Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-17

il. Henry was nervous and faiie
10 do himself Justice. n he Ia
Z rolled up the manuscript and throw
ID on the floor, rolled np his sleeve
and gone 10 u, he would have don
: better. when | started ] ZEN TN
{ boy orator" said he after Il wa
over. "uud when qnit fell 'ik
fired business man" anyhow u
did not put II over aud Mrs, Doug
lass Robinson sister Of Rooscvc4i
who followed woke the great aud
i,ncp into rlcetriiied enthusiasm
comparatieely. She made The he,
speech 10y % woman and severn
women appeared II had punch ans
ihrill and charm. Mrs Mrthrter q
Kansas spoke the dan before bu
her effort was culoress and inriir"
ual. Frank y. willis If ohio wh'
nominated Harding made The h'sl
speech of the convention, lie die
not have notes hut put into u th'
strength Of real cioauencc, probably
having much 10 do with Harding
nomination. Say boys aud girls.
he Familiarity exclaimed. lets nom
mate Harding" and The phrase ap.
peared on a big banner at the wind
\ up.
The Kansas delegation Of 20 had
really only Wood men. Gov
Allen asked that II vote solid for
Wood for two or three ballots; II
refused and and then for one no.
Finally il agreed 20 vote II for
wood and q for I.owden and did foi
ballots On fhe 9Th TO sth II voted
10 for Wood, q Lowden, Harding
ON the OH Allen deserted Wood
and headed solid move io Hard
ing who got The 20 votes and led
the break to the nominee. Then Il
funny thing hapepned Harding
was a. good as nominated; states
were hurrying 10 his support In the
tenth. when what did two Kansas
delegates do hat vote one for Wood /
and one for Hoover. II was proba
bly the most cratic thing done IN I
Lhe convention except Wisconsin
giving LaFollette - Votes from be.
ginning to end w. \. White cast
the Hoover vote W y. Morgan
the Wood vote.
*tss
At I o'clock Saturday before the
final session of the convention met
nomination was sure.
Iowdpn had given his strength toI
Wood aud Johnson held
IN but il was no use. Kansas Pre-
iared To furnish the vice president
md thought il was an fixed Sen
ltor Watson, head of the Indiana
delegation, agreed 10 place Allen in
and he with Allen, Cur
is nnd Capper met Harding and
alkcd 1t over Harding said he was
Wiling: ohio was 10 vote IS for
lllcn. half dozen booms for
.ovcrnor Of Kansas were started at {
headquarters and everything was /
haping up for big doings. Then
happened. Watson re- ,
used to nominate Allen. W. j. t
'ailey did it amid noise that pre- ,
entcd half he said being heard ,
'hio divided its votes among all the \
lndidntcs. Coolidge g0i pretty 5
early cevrything in sight Allen \
escrfed by Wood had only Kansas c
0, California ., Colorado -, Illi- y
OILS 1, Indiana 3, Iowa 4 y New Il
ork $, North Carolina Z, Ohio 10, Il
eXas I. total 6sla Coolidge
AN Lenroot llG12 1t was all '
YER Kansas politicians were no t.
atch for Indiana. Ohio and Massa- Il
lusetts The months Of planning y
n Allen all failed to get results.
When Kansas turned solid to y
arding the Wood supporters were u
dignant. Amid the cheers of the II
arding followers were shouts of II
Traitors" Nominated WoOd and d
zen deserted him." towards" etc. n
he Wood following was generally g
Try loyal
Kansas was so sure that II was TO ;
ave the vice president that plans II
ere made to run special train u
ecoratcd with suntkowers Sunday I
ON Chicago to Topeka TO carry .
overnor Allen and the Kansas =
sitors home in glory. Later the 9
ain was cancelled and the visitors ?
lme home any old way. :
,
II Is sight easier to tell what "
ne win do when out in Kansas !
IAN to net in National Conven y
ON. William Allen White stated =
me after time that on every ballot =
II president his vote would be east ;,
II GOV. Allen. But he did not !.
lst one vote for Allen nobody -
d. The psychology of the crowd :,
'evails Likewise there are lead .,
s. Senator Penrose from his bed :,
Philadelphia absolutely voted =
! Pennsylvania delegates He 4
,uld have nominated Wood or j
owden but would do neither, nor "
d he allow his delegates to go 10
arding until the last ballot. II ~
as severe atmosphere for the un- :,
structed delegates. The Hearst :.
lpers carried big front page at \,
cks on wood; Mayor Thompson =,
Chicago distributed free papers -
lacking Lowden and the Chicago -
o-t -, want nou,,,,fttao non,n1 Nv / y