NEXT PRESIDENT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22444, 13 June 1936, Page 13

NEXT PRESIDENT

REPUBLICAN CHOICE MR. ALFRED M. LANDON NOMINATION ■ SECURED A SWEEPING VICTORY By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received Juno 12, 5.15 p.m.) CLEVELAND, June 11 The Republican Convention to-day nominated Mr. 'Alfred M. Landon as its candidate for the Presidency. At the outset, Mr. Landon's campaign manager, Mr. John Hamilton, rose and read a telegram from Mr. Landon, who was in Topeka, which caused a mild sensation. It. stated that Mr. Landon disagreed with two planks in the party's platform. The message stated first that, if necessary, Mr. Landon would approve an amendment to the Constitution to protect women and children in industry in respect of wages and hours. Secondly he interpreted the sound currency plank to mean currency in terms of gold, and convertible into gold, but the latter not to be sought until it could bo achieved without injury to domestic economy and foreign trade. Demonstration by Delegates

Mr. Hamilton then put the name of Mr. Landon for nomination ami the delegates began tlio expected demonstration. .Headed by tlio Kansas banners, virtually all the State delegations, aided by every conceivable noise making device, paraded the floor of the hall. It was in the best manner of American conventions —noisy and very artificial.

Mr. Landon's daughter and father were occupying a box in one corner of the hall. Two enterprising wireless men, seemingly walking over the heads of the spectators, hauled a microphone toward Miss Peggy Landon. Sin/ laughed but apart from sending a greeting to her father, who was listening in Topeka, she would say nothing. No other State would offer a candidate. Senator Vandenberg and the other aspirants, or their representatives, announced their withdrawal and the path was quite clear for Mr. Landon.

Slogan of "Stop Roosevelt" After the nomination speech by Mr. Hamilton, there was a rush of the previous opposition candidates to express approval of Mr. Landon. In addition to half-a-dozen scheduled addresses, every candidate with the exception of Mr. Borah, who had left for Washington, spoke in favour of the nomination of the Governor of Kansas. These included Colonel Knox, and Messrs. Nice, Dickinson and Vandenberg, whose strong pledge to Mr. Landon is taken by many as an indication that they would accept vice-presidential nomination, the voting for which was postponed until to-morrow. "In this convention I belong to but one bloc, and it has but one slogan, namely, 'Stop Roosevelt'," said Mr. Vandenberg. Nomination Made Unanimous

There was tremendous excitement as, State by State, the voting started. One by one tho chairmen of the various delegations rose and cast their full voting strength for Mr. Landon. It was an unbroken parade until the chairman of the West Virginia delegation, Mr. Carl G. Bachmann, Mr. W. E. Borah's manager, cast 16 votes for Mr. Landon and one of his own for Mr. Borah. Sixteen of the Wisconsin delegates voted for Mr. Borah and six for Mr. Landon. At the end of tho roll-call, however, the Wisconsin delegation moved that the nomination bo made unanimous and this was carried amid a thunderous burst of applause. Even after he had left Cleveland, Mr. Borah added something of a discordant note to the otherwise seemingly harmonious Republican situation. According to reports from Akron ho was stunned by Mr. Landon's interpretation of tho currency plank and his insistence upon supporting an amendment to the Constitution to allow the States to protect working women and children if other means failed to gain the desired objective.