Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1920-06-25
HARDING AND COOLIDGE ARE
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEES

a strong resolution acknowledging the
freedom OF the Irish republic"
Many Hours Of Waiting.
For hours the resolutions commit
tee, headed by Senator Watson Of In
diana, fought back and forth. APP
pointed at the session OF Tuesday, II
was expected 70 report at IL o'clock
Wednesday morning, and the Coliseum
was packed TO capacity at that hour.
A few other formalitles were COM
pleted, and an adjournment taken TO
IL o'clock OF Thursday. Again the
crowd. came back. The convention
convened, Cardinal Gibbons offered an
Invocation, and the convention ad-
journed to four o'clock. With a never
ending interest the crowd was again
back at four o'clock only to wait for
two long swelterlng hours for the
fight on the platform which they were
anticipating, but which did not materI-
allze. The fight had all been made
behind the closed doors OF the council
rooms, and with the exception of the
presentation OF a minority report by
n member Of the committee from Wis
%consln, TO which no particular atten-
tlon was paid. there was no evidence
that there had ever been a disagree
ment, and the platform was adopted
with less than half n dozen dissenting
votes.
A Day Of oratory.
Friday gave promise OF being n red
letter day for the audience and the
fight for the coveted bits OF beautiful.
~ engraved cardboard waxed hot and
heavy. At nine thirty i'm the morn
Ing, when the session opened, every
seat was tilled, every aisle was
jammed with an expectant multitude.
II was TO be a day Of oratory, and
II was. The first order OF business
was the call OF the states for the
naming OF candidates for the nomlnn.
tion for the presidency. Arizona Yield.
cd 10 Kansas and Governor Allen took
the platform 20 name General Wood.
The audience heard what Governor
Allen had TO say, and attention was
given TO the secondlng speeches and
to the speech OF Congressman Roden-
berg on behalf OF Governor Lowden.
When Judge Wheeler OF California,
started to present the name OF Sem
tor Johnson the audience had had
enough OF oratory. The distinguished
Californian referred 20 the League OF
Nations plank as Senator Johnson's
plank, and both delegates and the nu-
dlence objected. He referred 10 the
campaign funds OF other candidates
and there was n o % dlsnpproval
He fought back, and the audience and
the delegates fought with HIN. Frori
that time 10 the close Of the loRp
seven hours and more Of nominating
speeches the orators might quite NJ
well have said nothlng,ns the audience
heard nothing OF what they said. De.
spite the efforts OF Chairman Lodge the
commotion continued until the las
orator had named the last OF IN,
eleven candidates whose names wer,
placed before the convention.
A feature OF the nominating ant
secondlng speeches was introduced by
Mrs. Robinson OF New York, a sister
Of the late Theodore Roosevelt. II
secondlng the nomination OF Genera
Wood she referred TO him as a frien,
OF her brother, and from that tim,
On practically each candidate was re
ferred to as a friend and heir Of IN,
departed ex-president.
The balloting began on Friday nigh
and four ballots were taken ut tina
time. On these ballots General Woo,
was the leader, with Governor LowdeI
II fairly close second. After the frs
ballot a motion to adjourn was made