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WOOD LEADS ON
FOURTH BALLOT
LoWDEN SECOND, JOHNS
THIRD, AFTER FIRST ROUND
OF BIG FIGHT
"BIG THREE STANDING PAT
Each Candidate Far Short of Total
Necessary for Nomination.-Minor
Candidates Refuse to Sacrifice
Opportunities and Cult Race

Chicago, June 1Z.-FOur DallOlS ii
the Republican national convention
yesterday failed to unite the necessar.
majority on a nominee.
1t was the first time since 1888 tina
more than three ballots found thu
party without a choice, and the sew
enth time since the nomination of Lin
coin that more than one ballot hat
been required.
Wood and Lowden were at their higf
water mark when the convention
after the fourth ballot, adjourned unit
10 O'Clock this morning. Johnson hat
received on the fourth ballot sever
and one-half votes less than he re
ceived on the third.
The contest then stood: Wood
3141s; Lowden, 2S9; Johnson, 1401s ;
Hoover 8; Harding, 61a Sproul, 1914 /;
Coolidge, %; Butler, 20; Knox, ?;
Poindexter Is; Sutherland, 3; Borah,
L; Dupont, 2; LaFollette, p; Wat
son, 4.
At the adjournment hour it still re-
NAMED three cornered fight between
Wood, Lowden and Johnson, for the
remaining IL contestants held only 240
scattering votes among them, and most
of them had been losing steadily since
the first ballot, some one of the big
three making accessions at their ex-
pense.
With three scattering votes, Hiram
Johnson still was holding the balance
of power His 14012 votes alone even
If cast for either Wood or Lowden,
would not be sufficient TO nominate
either. and there was not the slightest
Indication of Johnson delegates desert
ing their nominee.
The four ballots saw various shifts
and changes with general declining
of the favorite son and complimentary
vote. The vote for DIR. Nicholas Muir
ray Butler of New York steadily dwin-
died until on the closing ballot it stood
at 90 Lowden forces took most of
the accessions from New York.
Twenty-four votes from Wisconsin
cast for LaFoIlette on three success
sive ballots amid Kisses and cat-calls
fell to % at the closing. 1t was the
first convention in years at which La
Toilette himself had not appeared as
candidate. Philander c.. Knox's max
imum was two. Governor Sprouts high
mark was 1914 on the first ballot.
After the fourth ballot the conven-
ton adjourned until today.
At midnight the maneuvering and
comforting among the convention
leaders were at their height and CEN
tered at conference at one of the
downtown hotels where Senator Lodge,
Senator Smoot. Senator Watson, for
mer Senator w. Murray Crane. Sena-
tor Borah and others were present.
Other conferences were going on at |
other hotels and various clubs. The
Wood headquarters expressed satisfac-
ton with the situation Lowden head
quarters was predicting sufficient ac-
cessions today to start the governor to-
ward the necessary majority and it was
known that compromise offers of vari-
Gus sorts were being carried to John
son headquarters.
AS the conferences were DredkfnS
up after midnight it was plain that
many who participated felt that neither
Lowden nor Wood would be the nomi-
nee and that consideration of the dark
horse list had been the chief subject
of discussion. Opinion was too divided
for an agreement and few were con-
fident of being able to center upon
anyone before today. Four or five
men, said to include Harding, Knox,
Hughes and Coolidge, were said to be
by most of the conferees as
Qualified.
Leaders participating in the all-night
said at o'clock this
morning on coming out Of them, that
t had not been possible to come to
my agreement and that the conven-
ion would resume this morning at the 0
,oint where 1t left off at the end Of 5
he fourth ballot
The leaders were in accord that =
Wood and Lowden must further try b
ut their strength before efforts con-
entrated on a dark horse could be :.
uccessful. II
The main difficulty has been the re- b
usaI OF minor candidates to sacrifice =
heir opportunities until they can re- =
Give reasonable assurances that their r,
otes will furnish the necessary num- 81
or tn some candidate who can win =