The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-06-14
Ohio Senator Is Named for
President on Tenth
Ballot
BAY STATE GOVERNOR
NAMED IN BIG RUSH
Stampede for Harding Be
gan on 9th Ballot After
Collapse Of LoWden Men

Coliseum, Chicago, June l4.-Warrci
Griffin Harding is the Republican nom
lnee for president. He was named o.
the 10th ballot of the conventions
Harding received 692 l-5 votes. 40
being necessary to choice. The STAN
pede to him started on the ninth bal
lot, which WAS first taken after a two
hour recess Saturday afternoon, il
which group of the anti Wood leaders
decided to put him over if possible
The Wood hackers planned last ditci
piece of strategy, intending to attempt
TO force an adjournment until Monday
In this they were joined by the John
son supporters, the Pennsylvania dele
cation and the Poindexter group
So strong was the stampede, how,
ever. and so rapidly did the band
wagon delegates climb aboard after
they had learned the decision reached
at the conference, that all hope of de.
abandoned. and even PENNSYLVANIA
climbed aboard on the final ballot
changing its vote after the roll call
had been almost completed.
Calvin Coolidge, governor of Mass.
chusetts, was nominated for the vice.
presidency on the first ballot, with a
vote of 674h. Against him was Sen.
ator Irvine l.. Lenroot of Wisconsin;
Hiram w. johnson of California: Gov.
Henry j. Allen of Kansas; Colonel
Henrey w. Anderson of Richmond,
Va; Senator A. j. Gronna of North
Dakota. and Judge J. c. Pritchard of
North Carolina.
Governor Allen polled 6sh votes,
Senator Lenroot l46ik, Anderson rs,
Johnson 22h, Gronna and Pritchard
10.
The real decision to nominate Hard.
ing was reached at meeting of the
leaders late Friday night The de
termination to center the anti-Wood
strength on Harding was influenced by
the strong belief of most of the eastern
leaders that the revelations about the
campaign contributions would make it
difficult to elect either Lowden or
Wood, while the opposition to Hiram
johnson was so strong that there was
never any serious thought of turning
to him.
Actually, Hiram johnson forestry
the process of elimination are respon-
sible to large extent for the nomi-
nation of Harding. II was the final
smash at Lowden and Wood by the
Johnson forces, and their very plain
threats. voiced through Senator Borah,
which killed off the chances of Cover
nor Frank o. Lowden as the choice of
the antiWood leaders.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, on mo-
ton of A. r. Hert of Kentucky, was
appointed chairman of committee to
notify Senator Harding of his nomi
nation. William Allen White was APP
pointed to notify Governor Coolidge
of his nomination as vice president.
There was tremendous Harding en-
thusiasm all day Saturday, bubbling
over with no surface indications as to
its why and wherefore. The Sproul
men seemed confident, as they still
thought there was poss Utility of the |
anti-Wood leaders turning to them or
Knox. The Harding movement needed
only the word that he would be salts |
factory to everybody, even TO the Hi !
ram johnson crowd, to force an imme- |
date change in the attitude of the !
delegates.
Harding is extremely popular with |
the kind of Republicans who composed |
the convention. Most of them know |
him personally from his visits to their
states during previous campaigns. The
only reason he was not the logical can |
date from the beginning was that |
most of the delegates thought. on ac
count Of the stand pat label which has
been pinned on him in the public mind,
that he would not he as strong a can
didate as some of the others.
Johnson Approval Potent.
As soon as it was learned, therefore.
that the johnson people would not
stand for Lowden or Wood, but would
not object if Harding should be Sc
lected. tremendous enthusiasm was
stirred up.
The convention. composed mostly Of
men who play the political game be-
tween campaigns as well a in them,
has nominated one OF "our kind" of fell
lows-one of the men who talk cur
language"
The spectacle Of the two leading can
iliates being tied with such large
otes. and each with more than two
hundred votes more than the man most
people in the convention hall realized
vas going to be nominated was one
u the most unusual within the mem
nv Of the oldest convention fans. u
xas on this ballot that Lowden reached
H. peak. On the following ballot Wood