The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1920-06-17
Wave of Sentiment For
Ohio Senator dominates
Him on 10th
Ballot
CONVENTION ADJOURNS
Coolidge Is Named For Vice
President in a
Landslide of
Votes

81 ~ IN 80 GIlIth ~. IlN1Iu
ing, United States senator from Ohio.
was nominated for the presidency to-
day by the republican national conven-
ton after a deadlock which lasted for
nine ballots and which finally forced
out of the running All the original ia
vorites.
AS his running mate, the convention
named Governor Calvin Coolidge of
Massachusetts,, upsetting a plan of the
combination of the Harding hackers
to nominate for the place, Senator
Irvine l.. Lenroot of Wisconsin.
The collapse Of the forces of Gov
ernor Frank O.. Lowden and their
transfers in large part to Senator
Harding put the Ohio candidate over.
General Wood lost heavily, however,
when the Harding drift began and
Senator Johnson, the third of the trio
of leaders on the early balloting yes
terday also went steadily downhill.
A Dark Horse
Entering the convention four days
age as a candidate distinctly of the
dark horse" Senator Harding got
only "a votes on the first ballot yes
terday and on the second, he dropped
to Sc. When the convention adjourn
ed last night at the end of the fourth
ballot, he had 81.
In all night conferences among the
party chiefs, however. he was men
toned many times as the most likely
70 break the nomination deadlock
should neither Wood. Lowden nor
Johnson take a commanding lead to-
day. They all failed to do so, Wood
and Lowden running a neck-and-neck
race for leadership on four ballots
while the strength of the California
candidate dwindled steadily.
Meanwhile, Harding pushed his to-
A. - D s11iysIran1 1n1aonfnc from
many states swinging to him from the
column of the leaders and OF various
favorite sons The Johnson managers,
fearing a landslide. was impending,
then made a last play to save the for
tunes Of their candidates.
JohnsOnites Get Recess
They voted to recess for a couple OF
hours in order to take an inventory
and seek a new combination. The
Wood and Lowden forces, both vlrtu-
ally at the peak of their strength, but
disheartened at the long string OF pal
lots without material gains. fell in
with the recess plan and the conven-
ton adopted IT,
In the dramatic SUGGESTIONS OF con-
ferences tina followed n fate OF the
candidates, virtually was sealed. Some
of the Wood and Lowden managers
tried Intellectually for an agreement
which would hold their delegates and
kill the Harding boom. Some tried
10 get a od-Lowden-Johnson agree
ment to adjourn to Monday without
making a nomination. There also was
a conference between johnson and
uarding supporters in which the Ohio
ans supporters tried without success
20 have the remaining Johnson
strength swung to Harding.
Lowden Releases Delegates
49, DorIaxo hafUaqn the
Harding and Lowden men. however,
, which apparently bore the most fruit
when the balloting began again, Tor
Governor Lowden came to the W.
ZION during the ninth roll call. and,
reversing a previous plan to go berore
the convention itself. issued instruc-
tions from behind the scenes releas-
ing his instructed delegates. oellaUl
Harding also was in h rear OF the
coliseum platform during the Young
and conferred with Chairman hays. .
Almost as soon as the a~lphaoeucai
c,u of states began after the recess,
the ground swell for Harding demon
strated that 1t could not be fors1aiieu.
connecticut, when her name was call
ed. took 10 Of her IA votes from Low
den and gave them to Harding IN
IIorida he got seven from Wood and
then Kentucky, almost from the nrst
. solid Lowden state, Topped COM
nIctely into the Harding column:
Amid scenes of rising enthusiasm
ather blocks of Lowden delegates fol-
iowed suit. while many of the routed
wood supporters also went into the
Hardinp camp. BY the end OF the roll
call senator Harding had rolled up a
total OF s74, putting him far INTO the
lead and several score of votes nearer
the nomination than any candioate
had been before.
Iowden. at the end OF n ninth mad
onIv 121 votes left out Of the So7 with
which he ended the eighth and Gener-
a, woods strength had fallen from
so on the eighth. TO 249 on the
ninth. johnson dropped from 81 70
81.
Al, the tenth roll call began, dele
rates quit Lowden, wood n n
SON right and left and the big hail was
IN almost continuous applause as
state after state announced accession
10 the Harding standard II was re-
served for Pennsylvania to add the
browning touch OF enthusiasm. When
the keystone state was reached, the
Ohio senator needed 81 votes to nom
4nate him and P~ennsyivania gave him
90.
II was Governor Sporul himself. the
candidate Of his state on every pre-
ceding ballot and mentioned many