The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-06-16
The Republican
convention
Fruitless Ballots We're Taken
Saturday Morning !

ed today from the all n1Snl Confer
irences of the Republican, ,chieftains as
/ the man with whom they hope to break
/ the imminent deadlock on the presi-
! Dental nomination. On him they plan
| to concentrate their strength should
the convention fail to break through
the blockade established yesterday by
four ballots. The tentative plan of
/ on the failure of the early votes to-
| day to result in a nomination
The managers of the big three in no
way relaxed their energy or lost; their
confidence in success. The hackers OF
the Harding compromise eontended
that no nomination could be reached
as the situation now stands. Confer
ences between the leaders of all fac
Etians looking to the nomination today
began at many hotels Immediately al
ter the adjournment yesterday. They
were still in progress at daylight and
few changes are expected in today's
First ballot, which will be the fifth Of
the convention.
The Republican National convention
went into the seventh inning today
with the score tied and finished in the
lseventh= without "a nomination. Wood
and LoMden both stood 81 1A1-2 each
on the 9Th ballot, -Lewden having gain
ed loo votes since the first ballot yes
terday Harding made a steady but
small gain through therhfth and sixth
ballots, having eig ghty-n nine votes In
1.-THE sixth ballot, which brought the
first breaks insselid delegations: Miehi-
lsgan sbrokesxand gave II aohnson's votes
to Wood; Ohio also gave some Harding
Ispotes ito Wood.
IN the seventh balioteF Florida voted
seven sfera1sNood and ;one- for Lowden
In the seventh ballot North Carolina
gave sLowden fifteen, Wood three,
Harding three land Johnsen tone:
South Carolina gave LoWden eleven.
Virginia gave Wood three and Lowder1
twelve.
Seventh balotyand no nomination,
results were: Wood 312; Lowden
s11h; johnson SO Y Harding 1o5;
Sproul 76; Coolidge IS; Hoover 4;
Butlerv2; Knox /; kellogg 1; Poindex-
ter. 15; Dupont 3; LaFoflette "a; Ward
4; Lenroot 4.
- No nomination during eighth ballot,
the result was Wood 299; Lowden
S07: johnson 81; Harding 133A;
Spreul Is 1a and Coolidge 80. Con
Fentien recessed .until 4 p. IN.
Y Nicholas Murray Butter sent word
to the New York delegation=just before
the caucus this morning thatsh would
stick in the race for the nomination
and would not release his delegates,
Launching into the fifth ballot, the
convention was prepared for further
tests of strength between Lowden,
Wood and Jehnson and then, if neces-
sary, to turn In a string of dark
horses. The all night conferences of
the leaders put Harding at the head
of the dark horse group. The trend
of most of the conferences seemed to
be to find me,3way to turn tn Wood
and Lowden strength to Harding. Fhe
leaders were worn sIeepless and were
late in reaching the hall butzthe dele
gates, with their interest raised sto%a
fever heat, reported early Just be
fore the balloting the New York dele
CATION had q caucus trying to decide
where to- throw its strength. Lowdeni
and Wood both claimed aceessions
from New York. Chairman New, Of
Indiana, predcted that a switch would
come in the second ballot. The early
speculation centered around New York
,and,Pennsylvania. Zen O'Clock pass
ed ,withopa a cali, to order as leaders
had not arrived. The visitors galler-
les were thinly occupied, the pros
poets of another sblisteringJ day prob
ably having melted the interest OF
many.