The diamond drill., 1920-06-19
CONVENTION DID BUSINESS LAST
SATURDAY EVENING
HARDING AND Co0LRIDGE
We're Selected To Bear The Ban.
ner OF Lincoln And Mckinley
This Coming Election

Contrary to the expectations OF man,
the republican convention at Chicago
completed its labors last Saturday ant
the delegates were enabled to get -ou
OF Chicago that night.
Contrary 10 the prediltions OF al
but those In the inner circle, the nom.
inee for President is Senator Warren
@. Harding OF Ohio and his running
mate is Gov. Coolridge OF Massachus-
etts. The nomination OF Harding was
made upon the tenth ballot, about six
o'clock Saturday night and that OF
Gov. Coolridge was made on the first
ballot shortly afterwards.
Platform Adopted
The big fight of the convention was
centered about the platform and the
platform fight was chiefly centered
about the League OF Nations. All fac
tions were agreed that the League as
planned should not go through but
some wanted reservations and others
wanted no League. The result was a
compromise that specifically states
that the plan as proposed by Pres
Wilson will not do but leaves open
the question OF adopting reservations
to the covenant or writing a new COW
enant which will cover only the ques-
tions Of doing away with war and pro-
viding for an international court.
The bitter enders" lead by Borah
and Johnson made II plain early in the
convention that they would acceed to
no platform that would countenance
the covenant as written, either with
reservations or without.
In order to avoid split the COM
promise was arrived at.
Bitter Fight On President
When the balloting commenced for
president it was apparent that Wood
and Lowden were the leaders. John
son was rather poor third. The de-
velopments in the senate inquiry into
campaign expenditures had greatly
embarrassed both Wood and Lowden.
II was shown that the Wood men
spent $1,000, 900 and that the big con-
tributions came from wealthy men in
the east.
Lowden spent half million, almost
all OF IL contributed by himself. When
inquiry as to the distribution OF funds
In Missouri was taken up IL was shown
that two delegates were given $4,000
for organization work. that they, in
stead OF spending this money, put Il
down In their pockets. There was no
primary in Missouri and the proceed
ure caused a scandal that undoubtedly |
was the undoing OF Lowden.
Gov. Lowden was in no way con- /
nected with any conspiracy TO buy up |
votes. IL was shown that this money |
was spent Just as was money in other
states but that the two men had them
selves chosen delegates SO that 4;
looked as II they were paid for their
vote.
This unfortunate development un-
loubtedly kept Lowden from the nom
nation for the leaders were fearful
)f the result OF that deal In the cam
Daign and 80 had TO pick upon a dark
iorse.
Wood and Lowden sea-sawed for the
cad during the first five ballots. Wood
eading all excepting the seventh
when both were tied Johnson com
nenced 10 lose on the sixth ballot
when Michigan split. From that time
ifs support dwindled.
On the eighth ballot Harding had
increased his vote TO 1874 and Il was
apparent that there was a drift TO
i'm. This was about 200 o'clock p.
n. Saturday and a request for ad-
ournment was made In order TO get
ogether. This was opposed at first
nut later agreed 10 by the Harding
nen and when the convention re-
onvened at $500 o'clock Lowden re-
eased his delegates and they went to
Harding insuring his nomination on
he tenth ballot.
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