Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-08
What Ho! The King Approached!
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Mr. Mellon does not issue his state
ment that night. The newspapermen
who waited for it, waited in vain The
spotlight that had kept him in its glow
had left hinl-to battle In Respondent
glory the mischievous figure of Bill
Ware of Philadelphia. who surreptitious-
ly jumped TO the front and stole the
applause.
The statement the next day that the
Pennsylvania delegation would support
MIR. Hoover was an anti-climax.
Young Lochinvar had already done
his stuff
Mr.. Mellon, 1t seemed, had entered
and had made his exit. But who held
the center of the stage?
u u s.
Frank o. Lowden, war time Governor
OF Illinois. champion of the farm belt,
the personification of that Hoover
sentiment, which. 1t was threatened,
would make of Kansas City a bloody
battlefield before the end. His entry
was dramatic enough--Swarms of cam
eramen, Swarms of reporters, confer
ences with the press. demands for state
ments He took a prominent place on
the. stage and there he pitched his tent
and sat inside, while couriers and dis
patch riders and captains clad In linked
mail and helmets. holding broadswords
and battleaxes. rode up to report and
dashed away on strange missions.
Therein sat he, and never came out
again. And when the time came for
him to unfurl his banner and lead the
march~-what ho The flap of the
tent was turned back and the interior
was vacant. Lowden had gone--and
nobody saw him go.
Young Bob La Follette--there were
no clarion calls from the trumpets, no
clash of brave cymbals when he strobe
upon the stage He entered with a
mob. and one forgot he was there. But
everyone knew his cue. 1t would be
the report of the resolutions committee
Bearing the name of La Toilette, he
would come to the footlights and de-
liver minority report.
But there was questioning. wondering
Would this young man merely stand
In the shoes of famous father, bask
In the radiance of reflected gloryr Or
could he stand upon his c:Al feet? He
had never really had ciS3se 1t was
q rather epochal moment In his young
life
And when he received his cue from
Senator Smoot he showed that he Is
able to do his own job There was no
hesitancy In the way he spoke his lines,
There was no timorous dilly-dallying.
And the sight of this young United
States Senator moved an audience to
rare enthusiasm--an audience that did
not agree with what he said. but who
liked the way he said It,
He had made bid for fame on his
own.
Senator BorahA~a man who Is never
contented with one role, who waits
until he Is convinced which one will
suit him best. At Kansas City he
dropped the warriors mantle that he
usually wears slung conveniently over
a shoulder. and donned the robes Of the
peacemaker. When the farm plank
was presented, 1t was Borah who was
called upon To take the rostrum and
paeify It. Rorah with the cool ardor
of his logic who seemed To diyest q
troublesome issue Of its entangling POI
litical accoutrements, leaving 1t bare
for what II Is And again, when the
time came for the nomination of
Vice President IL was Rorah, the peace
maker. who. instead of making sug-
eestion alang this line. seemed To utter
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