Evening Star Newspaper, June 11, 1924, Page 5

COOLIDGE JUSTIFIES FAITH, MONDELL SAYS « Chairman Legislative Shortcoming to Lack of Sup- port in Congress. Blames HARDING RECORD EXTOLLED Democrats Condemnedvfor “‘Muck- raking and Obstruction.” By the Associated Press CLEVELAND, June 11.—President Coolidge has justified the confidence that “inspired” his nomination for Vice President at Chicago and the cater confidence reposed in him ince taking up the dutics of Chief Exceutive, is the “outstanding fact’ the political situation, Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming declared today in his address as permanent chair- man of the Republican national con- vention Mr. Monde)l added an appeal for Republican majorities in Congress “in name and in principle,” saying that every serious fault of recent legislation would have been avoided had the President had that strength in House and Senate The chairman assailed the Demo- crats for their “utter lagk of fixe and “definite’ principle or policy. Save «that of muckraking and obstruction.” lieferring to the situation in the last {ongress, when insurgents joined Jith Democrats to control legtsla- tion, Mr. Mondell said that never be- fore had the necessity for dependable Darty majerity and definite party re- s v besn 80 Cletsle Sponsibility been so clearly demon- in Text of Address. !oll;::vs‘:k\)d of Mr. Mondell's address Ladies vention We are met of a great e Political party that has ailed nor faltered in it - has never proposed nor advocated i unwise or unsound national policy, this party to place in nomination for the highest office in the gift of the People, candidates all measure up to the finest stand- of ‘party leadership and who be entitled to and, we con- fidently believe, will receive the sup- ‘(vr;:rtlc’inav;l‘:rge majority of the merican s at the polls in We meet profoundly appreciativi of wise. patriotic and . inspiring Party leadership in the past, and carnestly thankful that the kindly providence and the great good for. tune which gave our party and the nation Lingoln, McKinley, Roosevelt and Harding has vouchsafed us as the worthy successor of these di Llingnished patriots the confidenc inspiring charaéter of Calvin Cool- uds Harding Record. The American people placed the tamp of their approval on the can- didates of the last Republican na tional convention Ly a majority of more than five an Time and events ST have abundantly unparalieled indorse- ment. He who was chosen as the party sfandard bearer proved his nanship in the skillfnl 1d wise adjustment of impor- and weighty domestic and inter- nal and problems. nation's business, wise nsel, honest and cour- he gave himself nd and body, heart nation, and became r to patriotic serv- dier stricken on the ageous unreserved] ticld of 1 How well he fitted and became the to which he was chosen! History will write his name high on the roll of able and efficient execu- fives, but we who knew and loved him best will cherish most the recol- lection of his great and kindly heart, his tender and sympathetic soul. The tion mourned him as one mourns a rother, beloved and enshrined him in > only enduring hall of fame—the Myal hearts of a grateful people. Confidence in Coolidge. - * Confidence was the kegflote of the #entiment which inspired the nomina- tion of Calvin Coolidge at Chicago four vears ago. That confidtnce grew as he modestly performed the duties of the position to which he was elect- ed, and strengthened prodigiously as he met and handled in thoughtful, sympathetic and courageous fashiou the many dificult and trying prob- Jems presented to him in the presi- dential office, Confldence in President Coolidge is the most important and outstanding FactIn the political mituation todays %na, in the presence of incvitable aif- gerences of opinions on Guestions of moment, this confidence is as fine a compliment to the American people as it is to the President-——a sponta- lieous tribute to sincere faith, high courage and honest and unselfish pur- pose. : Never was an administration con- fronted with more difficult and per- plexing problems than those present- ed to_the Republican administration and Congress clected four years ago, and the marvelous record of legisia- tive and administrative accomplish- ment which followed is without par- ailel in the annals of government. Expenditures Curbed. The orgy of reckless and extrava- gant expenditure, which had been checked by the preceding Republican g¢ongress, was succeeded by an eco- »omical and hus‘{’nbssiixeflcor‘lduyc;l (;é c affairs under a budget s e e Aawn and fajthfully adhered 10. The burden of taxation was sreatly reduced. The public debt as steadily diminished. The armies of the unemployed, more numerous “than the hosts that the nation mar- shaled in the world war, were soon absorbed in the ranks of industry s wise legislation and sound admin- {ctration relieved the nation and its people from the handicap of Demo- cratic policies. n;_fl’”? before in our history has the meed and the necessity of dependable Party majorities and of definite party responsibility been so clearly demon- Lirated as in the very recent past. Temislative control by shifting and changing combinations, resulting in majorities having no common faith and recognizing mo united responsi- Bility, cannot, in the nature of things, produce legisiative results beneficial o satisfactory to the people of the Zountry. _ The inevitable effect of Suoh legislative control is confusion and paraiysis and & Tegislative prod- tor 0 no . e Hious fault of Tecent legis- Jation and every faflure to complete and round out a satisfactory legisla- {ive program could and would have been avoided had there been de- pendable Republican _madorities in the Congress. The one certain and assured remedy for such a condition is the election of a Congress, Re- publican, by a goodly majority, both in name and in principle. Marvels at Foe's Confidence. G is the open season for wel claim ang Wi assertion on the part of jour friends, the political enemy. Only recently emerged from beneath the political landslide of four years ago they attempt to appear as con- fident as they were just before be- ing engulfed in that bverwhelming ophe. AR5 moments they can_ spare from their fierce family feuds and sivalries they make a pretense of Zssuming to believe that they have Elocessfully laid down a smoke screen through which their trans par rposes shall lr'::rde?:-wrd. lflfln the contempla- tion of which ail of their ams of omission and commission, of dis- end gentlemen of the con- | as the representatives | is our privilege on behalf of | 1 a half million. | hand- | level. .Prohibil pledging strict law enforcement. prices and industrial commo 0l The part is pledged. ants are condemned. irit of liberality.” No mention President Coolidge. (Continued from Pirst I-age.) mo specific reference to the oil or other recent congressional investiga- tions, but includes in substance these assertions: The party reaflirms its devotion to orderly government and insists that persons who degrade the public serv- ice, both in and out of office, should be prosecuted. The sale of official influence should be condemned by the people and pro- | hibited by law. Wrongdoers ‘should be prosecuted without regard to their political affil- iations. |~ The majority of government em- ployes are honest and faithful to their trust, and it is a grave wrong to “strive indiscriminately” to besmirch | their names, especially for partisan [ purposes. The Republican administration al- | ready s in charge of the prosecution | of the cases of official dereliction and will continue the work of “discovery. and punishment,” but witl not con- fuse the innocent with the guilty nor | prosecute for partisan advantage | No Discussion of Plank. This plank had apparently been practically agreed upon before the subcommittee went into session, for no loud discussion followed its pres- entation. Such was not the case, however, when the Klan and agricultural planks were reached. Shouts and ar- guments, which could be heard plain- Iy in the hall outside the committee room, ensued. Senator Norbeck of South Dakota did not mince words in discussing the condition of the farmer and the pos- sible effects it might have on the Re- publican party if a strong agricul- tural plank were not written. Al- though not a member of the subcom- miites, he was called in. and came | armed’ with charts and_figures. He | told the platform drafters plainly that the party was being blamed for the high cost of living and the low cost of farm products. Since the | northwest was not to be represented on the ticket, he is understood to have argued. it should be expressed in the | platform. Controv rsy about the Klan plank resolyed itself into a discussion of | whether anything should said Representative Mills of New Yor! urged adption of the plank re-affirm- ing the constitutional guarantees of liberties, which finally was incorpo- rated. but others opposed it. Denouncement Voted Down. A vigorous denouncement of Klan was voted down. Senatgr Gooding of Idaho spoke for more than'two hours before the sub- committee when the agricultural | plank was under consideration, urg- | ing a definite program not unlike that outlined in the McNary-Haugen bill. The declaration tentatively accepted was understood by members of the subcommittes to have bsen viewed by Sgnator Gooding as upsatisfactory to af least two senators from north- Westorn states. | Senator Norbeck, however, is under- stood to have approved the utterance agreed upon. Other declarations contained in the platform include: The administration has reduced taxation and the public debt, installed a budget system and brought ordinary expenses down to a pre-war level in three vears, presensing “a record Uncwrpassed In' the history of public | Anances Tax Commission Proposed. Progressive tax reduction should be accomplished through tax reform and not be confined to the 4,000,000 persons who pay direct taxes, but should be enj pd by the entire population. President Coolidge’s pro- posal for a conference of nationa, federal and state officigls to develop ways to lighten taxes should be car- ried out. ggA non-partisan federal tax commissigh to study all tax systems should be appointed. The party believes in the protective tariff. It should be adjusted, how- cver, as, provided-in the 1922 tarift law. as hew conditions arise. The party favors construction of the “most feasible waterways” from the Great Lakes to the Gulf as well as the improvement of inland water- jways, and a survey of cbnditions under which the flood waters of the Colorado River may be controlled. High tribute is paid to the memory of the late President Harding in the opening plank. He is referred to as a man whose “human qualities Eripped the affection of the Ameri- San people~ He also is praised for calling the Washington arms con- ference. “In praising President Coolldge, the the credited policies and of discreditable administration shall be overlooked and forgotten. . 1t the American people were pre- pared to forgor—as the Democrats themselves endeavor to do—the wholly indefensible record of the Democratic party in earlier days, they certainly could not overlook the fact that the most recent record of that party is onme devold of a single redceming feature; of scandal- ous mismanagement. of unwise and indefensible policy when in control and utfer lack of fixed and definite principle or policy. save that of muck- raking and obstruction, when in mi- nority. Faith in Party Justified. As we proceed to the nomination of our candiddtes and the drafting of our platform, we may find inspira- tion in the fact that ours is the only national party in America that can and does point with pride to each and every candidate nominated at its conventions and to every declara- tion made in any of its national platforms. All human experience justifies faith and confidence in an organization with such a history. The record of wise leadership, sound policy and faithful public service in the past affords the best possible guaranty of the future. A tree is known by its fruits: not by the showy flowers of promise or the occasional defect in bud or branch, but by the normal harvest through the running of the years— and the harvest of the Republican party and leadership is faithfull reflected in the matchless growt and fadeless glory of the republic. THE EVENING Republican Platform Highlights. - The administration has reduced taxation and the public debt, installed a'budget system and reduced expenditures to a pre-war Further tax reduction, appointment of a non-partisan tax commission to give thorough study to scientific tax reform not con- fined to the entire population is pledged. on, not specifically mentioned, is dealt with in a plank An effort to restore an equitable balance between agriculture y levels is promised to bring relief to the farmer. This plank also declares the administration already has taken steps which eventually will lead to relief. : devotion to orderly government is reaffirmed, and prosecution of those in and out of office who degrade public service Partisan efforts to besmirch innocent government serv- + Problams of world war veterans in the future will be met in a is 'made of the bofus. _ Religious, civil and political liberties, guaranteed by the Consti- tution, are respected by the Republican party. Specific mention of the Ku Klux Klan is not made in the platform. High praise is given the achievements of President Harding and Coolidge Court Plank Adopted, Oil Scandal Scored, in Platform draft sets forth that as Vioe Presi- dent he has justified the faith and confidence which inspired his selec- The farm plank declares the ad- ministration already has taken steps which eventually will lead to relief. It mentions specifically the organi- zation at the suggestion of President Coolldge some months ago of a cor- poration making available $100,000,- 900 to assist the farmers in the north- wes Declaring the whole problem from the farmers standpoint hinges on the net profit he realizes, the plank asserts that the prices of the things he buys and the prices of the things he seils can be put more nearly on an_equality if there is reduction of steady employment in in- dustry and stability in business Lower freight rates, co-operative markets, diversification of crops and better organizations, it is declared, will contribute to that end. Pledge Ald to Veterams. The plank referring to world war veterans begins with a pledge of an increasing “'solicitude” for the dis- abled, coupled with an assertion that no other administration ever accom- plished so much as the present one in that direction. It is declared that management of the Veterans' Bureau has been greatly improved and that plans are being made for a further improvement. The number of bene- ficiaries has been greatly increased by law, it is asserted, and hospitali- zation facilities greatly extended. It is recalled that appropriations to- taling 31,100,000.000 have been made y the Republican Congre of the disabled. EeIOrorcas Then, without mention of the bonus, the party is pledged to meet the problems of the future “in a spirit of l;berlll):ty';ufind to glve to each veteran the yeteras measure of care he VICE PRESIDENCY RACE NARROWS—HOOVER IN, LEAD DESPITE REFUSAL (Continued trom First Page.y they are emboldened to push their claims for recognition at the hands of the politiclans. They struck high in their aims when they demanded the vice presi . As- suming Republican wictaey ae thg polls in November, they would be tremendous- intrenched in having a comrade as Vice President, which would_increase should fate elevate him to the presi- dency. Politicians were quick to note the possibilities here involved. Comeentrate om Harbord. The meeting discussed two other men to suggest, Gen. Hines and Gen. Dawes, finally deciding to concentrate on Gen. Harbord, their erstwhile comrade in arms in France. It was suggested that the interest of William H. Batler be in- voked, whereupon one delegate indig- nantly demanded to know who is this Butler that they should Bave to appeal to him. Had he been in the war? This speaker was all for going on the floor of the convention and making the de e v o el PO the vice presidency, which hegan, as told in The Stars dispatches, immediately upon the adjournment of the convention yesterday and continued until midnight last night, were resumed early this morning, and went on during the process of perm: anent omnpec(“dmhn in Convention and are ex) to crystalize nightfall = The delegates are keenly interested in the action and program of the La Follette bloc. as it lays its cards on the table and outlines its future course. The La Follette men are getting a cold deal from the conven- tion. They were jeered on the floor of the convention vesterday when they refused to concur in Chalrman Burton's demand for a united Re- publican party. Last night when they presented the La Follette de- mands for indorsement of the La Follette platform they were hissed. No’ Convention Bolt. The feeling is very intense against the La Follette demands and is grow- ing in bitterness after the firm stand taken by Keynoter Burton. The policy of the La Follette faction is under- Stood to be to avold all appearance of bolting the convention, Ostensibly remular on the Fecors. raks ing the ‘siings and arrows of out- rageous political fortune peaceably. Then they propose to call a nven- tion in this city July 4, when Senator La Folletts will collect the radical €S an probabl b nomination for l’mll):ien: e The policy of the Republicans is in ignore the La Folletto faction, re- garding it as having no place in_the retuh‘.r‘ugmhum fip;ly. ‘This line ‘was lated prac ly by Presi- dent Coolidge himself several weeks ago when he made it Wnown there Wwas to be no temporizing with in- surgency. The temper of the con- vention is the hearty indorsement of this position. The utmost enthusiasm was shown yesterday when Chair- man Burton stressed upon that chord. The convention may be said to hold the Donny Brook fair theory, “Wh La Follette taxes, BIG LOANS REPORTED. T. S. Banks Said to Be Financing German Sugar Industry. MADGEBURG, Germany, June 11.— Five American banks are reported to haye advanced credits aggregating several million dollars to German producers of sugar in order to finance Germany's export sugar production during the 1924-1925 period. The agreement stipulates that the maxi- mum credit available is ten gold marks per hundredweight of sugar permitted for egportation by the federal ministry of economy, ° STAR, WASHINGTON 6.0.P. REVERSAL SEEN ‘ON LEAGUE QUESTION Burton Speech Regarded as Sound- ing New Note, Still Short of United States Entrance. HOUSECLEANING DEMANDED Keynote Is Attack on Position of Last Congress. BY WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE. CLEVELAND, June 11.—The Cool- ldge forces began to clean house with the speech of Theodore E. Burton opening the Republican convention. Burton’s whole attitide was opposed to the position taken in the last four years by the congressional leaders, The convention and the crowd in the gal- leries cheered every utterance which called into question the wisdom of any congressional action which op- posed a Coolidge position. Burton was, of course, the Coolidge choice for temiorary chairman, and his speech had been examined and passed upon by the administration leaders. So when Burton in his speech abandoned the irreconcilable position on the league of nations it meant that the Republican party’is preparing to take 2 new position. Burton accepted fully and without change the Bok peace plan in his speech; adherence to the commissions of the league and co-operation with the league without league membership. The Bok plan also provided for membership to the league’s world court without re- sponsibility to the league, and thus the Harding-Hughes-Root plan was advocated In the keynote speech of Temporary Chairman Burton. It was a revolutionary step for- ward toward the mild reservationist position upon the league of nations. Coolidge does not evidently regard the league of nations as a closed in- | cident. Speech Scholarly Effort. The Burton speech was a scholarly effort. They tell of him that when he opened his camualgn for mayor of Cleveland and Tom Johnson de- feated him Burton's first sentence in his first speech was a Latin quota- tion. In his speech opening the con- vention he had been speaking an hour befors he drew any consider- able appiause, and that was for pro- hibition. After that Mr. Burton warm- ed up. He got a decent but not fervid recognition when he first mentioned Coolidge. Rut the band did not play and the applause lasted less than a minute. Great applause greeted his declaration which criticized the in- vestigations at Washington. If Fall or Daugherty had appeared after that declaration the convention _would have given either an ovation. But the climax of his speech came when the temporary chairman demanded party regularity, thus greatly shaking the leaders of the various blocs and also the stand-pat congressional leader- ship of the Republican party— Lodge, Curtis and Longworth—who have let the President’s recommenda- tions” for legislation pass unndticed. In the burst of applause which foi- lowed this declaration for party reg- ularity the old pilots of the repre- sentative party were formally drop- ped and Coolidge, the captain of the ship, Kept out to sea. Economy Is Keynote. If any one runs independently from this convention it will be the con- gressmen and not the Fresident. He is boss here. And his leadership, the leadership of New England, is re- sponsible for the tone of the conven- tion. It is a new tone; repressed, un- emotional, and with precious little unnecessary outlay of noise and en- ergy. Also money is considered sa- cred. Thrifty New England hires no surplus bands to cheer but not in- ebriate the crowds. Thrifty New England has no flags in the big hall, except the great flag and the little ones over the speakers' stands. Thrifty New England, now in charge of the Republican party, has skimp- ed on the badges, making the smli- est and plainest that a Republican convention has seen for thirty years. When the pilot was dropped the ex- travagance, noise and emotion of the wild west and of the Pacific coast went overboard with the pilot. The awful word has gone lisping down the line that Coolidge economy is to be practiced in the Republican cam- paign ahead. The boys who want ex- penses for election work are liable to ask Hoover or the Red Cross to re- fieve their suffering and undernour- ishment next fall. Dropping the pi- lot may mean suffering and sorrow in the tents of the wicked. Ola Guard Impotenmt. Meantime, the old guard is sitting on the platform at its own funeral. Thero they range, the whole lot of them, back of the speaker's stand. Phil Campbell, late chairman of the rules committee of the House of Representatives, is parliamentarian for the temporary organization. Jim Watson, who was able to get the Indiana delegation, wanders up stage now and then, as does Smoot. Who is giving_out the platform piank on agriculture, and Dave Mulvane, the handsome ~national _committceman from Kansas, who is back on the committec after a ten-vear absence. But the old crowd is merely looking on. It is not even permitted to name the Vice President. The administration leaders had been taking various of the minor statesmen out joy riding as favorite vice presidential candidates. Lowden had his ride but jumped out of the car, Albert J. Beveridge got in. but Jim Watson and Harry New of Indiana crowded Albert out of the car. The administration at the moment is taking Kenyon of lowa out as a favorite son for the vice presidency, Keeping an administMtion eve always on Hoover. If either of @hese joy Tiders on the vice presidential car would stand up and announce, he could have the nomination. ~The trouble with the vice presidential office is that a man who would an- nounce his candidacy for it ll probably not big emough to fill it Mellon Gets Applmuse. The crowd in the galleries thinned out as noon passed. One o'clock went and half-pasti and vanished. When the routine work of the conveation began the galleries were only a little more than half filled. But the delegates were all there. The machine ground on with- out friction. Once, and only once, it stopped to put on the cut-out and make a real noise. That was when the name of Andrew J. Mellon of Pennsylvania was announced as the maker of some motion in the regular order. Then this national convention of chambers of commerce, bankers and Rotarians paid sweet and polite tributes to its ideals. Ho appeared upon the platform in response to the demand of the crowd —cheers, whoops, hosannas of praise. We saw a frail gray little man trem- stage-struck, standing modestly before Chairman Burton. Amid confusion the hero handed h written resolution to the clerk s though fearing would suddenly P into fanme. While the clarion. voloed clerk read the simple motion and the chair_put it, Mr. Mellon, the banker; Mr. Mellon who would cut the surtaxes, Mr. Mellon, the saviour of the upper brackets of the income stdod sh: ‘while the mplzw.l bu-fov touuz"t.ldr eyes upon - him. D. €., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1924. PROMINENT AT G. O. P. CONVENTION Left to right: John T. Adams, chairman of Republican natio; Platform Whipped Into Shape For Adoption Tonight by G. O. P. (Continued from First Page.) references to foreign relations con- tained in the declaration of party principles as drawn up by the reso- lutions committee. Many Seats Vaeant. Most of the delegates were in their seats by five minutes to 11, when the Ohio Republican Glee Club, stationed in a stage gallery, started up “The Star Spangied Banner." The dele- gates and spectators stood. There still_were hundreds of empty seats in the galleries. There was a spec- tacular finish to the song when each member*of the club flourished a small American flag. Then the glee club which sang for Harding at Chicago four years ago, and later was at Ma- rion for many of the front porch meqtings, broke into some of the old songs of the Harding campaign. As the singing went on Temporary Chairman_Burton came down to the front of the stage at two minutes to 11. There was a scattering of hand- clapping, but the chairman returned | to his seat, on the back platform, without taking up the gavel. Sen- ator McKinley of Illinois, chairman of the credentials committee, came | up to the stage and conferred With the chairman. He had his report on the permanent roll ready for presen- tation. Using the gavel made from one of the Michigan oaks beneath which the Republican party was born, Tempo- rary Chairman Burton finally called for order a half hour late. Rabbl Gives Iavocation. The'band played “The Star Spangled Panner,” and _Rabbi Schulman_ of Begh-el, New York City, pronounced the invoeation, praying that the guid- ance of the Almighty would rest upon the leadership of the nation, and giv- ing thanks for the wisdom and cour- age of “our beloved President” The Dlan had been for Bishop Joseph Schrembs of the Catholic déocese of Cleveland to make the opening prayer. He will perform that function at some later session. ' The prayer was unusually long. When it was over Chairman Burton recognized Iepresentative Graham of Pennsylvania, who offered a resolu- tion to send the greetings of the convention to Uncle Joe Cannon on the occasion of his eighty-seventh birthday anniversary. It felicitated the veteran Republican on “the splen- did record of service rendered by him during his many years of unyielding devotion to the sturdy,: fundamental principles upon which the party was founded.” Cannon Loudly Appiauded. At the first mention of the name of Uncle Joe. absent from a Republican national convention for the first time in many years, there was a great out- burst of cheering over the convention hall. The resolution was adopted in a vast avalanche of “ayes” and then broke into the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” with delegates and specta- tors standing and singing under the direction of an active little song master out at the front of the plat- ‘BT Marion Leroy Burton of Mich- igan, who will make the nominating speech, ‘joined In the singing from a seat in the mallery. “The convention then was ready to receive the report of its credentials committee, S advised officials that there would be a delay of a few minutes while final touches were put on the report. Dur- ing the wait the convention chairman called on the band to play some patri- otic_air, and it responded with the surging_melody of “The Stars and Stripes Forever.” Riley and Todd Seated. As the stirring strains of the famous march reverberated in the wide sweep of the convention hall the electrician kept playing with the varicolored likhting sets fixed about the base of the domelike ceiling. Indigo and azure, green, red and blue, the magic flood of light came and went and then faded again into the white glare of full day_as the music stopped and Senator McKinley at last came for- ward ‘with his report. The findings of the committee, all made public previously, were réad by the conven- tion secretary. Chairman Burton asked if there was a minority report and a delegate from Oklahoma moved that the credentials committes be re- versed in its decision to unseat k. Mont Riley and R. H. Todd, the oldest member of the national committee, as delegates from Porto Rico. ‘The Oklahoma delegate proposed that Mr. Todd. Mr. Riley and the con- testing’ delegate from Porto Rico all be seated and the two votes divided among them. Chairman McKinley seconded the motion and the conven- tion adopted it. Then the balance of the report was formally approved. ‘Woman Makes Repert. ‘Then for the first time in the his- tory of a national convention a wom- an took the platform as chairman of a major committee to present a report. She was Elizabeth Price Martin of Philadelphia, head of the commit- tee on permanent organization. The convention received her with cheers, and the report of the committee, nam- ing Frank Mondell of Wyoming as permanent convention chairman was We were out to sea now; the poli- ticians piloting us out of the gray harbor were gone. Business ‘was directly in charge of the ship. Cool- idge is the captain, of course, and a man of importance, with the crew. But here, all clad in suitable gray, here with becoming modesty as one of the trustees of the Lord, self- deprecating, gentle and smiling, with proper humility and sober grace— here was one of the owners of the craft. It was a great moment for the crew. And the pilot boat was fading down the bay. The pilots never have dared to show the owner to the crew. It was a day of triumph. He djd not look like the man who would be the xt to resign from the cabinet, and yet down in the Wisconsin dslegation was a little band of rebels who de- clared that owner soon would walk the plank. It was amid this mutiny that the great conventien closed. but Chairman McKinley | ager for President Coolidge. approved unanimously. _ Chairman Burton appointed Senator Wadsworth of New York, Mrs. Effie Fastman of California and Archie Love of Kansas a _committee to escort the permanent | chairman to the platform. There was more_cheering as Mr. Mordell, a for- mer Republican leader of the House, stepped to the front of the stage in the glare of a concentrated fire from a dozen spotlights. { Vsice Fills Large Hall | The inccming chairman began his | speech, which was a short onme, with great deliberation. His volce, multi- plied many times by the amplifying device installed at the front of the | platform, filled the hall. Applaowe for Leaders. The crowd applauded when the spealer predicted Republican victory in November and again when he eulogized_Lincoln, McKinley, Roose- velt and Harding. There was a short, | | sharp burst of cheering when he praised the “confidence-inspiring character of Calvin Coolidge." | “There were more patterings of | handclapping here and there as the chairman, speaking very slowly and with only an occasional reference to his manuscript, proceeded with his speech. When he declared for a Re- publican Congress, both “in name and principle,” the delegates came to their feot, and there was a fall min- ute of cheering. As on yesterday, when the same plea was made by | Chairman Burton, the La Follette delegation from Wisconsin kept its seat. Howland Submits Report. ding his address by turning to | the flag-draped portraits of the past | party leaders displayed in the rear of the stage, the permanent chairman announced _that {t was time for the convention to get down to business. | The report of the committee of rules was called for, and Paul Howland | of Cleveland, who has acted as coun- sel for former Aftorney General Daugherty during the Senate investi- gation, came forward amid handclap- ping to submit it Mr. Howland made quite a speech and he started a crescendo of cheer- ing when he announced that the committee had given “to the ladies” equal representation on the national committee. Many of the cheers shrilled from feminine throats, but many men were standing and cheering, too, before the short demonstration was over. Almost for the first time since the convention began, Wisconsin stood up with the rest. New Plan Explained. The new apportionment plan as worked out at the December meeting of the national committee also was explained at length by Mr. Howland, who then read the whole report of the committee. The delegates listened patiently for a while, but tiey began to grow restless as _the complicated legal phases describing the ins and outs of the apportionment plan rolled out over the hall in monotonous succes- sion. Many of those on the floor were in whispered conference. The report of Secretary Hoover's state- ment in Washington saying he was not S landidate for (the vics presidency was passed around among the leaders, {who at once began to reassess the | situation in the light of this latest development. Mellon Talks with Batler. While the convention was in prog- ress Secretary of the Treasury Mel- lon held a conference with William M. Butler and Charles B. Warren, chairman of the resolutions commit- tee, to discuss the vice presidential sitdation and see what progress had been made in the crystallization of sentiment. Meanwhile on the floor of the con- vention several western delegates quietly began a move to bring the vice presidential nomination to some one west of the Mississippi River. A meeting of delegates from that sec- tion of the country was called for this afternoon to agree upon some candidate. There was a report that Federal Judge Kenyon of Towa would be brought forward by some of the midwest delegates. Move for Adjowrnment. | After he had been going good for more than a quarter of an hour. Mr. Howland got a laugh by reading a convention rule contained in , the{ committee report and providing that no one could speak for more than five minutes. It is not customary to read in de- tail the reports of convention com- mittees and it became apparent that the convention managers wero kill- ing time in the hope that the plat-| form committes’ would bring in its report soon. At the same time there was a movement on foot to adjourn until § o'clock tonight and wait un- til then to receive and act upon the platform. There was some cheering when Mr. Howland read a rule giving the na- | tional committes authority to unseat any committeeman who refused to support the party nominees. The speaker interrupted the reading to assure the convention that such a provision had been in the rules for vears and then he read it again to an accompaniment of a new burst of cheering. e ey Volcano Again Active. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, June 11.—Kilagea's re- newal of activity continues. Thers ‘were four violent earthquakes in the region near the‘volcano yesterday at four-hour intervals and the emission of steam, notable for severai days. still goes on. The fall of sections of the crater’s Iip into the depths below has ceased again, however. Theodore Dubois Dies at 86. PARIS, June 11.—Theodore Dubois, musical composer and honorary d rector of the Natlonal Conservatory of Music, died today. He was eighty- six years old and had been connected with the conservatory for @fty-thr committee, and William 31. Butler, campaign msn- By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 11.—The new national committee selected state caucuses follows: Alabama, O. O. Street. Arizona, Thomas E. Campbell.* Arkansas, H. L. Remmell.* California, William H. Crocker. Colorado, Clarence C. Hamlin. Connecticut, J. H. Roraback.® Delaware, T. Coleman du Pont Florida, G. W. Bean.* Georgia, 3 Idaho, John Thomas. Tllinois, Fred W. Upham Indiana, Joe Keeling.* Jowa, Charles A. Rawson , Richard P. Ernst. Louisiana, Emile Kunts. Maine, H. M. Sewells. Maryland, William P. Jackson. Maseachusetts, W. M. Butler'® Michigan, James E. Davidson. Minnesota, William F. Brooks. Mississippi, Perry W. Howard. Missouri, Dr. E.'B. Clements. Montana, Dr. O. M. Landstrum Alaska, "George Sexton. District of Columbia, E. F. Colla~ day.* Hawail, Robert W. Schingle.* ebraska, C. A. McLoud. evada, George Wingficld.* New Hampshire, Fred W. brook.® New Jersey, Hamilton S. Kean.® New Mexico, Edward Sargent, New York, Charles D. Hilles.® North Carolina, J. J. Parker. North Dakota, Harrison Garnett. Ohio, Maurice Mashke. Oklahoma, W. G. Skelly. Oregon. Halph E. Wilijams.* Pennsylvania, George W Rhode Island, Frederi South Carolina, w. South Dakota, W Tennessee. James W Texas, R. B. Creage Utah, Ernest Bomberger. Vermont, Earl S. Kinsley.* Virginia, C. Bascom Slemp. Washington, N. Richards. Tolbert.® Millikin. Taylor. West Virginia, Virgil i. Highland* Wisconsin, Ira Lorenz. Wyoming. Pat Sullivan Philippines, A. S. Crussfield Porto Rico, Robert H. Podd. *Re-electe The committee on resolutions lected by state caucuses follows: Alabama, Jere Murphy. Arizona, J. C. Adams, Arkansas, Wallace Townsend. California, Lewis H. Smith Colorado, Thomas A. Devine. Connecticut, Hiram Bingham. Delaware, George A. Elliott. Florida, M. M. Owens. Georgia, B. J. Davis. Idaho. Senator Frank .Gooding. Illinois, Martin B. Madden. Indiana, James Watson. Jowa, A. B. Cummins. Kansas, Bert . William Heyburn. Louisiana, B. V. 3 Maine, Arthur T. Staples. Maryland, Jacob France. Massachusetts, F. H. Gillett. Michigan, Charles B. Warren. Minnesota, Gunner Bjornsen. ssippi, 5. H. McKissack. Missouri, Arthur M. Hyde. Montana, W. R. Allen. Alaska. George Sexton. District of Columbia. Hawail. Clarence Coo! Nebraska. C. G. Reavis. Nevada, Tasker L. Oddie. New Hampshire, C. W. Little. New Jersey, Edward C. Stokes. New Mexico, E. A. Cahoon. New York, Ogden Mills. North Carolina, A. A. Whitener. North Dakota, James A. Dinnie. Ohio, Senator Stmeon 1. Fess. Oklahoma. J. B. Herreld. Oregon, E. J. Adams. Esta- W.T. Galliher. New Tax Cut, Law Enforcement, Farm Relief, Clean Rule Pledged by G. O. P. | CLUBWOMEN DEMAND “BONE-DRY” PLANKS' General Federation Calls Upon Parties to Promise Prohibition Law Enforcement. Women, in Convention, Put U. §. Security Above Peace. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, June 11.—Election of officers, set off against a back- ground of addresses on literatare, music and the drama, absorbed ai- tention of delegates to the conven- tion of the Gemeral Federation of Women's Clubs today. Voting booths will close at 4 p.m. The “bone-dry” stand of the fed eration, taken two years ago, wa reaffirmed. A resolution urging all political parties to include in their platforms a prohibition enforcement plank was unanimously adopted. A copy of the resolution was ordered sent to the Republican national con vention and “to all other political parties meeting this year.” The write-in _candi, from the floor, are Mrs. Willlam Jennings of Florida, for president and Mrs. John Ruhl of West Virginia for second vice president. Child Labor Discussed. The ballot as submitted by the committee includes the following candidates: esident, Mrs. Wallace Perham of by{Montana and Mrs. John D. Shermman of Colorado; first vice president, Mrs Edward Franklin White of Indiana. cecond vice president, Mrs. W. R Alvord of Michigan and Mrs. Flor- ence Libert of Pennsylvania; record- ing secretary, Mrs. John Hays of Georgia; = _treasurer, = Florence ¢ P‘loflg‘ra of Texas. e convention heard from Mary Murphy of Chicago. chairman of the division of child welfare, a strong plea for childhood's right to its child- hood years, unmarred by the drudgery of labor. ' Miss Murphy urged im- proved educational advantages and better protection from fire for chil- dren in school, as well as for those foroed to earn a livelihood in fac- tories. Hit Peace at Any Price. Another resolution presented today would call upon Congress for appro- priations necessary to hospitalize women disabled in the war service of the country. The upper Mississippi Valley con- ference, representing ciubwomen of twelve states. brought forward a resolution condemning indiscriminate |propaganda by speakers and cluba savoring of pacifism and disloyalty and presented in the guise of the peace movement. Peace, the resolution pointed out. was what the women of the country wished, but it also said peace was not wanted at the price of the na- tion's security tes, named Convention News Over Public Radio Stopped by Police Broadcasting of the Republican convention through loud speakers in front of business places in the downtown section was stopped yesterday by Capt. W. Brown of first police precinct and Capt. Martin Reilly of the sixth precinct. Three weeks ago com made to the police of annoyances caused by the use of Jqud peak- ers in front of business places and Capt. Brown took up the ques- tion with the assistant corporation counsel at Police Court. He was told that use of the speakers to the annovance of nearby residents and others is'a violation of the police regulations and that war- rants would bLe sued om sworn eomplaints. Merchants having loud speakers installed for the henefit of pe- destrians were advised of the statement of the assistant cor- poration counsel and discontinu- ance of their use followed. Y. terday the police received com- Plaints of renewal of annoyanc Merchants were visited and aga discontinued the use of the loud speakers, Police did not complaints e se-4 state whether from Democrats Pennsylvania, William S. Vare, Rhode l!!and.W}lllaT B.Goodnough, outh Carolina, W South Dakota. Pet Tennessee, Lon A. S Texas, R. B. Creager. Utah, Senator Reed Smoot. Vermont, W. W. Stickney. Virginia, Henry W. Anderson Washington, William M. Inglis West Virginia, Joseph H. Gaines. Wisconsin, Gov. J. J. Blaine. Wyomning, L._E. Armstrong. Philippines, C. A. Jolms. Porto Rico. E. Mont Reily. Jrom_the AVE NUE o NINTH- KNIT A fine sense of luxury and a full measure of wear be- long to every owmer of a Berkley Knit. Exclusive designs and original patterns of , these famous ties are here in abundance. o« In diagonal stripes, cross stripes, fancy figures, heathers and plain colors. 52.50 53.00 53.50 The Avenue at Ninth % 3