tffl#4f&
ezaasaet tEsE wei Al smith,
sFESe convention viii seat the Hoover
delegates from the EoUti1 against whom
.e0afrsis had been Taged By the anti
yzasgyeFit6s. In tlJiE the convention
raTxelz sustained a1ti0n taksn against
1sseug kyy the committee and The conyen-
fs0n's committee On credentials, After
e1 ell~nlght session, IN which ths
credentlsge committees yotAH mare thar
lNg W sest tiae Hoover nesegstet
fYa4n Texas. Mrs Mabel WiilebraDds re-.
s,oyien 10 the convention that The dele.
gates silogld be placed On the Defma'
rent roll.
How the final word from PfesidfD
(,lolidge on the draft question VA
brought W Kansas CITY IL question q
i 1oatF0Yersy, Some say tbs FIesiden
q een0ks y ard some Eay he didn't I'm
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