Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-12
Convention Opens Today With No One the Fay-
 Orite SCATTERING VOTE IS 2lO; l93 IS MAJORITY Lowdcn's Gains Are Greatest After First Ballot, FavOrite Sons Con- tinue to Hold Their Own
 In Race

At the adjournment hour it still re- mained three cornered fight be- tween Wood, Lowden and Johnson, for the remaining twelve contestants held only 210 scattering votes among them and most of them had been losing steadily since the first bal lot, some one of the big three mak- ing accessions at their expense.
 With these scattering votes Hiram Johnson still was holding the balance of power, his 1d0 12 votes alone ! even if cast for either Wood or Low den, would not be sufficient to nomi- nate either, and there was not the slightest indication of Johnson dele- gates deserting their nominee.
 The fourth ballots saw various shifts and changes, with a general de- clining of the favorite son and com- plimentary vote. The vote for Dr. Mich olas Murray Butler of New York, steadily dwindled until on the clos ing ballot it stood at 20. Lowden forces took most of the accessions from New York
 Hisl LaFOllette
 Twenty four votes from Wisconsin cast for Lafollette on three success sive ballots amid hisses and catcalls, fell to 22 at the closing. It was the | first convention in years at which La Toilette himself had not apeared as nominee. Herbert Hoover's maxi- mum strength of the day was five votes; Philander Knox's maximum was 2. Governor Sprouts was 79 1-2, made up of accessions to his IT of Pennsylvania's 7s which stood steadily through all the fight. i It was difficult to understand the sudden adjournment after four bal- lots had been taken. At the end of the third ballot the Johnson forces moved an adjournment and insisted upon roll call after the motion had been defeated by viva voce vote. The roll call showed the delegates voting overwhelmingly to continue the ballotng. Toward the close of tho fourth ballot it was seen that Wood and Lowden both, had made small gains and that the Johnson vote would show it's first loss.
 1 Senator Borah rushed to the plat form and urged that an adjourn ment be taken. Some of the Lowden people had been appealed to by del- egates who sincerely wished to avoid the hardship of an all night session and they consented not to oppose an adjournment motion. There is noth- 1 ing to indicate that the Johnson and LOwden forces were working togeth- CT by design but adjournment was obtained through their joint efforts. The Wood forces were bitterly dis appointed as they believed they could continue to gain until their total would climb over the four hundred mark. if an adjournment could be avoided. They hoped that then would come landslide or band wagon movement from the tired delegates.
 Nominate In Interim
 The Wood forces are saying tonight that there were more negative votes than affirmative, but they admitted that the latter made more noise and that MT. Lodge probably was justi- fled in ruling that they showed bad strategy in not insisting on .roll call.
 The adjournment of the conven- ton only transferred the battle from the floor of the coliseum to the quiet of conference rooms downtown where , the leaders worked all night ref0rm- ing their battle fronts hoping to bring about a re-alignment of forces and turn the tide in definite direction at the session tomorrow.
 : Unless their efforts fail, the nom- inee is being actually made tonight, but whether it will be decided to put over one of the two leaders or stage la deadlock must await the decision. If the latter. the general opinion seems to favor the selection of com servative dark horse.
 In gruelling ten-hour session con- ducted in intense summer heat and without interruption for recess or re-
 freshment, the convention bucVSled down. to the job of attempting to put itself on schedule and heard, in suc- cession, nominating and seconding speeches for eleven candidates. md
 then turned to tho ballotipg, vQtea
 being cast for the elevNn md nun.