The Republican., 1936-06-18
LANDON AND KNOX ARETHE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
Are Unanimous Choice at Cleve-
land Convention For President
And Vice-President
DEMONSTRATION IS NOISY

In tremendous demonstration of
enthusiasm, and with only nineteen
votes in opposition, the Republican
National Convention at Cleveland, o.,
last Thursday night nominated Gov
ernor Alfred M. Landon, of Kansas,
for the presidency.
Colonel Frank Knox, Chicago pub
Usher, was as unanimously chosen to
be his running mate as candidate for
vice-president the following day.
One of the nineteen votes against
Landon came from West Virginia, and
the others were from Wisconsin. The
spokesman for Wisconsin then moved
that the vote be made unanimous,
which was done without single nay.
Senator Vandenberg, Michigan, who
was prominently mentioned for the
presidency before the convention, and
for the vice-presidency during the
convention, asked that his name not be
considered, as he could "serve more
effectively on the floor of the Senate
during the Landon Administration"
Governor Harry W. Nice also with
drew from the race, first as a presi-
Dental candidate and later as vice.
presidential candidate, in favor of
party harmony.
The text of the Republican plat
form appears in another section of The
Republican today.
| Brief Introduction to Candidates
A brief introduction to the Repub-
lican candidates:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8, 1887, at
West Middlesex, Pa. He is 48 now.
KNOX-January /, 1874, at Bos-
ton. He is 62.
Marriage
LANDON-To Miss Margaret Felm-
ing of Oil City, Pa, in 1915. She died
in 1918 and in 1880 he married Miss
Theo Cobb, of Topeka.
KNOX-To Miss Annie Reid, Of
Alma, Michigan, December %, 1898.
Children
LANDON-Peggy Anne, 19; Nancy
10, 8, and John Cobb, 2.
KNOX-None.
Education
LANDON - Graduated from Uni
versity of Michigan in 1908.
KNOX - Graduated from Alma
(Michigan) College in 1898.
Business Career
LANDON-Worked in Indepen-
dence (Kansas) bank from 1908 until
1912, when he entered the oil busi-
ness.
| KNOA-Began newspaper career as
reporter on Grand Rapids Herald in
1898. Subsequently was city editor,
circulation manager and publisher Of
newspapers in Sault Ste. Marie, Man
chester, New Hampshire, Boston and
| Chicago. He was general manager of
all Hearst newspapers from 1927 to
1880.
Political Career
| LANDON - Supported Theodore
Roosevelt's 1912 bolt from the Re-
publican party in 1912 to run for pres
! ident, and William Allen Whites bolt
in 1924 to run for governor of Kan
sas. Precinct committeeman for Pro-
gressive party in 1914. Managed Clyde
Reeds successful campaign for gov
ernor of Kansas in 1928. Elected Re-
publican State chairman the same
year. Elected governor Kansas in
1882 despite the Roosevelt landslide
and reelected in 1884, the only Repub-
lican governor so honored. Nominated
as the 1886 Republican presidential
candidate.
KNOX - Supported Theodore
Roosevelt's 1912 bolt from the Repub-
lican party and became chairman of
the Progressive party's western head
quarters in Chicago. Nominated az
the 1886 Republican vice-presidential
candidate.
War Record
LANDON = Enlisted in August,
1918, and was commissioned a first
lieutenant in the chemical warfare
division. Mustered out of service the
following December.
KNOX-Went to Cuba in the Span
ish-American war with a regiment
noted for it's daring. In the World War
he chose the task of commanding an
ammunition train.
Vacancies In Marine Corps