New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-06-16
OHIO SENATOR NOMINATED FOR
PRESIDENT AT CHICAGO
CONVENTION.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S LEAGUE
So COVENANT CONDEMNED IN
PLATFORM.

convention Saturday night.
The choice of Senator Harding was
effected on the 10th ballot Of the con-
vention, and the sixth roll call of the two
sessions Saturday early in which the
impossibility Of nominating either Cen
eral Leonard Wood or Governor F. o.
Lowden was demonstrated.
Harding received the necessary ma
jority of 493 votes at 6:14 D. M, when
Pennsylvania swung so delegates to his
support, making his total at that point
$40. The result of the complete roll
call on the 10th and final ballot was:
Harding, 674 ITO; Wood, 157 IL;
Johnson, 80 Us; Lowden, IL; scatter
ing, So 9-1O.
No La Toilette Support.
Former Senator Flint of California,
a Johns on delegate, moved tornake the
nomination of Harding unanimous, and,
seconded by Congressman Frank Smith
OF Illinois on behalf of Lowden, it was
adopted over the protests of the "a
La Toilette delegates fromJ Wisconsin,,
amid a tumult of hooting by the re-
mainder of the convention. Thes Wis
consln dfsaffection was widely regarded
as an indication that Ia Toilette may
refuse to support the ticket.
On the question of supporting the
ticket Senator w. E. Borah was nom
committal tonight. Senator Hiram
Johnson declined to reveal his attitude
until he had conferred with the mem bers
OF the California delegation, but it was
generally assumed that he would not
repudlate the assurances he gave during
the primary campaign that he would
not bolt the ticket.
L
Traditions were shattered in the choice
of Harding. For the first time in the
history of the nation member of the
United States senate has been nominated
for the presidency. Senator Harding
came to Chicago a week ago with no
better prospect of consideration than that
of "a dark horse. But fate was work.
ing secretly in his favor. The party
elements represented by majority of the
national committee were opposed to
Wood for variety of reasons, among
them being the 0elief that he would be
weak candidate because large business
interests had contributed 81, 100000 to
his campaign and because of the cry sf
"militarism' which the democrats would
raise against soldier nominee.
The national committee crowd pre-
eferred Lowden, and the nomination Of
the governor appeared to be foregone
conclusion when the confessions of the
two Missouri delegates that they had
his candidacy like lightning bolt.
The four ballots of the morning session
showed that both Wood and LoWden had
been halted and were weakening. The
Johnson strength was receding also,
while Harding was gaining on every call
of the roll Still there was
possibility that the deadlock could not
be broken unless either Wood or Lowden
should retire from the contest. So the
convention took a recess from 1870 to
a p. M, to afford an opportunity for
negotiations. twas then that Governor
LoWden resolved to break the deadlock
and announced release of his delegation.
johnson Refuses Vicepresident
Nomination..
The leaders were then convinced that
Harding could be nominated at the after
noon session and the selection of the vice
president candidate was under considera-
ton. Harding himself had called on
Senator johnson during the forenoon
and was reported to1have asked him to
take second place on the ticket and in
any event to assure him his good will.
johnson declined to take the nomination
for vicepresident.
Resculng the party by eleventh hour
compromise from threatened split on
the League of Nations issue-the Re
publican national convention adopted a
platform and then adjourned to nominate
candidate tomorrow. Harmony on
the league issue was reached after many
hours of heated negotiations revolving
about the subcommittee on resolutions,
bringing into consultation first and last
virtually all the big men of the party.
In the end the irreconcilables and mild
reservati onists accepted treary plank
drafted by Elihu Root before his de-
parture for Europe several weeks ago,
but revised in some details to meet the
vleWs OF the contending elements. It
condemns President Wilson's league
covenant, uphplds the Senate in it's re-
lection g;ofs the treaty and Endorses the
Principle OF tap international peace con-
cert in harmony with American tradi-
ireland Plank Omitted.
The Republican platform omitted all
reference to Ireland. Planks proposed
by Irish sympathizers ever lost before
the resolutions subcommittee and not
pressed in the full committee or conven-
ton.
The woman suffrage plank earnestly
hopes Republican states which have
not yet ratified the suffrage amen dment
Will do so. 1t was a substitute for
clause calling upon the governors of
states not having ratified to summon
their legislatures in extra sessions to
ratlfy the amendment