Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-06-23
For President.
WARREN G. HARDING.
For Vice President,
CALVIN COOLIDGE.

porters went into a loud demonstra-
ton. That threw LOwden a gain Of
Sis on the balloting so far.
Ohio asked for a poll.
There was an echOing OF Harding
shouts and some for Wood through the
hall as the roll was called.
In the midst Of the poll one Of the
Wood delegates started 10 say sen
ator Harding last night. having re-
filed for the senate" but the uproar
In the delegation shut him of and the
poll went on. The man who tried 10
speak voted for Wood.
The Ohio poll showed Harding. 30;
Wood. 3. No change. Oregon also
demanded poll. Pennsylvania
stood pat with IS for Sproul and j
for Knox.
There was no nomination on the
fifth ballot. Wood lost 1874 votes.
Harding and LOwden both made
gains.
Lo~den Passes Wood.
Governor Lowden passed General
Wood. and the prediction OF the Wood
managers that they would gain votes
on he first ballot OF the day was not
fulfilled.
Lowden ran up 20 SO3. while Wood
only touched 900. johnson fell TO
1891.
Other totals on the fifth ballot
were: Harding. IS; Sproul. s2is
Coolidge. %; Hoover. g: Butler. 4;
Knox. L: Ward Of New York. / KEEL
loEg. Minnesota. L; POindexter. Is;
Sutherland. /; Ia Toilette. "a; Du
Pont. 8
The calling OF the roll logged along
on the sixth ballot uneventfully until
Georgia was reached and a poll was
| demanded.
Wood lost one in Georgia by an alb
sent delegate and alternate.
Then the first real break came in
Michigan's solid 80. which has been
standing firm for Johnson.
Eleven Of the 30 broke TO Wood and
] 20 Lowden. The remaining IS stood
for johnson.
Three Gain on Sixth.
On the sixth ballot Wood. Lowden
and Harding all made gains.
by the unofficial figures Wood and
LOwden were tied with 3llia votes
each. Harding had 50. gain Of IL
over his showing on the fifth.
Harding gained from Missouri, rails
ing his gain on the sixth ballot to 8.
Wood had gained 1919 by the time
Nebraska was reached.
In New York Wood lost / and Low
den gained .. making him "a from the
state.
The lineup OF the Ohio delegation
broke on poll, some " the
Harding strength going to Wood. Wood
gained 4. The vote was: Harding, So;
Wood. 13.
Gains for the Wood forces In Ohio
caused another demonstration on the
door. The word same up from the va
riOus managers that they intended 10
stand pat and fight IL out little
longer.
Figures for Sixth.
Tie official figures for the sixth bal
lot were: Wood, 3ilk; Lowden.
3l1h;; johnson, 1lOh Harding. so;
Sproul. u; Coolidge. IS; Hoover. 8;
Butler. 4; Knox. /; kellogg OF Mime
sOta, j; Poindexter. 1914; Dupont. 4;
la Toilette. %; Watson. j; Ward Of
New York. .
With a tie between the leaders al
the end OF the sixth ballot and every
body expecting a jump one way or
| the other on the seventh. the conven-
/ ton gave itself up 10 ten minutes OF
uproar before IL proceeded.
Figures for Seventh.
Tie FIRST gain Of the seventh went
% Harding. He got two from Ala
bama.
Wood got one vote from Connect
cut. which was taken from Lowden's
H. Delaware gave two Of her G 10
Harding.
The Official figures for the seventh
were: Weed. 80; LOwden, Sll15;
johnson. eelz Sproul, 20; Butler. 2;
Harding. los; Knox. !; Lenroot, /;
Ward. !; kellogg. /; Dupont, 3; Hoov-
er. 4; Poindexter. Is; Coolidge. IS;
/ Ia Toilette. -.
A recess was taken at the conclu-
sion az this ballot, and during that
time there were frenzied conferences
among the leaders In an attempt 70
bring the struggle 10 an end.
Prize Goes 90 Harding.
The word wns passed around when
the convention reconvened that Hard
! Inc was the man picked TO win. The