Staten, the Presidency of the National Convention to-day on the first ballot. The initial vote on the Presidential nomination resulted in the following count:
President "Hoover—1,1204 votes.
Dr. Joseph Irwin France of Maryland—4 votes, Ex-President Calvin Coolidge—ti votes.
Gen, Charles Gates Dawes—t Ex-Senator James W. Wadsworth Jr, of New York—1 vote.
Blaine of Wis votes France, a former Senator, had been, President Hoover's only announced rival. Though had rolled In the Vice-Presidential voting Mr. Curtis received 6841 "votes while Col. Hanford MeNider, with strong (American Lepion support, ran second with 182t votes, the re: mainder of the ballots being spread out over a wide field. The anti pated fight over the Vice-Presidential "nomination was evidently, blighted by General © Dawes? 'Washington announcement that he would not accept, 'The Hoover speech of nomination was delivered by Mr. Joseph Scott of Los Angelos, who' described the incumbent Chief Executive as ideal "Republica standard-bearer whose life typifies spirit and haw never lott his faith, he edges lu tively little enthusiasm in. view of the fact that the Hoover nomi nation by the Second ballot wasa foregone conclusion.
Representative Bertram Snell of New York, Republican floor leader in the House and permanent chairman of the Republican National Convention, was chosen to deliver to President Her-is renomination, 'The final stages of the convention were marked by several bizarre injeidents, one of the chief of which centered about the figure of Dr. Joseph Irwin France of Marylan Former Senator and the President' Jonly "announced rival. After Dr. France's name had been placed in nomination by Mr. L. B. Sandblast Jof Portland, Oregon, Dr. France rushed up tothe speaker's platform, wearing the badge of a Maryland delegate although he was not him-elf a delegate, and demanded the ight to address the convention, Representative Snell, the chairman, ordered him to desist, and last officers of the convention hustled Dr. France out of the hall, When reporters gathered around him out-ide, he said it had been his inten-fon' to place the name of former President Calvin Coolidge in nomination.
Having adopted their prohibition plank safely, Republican leaders tonight decided they would have Pree ce a peat. As. 0 ate to some pains to explain to the
as ound Wat vitoay all the [chief G. 0... members are convinced that the party's prohibition-platform Will prove confusing to the voters. First newspaper comments conveyed: his impression and everyone seemed ready to agree that it was a fact, was accordingly decided that a series of rathe broadcasts would be [conducted without delay to explain the exact meaning of the prohibition plank, Mr. Everett Sanders, former secretary to President Calvin Collidge during his two teams in the House, to-day was named Chairman of the Republican National. Committee, succeeding Senator Simeon D, Fess,"of Ohio, retirement of Senator Fess from this important political post is understood to have been due, in part Jat least, to the adoption by' the Re-[publican National Convention of platform plank endorsing re-submit Sion of the prohibition amendment, Senator Fess has long been one of the most fanatical "drys" in Con gress.—United Press,
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