Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-06-18
For President,
WARREN G. HARDING.
For Vice President,
CALVIN COOLIDGE.

vention hall and the Lowden sup
porters went into loud demonstra-
tien. That threw Lowden gain of
8H on the balloting SO far.
Ohio asked for poll
There was an echoing of Harding
shouts and some for Wood through the
hall as the roll was called.
In the midst OF the poll one of the
Wood delegates started to say "Sen-
ator Harding last night. having re-
filed for the senate" but the uproar
in the delegation shut him of and the
poll went on. The man who tried to
speak voted for Wood.
The Ohio poll showed Harding. 80;
Wood, 8. No change. Oregon also
demanded poll. Pennsylvania
stood pat with TO for Sproul and l
for Knox.
There was no nomination on the
fifth ballot. Wood lost 15t4 votes.
Harding and Lowden both made
gains.
Lowden Passes Wood.
Governor Lowden passed General
Wood. and the prediction of the Wood
managers that they would gain votes
on the first ballot of the day was not
fulfilled
Lowden ran up to 3O3. while Wood
only touched 200. Johnson fell to
1884,.
Other totals on the fifth ballot
were; Harding. rs; Sproul. s2h;
Coolidge, %; Hoover, G; Butler. A.
Knox, 1 +; Ward of New York, /; KeI-
III.
Sutherland. L; La Toilette. "a; Du
Pont, 6.
The calling of the roll logged along
on the sixth ballot uneventfully until
Georgia was reached and poll was
demanded.
Wood lost one in Georgia by an alb
sent delegate and alternate.
Then the first real break came In
Michigan's solid 30. which has been
standing firm for Johnson.
Eleven of the 30 broke to Wood and
10 Lowden. The remaining IS stood
for Johnson.
Three Gain on SIKH.
On the sixth ballot Wood. Lowden
| and Harding all made gains.
BY the unofficial figures Wood and
Lowden were tied with 811A votes
each. Harding had 80, a gain of IL
| over his showing on the fifth.
Harding gained from Missouri, rails
ing his gain on the sixth ballot to o.
Wood had gained 12ls by the time
| Nebraska was reached.
| In New York Wood lost ! and Low
| den gained 2, making him a from the
state.
The lineup Of the Ohio delegation
broke on poll. some of the
Harding strength going to Wood. Wood
| gained L. The vote was: Harding, IS
Wood, 13.
| Gains for the Wood forces In Ohio
caused another demonstration on the
floor. The word same up from the va
rious managers that they intended to
stand pat and fight it oul IL little
longer.
Figures for Sixth.
The official figures for the sixth bal
lot were: Wood, 311h; Lowden.
311h;; Johnson, 1101a Harding 80 !;
Sproul. IT; Coolidge. 2S; Hoover, 5;
Butler. 4; Knox. l; Kellogg of Mime
sofa. l; Poindexter. 1914; Dupont. 4 !;
La Toilette. "a; Watson. /; Ward Of
New York. 2.
With a tie between the leaders at
the end of the sixth ballot and every
body expecting a jump one way or
the other on the seventh, the conven-
ton gave itself up to ten minutes of
uproar before 1t proceeded.
Figures for Seventh.
The first gain Of the seventh went
to Harding. He got two from Ala
bama.
Wood got one vote from Connecti-
cut which was taken from Lowden's
l3. Delaware gave two of her 6 to
Harding.
The official figures for the seventh
we're: Wood. 312: Lowden, 31lh !;
Johnson. 99h; Sproul, 76; Butler. 2 !;
Harding, 105; Knox. Il; ienroot / /;
Ward. /: Kellogg. L; Dupont, 3 Hoov-
er. 4 Poindexter. Is; Coolidge. %
La Toilette. "a.
recess was taken at the conclu-
sion of this ballot, and during that
time there were frenzied conferences
among the leaders in an attempt TO
bring the struggle to an end.
Prize Goes to Harding.
The word was passed around when
the convention reconvened that Hard
ing was the man picked to win. The