Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-16
HARDING AND COOLIDGE ARE
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEES
Naming Of Ticket Closes Five Days Of Strenuous Po-
liticaI Battling at the Party Convention in
the Coliseum at Chicago.

was resorted to to prevent a split.
Much the same thing was true Of the
plank on Mexico and a plank on Ire
land. In the end the Irish were over
looked entirely, as nothing the leaders
were willing to do was satisfactory
I. that element that was demanding
Il strong resolution Acknowledge 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. Ap.
pointed at the session of Tuesday, II
was expected to report at IL o'clock
Wednesday morning, and the Coliseum
was packed to capacity at that hour.
A few other formalities were com.
IL o'cIoad a. adjournment taken to
crowd came back. The eanin the
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 sweltering hours for the
fight on the platform which they were
anticipating, but which did not materi-
alize. The fight had all been made
behind the closed doors of the council
rooms, and with the exception of the
presentation of minority report by
a member of the committee from Wis
consin, to which no particular atten
tion was paid, there was no evidence
that there had ever been disagree
ment, and the platform was adopted
with less than half dozen dissenting
votes.
A Day Of oratory.
Friday gave promise of being re'
letter day for the audience and tht
fight for the coveted bits of beautiful
ly engraved cardboard waxed hot ant
heavy. At nine thirty in the morn
ing, when the session opened, ever.
seat was filed, every aisle wa
jammed with an expectant multitude
II was to be day of oratory, an,
IL was. The first order of bushes
was the call of the states for tn
naming of candidates for the nomina
| ton for the presidency. Arizona yield
ed to Kansas and Governor Allen too
| the platform to name General Woo
The audience heard what Governo
| Allen had to say, and attention wa
given to the secOnding speeches an
to the speech of Congressman RodeI
berg on behalf of Governor Lowden.
When Judge Wheeler Of Californi;
! started to present the name of SEM
tor Johnson the audience had ha
enough of oratory. The distinguishe
Californian referred to the League {
Nations plank as Senator Johnson
plank, and both delegates and the a
dlence objected. He referred to II
campaign funds of other candidate
and there was roar of dlsapprova
He fought back, and the audience an
the delegates fought with him. Fro
that time to the close of the loI
seven hours and more of nominatlr
speeches the orators might quite
well have said nothIng,as the audlen,
heard nothing of what they said. ID
spite the efforts of Chairman Lodge Il
commotion continued until the la
orator tad named the last Of Il
eleven candidates whose names We
. placed before the convention.
A feature of thd9nominating al
seconding speeches was introduced
} Mrs. Robinson of New York, slst
J of the late Theodore Roosevelt.