The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-06-17
1T IS HARDING!
The Ohio Senator Nominated by Re-
publicans on the Tenth Ballot


dcncy today by the Republican ma
tional convention after deadlock
which lasted nine ballots and which
finally forced out OF the running all
the original iavorites.
AS his running mates the convei,-
ton named Governor Calvin Cool
ridge OF Massachusetts, upsetting a
plan of combination of the Hard
ing hackers to nominate ior the place
Senator Irvine l.. Lenroot of Wis
cOnSn.
The collapse OF the forces OF Gov.
Frank Lowdcn and their transfer in
large part to Senator Harding put
the Ohio candidate over.
General Wood lost heavily, how
ever, when the Harding DRIFT began,
and Senator Johnson, third oi the
trio OF leaders on the early ballotlns
also went steadily downhill.
Entering the convention four days
ago as candidate distinctly OF the
dark horse class, Senator Harding
got only b4 votes on the first ballot
yesterday and on the second dropped
to IS. When the convention ad-
journed at the end OF the fourth bal
10, he had nl.
In all night conferences among the
rar1y chiefs. however, he was. men
toned many times as the most likely
to break the nomination deadlock
should neither Wood. Lowdcn nor.
Johnson take commanding tyad to-
day. They all failed to do So " uoI
and Lowden running a neck and
neck race ior leadership ou four
more ballots. while the strength II
the California candidate dwindl'I
steadily.
Meantime Harding pushed his to-
tai to ls5, individual delegates from
many states swinging to him from
the columns OF the leaders and Of
various lavoritc sons. The Johnson
managers. fearing landslide was inn
pending, then made a last play TO
save the fortunes of their candidate.
They moved to recess for a couple
OF hours in order to take all inven-
tory and seek ANEW combination.
The Wood and luwdcn forces
both Virtually at the peak oi their
strength. but tiaheartcnrd at the
long string OF ballots without mater
ial gains. iell in with the recess plan
and the convention adopted it.
In the dramatic succession ot con-
iercnccs that followed, the fate OF
candidates was virtually sealed.
Some OF the Wood and LoWden nan-
ayers tried Intellectually for an agree
mcnt which would hold their dele
in line and kill of the Harding boom
Some tried to get a " oud-LoWdcn-
Johnson agreement to adjourn till
Mun,iay without making a nominal"
tiun There was also Il conference
between Johnson and Harding sup
portcrs in which the Dhioans 5 sup
portcrs tried without suctcs, to have
the remaining Johnson strength
swung to Harding.
IT was TIE plIlCys ErtWcen the
Harding and Luwden myn, however,
which apparently bore iruit Whcn
the balloting began again,-tnr- t''et-
crnor Lowden came to the conven-
ton during the ninth roll call and re
vcrsng previous plan to so before
the convention itsell. issued instruc-
tiun from behind the scenes releas-
ing his instructed delegates. Sen
ator Harding was also in the rear OF
the Coliseum platform during the
voting and conferred with Chairman
Hays.
Almost as soon as the alphabetical
call of the states began after the re-
cess the ground swell for Harding
demonstrated that it could not be
forestalled. Connecticut when her
name was called, took thirteen of her
fourteen votes from Lowdcn and
gave them to Harding. In Florida he
got seven from Wood and then Ken
lucky. almost from the first a solid
Lowden state flopped completely to
the Harding column.
Amid scenes of rising enthusiasm
other blocks of Lowden delegates
followed the split, while many OF the
routed Wood supporters also went
in to the Harding camp. By the end
of the roll call Senator Harding had
rolled up total of 374. putting him
far in the lead and several score of
votes nearer the nomination than
any other candidate had been before.
Lowden at the end OF the ninth
had only I2I votes left out of 3O7
with he ended the eighth. and Gen
eral Woods strength had fallen from
200 on the eighth to 240 in the ninth.
Johnson dropped from 81 to 81
AS the tenth roll call began dele
gates quit Lowden. Wood and John
son right and left. and the big hall
was in almost continuous applause as
state after state announced accession