The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-06-23

made to bring about some sort OF
that would result In
nomination on Saturday morning. But
threats, promises and appeals In the
interests of party harmony were all
In vain. The three candidates, Wood,
Lowden and johnson, who were lead
ers in the voting, refused to give place
to any one on whom the senatorial
leaders could agree. They wanted to
let the delegates fight it cut on the |
floor of the convention AMI continue
the balloting until the delegates had
expressed their choice for the first |
place on the ticket without any influ'
ence being exerted on the part of the
party leaders, and temporarily won.
When the first ballot was taken at
the session of Saturday morning II
showed but little change from those
Of Friday night. Through the first
four ballots of Saturday, General
Wood and Governor Lowden were rum
ming neck and neck and on one ballot
were tied with 311h votes each.
Again there came q demand for ad-
journment and again the Wood and
Lowden forces combined to prevent 1t.
but without result. After another an
other consultation at the back Of the
speakers stand between half a dozen
senatorial leaders the session was adj
journed despite the protests of large
part Of the delegates.
Almost instantly there flashed
through the great building the rumoT
that the leaders had decided on Sen
ator Harding as the man if they could
force his nomination, and they were
going to try.
Could they do it? Did the leaders
control enough delegates to name the
leader of the party ticket? The gen.
eral verdict was that they could. that
the unrestricted delegates would dc
their bidding. Senator johnson and
General Wood refused to release theil
instructed delegates, and on the ninth
ballot the Illinois delegation stayed
with Governor Lowden, the Pennsyl
! vania delegation stayed with Governor
: Sproul, and the New York delegation
|
didates. At the end of that ballo
: Senator Harding lacked 120 votes O
enough to nominate him and 1t wa
thought for a time the leaders wer'
going to fail, until Governor Sprou
was known to have released the Penn
| sylvania delegation to Harding, ant
| with that the effort to climb into tn
| Harding wagon started, on the tent
and final ballot. In the end all In
structed delegations were released, bu
y many Of them declined to change thei
4 last registered vote, and the final bal
lot was announced as given at tn
head of this account. All through tn
balloting "a Wisconsin delegates ha
persistently registered their votes fo
Senator LaFollette. and when, afte
the last ballot had been announce
l it was moved to make the nominatio
II unanimous these "a delegates vote
II against the motion.
II It took but a short time to selet
Governor Harding's running mat
II Governor Coolidge, Senator Lenroot
II Wisconsin, Senator Gronna of Mort
Dakota, Governor Allen of Kansa
and Colonel Anderson Of Richmon
. Va, were named as candidates for II
place. There was but one ballo
Governor Coolidge receiving GIG vote
and the ticket was complete. The X
publican convention of 1920 was
thing of the past.
One Of the features for which Il
\ convention just closed will long be
Il membered was the participation OF t
women. 1t is doubtful il they had al
decisive part in the actual naming
the candidate, other than the II
- who were present as delegates. b
yn women figured prominently on t
re minor committees. and they figur
hit prominently in the oratorical effor
le- and very much to their credit.
at least one woman seconded the no
en- ination of each of the candidates
es the nomination for the presiden'
We and their speeches appealed to
I'd audience because they were short a
lite to the point. Women were active
he workers around the headquarters
lst every candidate. They gave out n
en- blue and green feathers for Gene
ed Wood. badges and pennants for G.
ernor Lowden, served tea and cal
nd for Herbert Hoover, and did son
by thing of a like service for each of
Ter candidates.
In At General Woods headQuart
raj Mrs. Wood and her daughter had
nd handshake and a gracious word
on every caller, but they refused at
re- times to talk politics. On the otl
The hand the daughter of Nicholas MUIR
Butler was the real manager II
snt fathers campaign.
nat Herbert Hoover at no time SHOW
,od any strength in the ballOting. For
len first nine ballots his total vote
rst from four to six, and on the te
de. ballot he polled nine votes. When
a name was presented to the convent
on Friday by Judge Miller of Sy