Milford chronicle., 1936-06-19


Hut on the final night Of the con
vention Il was another song thal
rang through Cleveland's audltori
um--Oh, Susannah fs-the cam
palgn song Of the Landon forces
Who. earlier on that day had 81
Demonstrated that the Kansas
governor was the choice OF the peo-
pie 70 defeat the New Deal, that ali
or the other candidates willingly re-,
leased their Delegates
Hamilton Presents Landon.
Before Hamilton began his nom
mating speech be read a telegram
from Governor Landon which went
Into the annals Of political conven.
lions as one Of the most courage.
Gus pieces Of forthrightness and
honesty ever to be spoken By 4
candidate Tor nomination. Gov
ernor Landon wanted It understood
before bis name was presented that
there were certain planks IN the
platform upon which be had placed
interpretations which ought to be
known
He made lt plain that. although
the platform expressed belief that
labor legislation with respect to
minimum hours, maximum wages
and working conditions could be
"done within the Constitution as It
now stands" he would, If it were
necessary, support a constitutional
amendment to accomplish such leg
islation.
He made It plain that while he
agreed that "the first requisite to
a sound and stable currency Is
balanced budget" the second redul-
site is a currency expressed In
terms Of gold and convertible into
gold"
He was more definite than the
platform In his ideas Of restoring
and expanding the merit system IN
the federal government 'Tn carry
ing out this pledge, believe there
should be included within the merit
system every position in the admin.
lstrative service below the rank Of
assistant secretaries Of major de.
Dartments and agencies, and that
his inclusion should cover the en-
Ire post Office department"
Convention Goes Wild.
Delegation after delegation leaped
o Its feet to begin the happy, hol.
eTing, whistling. singing, dancing
'and wagon parade for ALI Landon.
Everywhere the banners "Wln with
.anden" and the posters with the
OvernOr's picture were raised.
here were hundreds Of them. In
heir enthusiasm, delegates climbed
hairs. pummeled each other good
aturedly and carried on general
: with an the reckless abandon offs
Ollege crowd after a big football
anne. It was an hour before Ham
ton could resume talking.
Hamilton dwelt upon the manner
which the fOrty-eight-year-Oid
Dvernor had administered the af-
lirs Of his state simply, efficiently,
} q business man "who had had
meet the Saturday night payroll
ould. He pointed out the differ
ice between the Landon methods
I'd the Roosevelt methods.
Through three and One-half years
e have heard much talk of emer-
'ncy. Emergency has been adj
need as an argument for the
eaking Of campaign pledges, for a
ckless spending Of public funds,
r the creation Of a bureaucracy,
r the appointment Of public OH.
lls for reasons Of personal loyal
rather than merit, and for a be-
ldering succession Of inconsistent
d impracticable measures which
We retarded recovery and created
certainty.
Faced RooseVelt's Problems.
yet Gov. LandOn was elected to
J Office at the same time that the
" Deal administration was elect
to power. He faced In his ca
city as a state executive emergen-
s Of the same kind that confront
the national executive. He faced
o the same question OF whether
should In that emergency break
} pledges he had made in that
npaign. or whether he should
- those pledges. The answers
en- by the new President and the
, governor were different ana
, were in character. For, as we
70 seen from the public record OF
two Of them, their characters
'e different"
Landon for Unity.
hamilton struck what proved to
the popular note when he de.
ed: e~
Behind Governor Landon, as
Of the Republican
", win rally a united party, for
has a genius for creating unity.
Ind Governor LandOn viii rally
great group Of citizens. with.
regard to party label, who wish
zee performance and not prOpa.
De-, confidence and not eonfu-
. Behind Governor Landon, car
g the standard Of young Amer
will rally that great section Of
people who wish to repudlate
allen PHILOSOPHERS and outworn
ries, and who. without regard
leir own age, are young enough
ave faith that we can build
ter country by carrying for.
the dynamic American doc
. Of hope. Of tolerance. and Of
t"