Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-06-16
Scott Presents
Old Friends
Name.
SENATOR FRANCE
SHOWED UNDER
Bingham Proposal
for Repeal Loses
After Fight.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN,
Staff Correspondent OF The Star.

Staff Correspondent of The Star.
CHICAGO, June 16.-Herbert
Clark Hoover of California was
today renominated for President
by the Republican National Con-
vention.
The convention greeted the
nomination with a great burst of
applause.
President Hoover's only opposi-
ton came from former Senator
Joseph I. France of Maryland. it
was swept aside like a straw in
the tornado of Hoover votes.
The votes were as follows:
Hoover, 1,12612; Coolidge, 4l4;
Blaine, 10; Dawes, l; France, 4;
WadsWorth, l.
Chairman Smell announced the
nomination of President Hoover.
Milton R. Keeper, delegate from
Oregon, moved the nomination be
made unanimous, and it was so
declared.
The delegates staged another
demonstration for Hoover.
He will be asked to stand
upon a platform declaring for
submission of an amendment to
the Constitution modifying ma
tional prohibition.
This amendment, whose submis-
sion was approved by the national
convention last night after the
most turbulent session of a Re-
publican national gathering in
years, would grant to the States
the right to manufacture and sell
alcoholic beverages if they so
elect. 1t retains to the Federal
Government the power, through
Congress, to prevent a return OF
the saloon.
Test on Repeal Plank.
The test came on a repsal plank
offered by Senator Bingham of Con-
nccticut. which was voted down, 681 to
z72, with l absent. The convention
then By viva voce vote adopted the
entire platform, including the prohibit
ton plank.
In the roll call vote turning down the
repeal plank the delegates from the
Southern and Western States saved the
day FIR the majority plank and the
administration Nevertheless, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan and wisconsin went
strongly wet in the division en- this
question OF the great Eastern States,
New York voted 76 for repeal and 81
against it; Pennsylvania, 81 for repeal
and % against it: Connecticut voted
solidly for the Bingham plank. and
Massachusetts divided almost equally,
16 delegates favoring repeal and II
opposing it.
Presented by Scott.
Mr.. Hoover's name was laid before
the national convention today by Jo-
seph L. Scott of Los Angeles. Calf,
the Presidents own State. Mr.. Scott
pictured the President as great lead
er. human and kindly, with knowledge
and wisdom and the courage to go
forward always in the best interest Of
the people and the country.
Declaring that Mr.. Hoover is needed
in this day of stress to lead the coun-
try out of its distress, Mr. Scott said:
This is a war on all fronts, not for
the Young to die while their elders
drive them on, but for old and young
to live and to understand the mutual
responsibility Of citizenship. 1t is
cali back to the spiritual life. to the
Sermon on the Mount, to remember
that we are our brothers keeper. We
must remember that the first Christ
mas baby brought the message of peace
cnly to men of good will.
Because our candidate is the en-
bodiment of this philosophy-because
his life typifies the spiritual values and
the vanity of mere earthly things, be-
cause he exemplifieS the undaunted
courage of the real American sprung
from the grass roots OF the Nation. be-
cause he visualizes the hopes of the
huInblest toiler in this land. because he
understands that we must first seek the
kingdom of God and His justice and all
other things shall be added to us, be-
cause for us our children and grand
children he has lived through the lonely
watches of the night, solicitous for us
ali and tolerant of us all, irrespective
OF party affiliations. He has been
weighed in the balance and not found
wanting because modestly and fer
vently he has fulfilled his pledges. He
has come back to us with his shield I'M
furnished and his head unbowed. He
has taught us to strain our individual
selves to the limit rather than cowardly
to lie down under a paternal Govern
ment, because he knows that rewards
come to those who bear the burden of
the heat of the day.
With hearts full of gratitude and
fidelity, We of his own State Of Califor-
nia-the State of our love and devo-
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