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figures tell. He received ss7 votes nm,
OF total Of ! ,084 cast. Five daisea,ss
old not vote. Only 247 votes vTere csSf
ior Lne combined opposition.
ne dramatic last-minute vfthdravai
% FRANK Q. Lowden Of Illinois Ieft !
Sa1 saste IN the mouths Of many Of the
~. .saees. Iney considered II logical
Se,v NJ. nU. gooo sportsmanship. Until a
rev minutes before Otis p. Glenn ps-
Rupncan nominee for the Senate fror,
anLnois, designated to place Inwdel, h
nomination, read Mr.. IoWden's hrisS
message TO the convention takInv hirc-
ssiI OUT OF the race because the conver-
ton had turned down the NfcN.-,,
Haugen farm plank. Senator Drnes,,
chairman OF the Illinois delegation had
Deneveo that Lowden would carry on ~
Other Candidates stick"
In direct contrast was the course pur-
Sueo oy tne other presidential candi-
ue.es VINO nave opposed the nomination
sas stuck" and so did watson of r.
diana. Con Of West Virginia and Nor
rs OF Nebraska, Senator Borah OF
1uano, whose delegation had been in
ssructeo ior MIN, did not have his name
presented 70 the convention. and threw
ms support to the Californian
The Lowden withdrawal does M.
forecast mis- heading q third ticket rs a
leader OF q farm protest movement ,n
Tie opinion OF Illinois Republicans. II
was noticeable that the Illinois deleaa-
slon GIG not decline to vote on the
saSs sussa ssn1,s nomnation or in any way
... .axe ltseN out OF the Republican pic
to run. '-~ ~SN4A'4eu
The Republican convention was "sat,.
70 nominate Hoover for President For
tWo GAYS II had been awaiting the on
Portunlty. Neither the Lowden with
usaWal nor the attempted nomination.
% resident Coolidge by Representatiye
halph d. Cole OF Ohio. q bitter-endsr
against Hoover. caused much of A rinnle
10 the convention. It Is true. that bsI-
!otS were cast for the President. but
u was Tar too late 10 start a stampede
movement for him. and it was well un-
oerstood ny the delegates that the Pres
atea. atems would not have stood lor serious
Hit Equalization Fee.
The Republicans are going 10 the
pat IN the campaign next Fall strongly
uly and directly in oppsition to the
principles OF the McNary- -Haugen farm
alu Dill and its eQualiSation fee AL
tnough the party platform pledges aid
20 the American farmer In . "ccnstitu-
uonal way"
II the Democratic party norninates
Gov. Smith OF New York, and should
approve the MeNary -Haugen bill In its
piauofm, these issues would be strongly
"A
wet side OF the prohibition aud the Nc
lem. paw
smiths wetnesS. however, will not ap-
peal 70 the farmers Of the West an6
support OF the McNary- -Haugen bill 4
not likely TO make q hit with the big
states OF the East The Republican
party mas taken definite stand ON
neSs issues. II remains to be seen
wnether the Democrats viii straddle
them In Houston.
no step which In the widest sense could
ne considered reputation OF the Cool
iaee administration. Indeed, Il has given
us nearuest Endorsement to the Presi-
cent. the vote. yesterday on the suhsti-
tute larm plank, which CHALLENGED the
Coolidge leadership and that of the
party's new nominee, Mr.. Hoover, was
80 decisive as 70 leave no doubt In the
minds or any where the party stood.
Ihe Lowden plank, so-called because Of
iack OF better name, went down 10
oeieat. SlI TO 267, with not voting
An analysis OF the vote shows that
= great many OF the delegates from the
Ierm States voted against the IIowden
plank. Missouri. for example, cast SO
votes against the plank and Nebraska
divided, 10 againt and 0 for the plank.
Oklahomas 20 votes went solidly against
the plank, Presidential politics played
us part In the vote, to be sure. hut the
showing made for the plank was so
small that IL was the real factor bring
Ing about the withdrawal OF Lowden
from the race. II was q smashing vic
tory Tor the administration.
IN the debate on the farm plank.
senator BorAh easily surpassed nj other
speakers. The Idaho Senator closed
tne debate with plea TO sustain the
tTesident and t0 vote against the
equalishtion fee principle, which senator
horah declared would rob the farmers
OF their economic independence and
make bureaucratic serfs OF them. When
ne praised President Coolidge as n man
OF courage because OF his veto cf the
MoNAry- -Haugen btu, the roar OF the
convention was heard for blocks around