The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1920-06-19
= the Wood and Lowden managers

tried Intellectually for an agreement
which would hold their delegates IN
I line and kill off the Harding boom.
Some tried to get Wood-Lowden-
Johnson agreement to adjourn till
Monday without making a nomination.
| There also was a conference between
Johnson and Harding supporters, In
which the Ohioans supporters tried
| without success to have the remain
ing Johnson strength swung to Hard
| ing.
| II was the parleys between the
| Harding and Lowden men, however,
| which apparently bore the most fruit
when the balloting began again. for
! Governor Lowden came to the conven-
! ton during the ninth call and, revers-
| ing a previous plan to go before the
| convention itself, issued instructions
| from behind the scenes releasing his
instructed delegates. Senator Hard
| ing also was in the rear Of the Coli
scum platform during the voting
Almost as soon as the alphabetical
call of states began after the recess
| the ground swell for Harding demon
strated that it could not be forestalled.
| Connecticut. when its name was call
ed. took thirteen of her fourteen votes
from Lowden and gave them to Hard
ing. In Florida he got seven from
Wood, and then Kentucky, almost
from the first solid Lowden state,
! flopped completely into the Harding
column.
! Amid scenes OF rising enthusiasm
other blocks Of Lowden delegates fol-
lowed suit, while many OF the routed
Wood supporters also went into the
Harding camp By the END OF the roll
call Senator Harding had rolled up
total of 374, putting him far into the
| lead and several score OF votes nearer
the nomination than any candidate
had been before.
Lowden at tie end Of the ninth had
only 121 votes left out of the 3O7 with
which he ended the eighth and Gen.
eral Woods strength had fallen from
800 on the eighth to 249 on the ninth.
Johnson dropped from 81 to 81.
AS the tenth roll call began dele
gates quit Lowden, Wood and Johnson
right and left and state after state an
nounces accession to the Harding
| standard. 1t was reserved for Penn
sylvania to add the GROWING touch
of enthusiasm. When the Keystone
State was reached the Ohio senator
needed 80 votes to nominate him and
Pennsylvania gave him 60.
1t was Governor Sproul himself, the
candidate of his state on every pre-
ceding ballot and mentioned many
| times as a possible dark horse to
break the deadlock who announced
the big Pennsylvania vote for Hard
| ing
Entering the Coliseum floor for the
| first time since the balloting began,
| he made his way to the Pennsylvania
standard and, amid cheers, released
| the delegation from longer supporting
him. Then he took a poll, got the
| floor and threw in the winning Hard
| ing votes.
| When It was seen that candidate
| had been nominated the customary
changing of votes began with a half
| dozen who had voted for other candi-
| dates, switching over SO as to appear
| In the winning column on the last bal
lot. Most Of Illinois deserted its gov
| ernor and many of the Wood men,
| too. asked to have their votes recorded
| for Harding
| The final check-up showed 692 for
| Harding, with only IL left supporting
Lowden, l57 for Wood and so for John
| son. At their best, earlier in the day,
the Wood people had mustered BIZ
votes and the Lowden forces Bill.
Johnson's high point 'was 14S, record
ed on the third ballot Friday.
A motion to make the nomination
unanimous was passed IN a great Choir
us of approval, but when opportunity
was given for negative votes there
were some noes" from Wisconsin,
| whose delegation throughout the had
had voted almost solidly for Senator
Robert NJ LaFollette.
The plan to nominate Senator Len
root for the vice presidency had the
backing of many of the men who had
helped put Harding over. The name
of Governor Coolidge stirred the dele
gates and galleries to repeated cheer
ing and he was swept into the second
place on the ticket before the first
roll call had gone two-thirds Of its
length Again 1t was Pennsylvania
which furnished the winning votes.
Governor Coolidge got 674 votes to
lac for Senator Lenroot and 6S for
Governor Allen of Kansas. Several
others got scattering support without
being formally in nomination. The re-
suit was greeted with another demon
| stration and there was renewed cheer
| ing few minutes later when the tired
delegates were told that their work
was done. 1t was early evening by
the time adjournment was reached,
but befire midnight hundreds had
checked out and were on their way.
| There was no official total of the
final ballot Near the close Of the bal
lot there was a wholesale switching
of votes to the Harding camp and then
a motion to make 1t unanimous. This
motion failed because Of the opposi-
ton of the Wisconsin delegation.
In Something About Harding.
| Warren G. Harding has always been
a resident of Ohio, which state he has
represented as United States senator
since 1914. In private business life
| he is publisher of the Marion, Ohio,
Star.
He was born on farm, near the VII
| lage Of Blooming Grove, Morrow
| County, Ohio, Nov. 2, 1865, the eldest
of eight children. His father, George
| T. Harding was country doctor
| whose forbears came from Scotland.
Before going to Ohio the Hardings
were residents of Pennsylvania, where
some of them were massacred by In
dams. Others fought in the revolu-
| fiaunry xyar Tho mathnr pf Warren