Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-12

ernment-controlled." As the admin
v~ention gave noisy voice 20 their
approval, the delegations from the
McNary-Haugen states sat silent but
smiling.
Just 4 few short, sharp bursts of
handclapping and one or two faint
and far off ~"hErrays" from the gal
lery punctEated that section of the
speech in which Senator Tess dealt
with law enforcement without men
~tioning prohibition by name.
As he went along, interpolating
freely but following in skeleton the
prepared address, the speaker fell
into a growing habit Of skimming in
directly about this or that point, and
more than once the audience missed
it entirely. He was making a studied
effort to pay tribute TO various re-
publican statesmen without actually
mentioning their names. and some
times il took some head scratching
TO figure it all out.
1t was in this circuitous manner
that the senator sought to present a
verbal bouquet to Vice President
Dawes. He described him quite
anonymously, however, as an Amer
lean whose leadership helped Europe
back to financial stability after the
war. and while there was a sms.-
tering of handclapping. a vice presi-
dent whom many thought for months
might be the presidential nominee
Of this convention was passed with
less than ten seconds of handclap-
ping.
But when he got away from living
republicans, and began TO call the
roll Of the republican presidents
from Lincoln down, the senator got
his audience listening and applaud
ing again. Unexpectedly. when he
sought to emphasize the i~nfrequency
OF democratic administrations by
saying "and then came wilson," ap-
plause In a q~uieter greeted
that name also. both on the floor
and from the galleries.
Then came the peroration, and the
tribute to Coolidge. At the first
mention of "the present eminent
leader in the White House, the
whole convention came to its feet
shouting. 1t stood so for nearly a
minute, while the band struck up o
N~AtdAAphdHl dlE.
AS the final words Of tribute. as
the speaker bowed himself from the
platform the audience rose again
and cheered but no organized at
tempt to start a demonstration en-
sued. The noise began to die OUT
again in less than a minute. and
senator Fess killed it entirely with
a vigorous whacking Of the gavel.
Temporary officers of the conven-
ton recommends by the national
committee, including L. Gleason Of
New York, secretary, and Lee Nixon
OF Indiana, as sergeant-at-arms,
were approved by the convention.
Appointment OF the regular COM
mittees, including those on resolu-
tions, credentials, rules and perma-
nent organization, followed.
The delegates began milling around
and plainly were anxious for the
session to be over so they might
obtain lunch. Scant attention was
given to announcements as to the
meeting places of the various COM
mittees. DR.. Nicholas Murray But
Ter, president Of Columbia ~lniver-
sity, sent up a resolution urging re-
peal of the eighteenth amendment
and asked that il be read
Senator Fess saw what il was
about and referred il to the resolu-
tions committee without reading.
After receiving some additional
resolutions which were referred to
the resolutions committee without
reading, the convention ended its
first session at 1907 r.. m, after
meeting for two hours and four min
utes. It recessed until 1880 a. m.
tomorrow.