Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-13
South Comes to Support
of Ohio Candidate as
Does Pennsylvania and
New York Delegates.
Lowden and Sproul Re-
lease Their Friends as
Ninth Poll Is Being TAX
en-; Ends Race.

Chicago, June 13.-Warren
G. Harding, United States sem
ator from Ohio, was nominated
for the presidency Saturday by
the Republican national conven-
ton, after a deadlock which last
ed fo rhine ballots and which
finally forced out of the running
all the original favorites. AS his
running mate, the convention
named Governor Calvin Cool
idge of Massachusetts, upsetting
a plan of a combination of the
Harding hackers to contend for
the place Senator Irvine Lenroot,
of Wisconsin.
The collapse Of the forces OF Gov
ernor Frank o. Lowden and their trans
fer in large part to Senator Harding
put the Ohio candidate over. General
Wood lost heavily. however. when the
Harding drift began and Senator john
son. the third of the trio of leaders on
the early balloting Saturday also went
steadily down hill.
Entering the convention four days
ago as a candidate distinctly of the "dark
horse" class. Senator Harding got only
81 votes on the first ballot and on the
second he dropped to SO. When the
convention adjourned Friday night at
the end of the fourth ballot he had IN
all 611a. At the Friday night confer
ences among the party chiefs. however.
he was mentioned many times as tho
most likely to break the nomination
deadlock should neither Wood, Lowden
nor Johnson take a commanding lead
Saturday They all failed to do 50.
Wood and Lowden running a neck and
neck race for leadership on four more
ballots while the strength Of the Cali
fornia candidate dwindled steadily.
Harding Makes Gains.
Meantime. Harding pushed HIS total
to 1873, individual delegates from many
states swinging to him from the col
umns of the leaders and of various IA
vorite sons. The Johnson managers,
fearing landslide was impending. then
made a last play to save the fortunes
of their candidate. They moved to re-
cess in order to take inventory and seek
new combination The Wood snd
Iowden forces. both virtually at the
peak Of their strength but disheartened
terial gains. fell In with the recess plan
and the convention adopted il.
! In the dramatic succession or con-
ferences the fate of the candidates vir-
tuallv was settled Some of the Wood
and Lowden managers tried ineffectu-
ally for an agreement which would
hold their delegates in line and kill
off the Harding boom. Some tried to
get a Wood d-Lowden-Johnson agree
ment to adjourn till Monday without
making nomination.
Confer With Johnson.
There also was conference between
Harding and Johnson supporters in
in which the Ohioan's supporters tried
without success to have the remaining
Johnson strength swung to Harding.
1t was the parleys between the Har-
ding and the Lowden men. however.
which apparently bore the most force
when the bailoting began again, for
Governor I4owden come to the conven-
tion during the ninth roll call and, re-
versing a previous plan to so before
the convention itself, issued instructions
from behind the scenes releasing his
instructed delegates. Senator Harding
also was in the rear of the Coliseum
platform during the voting. and con-
ferred with Chairman Hays
call of states began after the recess,
the ground swell for Harding demon
: strated that it could not be forestalled.
CONNECTICUT, when her name was called
took 13 of her Ia votes from Lowden
and gave them to Harding.
Kentucky Fiops Complete.
In Florida he got seven from Wood
and then Kentucky, almost from the
first solid Lowden state, fiopped
complete into the Harding column.
Amid scenes of rising enthusiasm
other blocks Of Lowden delegates fol.
lowed suit while many OF the routed
Wood supporters also went into tha
Harding camp BY the end Of the roll
cali. Senator Harding had rolled up
total of 3T41a, putting him far into the
lead and several scores Of votes near
er the nomination than any candidate
had been before.
I,owden at the end Of the ninth had
only 121 votes left out of the 307
with which be ended the eighth, and
General Woods strength had fallen
from 800 on the eighth to 2a9 on the
hCsatinued ON P~gs Alssen.)