Evening star., 1928-06-15
GET DONE WITH JOB
AND CO, ISA|M NOW
Delegates in Last Phase OF
Convention With Keen
Desire to Depart.
BY BEN MeKELwAY.

KANSAS CITY, June iS.-WearinR
morning g-after the -night-before look,
caused, however, only by excessive emo
/ tionai stimulation over Mr.. Hooyer's
sweeping victory. the delegates strolied
/ into Convention Hall at noon today
! looking for a pick k-me-up In the form Of
a vice presidential candidate who will
I be as popular.
/ They took their seats 10 the thump-
/ ing tune of Chairman Moses gavel and
started about the unfinished business
before them.
Most OF them had slept late. They
had worn themselves h0arse shouting
for Hoover when his name was put
before them last night and when the
nomination was actually recorded they
returned to their hotels Immediately
and sought the sweet repoSe OF url-
/ troubled sleep at last. There was noth-
| ing more TO worry the rank and file
| OF the delegates.
While the great minds must needs
confer long into the morning hours and
/ keep on confeTring after the sun u up.
/ tf,e army OF voters came into the Con-
I ventlon Hall this morning determined
I 10 end the work that lay before them.
( pack up and scurry back home as fast
q Ns kAtEM Eb1@AnA h@A@ ~1AAN %F~e~~ N~NF"Nff
Much Cleaning Needed.
Convention Hall was spIck and span
ss the delegates took their seats Tor
! their last session today. but IL took the
/ concentrated effort OF the big force OF
/ IanitorS and cleaners TO make IL trat
way. Until a short time before the
/ delegates began gathering the big
arena bore marks OF last nights Wild
/ jag Of enthusiasm.
On the floor were scores Of the thou
sands Of small American flags that had
been carried by the narchers In the
various triumphsl professions 0f the
| evening before. There we're red. white
I and blue portion Of cardboard. twisted
! and broken. and In some cases showing
| the effects Of violent chewing on the
/ part Of some OF the more mentally
/ upset delegates.
/ The giant picture of Herbert Hoover.
| which had been raised on the speaker
1 stand last night over the wild scene.
+ reposed Testfiiiiy against the front of
he rostfunl and the pictures OF Ahra~
nam Lincoln ard of Calvin Coolidge
! hooked benigniy down upon this new
/ est standard bearer Of The party they
bDth have led, There we're Tattles and
/ broken noise making instruments. lying
/ where their former owners had thrown
them ociiriously when the need for
+ them had gone
/ City Returns 10 Normal.
/ The downtown section Of Kansai
/ City mas returned ~ normal This
/ crowds have foneh0w vanished iiks
/ snow, II IL could be used for the saks
of the sin1iie, would vanish under !
Summer sun
The hsjtei Hobbies are vast cayerni
NJ emDsiBsKs compared 10 what ths,
were tpA time The day before. TN
J clerks 81 the hotel desks are besinulns
~ 'nink fhat tb@ thread of If, IA. aftel
an, worth While taxing 40, and th.
l'mpina Mattresses in restaurants, tn
beiib0ys With dragging feet. the tels.
@n operations, with rep black be
naath their tfafg eyea. ioOkeG today q.
II there Aefe EaniA Claus after nj
Wnp would G9pge sft@r the dei1pate
t8rS enFe
There Wss something rather dfpress
lna. however. about the hesdaua ftsg
Wnieb until last nigh had been In
Eatnsflna places I'm scores who MAJ
! lfeH hopes pinned ~ what nov sr
only fading stars The pictures Df IN,
candidates were Sill strung about TN,
tables stiiI bofe the weight Of higlil,
complimentary illusions. and ther
we're boxes en6 D0xeE ~ candlHalyTls
fgittoIls End hstbsn6e and alI the 9the
| DafsphErnsiih calculated ~ ingtlu %
iimisth hope IN ths breasts of th
HeaFeFR.
ny tomorrow ths city viii contain h
aad1tion ~ Itk usual population only
/ remnant ~ tne feyegihh army which f1
q week swept ~ on its feet