Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1920-06-17
GREAT REPUBLI-
CAN CONVENTION
Ohio Senator Is Victorious In the
Fight--Coolidge Second
Place.


Ohio was nominated for the presi-
dency today by the republican nation
al convention after deadlock which
lasted for nine ballots and which fin
ally forced out of the running all the
original favorites
As his running mate the convention
named Governor Calvin Coolidge of
I Massachusetts,, upsetting plan of
: sembination of the Harding hackers
p nominate for the place Senator
Irving L. Lenroot, of Wisconsin.
The collapse of the forces of Gov
ernor Frank O. Lowden and their
transfer in large part to Senator
Harding put the Ohio candidate over.
General Wood lost heavily, however,
wnen the Harding drift began and
Senator Johnson the third of the trio
OF leaders on the early balloting yes
ieyday also went steadily down hill.
Entering the convention four days
ago as candidate distinctly of the
dark horse" class, Senator Harding
get only 81 votes on the first ballot
yesterday and on the second he drop
ped to Sc. When the convention ad
jolrned last night, at the end of the
fourth ballot he had 81.
In all night conferences among the
party chiefs, however he was men
tened many times as the most likely
10 break the nomination deadlock
Should neither Wood, Lowden nor
Johnson take commanding lead to-
day. They all failed to do so, Wood
and Lowden running a neck and neck
race for leadership on four more bal
lots.
Meantime Harding pushed bis total
10 1873 delegates from states which
swing to him from the columns of
the leaders and Of various favorite
sons The Johnson managers, fearing.
landslide was impending, then made
4 last play to save the fortunes of
their candidate. They moved to re-
cess for couple of hours in order to
take an inventory and seek a new
combination. The Wood and Low
den forces both virtually at the peak
Of their strength, but both disheart
ened at the long string of ballots
witn,S-tt. material gains, fell in with
the recess plan and the convention
adopted it.
As the tenth roll call began dele
gates quit Lowden Wood and john
son right and left and the big hall
was in almost continuous applause as
state after state announced accession
to the Harding standard. 1t was re-
served for Pennsylvania to add the
browning touch of enthusiasm. When
the Keystone state was reached the
Ohio senator needed 81 votes to nom
mate him, and Pennsylvania gave him
SIXTY.
Swing TO Victor.
When 1T was seen that a candidate
had been nominated, the customary
Banging of votes began with half
dozen who had voted for other candi-
dates switching over so as to appear
in the winning column on the last
ballot. Mostof Illinois deserted its
governor and many of the Wood men.
ITO, asked to have their votes recorded
for Harding. The final checkup
showed 692 for Harding, with only u
left supporting Lowden, 157 for Wood
and 80 for Johnson.
A motion to make the nomination
unanimous was passed in great
chorus of approval but when oppor
tunity was given for negative votes
there were some noes from Wis
eonsin, whose delegation throughout
the day amid Kisses and cat calls vot-
ed almost solidly for Senator Rob't M.
LaFollette.
Coolidge Easy Winner.
The plan to nominate Senator Len
root for vice president had the back
ing of many of the men had helped
put Harding over, but the name of
governor Coolidge stirred the dele
gates and galleries to repeated cheer
ing and he was swept into second
place on the ticket before the first roll
call had gone two-thirds of its length.
Again it was Pennsylvania which
furnished the winning vote.
Governor Coolidge got 674 votes to
146 for Senator Lenroot and 68 for
Governor Allen, of Kansas. Several
others got scattering support with
out being placed formally in nomina-
ton. The result was greeted with
another demonstration and there was
renewed cheering few minutes later
when the tired deleoates wara fold