The spectator., 1920-06-22
HARDING AND COOLIDGE ARE
 THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEES
Naming of Ticket Closes Five Days of Strenuous Po- |iticaI Battling at the Party Convention in
 the Coliseum at Chicago

| tee. headed by Senator Watson of In diana, fought back and forth. Ap- pointed at the session of Tuesday. it was expected to report at II o'clock "Wednesday morning, and the Coliseum was packed to capacity at that hour A few other formalities were com pleted, and an adjournment taken to II o'clock of Thursday. Again the crowd came back. The convention convened, Cardinal Gibbons offered an invocation. and the convention ad journed to four o'clock. With never ending interest the crowd was again back at four o'clock only to wait for two long sweltering hours for the fight on the platform which they were anticipating. but which did not materi- alize. Ihe fight had all been made behind the closed doors of the council rooms, and with the exception of the presentation of q minority report by member of the committee from Wis consin, to which no particular atten- tion was paid. there was no evidence that there had ever been disagree ment. and the platform was adopted with less than half dozen dissenting voteS
 A Day of Oratory
 Friday gave promise of being a red letter day for the audience and the fight for the coveted hits of beautiful ly engraved cardboard waXed hot and heavy. At nine thirty in the morn ing, when the session opened. every seat was filed every aisle was damned with an expectant multitude. It was to be day of oratory. and 1t was. The first order of business was the call of the states for the naming of candidates for the nomina- tion for the presidency. Arizona yield ed to Kansas and Governor Allen took the platform to nsme General Wood. The audience heard what Governor Allen had To say. and attention was given to the Seconding speeches and to the speech of Congressman Roden- berg on behalf of Governor Lowden.
 When Judge Wheeler of California. started to present the name of Sena- tor Johnson the audience had had enough of oratory. The distinguished Californian referred to the League of Nations plank as Senator Johnson's plank, and both delegates and the au- dience objected. He referred to the campaign funds of other candidates and there was roar of diSapproval
 He fought back. and the audience and the delegates fought with him. From that time to the close of the long seven hours and more of nominating speeches the orators might quite as well have said nothing,as the audience heard nothing of what they said. De spite the efforts of Chairman Lodge the commotion continued until the last orator had named the last of the eleven candidates whose names were placed before the convention.
 A feature of the nominating and seconding speeches was introduced by Mrs. Robinson of New York a sister of the late Theodore Roosevelt. In seconding the nomination of General Wood she referred to him as friend of her br0ther. and from that time on practically each candidate was re- ferred to as friend and heir of the departed eN-prcsldent
 Battle of Ballots.
 The balloting began on Friday night and four ballots were taken at that time. On these ballots General Wood was the leader, with Governor Lowden fairly close second. After the first ballot n motion to adjourn was made, hut was promptly voted down by a combination of the Wood and Lowden delegates who felt that their only chance ID win lay in preventing further conferences on the part of the leaders. Another effort to adjourn was made after the second ballot and a roll call of the states demanded. It, too was voted down by the same combination