Evening star., 1928-06-12
DELEGATES EAGER
TOGET Job DONE
Plain and BusinessIike Atti-
tude Marks Convention.
Rush for Seats.
BY the Associated Press.


KANSAS CITY, Mo, June i2.-In a
plain and businesslike convention arena.
minus many Of the customary friiis,
and decorated in subdued and almost
somber color scheme, the Grand Old
Party assembled today for what seemed
certain to be plain and businesslike
national convention.
Helped by a tremendous last-minute
boost from Secretary Mellon and the
Pennsylvania delegation, the tide for
Hoover moved on without moment OF
abatement, and as the delegates came
together all Of Mr. Hoover's managers
and some Of his enemies. predicted a
quick nomination when the first roll cal
starts on Thursday.
Anxious 10 Get Going.
Not only the Hoover men and women
but the whole convention personnel
seemed anxious TO get on as rapidly as
possible with the big show. More than
an hour before the time set for the
opening there was sprinkiing OF dele
gates on the floor, and as soon as the
doors we're opened, at 10 am, 10 spec
tat0rs, the sloping sides Of the conyen.
ton pit began 10 fill rapidly
Chairman Butler OF the Republican
national committee the friend of Presi.
dent Coolidge and one OF those who had
hoped almost until the last that the
President would run again, was on the
convention platform an hour and q
quarter before the opening hour. On
ms way To the convention hall he hac
informed his colleagues OF the mass
HgfGgAt4Ty1 that ia aH ha
cerned the fight was over, and he would
vote for Hoover
Ohi0an First In Place.
The first delegate TO take his place
In the section Of hard -bottomed brown
theater chairs placed on the convention
floor was Lemuei Mitch Of South Wen.
ma. Ohio. For long time he had tho
whole convention 10 himself The two
| women of the Maine delegation took
| front-row seats in the section reserved
for their State directly in front Of the
convention chairman.
| Theodore Burton Of Ohio, veteran
0f many a national convention. came
, in soon after 10 O'Clock, and posed ir
F., the aisle for a group 0f photographers
| G00n afterWard Poly Tincher of Kan.
! sGs, who is 10 make the nominating
/ speech for Senator Curtis, strolled int
! the Kansas section. lie told inquireri
| he would not give up the ship. and thai
| 10 far AZ be was concerned Senator
/ Curtis name would be- placed before
| the convention regardless of the slide Il
/ Hoover.
! In physical appearance the big Con
| venti0n Hall was very like the others IL
/ which convention history has beer
+. written In the past, The delegate seats
/ clustered on the lowest level Of tn
eiIipLicai arena, faced toward a IItgbl,
| raised platform built along the centei
NJ the west side of the elIjpse From thi
higher level 1utted out toward the dele
gate seats special speakers platform
some 10 feet by q, and on either side o
IL the 900 press seats faced In ffon
north and south. at right angles 10 plat
form and delegates
AmpIiiiefs Aid Crowd.
A ring Gf boxes. raised 10 about th
rgeI ~ The convention platform cir
! cied the sides 0f the delegate space, an
! behind tho seaLg for Spectators rose o
steep incline Higher 40 a hangiu
balcony hDanucd either side 0f the hal
and higher Sill literally against III
fo0tt vas secondary balcony aGe0nl
m9datlrg some 200 spectators. Thes
fsfleF fo0siArs could heaF. by virtue {
me ampiifying system, whose gFea
cluster of horns hung over The speaker
stand, but unless appearances from be
lpW are decelYtng they could see Iittl
except each other.
Occupying the place Of honor ag Nh
convention delegates assembled was
specially made miGf0pbone stand, silver
plated and booking Ike a big mugi
rack ~ stood al the frGft Of III
speakers platform and carried on
shining double bar AT the height 0f
mans head eight~teanedsu micre
phones
The standards which marked III
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