The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-06-18
HARDING and
COOLIDGE ARE
NAMED BY COP.
Wave of Sentiment For
Ohio Senator dominates
Him on 10th
Ballot
CONVENTION ADJOURNS
Coolidge Is Named For Vice.
President in a
Landslide of
Votes

Chicago, June 12-Warren G.. Hard
Ing, United States senator from ONO.
was nominated for the presidency to-
day by the republican national conven-
ton after a deadlock which lasted for
nine ballots and which finally forced
out of the running aYl the original ia
yoriteS.
AS his running mate. the convention
named Governor Gavin Coolidge of
Massachusetts,. upsetting a plan OF the
combination of the Harding hackers
to nominate for the place. senator
Irvine l.. Lenroot Of Wisconsin.
The collapse of the forces of Gov
ernor Frank o.. Lowden and their
transfers in large part to la
Harding put the Ohio candidate over.
Genera Wood lost heavi y, however,
when the Harding drift began and
Senator Johnson. the third of the trio
of leaders on the early balloting yes
terday also went steadily downhill.
A Dark Horse
Entering the convention four days
g as "a candidate distinctly OF the
dark horse Senate Harding got
only Ga votes on the first ballot yes
terday on the second, he dropped
to So. When the convention adjourn
ed asst night at the end of the fourth
ballot, he had 81.
In all night conferences among the
party chiefs. however. he was men
toned many times as the most likely
To break the nomination deadlock
should neither Wood. Lowden nor
Johnson take a commanding lead to-
day. They all failed to do so, Wood
n Lowden running a
race for leadership on four ballots
while the strength Of the California
candidate dwindled steadily.
Nc pxyhi1n lie ~}inp nuShn1 his ~
tai to 1873, individual delegates from
many states swinging to him from the
column Of the leaders and or various
favorite sons The Johnson managers.
fee ring a landslide. was impending.
then made a last play to save the for
tunes Of their candidates.
JohnSonites Get Recess
They voted to recess for a couple Of
hours in order to take an inventory
and seek Il new combination. The
Wood and Lowden forces. both virtu-
ally at the peak of their strength, but
disheartened at the long string OF bal
lots without material gains. fell in
with the recess plan and the conven-
ton adopted It,
In the dramatic SUGGESTIONS OF n
f~erences tina followed the fate of the
candidates. virtually was sea,ed. Some
of the Wood and Lowden managers
tried Intellectually for ar agreement
which would hold their delegates n
kill the Harding boom. Some tried
! to get a Wood Lowden-Johnson agree
ment to adjourn to Monday without
making "A nomination. Ihere aiso vas
a conference between Johnson ana
Harding supporters in which the ONO
| ans supporters tried without success
10 have the remaining Johnson
| strength swung to Harding.
IDw.icn Releases
1t was the parleys between .ne
Harding and L.owden men. however,
which apparently bore the most fruit
when the ba, loting began again. Tor
Governor Lowdcn came to the v
4ion during the ninth roll call. ana.
| reversing a previous plan to so peloFe
the convention itself. issued lns!r"c-
t;ons from behind the scene reieas-
| ing his instructed delegates. Senaool
Harding also was in the rear or the
coliseum platform during the voting
and conferred with Chairman hays :,
Almost as soon as the alphapeucal
al of states began after the recess.
| Tho ground swell for Harding demon
| strated that it could not be 1ofs'aiieu
| Connecticut. when her name was Ill
ed. took 13 of her - votes ron 10y "
don and gave them to Harding. II,
EIor;da he got seven from Wood n
then Kentlcky, almost from the llrst
. solid IOwden state. Topped com
nIetelv into the Harding column
Amid scenes of rising enthusiasm
other books Of Lowden delegates tol,
lowed suit. while many OF the ronied
Wood supporters also went INTO the
Harding camp. BY the end or the ron
cali Senator Harding had rolled up d
total OF 374, putting him far into the
Ioad and several score or votes nearer
the nomination than any candidate
had been before. -,
Lowden, at the n Of the ninth. nah
orlv 81 votes left out OF the sO7 WIN
which he ended the eighth and Gener-
a, woods strength had fallen from
900 on the eighth. to 249 on the
ninth Johnson dropped from 81 10
81.
A. the tenth roll call began, dele
gates quit Lowden. Wood and John-
con right and left and the big hall was
in almost continuous applause as
state after state announced accession
70 bhe Harding standard It was re-
served for Pennsylvania to d the
crowning touch Of enthusiasm. When
the keystone state was reached. the
Ohio senator needed 80 votes to nom
mate him and Pennsylvania gave him
so.
It was Governor Spornl himself. the
candidate of his state on every pre-
ceding ballot and mentioned many