The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-06-17

Fourteen thousand people can make
lot of noise when they all stand up
and yell at the top of their voices.
And yet really they don't make as
much noise as you would think they
could.
L stayed over in Chicago tonight to
see just that demonstration. 1t was
thrilling and interesting, but the noise
they made was just little disappoint-
ing. ! thought it would sound louder
than it did. However, it was a sight
worth seeing.
The big demonstration came during
the tenth ballot. The balloting went
on with the usual cheering during its
progress. Finally. Mr.. Harding had
449 Then Pennsylvania gave him 90
votes. That made the required ma
jority. Everybody Seemed TO realize
in a moment that the suspense was
sover-that president had been NOM
mated, and | think nearly everybody
in the big convention hall stood up
and shouted, and many did many
frantic things. A large picture of Mr..
Harding was carried around the hall
and there was much evidence of joy
on the part of many.
] think Mr.. Harding's nomination
was really surprise to many. A few
months ago he was running. but re-
Gently he had done little. There was
no big push down here for him. He
was never considered among the lead.
ers In all the whispered tips of what
the big ducks were going to do. his
name did not figure. In the first bal
lot he was sixth in the race with only
64h votes. In the eighth ballot to-
day, taken after noon, and just before
the recess, he had only 1897.
When the convention adjourned
last night his name was not much dis
cussed, and this morning, after all
the midnight conferences. has name
,was not one of those talked about
very much. There was a persistent
rumor that the Eastern leaders were
going to take a hand soon and nomi- /!
nate Knox and Johnson. or Sproul OF
Hughes or Coolidge. But Harding
had never been considered a favorite
of the Eastern fixers.
I think Mr. Harding's nomination
grew out of the high respect people
from all sections of the country have
for him and was a sort of compro-
mise between the East and the West.
The convention recessed at about 2
O'Clock until 4 O'Clock. Before the
recess Mr.. Harding had 1881. The
ninth ballot. taken after recess. gave
him 374H. The tenth ballot gave
him 674. of course. just as soon as
D., Il. i'm .nsa savttx
then they came easy enough, and sew
eral states got into the band wagon by
changing their votes.
The vote by ballots for Mr.. Hard
ing was 64H. 81, 6Sk. 6t1s, rs. SO.
105k, 133k. 374H. ga.
Gen. Woods largest vote was on the
seventh ballot, 312. and Mr.. Lowden's.
BIZ.
Mr.. Johnson's largest vote was In
the second ballot and was only 146.
With all the noise he and his friends
made for him he never had look-in.
His hackers here seemed-to go around
with a chip on their shoulders looking
for a row, and some of them. at least.
assumed the attitude that every candi
date except their candidate was taint-
I'D. have grown to have a very high
respect for Mr. Johnson and his un-
doubted ability. but his campaign
was certainly badly handled.
On every ballot LaFollette got "a
Votes-never more nor less. And
every time The vote was announced
there was loud hissing from all over
the house. After the tenth ballot sew
seral states moved to make the nomi-