The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-07-27
Prior to the BaIIoting, Garfield
Refused to Permit His Name
to Be Presented But Was
Not Needed.
A UNANIMOUS NOMINATION
IN THE FIRST BALLOT BROWN OF
DAYTON SHOWED oR REAT
srRGNoTH, BUT THE DELE.
GATES SOON FoRsook HIM.
tAmer,can News Service,


Columbus. O., July 81 Peace
spread It's wings over the Republican
state convention today after. all the
indications, up to the last moment.
pointed to bitter warfare over the gu.
bernatorial nomination and platform.
Warren G. Harding was nominated on
the third ballot a. follows: Harding
746. Brown 100. Longworth 1876. Gar
field s. The nomination was then
made unanimous. Francis w. Tread
way Of Cleveland was unanimously
nominated for lieutenant governor.
The nomination OF Harding 10 .
complete victory for the Taft forces
and marks the end Of long fight for
control Of the presidents own state
which began actively when Mr.. Taft
sent Wade Ellis from Warrington to
take charge Of the republican state
committee. The convention in nam.
ing Harding. who II editor Of q paper
at Marion. Ohio. gave . set back to
"Boss" George b. Cox Of Cincinnati,
Ohio. who had from the beginning pre-.
dicted the nomination Of Judge Brown.
President Taft's famous attack on Con
delivered whf1e he was secretary Of
war had not been forgotten.
The Ohio Platform.
The platform adopted by the repub-
lican state convention today contain
cd . complete indorscment OF the Taft
administration together with the dc.
fense OF the Payne-Aldrich tariff law.
The principles Of the regular" ele-
ment Of the party was strongly On.
forced. A greater portion Of the plat.
form concerned national issues. It
pledges support to Taft and indorses
him for denomination in 1912. Var
ious accomplishments In prosecuting
sugar frauds and other violations are
praised. The Sixty.nrst congress Is
lauded ~ uneQualled In history. The
tariff revision was called In strict &C.
cord with tho republican doctrine. The
platform was adopted with but q few
faint nays. The Garfield crowd made
no night. Judge O Britt Brown and
Warren q. Harding were placed In
nomination for the governorship.
James Garfield declined to let his
nsme BE- presented - . candidate.
Tho first ballot gave Harding
la6. Brown 413. Longworth 0S Gar.
field 73. Dcnman 2, necessary to
choice Haa Longworth nearly doub-
led his vote on the second ballot while
Garfield lost by the same ratio. Be.
fore the convention assembled It was
reported that Roosevelt had wired
Longworth not to permit his name to
90 before the convention.
u Caused Confusion.
When the delegates to the conven.
tion suddenly awoke to the realiza-
tion that only two candidates for
governor were before the convention
amid confusion there was q realign-
ment Of the forces and the lieutenants
Of both Judge Brown and Harding
were busy among the delegates that
had been pledged for other candidates.
Senator Dick. Walter F. Brown, state
chairman. and other leaders imme-
diately went over to the side OF Judge
Brown. Harding was in the lead when
the smaller counties that top the list
were called. Cuyahoga county. the
homo Of Senator Burton. gave Hard.
Ing 10 votes. Brown 10 votes and Nj.
cholas LonGworth 76 votes. Franklin
county gave Brown IS. Harding 20,
Garfield 2 and Longworth s. Notwith-
standing the fact that only two candi.