PRESIDENCY OF AMERICA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19974, 16 June 1928, Page 11

PRESIDENCY OF AMERICA.

REPUBLICANS' _ CHOICE. MR. HOOVER NOMINATED. AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY. Australian Press Association—United Servi<je (Received June 15, G. 15 p.m.) KANSAS CITY, June 14. The Secretary of Commerce, Mr. H. C. Hoover, was this evening nominated by tho Republican National Convention as the party's candidate for the Presidential election. He secured 837 votes on the first ballot. At the outset there were some demonstrations. Someone had provided about 10,000 tambourine-like contrivances, with which a great din was made, and there were a few extra bands. State standards were waved deliriously in the air while the delegates executed Apache dances and Indian war-dances in the crowded aisles. Others performed snako dances with great difficulty. It was terribly hot, as 15,000 people had crowded into the hall. The Klieg cinema lights gave the scene a similarity to a glistening steel-smelting furnace suddenly thrown open on a dark night. It took strength and determination to dance around as these delegates did, yet the demonstrations lasted more than an hour. Other Candidates on the List, After Mr. Hoover's name had been submitted one of the supporters of Mr. F. 0. Lowden, formerly Governor of Illinois, caused a sensation by announcing that Mr. Lowden had withdrawn from the contest. A supporter of Senator James E. Watson, of Indiana, however, said the latter would not withdraw, and there were a few feeble cheers. Senator Chayles Curtis, a native of Kansas, received a great ovation as his name was presented as a candidate. Senator Guy D. Goff, of West Virginia, was the next candidate submitted. His sponsor jeered at Mr. Hoover's alleged pro-British sympathies, and said Mr. Goff paid no allegiance to the Union Jack. The name of Senator G. W. Norris, of Nebraska, was then put forward as a candidate. The cheering for him was just audible. Coolidge's Name Put Forward, Then occurred the real sensation of the convention. An Ohio delegate put tho name of Mr. Coolidge into nomination. It had been understood that this would not be done, but it was only an exposition of resentment on the part of the faction who had supported the late Mr. F. B. Willis. Curiously enough, there was only very mild applause for Mr. Coolidge. The seconding speeches then followed. Balloting was then begun,' and it was soon obvious that an overwhelming majority was going to Mr Hoover. Mr. Watson secured 47 votes, Mr. Lowden 64, Mr. Curtis and Mr. Coolidge 17 each. A motion nominating Mr. Hoover was then carried unanimously, and the convention was adjourned until noon to-morrow. • There was no excitement and no demonstrations after Mr. Hoover had been nominated. The parly's candidate for the Vice-Presidency has still to be nominated. A new aspirant for this post is Mr. John Q. Tilson, member of the House of Representatives for Connecticut. He is said to have secured Mr. Hoover's consent to his campaign for nomination.