New Britain herald., 1928-06-16
CURTIS IS GIVEN
 GLOWING WELCOME
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With flag day decorations still in place. Curtis banners were added and the city soon had the appear ance of having long waited his ar rival A speakers stand was hastily built on the capitol grounds and loud speakers installed. Carpenters and electricians scarcely had com- pleted their work before the trek to the capitol began.
 Mobilization of brass bands was completed soon after o'clock and when the senator arrived at s o'clock he was greeted by cameramen. who after shooting several flashlight views, turned him over to Governor , Ben s. Paulen and others of the re- l ception committee.
 My main desire was to go straight 10 bed,' the senator said in a brief speech. T have not had nights sleep in the last five days, And though I spent those wakeful nights working for the presidential nomina- 1 tiop, l was proud to accept the sec ond place on the ticket when it was offered to me unsought.
 T am glad to be on the ticket with that able and experienced man, Herbert Hoover"
 l. M. LlllaTu. .de1nocratlc attorney and master of &remonies, then in- troduccd Senator Arthur Camper of Kansas, Governor Pauien Senator Joseph stcinberg of New York and others. all of whom paid tribute to the senator.
 GbvernOr's statement
 Governor Paulen said the Kansas delegation was proud We made 50 much impression upon the delegates at the national convention that there was scarcely any opposition to Curtis nomination for vice pres- ident.'
 When we carried our banners about convention hall Thursday night. people from all over the na- ton realized that the republican ticket needed Curtis more than Cur tis needed to be on the ticket" the governor said.
 The senator's daughter. Mrs Leona Curtis Knight. delegate from Rhode Island. who seconded her fathers nomination, and his sister Mrs. Edward Gam Of Washington D. C.. arrived during the reception and cheered with the crowd when Senator Curtis was introduced. An other daughter. Mrs. C. P. George wife of an army officer at Fort Sill Okla. also expressed her pleasure over her fathers success
 Among the crowd were boyhood friends who recalled how Charlie fled from relatives here in pioneer days to rejoin the kaws on the march and of his return to live with his fathers sister in conformity to Julie Poppin's advice.
 They recalled how he sold papers drove hack. rode to fame as the premier jockey of the west and ther accepted work as office boy in a law office, where he became so prof. cicnt that he was made. a junior partner in 1881. at the age of 2l They pointed out that with his cleo ton as prosecuting attorney O Shawnee county three years later his time had been largely devoted to publis offices, and reviewed th' career that brought him recognition as majority leader of the senate ant finally the nomination for vice pres ident.
 From the camp of the Kaws n Kaw City, Okla, came word tha' while the tribesmen masked thcil joy with habitual stoicism wher news of the nomination was re. ceiyed. plans for a festival were started. It was said that elders fel only such dancing and feasting al followed victories of early westerI days would suffice.
 Senator Curtis said he expected tt rcmain here until Monday, when ht would return to Washington. He de cIined to amplfy his statement a Kansas City thanking the delegate! for their support, pending forma notifications of his nomination. I