The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-06-14
OHIO SENATOR HEADS
REPUBLICAN TICKET;
COOLIDGE SECOND
Republicans Name Strong Ticket for
November Election on Saturday
Night at Big Chicago
Convention.

United States Senator Warren C.
Harding. of Ohio was chosen the Re
publican party's candidate for Presi-
dent and Calvin Coolidge. Governor OF
Massachusetts was chosen as his run
ming mate at the big Chicago conven-
ton on Saturday night after a weeks
session.
The big landslide to the Ohioan
came after a recess Saturday after
noon when the leaders discovered that
there was no chance to nominate Cen
eral Leonard Wood, Governor Frank
Lowden or Senator Hirman Johnson,
the three chief contenders for the hon
ors. After the eighth ballot Governor
Frank o. Lowden saw that there would
be a deadlock between General Wood
and himself that could not be broken
and he released his delegates that they
might switch TO any candidate they de-
sired. Kentucky was one of the first
states TO go into the Harding camp.
voting all 26 of its votes for the Ohio
Senator on the ninth ballot but despite
the fact that many Lowden delegates
went to the Ohio man, he could not
rally enough on this count 10 nom
mate
On the tenth ballot, however, state
after state went into the Harding col
umn and when Pennsylvania which
had seen supporting its favorite son,
Governor Sproul. cast its 60 votes to
Senator Harding. he needed but 30 to
nominate. This was signal for a
great demonstration and it was hard
| for the secretaries to catch the other
states as they cast their vote. At the
end of the tenth ballot the score stood
as follows:
Wood 156; LOwden II: Johnson
so As; Harding 692 Is; Coolidge 8;
Hoover 911; Butler >; Knox 1; Len
root l; Hays 1; LaFollette "a; one
half vote absent
But one ballot was necessary to Sc
lect Governor Calvin Coolidge as the
party's nominee for Vice President
The ballot resulted as follows.
Coolidge 674lk: LenrOot 1861: Al
len 6Sls: Anderson 2S; Johnson 22h;
Gronna "a: Pritchard 10.
Senator Harding is 55 years of age
and the editor and publisher of the
Marion Star. of Marion, Ohio. He is
the son of a country doctor and spent
his early life on the farm being edu-
Gated in the rural schools of Ohio and
working his own way through Ohio
Central College. In early life he was
attracted TO the print shop and learned
the business from Devil TO Editor, TAX
ing over the Marion Star when 1t was
a weak and unpromising weekly. He
has built IL up TO be one OF the strong
est daily newspapers in the state Of
Ohio. He entered politics as State
Senator and later served as Lieuten-
ant Governor. He was elected to the
United States Senate in 1914 by a ma
jority OF 10000 despite the fact that
this same year the Democrats carried
Ohio.
Calvin Coolidge will be As years Of
age the Fourth OF July. lie too. was
born and reared ON the farm. After
attending academies In the state OF
Vermont he was graduted from Am
herst college in 1895 and began the
practice OF law In Northampton. Mass.
his hons city. lie first gained prom
insnce last year when ss Governor Of
Massachusetts, he preserved law and
order IN the city OF Boston during the
police strike.
This ticket VIII receive the hearty
support Of aii Republicans eyerywhere
as neither Harding 0r Coolidge have
been eniangled IN the prs-oonyeniion
hght LEADERS have tslsgTaDhed fhsiF