The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-06-17
HARDING HAS HARD
ROAD TO TRlNEi.
NewSpape9 Men of Nation Agree Tha!
Party Failed Ia Nominate Strong
Man.

iCIQ guard won. ne progressive dHu
the Roosevelt elements in the Repuh
lican National Convention were beat
ler. Warren G.. Harding, conserva-
tive, old-fashioned Republican. who
looks like Mckinley acts like Mckin-
ley and thinks like Mckinley, was
nominated for the presidency by a
convention that was worn out by the
prolonged balloting in a sweltering
Temperature. The delegates seemed
so glad to have it all over that as
soon as the deadlock between Gener-
al Wood and Governor Lowden was
broken, the delegates didn't much
care who they nominated so long as
lit gave them the chance TO 60 home.
If opinion among the several hun
d1ed correspondents here counts for
much, the expressions Of doubt con-
cerning Harding's opportunity 10 wiz
are indicative of belief that the Re-
publicans by no means nominated
their strongest man. Hughes, Hoov-
er Sproul. Johnson were regarded as
sure winenrS - but Harding is look
ed upon as far from certainty. Pos
sibly this will change when the Dem
ocrars have nominated their man 5u;
th' euI'o'H' '"t ~, i''''",'''a ,."" .t'a
worked so hard for Leonard Wood
and Hiram Johnson we!c ominouSly
doubtful about the outcome.
Senator Harding favored The en-
uahr" oil me Oh''eu H'"''S Ih'" d"
l'2@ue ol nations an" III" i"lII!'"'i"''
l.
OF Tn" E"I~all!'S trra'! WIN prop" .
r'S"rNdii"lS. N"N"'fh'I"SS NJ Jo!"'"
Ia" Bofal-J "h"Soh group OF iiI''""-
CRADLES. h''WH! IH''II,i'' '"' p'"
FORM ~ meaning lh'ili'"i!!..' l'' ."' 90
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!" bol'ihS ne parry or i"SIhI !"
stump lot Har0liS. II viii p'"pa"i:
hoi u" imin'uI"''I! apparent W""'
iAtE VIII GO ana h!a!h' MI. li"i"IH-
Wa d''hA II poil'l"'IlE "!N' 80 H"H a.
ii''Ic apou' ne treaty "S i''SN'"I' u''-
Il "I!'r 'I''''on 80 a. Y" F''P '!"I III
ohA Ill 'h' par! NJ H''u H"' i"''
pref TIE Plal'oIN! P'"G'' ~ "''"
only 10 S'&hu on II ana .'aH l. ieP''-
SthtS agreement ahhohS lteFupil'dhS'
The strategy by "hich Hai oinS
was nominated was reN.Hrhao'e
piece OF WORK. Inc press SecIlon was
aware OF the clever way by Wtlch 'hc
delegations were manipulated ana
many an expression OF dlsappoilI-
hent ana ulsapproEal came from lse
publican coltofs. II VIII De lon-
time before the Republicans VIII
erase what has happened at ChicaSO
ior the resentment OF thos" who wer"
tricked by old guard strategy Will
cause them 10 tell about il when they
get back home.
1t is only the bitter anti Wilson
feeling and the fear OF Wilson dyn-
asty through the election OF McAdoo
which will keep the Republican party
together. Nevertheless 1t will go
down in political history that this
Republican convention was dOmina.-
ed by group OF United State Sen
alors who were determined that on"
Of their social clubs should have the
nomination. Even Senator Johnson
and Senator Borah were parties TO
the nomination for there We're mo-
ments when they could have objected
and made Il fight for Il more progress
sive candidate. Moreover, even though
much was said in praise OF ThcodoG"
Roosevelt the man who was nOmi-
mated fought bitterly against the
Colonel in the Ohio campaign. 1t was
a severe defeat for the Wood forces
and the Roosevelt group.
Put General Wood has Cnly HIM
self TO blame. For he coald easily
have been the Republican nominee.
He played with the wrong set oi
managers. He dldnt ai1lli~te with
the real powers IN IN" party. AND
when he acquired Frank Hltchcock
he made nomination lmpoSslple
LOT the men pehlho Lo"deh ana oe
Elhd the other candidate hao a COM
moh meeting point lhey Would new
er let Wood nave II.
we must XIII OH one a. Il 'ltle'
was the woro whispered from the
Penrose headquarlerS before oou'
Lowden ana Johnson were eliminated