The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-22
LAWRENCE DOpES OUT
THE ''INSlDE" OF THE
HARDING NOMINATION
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,
fCopyrtgat BY Ths rntelltSsnesr)

TACOMA. Wash. June 2l.-Poor War
rem Harding. Aside from the nsuai ct cAm
paign yarns 10 which presidential nom
innC is compelled TO listen. he must nov
submit :orthc rest OF his life 10 inStu'
stories galore OF no" he was ho"''""N''
At Chicago. ., ,a,.,
have been waited telling riytdly I'M
way the presidential nomination va
bestowed on the ohio senator. EVERY
body is given credit for having h@u tn
lucky thought sometime oet"SG" H." Tn
night and the SuHriSc hours OF 'uti
Icth which was the day on which Tn
Rcnublican convention chose its Canhi
For seven wears Woodrow Wilson ha'
been told how he WAS nominated at ~,
famous Baltimore convention IN ~
And II Is recorded 70 this day IN tn'
mnwrittcn archives of the pcmocratl' u
narty that Roger sullivan turned IN
trick. that Bryan did II. that Col; NJ,
vcv did it. THAI william +. McComos a"
il ,ha, Mitchell Palmer did Il. But th.
fact is no one man nominated w "S''
and no man nominated Hardihs. -
No single boss nor leader control'"I
the Republican national conNens,"n. - -
chicago" \ group Of man intiuenccu ~
Somebody has 10 do that WIN an uI
wieldy body or delegates. But the con
yentinn was 4 contest between Two SCI
Of m.n-i.owden and Wood mansS"Ts-
who tried to manipulat" IN. delSEa5Siiopls lEa5iorl
which Welded Harding IN" NOMINATION.
Harvey and Lamont
-, =, ,ak,Iu s..rillIn the men " h'
arr heinz. credited with having. Won 'h'
nomination for Harding. Co'' mar I!
editor extraordinary, is en- etn'tUH, e'.|,.,,
praise tor his part. II Is ltuS .hT 80,
fcrrncc MAS held in his room but III th
same suite WAS Thomas ". Lamont 81
/ Pierpont Morgan and COMPANY ''po
!, is a fact that neither Col. farNcS nv,
Mr Lamont controlled any detcsatcS =,
ouIockers, IL indeed. they were aole nov
aud then to make suggestion 10 thSE
H.mNrous friends who did control dele.
Gates Mr. Lamont. B.! the way -
personal friend OF President wilson, nnc
rame back on the steamer "T9rsS
Washinrton with him from the fari,
neacc conference. Mr.. Lamont ~ ScrN ~
IN rhc financial section OF the .Ni.St'
ran pcace mission. and has oeen IN En,l.
and Japau helping 10 reha oIItatC hS
in at Chicago convention was "eFe''
And he had probably had no d"s'r'
70 influence tho Republican conEent.o!
nycn when he did find commcdious quar-
,Ehj.,go boatclrv Now Col Harvey haE
bccn a powcr in Republican councils
but TO nominate him RepnnuGan ooS
Is 4 little eXaggCrat"d. Inc hspuo,, /,
can convention at Chicago was oosSSI
NJ unbossed according as one ressrdS
the half dozen or more leaders VINO col'
,roI the big delegations In any conNch'
,ion. Be u Republican, or PcmocratIc
such group VIII aiwaES eNtsS ~ SnH
York SIS and 30 on. SumeficaI.S' W
hiy cIegationS are leaders and tnCH
control nominations when the situate;
hrcomcs dcadlo"k"d.
Tho Guilty Ones"
,.rsdit for the nomination OF Hdrd
,n,. n,uSt reposc ON these men: SenaNoj
prnrosc Of Pennsylvania ana MS repre-
Sentatiyc at Chicago; John !. Ming .
Connecticut: Charles b. warren. nStio, Un
al committeeman from Michigan Scnd
tor Wadsworth OF New iVIK, TT
Murray Butler and State Senator iul
icy or New York: Senator Jim "atSo'
of Indiana: Senator Lodge OF AasSaChu
setts and former Senator Murray Cran'
of the same state and Tobias aert o
kentucky. -oo a.,A.a,a,
Who played their part athrmatiNeE
100. but there is another list. compose
ri senator Hiram johnson ana senate.
Rorah, who put the vote on WOOD an,
i,cwden by their fuss over campaiS'
expenditures Finally. to senator rom
dexter OF Washington, Gov. Sproul O
PENNSYLVANIA. Frank Willis ana Myret
Herrick OF Ohio. and Gov. Ahsn %
knnglS-9ll OF WHOM were P'i
hold their delegations intact so ina
Leonard Wood would not get their Not''
i'm a pinch-to these men must DC SlEet
some credit for creating the situatioi
that gave birth TO the HARDING canal
dacy.
Ecwspapers will contend that the con
vcntion was bosscd and Embossed. Lead
crs there were and negotiations pI"n
~. There always arc IN conventions
Any such gatherings without SteerIn-
NOV
body. But erroneous impressions aoou
Tho Chicago convention will be eXploitCt
from, now until election.
Former President TAFT. who Was 81
New Haven during the convention. /:
syidcntlv the victim OF the mySteriou:
yarn that is being widely spread, name
is. that WIN Hays was the dark horse
candidate OF the bitter cndrrs. mean
inr presumably the BOrah-JohnS"r
group, This much is rieht-Will Hay
vas "A dark horse candidate. but nc was
about as much beloved in tho JohnS"'
camp as Herbert Hoover. Mr.. Hays was
modcStly in tho BACKGROUND but there
yas group--Somc whisper that 1t wa:
led BY Cot. William Royce Thompson o.
Now York and Raymond RobinS-wn'
wanted Hays. The eminent nationa
chairman played no visible part In these
transactions. being present himself Il
,hc conferences which brought Hardin,
In the Far West they are still talk
ABOUT the CnlCdSO COuN ctllAOLl W
mostly tho delegates who didn't vot'
tor Wood arc being asked to explain
There was a pronounced sentiment IL
the West for the major general. r
the sleptiCs II iS being whispered tina
,he United states senator's did the nom
mating and tho delegations followed
them because senator's are expected e
bc powerful in Washington if n Repub
Wcan IS elected. This Is usually SUI
fciant exclamation and. after all. tn
dissent over the Harding nomination
is rapidly disappearing. TIL" main ar
Sumrnt seems 10 b. that Harding +
politically inVulnerable. conscientious
and willing to take adviCs-and wha
more could Republicans want? At th;,
writing u looks az II the state OF Wash
in.ton were his.