Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-06-25
BY WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.

Of Ohio.
For Vice Presldent-calvln Coolidge
Of Massachusetts.
Convention Hall, ChicagO.-rhe
nomination for president was made on
the tenth ballot. The vote on
that ballot for the men who had been
the leading candidates was: Harding,
047h; Wood, 1914; Lowden, II;
johnson, 80 As.
After II IL all over, that Is the news
II took five strenuous days to produce.
That Is all that the great mass OF the
public will remember. But for those
who had n part In the contest IL VIII
he nm experience TO be remembered for
a lifetime, and the convention OF 1920
will go down In the history OF the Re
publican party MS one Of the hardest
waged battles OF the party's existence.
II was n battle OF which the audience
saw but little that was spectacular,
n shO;v that did not measure up to the
expectations OF the thousands who had
begged and fought for and purchased
tickets. and who had jammed them
selves into the great building session
after session, swelterlng aud roasting,
and always anticipating something
worth while.
The public did not see the real fight,
as they were not admitted TO the coun-
ell rooms where the differences OF con
testing candidates were lroned out,
or where the varying opinions OF diff
fernt factions were being %reconclled
30 that n platform that would III all
elements might be produced. The
unusual conditions OF the times had
produced a Wide range of Ideas. Men
differed radically on important points
upon which the party must go Ia the
public as n unit II It Is TO have n chance
of being successful In November, and II
was not an easy task 20 find the common
ground upon which all were willing TO
stand. Every day OF the five brought
It's threat OF II bolt on the part OF
some faction, and these threats
brought adjustment after adjustment,
nfter sessions lasting from but n few
minutes 10 an hour or so, In order
that new conferences might be held
and new efforts might be made 10 sat
lsfy opposing elements.
League Of Nations Fight.
II mi the League OF Nations plank
that proved the greatest stumbling
block. The lrreconcilahles OF the SEN
ate, led by senator Johnson, would
not listen TO anything that savored Of
an Endorsement Of the League OF Ma
tons. with or without reservations.
Another element, led by Nicholas
Murray Butler OF New York, insisted
upon mn Endorsement OF the League
with the Lodge reservations, and on
Wednesday morning Il seemed that
nothing could prevent a split ON this
plank.
Il was at this tlme that the polltl'
cal genius OF Elihu Root was called
upon. The cables carried the troubles
OF the contestants 10 Europe where
Root Is assisting In the Organization
OF an international court, and the
cables brought back a solution that
satisfied Senator Johnson and his fol-
lowers, and which the others were
willing TO accept In the interests OF
party harmony.
There was dimculty again over the
labor plank. and again compromise
was resorted 20 to prevent a split
Much the same thing vas true OF the
plank on Mexico and "A plank on Ire.
land. In the end the Irish we're over
looked entirely, as nothing the leaders
yere willing to do was satisfactory
- that element that was demanding