Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1920-06-19
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There also was a conference between
Johnson and Harding supporters. in
| which the Ohioan's supporters tried
| without success to have the remain
ing Johnson strength swung TO Hard
ing.
1t was the parleys between the
Harding and Lowden men. however,
which apparently bore the most fruit
| when the bailotfng began again, for
Governor Lowden came to the conven
ton during the ninth call and. rcvcrS-
ing a previous plan to go before the
convention itself, issued instructions
from behind the scenes releasing his
instructed delegates. Senator Hard
| ing also was in the rear of the Coli
scum platform during the voting.
Almost as soon as the alphabetical
call OF states began after the recess
the ground swell for Harding demon
strated that it could not be forestallcd
Connecticut, when its name was call
ed, took thirteen of her fourteen votes
from Lowden and gave them to Hard
ing. In Florida he got seven from
! Wood, and then Kentucky, almost
from the first a solid Lowden state,
Topped completely into the Harding
! column.
Amid scenes OF rising enthusiasm
other blocks Of howden delegates fol
lowed suit, while many OF the routed
Wood supporters also went into the
Harding camp. BY the end OF the roll
call Senator Harding had rolled up a
total OF 374, putting him far into the
lead and several score Of votes nearer
the nomination than any candidate
had been before.
! LowdeE al tie end Of the ninth had
only 12l votes left out of the 307 with
which he ended the eighth and Gen
eral Woods strength had fallen from
800 on the eighth TO 249 on the ninth
Johnson dropped from 81 to 50.
AS the tenth roll call began dele
gates quit LOwden, Wood and Johnson
right and left and state after state an
nOunCes accession TO the Harding
standard. 1t was reserved for Perm
sylvania to add the browning touch
of enthusiasm. When the Keystone
State was reached the Ohio senator
| needed 80 votes to nominate him and
Pennsylvania gave him 60.
II was Governor Sprout himself, the
candidate of his state on every pre-
ceding ballot and mentioned many
! times as a possible dark horse to
break the deadlock. who announced
| the Z Per1sy ivania vote for Hard
| in
| ring ne Coliseum floor for the
J first IT,. = since the balloting began.
he made his way to the Pennsylvania
standard and, amid cheers, released
the delegation from longer supporting
| him. Then he took poll, got the
floor and threw in the winning Hard
ing votes.
! When it was seen that a candidate
had been nominated the customary
changing of votes began with a half
| dozen who had voted for other candi-
| dates, switching over so as to appear
] in the winning column on the last bal
| lot Most of Illinois deserted its gov
ernor and many Of the Wood men,
too, asked to have their votes recorded
| for Harding
The final checkup showed 692 for
Harding, with only IL left supporting
] Lowden, 1877 for Wood and 80 for John.
son. At their best, earlier in the day,
the Wood people had mustered S12
votes and the Ioyden forces 81.
Johnson's high. pint was 14S, record
ed on the thirdAs5R Not Friday.
.ir>~4r- nfotieAs A-the-Q oHdination'
unanimous was Used In great Choir
us of approval btlt when opportunity
| was given for Negative votes there
were some rnoeA" from Wisconsin,
whose delegationt throughout the day
had voted almost solidly for Senator
Robert NJ. LaFol1ette.
The plan to Illuminate Senator Len
root for the vica presidency had the
backing of many of the men who had
helped put Harding over. The name
of Governor Coolidge stirred tho dele
gates and galleries to repeated cheer
ing and he was swept into the 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 votes.
Governor Coolidge got GA votes TO
LAG for Senator Lenroot and IS for
Governor Allen of Kansas. Several
others got scattering support without
being formally in nomination. The re-
suit was greeted with another demon
stration and there was renewed cheer
ing few minutes later when the tired
delegates were told that their work
was done. 1t was early evening by
the time adjournment was reached,
but before midnight hundreds had
checked out and were on their way.
There was no official total OF the
final ballot. Near the close of the bal
lot there was a wholesale switching
Of votes to the Harding camp and then
a motion to make II unanimous. This
motion failed because Of the opposi-
ton Of the Wisconsin delegation.
Summary Of Platform.
Complete avoidance of any pledge
to ratify the treaty Of peace and the
league of nations with or without re-
servations.
Hearty Endorsement of the action OF
the republican senators in regard to
the treaty, and ringing reaffirmation
of the foreign policies of Washington,
jefferson and Monroe.
Promise to work for the establish
ment Of some kind of international
arrangement for the peaceful adjust
ment of disputes between nations
without the sacrifice of American SOW
reignty.
Vigorous condemnation Of President
Wilson for proposing the Armenian
mandate and commentator for the
senators who turned it down.