The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-25
DEADLOCK IN CONVENTION rs
BROKEN AND oH,oAN ELECT.
60 ON TENTH BALLOT
LANDSLIDE OCCURS At END
Weed and lowden Forces crumble
and Then Collapse. Governor
Coolidge Of Massachusetts, 10
Vice Presidential Candidate


urday by the Republican, national con.
vention. after n deadlock which lasted
for nine ballots and which finally
forced out Of the running all the Origi-
nal favOrites.
: As his running mate. the convention
named Gov. Calvin Coolidge. of Mas
sachusetts. upsetting II plan of u com
binatiOn Of the Hardin. hackers to
nominate for the place Senator Irvine
Lenroot Of Wisconsin.
The collapse Of the forces If Gov.
Frank o. Lowtlpn and their transfer
in large part to Senator Harding put
the Ohio candidate over.
General Wood lost heavily. however.
when the Harding drift began and
Senator Johnson. the third Of the trio
of leaders on the early ballnting Fri
day. also went steadily down hill.
Entering the convention four days
ago as a candidate Of the dark horse
class. Senator Harding got only G.
votes on the first ballot Friday and on
the second dropped to &c. When the
convention adjourned Friday night. at
the end Of the fourth ballot he was in
all night conferences among the party
chiefs. However, he was mentioned
many times rs the most likely to break
the nomination deadlock should neither
Wood. Lowtlen nor Johnson take
commanding lead today. They all
failed to do so. Wood and I.Owtlen run.
ming a neck and neck race for leader
ship on four more ballots while the
strength Of the California candidate
dwindled steadily.
Meantime, Harding pushed his to.
tai to 123 individual delegates from
many states swinging to him from the
columns Of the leaders and Of various
favorite sons. The Johnson managers.
fearing landslide was impending.
then made 81 last play to save the for
tunes If their candidate. They moved
10 recess in order to take an inventory
and seek new combination. The
Wood and I.Owdpn forces. both virtu.
ally at the peak of their strength but
tlisheartened ut the long string If bal.
lots without material gains. fell in with
the recess plan and the convention
adopted it.
In the dramatic succession Of con-
ferenceS that followed. the fate Of
the candidates virtually was sealed.
Some Of the Wood and Low.lcn man.
ayers tried inefTectively for an agree
ment which would hold their delegates
in line and kill OF the Harding hoon,.
Some tried to get WoMl-l.owde,,.
Johnson agreement to adjourn till
Monday without making a nomination.
There also was a conference between
Johnson and Harding supporters 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 I.owtlen men, however. which
apparently bore the most fruit when
the ballOting again hogan. for Govern.
or I.Owden came to the convention dur
ing the ninth roll call and. reversing n
previous plan tn so before the cOnven.
tion itself. issued instructions from he
hind the scenes releasing his instructed
delegates.
Senator Harding was also in the
rear OF the Coliseum platform before
the voting and conferred with Chair.
man Hays.
Almost as soon as the alphabetical
call 0f states began after the recess.
the ground swell for Harding demon.
strated that 1t could not he forestalletl.
Connecticut. when her name was
called. took IL Of her IA votes from
I.owtlen and gave them to Harding.
In Florida h.. got seven from Wood
and then Kentucky, almost from the
first solid I.owden state. Topped
complete into the Harding column.
Amid scenes Of rising enthusiasm
other blocks Of Lowtlen delegates fol-
lowed suit. while many of the routed
Wood supporters also went into the
Harding camp. BY the end of the
roll call. Senator Harding had rolled
up total Of 374. putting him far into
the lead and several score Of votes
nearer the nomination than any candi-
date had been before.
Lowtlpn. at the end of the ninth. had |
only l21 votes left out of the 3O7
with which he ended the eighth. and
General Woods strength had fallen |
from go on the eighth to 249 on the
ninth. Johnson dropped from 81 to 50
As the tenth roll call began dele
gates quit Lowden. Wood and Johnson
right and left and the big hall was in
almost continuous applause rs state
after state 0nnOuncotl NecaSSinnS m |
the Harding standard. 1t was re-
served for Pennsylvania to add the
browning touch Of enthusiasm. When
the Keystone state was reached the
Ohio senator needed 30 votes to nomi-
nate him and Pennsylvania gave him
60.
1t was Governor SprOul himself. the
candidate OF his state on every pre-
ceding ballot and mentioned many