The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-05
HARMONY At END OF
OHIO CONVENTION
SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE RESULT
ACHIEVED BY BUCKEYE
REPUBLICANS.
First Choice Of Both Factions Elimi-
mated and Harding, Second Choice Of
Both, Is Decided Upon as Standard
Bearer-The Platform.

Bearer-The Platform.
Columbus, O., July 29.With can
didate for governor who was nominal
ed by a combination of regulars and
progressives, and platform pro-
nounced good by the former element
and 80 per cent good by the latter sec
ton Of the party, the Ohio Republican
convention broke up and went home in
state of much contentment.s
The ticket includes:
For Warren G. Harding,
Of Marion.
For lieutenant governor
w. Treadway, of Cleveland.
For secretary of state Granville w.
Mooney, of Austinburg.
For attorney general-U. Grand
Denman, of Toledo.
For treasurer Rudy A. Archer, Of
Belmont county.
Supreme Court Justices.
For justices of the supreme court
William B. Crew, of McConnellsville,
and Augustus N. Summers, Of Spring
field.
Warren G.. Harding, the nominee
for governor, was at various times in
the preliminary squabbles of the con-
vention described as "everybody's sec.
ond choice" He is the editor of a
newspaper at Marion, O., has been
lieutenant governor of the state, and
has been a tentative candidate for
governor and United States senator.
He is known in the state as an ct.
fective stump speaker.
Until the near the close of the con.
vention, however, it had appeared be
yond reasonable expectation that the
convention could arrive at the the con.
sideration of any second choices with.
out a long and bitter struggle.
George B. Cox, Of Cincinnati, had de.
clared he would stay with Judge Oren
B. Brown, of Dayton, to the last bal
lot. The "progressives" were refusing
to consider anybody but James R. Gar.
field, who was not, however, an an
nounced candidate, and the men ordi-
narily identified with the national ad.
ministration side in state politics were
supposed to be hopelessly divided be-
tween Secretary of State Carmi
Thompson and Mr.. Harding.
Two Withdraw.
The finish of the fight was peculiar.
lanes r. Garfield announced his name
would not be presented as a candidate.
simultaneously, Thompson withdrew,
and, like Garfield. without any an
nounced reason.
Mr. Cox broke the news of Secre-
tary Thompson's withdrawal on the
convention floor, and the Brown men
claimed they would win on the first
ballot However, the Cuyahoga county
(ClevelandD delegation, of which Sen
ator Burton was chairman, threw sew
enty-six votes to Congressman Long
worth. Judge Brown, who was second
on the first ballot, with Alb votes,
dropped to 1863 in the second ballot,
and the Longworth vote increased
from 80 to 164.
Harding Grows.
Nearly all the progressives were
voting for Harding. The 96 Cleveland
ers, who all voted for Longworth on
the second and third roll calls, were
yelling wildly for the Cincinnati man.
On the third ballot, by the time the
vote had reached Hamilton county, the
Longworth candidacy was advancing
In great strides.
Cox Surrenders.
Chairman Cox surrendered with dis
erection. He arose and cast the ninety
one Hamilton county votes for Hard
ing. All but 12O Of the Brown sup
porters, some of whom had voted be-
fore Hamilton county was reached,
went to Harding, and the nomination
was made by the good margin Of 551
votes over the nearest competitor,
Longworth, who did not want to run
for governor. The nomination was
made unanimous.
The Platform.
The platform, adopted with only =
few scattering cries Of NO." contains
q strong Endorsement Of the president
and Of the purpose and tendency Of
the tariff law demanded by the regu-
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