Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-06-16
HARDING, or OHIO, NOMINATED
AS Republican Candidate for Prcsi-
dent--GOv. Coolidge for Vice.

! Chicago, Ill, June 12.--Warren G.
Harding, United States Senator from
Ohio, was nominated for the Presi-
dency to-day by the Republican Ma
tional Convention after deadlock
which lasted for nine ballots, and
which finally forced ont of the run
ming all of the original favoritcs.
AS his running mate the conven-
tion named Governor Calvin Cool
1dge, Of Massachusetts, upsetting a
plan OF a cOmbina ton OF the Hard
tns backera to nominate for the place
Senator Irvine l.. Lenroot, of Wis
consin.
The collapse of the forces of Gov
ernor Frank o. Lowden and their
transfer in large part to Senator
Harding put the Ohio candidate we'll
over.
Gen. Wood lost heavily, how
ever, when the Harding drift began
and Senator Johnson, the third Of
the trio Of leaders on the early bal
loting Yesterday, also went steadily
down-hill.
E. STEERING the convention four days
ago as a candidate of the dark
horse" class, Senator Harding got
only Ga votes on the first ballot yes
terday, and on the second he dropped
to Sc. When the convention ad-
5ourned last night. at the end OF the
fourth ballot he had 81.
In all-nfght conferences among the
party chiefs, however, he was men
toned many times as the most likely
TO break the nomination deadlock II
neither Wood, Lowden nor johnson
should take a commanding lead to-
day. This they all failed to do, Wood
and Lowden running neck and neck
for the leadership on four more bal
lots, while the strength Of the Cali
fornia candidate dwindled steadily.
There were numerous conferences
between the later balloting. AS the
tenth roll-call began delegates quit
Lowden, Wood and Johnson right
and left, and the big hall was in al
most continuous applause as State
after State announced secession to
the Harding standard It was reserv-
ed for Pennsylvania to add the
browning touch ofsenthusiasin.3W When
|toahoS Sssnat sFshssd sd sd ) Votss Fo nom
mate him, and Pennsylvania gave
him GO.
When 1t was seen that candidate
had been nominated the customary
changing Of votes began with a half
dozen who had voted for candidates
switching over so as to appear in the
winning column on the last ballot
Most Of Illinois deserted its Governor
and many Of the Wood men, too,
asked to have their votes recorded
for Harding.
The Tenth Ballot.
On the tenth ballot the count gave
the following result: Wood 1856.
Lowden IL, Johnson 80 As, Hard
Ing 692 ", Coolidge 5, Hoover 9h,
Butler 2, Knox l, Lenroot l, Hays
l, LaFollette "a. Not voting, 81.
The Chief Nominee.
Senator Harding Is a successful
newspaper publisher. Since 1884 he
has owned and published the Marion
Star. He has been in newspaper
work since he was 10 years of age.
When In Marion he spends all Of his
time at the Star office in the active
management Of the paper. He is
practical printer and delights in
spending hours in his composing
room handling type.
He began his newspaper career on
the Marion Mirror, which was a Dem
ocratic newspaper, at SO a week SAL
ary, and was discharged from the
staff Of that paper during the Blaine
campaign because his sympathies
we're with Blaine, and because he in
sisted on wearing the high hat of the
Blaine partisans.
The Republican Presidential NOM
inee was born November 2, 1865, at
Blooming Grove, Morrow county,
Ohio, just 10 miles east Of Marion.
When a boy his family moved to Cal
edonia, miles nearer Marion, where
young Harding taught school for two
years. He played cornet in the Cal
edonia Brass Band and later received
college education ct a little Baptist
college at Iberia, Ohio. When 10
years old Harding moved to Marion
| to study law, but law did not hold
his fancy long. In college he had
| been editor Of the college paper, and
newspaper work thrilled him. 1t was
then that he began work on the Mir
ror from which he was fired"
His political life began in 1899,
Senate from the 18th Ohio district.
In 1903 he was elected Lieutenant
Governor Of Ohio, and was elected to
the United States Senate in 1914. He
was married in 1891 to Miss FLORENCE
King, OF Marion.
Golf Is Senator Harding's partic-
ular hobby. and he is also a great
baseball fan.
claw and Order" Coolidge.
Calvin Coolidge, Of Northampton,
Mass. although in public life in his
| adopted State almost ever since his
graduation from Amherst College in
1896, was little known outside of