The Mena weekly star., 1920-06-17
IT'S HARDING And
COOLIDGE, c. 0. P.
Dark Horse" From Ohio Wins in a
Landslide" ON the Tenth Ballot
Lenroot Tried for Vice Presidency
but Lost Quickly.

Chicago, June 12.-Warren G. Hard
ing, United States senator from Ohio,
was nominated for the presidency to-
day by the Republican national con-
yention after a deadlock which lasted
nine ballots and which finally forced
out of the running all the original
favorites.
As his running mate the convention
named Governor Calvin Coolidge of
Massachusetts, upsetting a plan of a
combination Of the Harding hackers to
nominate for the place Senator Irvine
l.. Lenroot of Wisconsin.
Lowden Collapse Ended It.
The collapse of the forces of Gov.
Frank Lowden 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, third OF the trio of
leaders on the early balloting yester-
day. also went steadily down hill.
Traditions were shattered in the
choice OF Harding. For the first time
in the history of the nation a member
Of the United States senate has been
nominated for the presidency.
Entering the convention four days
ago as a candidate distinctly of the
dark horse" class, Senator Harding
got only GA votes on the first ballot
yesterday and on the second he drop
ped to 55. When the convention ad-
journed last night at the end of the
fourth ballot he had 61
johnson Lost on Every Ballot.
In all night conferences among the
party chiefs, however, he was men
toned many times as the most likely
to break the nomination deadlock
should neither Wood, Lowden nor
Johnson take a commanding lead to-
day. They all failed to do so, Wood and
Lowden running neck and neck race
for leadership on four more ballots,
while the strength of the California
candidate dwindled steadily.
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
favorite sons. The Johnson managers,
fearing a landslide was impending,
then made last play TO save the for
tunes OF their candidate. They moved
to recess for couple of hours in order
to take an inventory and seek a new
combination.
The Wood and Lowden forces, both
virtually at the peak OF thsir strength,
but disheartened at the long string of
ballots without material gains, fell in
with the recess plan and the convers-
tion adopted 1t.
WoodsLowden Combine Failed.
In the dramatic succession of confer
ences that followed, the fate of the
virtually was sealed. Some
of the Wood and Lowden managers
tried Intellectually for an agreement
which would hold their delegates In
line and kill off the Harding boom.
Some tried to get Wood-Lowden.
Johnson agreement to adjourn till
Monday without making nomination.
There also was a conference between
Johnson and Harding supporters in
which the Ohioan's supporters tried
without success to nave the remaining
Johnson strength swung to Harding.
supporters In which Ohioan's support
ers tried without success to have the
remaining Johnson strength swung to
Harding
1t was the parleys between the
Harding and Lowden men, however,
which apparently bore the most fruit
when the balloting began again, for
Governor Lowden came 10 the con-
vention during the ninth roll call and,
reversing a previous plan to go before
the convention itself, issued instruc-
tion from behind the scenes releasing
his instructed delegates.
The Landslide Begins.
Almost as soon as the alphabetical
call of states began after the recess
the ground swell began for Harding
demonstrated that 1t could not be fore
stalled. Connecticut, when her name
was called, took thirteen of her four
teen votes from Lowden and gave
them to Harding. In Florida he got
seven from Wood and then Kentucky,
almost from the first solid Lowden
state, flopped completely into the
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 the
Harding camp. By the end of the roll
Call Senator Harding had rolled up a
total of 374, putting him far in the
lead and several score of votes nearer
the nomination than any candidate
had been before
From this time on 1t was a race
to get on the bandwagon.
An effort to name Senator Lenroot
of Wisconsin for vice-President failed
and Calvin Coolidge. Governor of
Massachusetts made runaway race.
VIII III. Hays Of indiana was re-
elected chairman Of tho Republican