RECEPTION OF NOMINATIONS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 141, 16 June 1924, Page 7

RECEPTION OF NOMINATIONS

CHOICE OF MR. DAWES.

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(ADSTEAIUN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) WASHINGTON, 14th June.

The Republican "ticket" is commented on favourably by Conservative Eastern Republicans, but has not aroused much enthusiasm in that section of the party dominated- by the Progressives and the Western agriculturists. Disappointment is expressed by members of Congress that the Middle-west and the agricultural West are not represented. Mr. 0. G. Dawes, who is one of Chicago's leading financiers, is an open and bitter foe of organised labour. He was leader of the "open shop" movement in Chicago. It is claimed by many that his selection as Vice-Presidential candidate will serve to alienate the labour vote in many districts, and that as chief of a big financial organisation he is unlikely to attract the farmer vote, as many Western agriculturists blame the financiers in the big cities for their troubles.

Impartial observers declare if the Democrats name a strong "ticket," and Senator R. M. La Follette runs'an Independent candidate, the outcome of the campaign will be highly uncertain. This feeling is not shared by President Coolidge, who, in a message of con-S gratulation to Mr. Dawes, said: "It will be a pleasure to be associated with you in the public service," and thus indicated his certainty of a Republican victory.