The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-14
SUPERB TACTICS
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active Illinois stood her ground and did
not change. Indiana 100 rsinan ,st her
changed. And then Kansas cas-! me-
twenty votes for Harding roareo W. -
Bailey Of that delegation -,
The parade started. The police trieo
,.,, cain TO halt II. Lodge craShed ms
mailet upon the saSging tape. HaLp,Tis
had taken ten votes from "oVo nn
from Iowden in Kansas and had anoe9
N his original four. sixteen votes. And
Kansas is Woods state. or one o. 'he
states claiming him.
Then tho stream swelled BY, twenty.Slx
votes kentucky threw her entlfe
strength to the ohioan. ho"1en ai.d
then, on .ho preceding ballot It looked
a. Though the promised STAN pndc was
on, but there was yet to ba heard Iroih
the mighty DELEGATIONS from FehnS9l-
vania, and New York.
The coliseum was IN a furore. Inc po-
nc. wore thrown aside like ehlioreh'
Both smoot ard Lodge hammered '"'
table
ohIcan Gets Louisiana Twelve
Louisiana fell in. She throw her
twelve IN Harding. Obviously Lowden
had released all his votes to tho Ohlosn.
But rock Ribbed Maine war not so Sn ,
shaken She renamed true 70 moou
with all her twelve votes. Amu
land stuck 10 Wood without oiF'sio"'
coolidge lost two voles In Massachu-
sets One went TO Harding anu the
other to LoHden. And then MlchiSan
baked as usual and demandeH tna' hes
delegation be polied. Much disgust %as
Registered by The CONVENTION "plch was
yeRruinK for big action.
me crowds IN the galleries were
Harding'S They cheered every sugSes-
tIon OF his name. Harding got out ono
vote in Michigan.
Missouri CASTS thirtysix votes for
that scholarly American citizen. senator
Harding" hoomed huge voice from
the Missouri section.
BUT Wood was not % Be torgotten
Nebraska gave him all her. sixteen
voT.s Thus ne took two votes from
Lowden Lowden scemed TO De on. Oh
II. but could easily come back on iaIe'
ballot II Harding did not pull tnroSsn,
The crash came. The clerk w calico r1p
dramatically read i; Hoover 4 l,enroo'
!: Butler .; Coolidge .: Wood s.; Low
den and Harding 81. IL TOOK nvs
minutes TO restore order. Fhen N9r.h
Carolina Joined the rush ana gave r1~'
Tho crowd wished to end II. wanting
Harding oklahoma gave MN lW WeS
votes eighteen Lo@den ana TWO "oou
vutes. ,, %
Ohio did not change it. II refused 70
give mare than It's usual thrty-nine 70
Harding and the crowds hssea Sle
Ruckeye boys and revlied them nr
what The galleries named stupocrhheSS'
VIII Kaya Gsts vote
Th.v ware no!ltns the Oklahoma vote.
A woman delegates. possesseo OF. MI ~; ~
vote arose and cast her nth" 70 VIII
Hays, chairman OF the National com
mittee Then to make Hays sollo. an
other half vote was cast 20 hlm ana nv
was running for the nomination. ren
syiyania refused TO- bulge. Gov. Sproul
sot rs OF her votes and Knox got the
south Carolina voted II ballots for
Harding. Hitherto they were Lowden =;
II seemed true that Lowden had released
to Harding. Rumors were that way. al
last Tennessee switched I 10 WOOD
and 4 Lowden votes TO Harding, giving
| 10 in that state.
Texas fell into line with 1874 for the
Ohio senator. and then tall. oewhis-
kered negro delegate demanded that inc
vote be polled. In the Texas vote tnere
appeared \ new candidate. h. NC
Cr.gor. who received one vote. MI NC
GreKor appeared 10 be entering trilis
| In te but At least ma was even WIN VIII
HAYS. Texas almost deserted "ood anu
Lowdon. 49,,
| Gov. Sproul arrived on the floor I'M
nediately he went into conference WIZ
Alexander +. Moore. OF Pittsburgh ana
w w. Atterbury. OF the PennsylVania
Railroad Rumor--another or tho nit
uon-was that they were arranging 10
forsake what appeared TO he forlorh
cause II was said that they were taik,
ing surrender to the Harding forces ana
have done with II.
At any rate. Alaska was becoming con-