STRAINS OF "DIXIE"

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 252, 16 June 1932, Page 5

STRAINS OF "DIXIE"

(Press Assii.

the business of choosing a president in AmericA. ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT.

— By TeKgraD h — Copyriglit.)

CHICAGO, June 14. The . Republican( Convention for the selection of the candidate to carry the party's banner, opened at the stadium to the music of "Dixie," played by the lairgest pipe ergan in the world, and capable of a volume equivalent to 2000 b'and iilstfuments. When it roared no human voice could make itself heard. The day's business at the convention from the opening prayer through the organisation of the delegates and Senator Dickinson's eulogistic speech on Mr. Hoover was, however, of an extremely rousing character. The Repuhlicans lived up strictly to their tradition of a well-managed gathering. Two deeply controversial matters still remain unsettled — namely the wording of the prohibition plank, and whether Mr. Charles Curtis should be retained as vice-president. Losing Fight. The dry forces are waging a losing fight here, but they are being ably and militantly led by such women as Mrs. Boole, of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. The wet forces which hitherto have had no women leadership, are here powerfully and ^ctively supported by Mesdames Pratt and Sebin (New York), two wealthy women delegates, who, moreover, have conducted a very able pre-convention repeal fight throughout the country. The session of the Convention lasted only about an hour and adjourned until to-morrow when the platform will be approved. . Nominations occur on Thursday hfter which the convention will be ' adjourned sine die.