New Britain herald., 1920-06-12

dency tho republican national con ventiou wns prepared to have fur ther tests of strength between Low den. Wood and Johnson and then. if necessary turn to the string of dark shorses. ., T The ali-night conferences among leaders had put Senator Harding of eFohio at tho head of the dark horse group.
 All night long and early this morn ang the heads of various groups were x conferring and the trend of most of the conferences seemed to be find ssssome way to urn Wood and Lowden strcnRth to Harding
 The leaders. worn and slecpless. were late in reaching convention hall hut the delegates came early. hoping Co sec tho thing finished that they might get away for home today. -. Leaders Are Confident.
 The leaders are remained at tho downtown conference rooms until tho aast minute. many of them snatching a few moments of rest as they held bedside conferences. Meanwhile fwood, I.owdon and Johnson forccs !. were attempting to tighten lines and rboth the Wood and Lowden groups were predicting they would show greater strength on the opening bal .snot today than they did on tho clos ing ballot of yesterday when the convention adjourned after a hot gruelling ten hour session.
 Just before the convention as- Eembled tho New York delegation caucused, trying to decide on where to put it's strength. Roth Lowden N Aend Wood forces were claiming ac- hmV Ten o'clock the hour for recon s.Nonfnw passed by and the leaders Y Mp were slow in arriving. The visi- z otors' galleries were rather thin in sbots. The prospects for another f[hpstering day probably melted the Interest of many. Aa Senator Harry S. New. chairman Of -Yhe Indiana delegation. said on arriv- ing at convention hall that the switch which everyone was looking for prob ably would come after the second bal lot Of the day.
 Other carly arrivals declared tho A Wood column probably would show 90 more votes on the first ballot today than it did on the last vote yesterday. Those persons argued that Wood nuS be considered Il strong contend CT SO long as he lost no delegates, and they said there were no signs of de- :, factions.
 Wood Leader Cheerful.
 The carly speculation on possible changes in position centered around New York and Pennsylvania.
 Major Frank N Knox of New Hampshire. floor leader for the Wood forces, said on reaching convention n hall:
 General Wood will gain on every ballot today. The big Jump will como when We are able to break into the Johnson vote where most of our re- serves lie.
 TIT Pennsylvania breaks front Sproul the delegates cannot he deliv- cred to any and-picked candidate. q We have n lot Of strength there" .F When the convention was called to .49order the New York delegation was z stiil out trying to determine what to do with It's vote. The Indiana eau cused on tho floor,
 Drive on for Harding.
 AS the men who conducted the dark horse conferences arrived they said the situation was unchanged and the att tempt to nominate Senator Harding would be continued. Some of thc - men running Lowden's campaign on Y she floor predicted that the convention would keep right on ballotinE until the Isowdcn total passed Woods.
 
 Tered the prayer today.
 Tn the midst of the Ohio poll one sf the Wood delegates started to say: Senator Fla rdinE last night. having relied for the senate" but the up roar in tho delegation shut him off and the poll went on. The Ohio poll showed Harding 39. Wood 9. No change. oregon also demanded e poiI. Pennsylvania stood pat with 75 for sproul and Tor Knox.
 ss The calling of tho roll logged along rn the sixth ballot uneventfulIy until Georgia was reached and poll was aemanded.
 .+ Wood lost in Georgia by an ab- sent deiecate and alternate. IL stood for Lowden ana for Wood with ' ono absent.
 - First Break comes Michfgnn's solid vote stood for Johnson.
 Eleven of the % broke for Wood stnd one to Tpwden. The remaining IS stood pat for Johnson. It was the first break In the solidIy instruct sd delegations.
 WoDd shows Gains.
 Harding got galn ffom Missouri.