Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
BY MARIE MATTrNGEY MELoNEY.

~ OMETH1NG more than preSi-
dental nomination occurred III
Kansas City--Herbert Hoover's
~ overwhelming victory renewed
faith In the profession of politics.
This quiet. modest, Woodworking
Hoover has brought new day to
American politics: he has justified the
modern practical idealisfS who ask only
that man do his job plus and be
square.
Herbert Hoover-who was thought by
the old guard to be too good for the
lob at first-has been nominated, the
first and last choice of his party; the
only statesman who emerged from the
war with full credit, who learned the
game of American politics and kept his
faith i'll the average man.
Quiet. modest. hardworking--thoSe
are the characteristics of the Repub-
lican nominee. And nothing has been
more characteristic of Herbert Hoover's
life than the manner in which he lived
the intense days preceding the hour
when the Republican national conven-
ton chose him to succeed Calvin Cool
idge While the halls and hills of
Kansas City echoed the excitement and
radios broadcast the convention story
Mr. Hoover was 1000 miles away. going
about his business of being a servant
of the people with the same quiet in
terest and intelligence he brings to
every other work day of the year.
Takes Matter Calmly.
One of Mr. Hoover's old friends who
has lived through a number of political
campaigns watched him closely and
said; YOU are the calmest presidential
candidate / have ever seen. Roosevelt
little
vehement Harding and even Wilson
were excited. Mr.. Coolidge was very
serious. little solemn. You seem to
take 1t very casually"
But TO any one who had seen Mr..
Hoover in the war or in. the recon-
struction days-in the soldiers unem-
ployment Struggle--in the Mississippi
food, it was evident that he was not
going through the hours with indiffer-
ence or casualnesS. With no illusions
about the problem confronting him.
with complete understanding of oppo~
sition and its sources. he held a pro-
found belief in the intelligence and the
integrity of those men and women i'll
Kansas City who represented the voice
of the American people. Undaunted
by the problems which must confront
the next President Of the United
States. he was acutely conscious of
the opportunity to serve for which the
last years of his life have prepared him
and he wanted paSsionately to render
that service. But 1t was no new desire.
And it brought forth no new expression
of emotion
No wonder he smiled when his friend
referred to calmness,
Important Hours OF Life.
For happenings in the Missouri con-
vention town meant great deal to him.
They we're among the most important
hours of his life. He knew the full
meaning. More than any other man
living, except Calvin Coolidge. Mr.
Hoover knows what a herculean task
awaits the man who win go into the
White House the 4th of next March
But 1t was no new realization That
large host of Americans who since the
national leadership have kept this sub
ject before him. Every supporter he has
remembers some chiding. some COM
mand TO withdraw or be silent when
that subject of national leadership has
been introduced He has consistently
and Dramatically demanded from his fol-
lowers the same kind of loyalty to CAL
vim Coolidge which he himself has given. !
He has sat through the cabinets OF two 4
administrations and has kept close to the
policies and problems solved by Calvin
Coolidge He has been large part of
the solution of some of those more dif-
ficult ones.
And so Sunday. June 10, when the
excitement and turmoil of Kansas City