Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-06-11
FINAL SESSION
At CONVENTION
Will Stick Until Presidential
Candidate is Named If it
Takes All Day and All Night
NO LIGHT ON SITUATION
Result in Great Doubt as Dead
lock Between Leading Can
didateS still Exists.
By The Associated Press

By The Associated Press
CHlCAGO. June 11-Iate again in
getting under way the Republican ma
tional convention met under an agree
ment to stay In session until a can
didate had been nominated. The pros
poets were for an all-day and possibly
an all-night session.
When S:45 o'clock passed the dele
gates space were pretty well Allied but
not a single first line leader had ap-
peared. The band filled in with some
thing trat sounded like a lullaby.
For the first time candidates for
the presidency were missing from
the floor. DIR. Butler, of New York,
gave his proxy to woman who sat
in box. Governor Sproul dropped
In for few minutes but announced
he would return to his hotel when
balloting started. Senator Johnson's
friends said they did not expect him
to show himself in the coliseum.
Delaware delegates said the plan
to nominate T. Coleman dupont had
been abandoned but the delegates
would VOTE for him on first ballot.
All delegates were eager TO have
1t over and the possibility that the
nomination might be made today and
the convention ended seemed to take
some of the edge off the distress
from the heat.
1t gave promise of being the hot
test day of the convention in all re-
spects. The sun got to work with a
vigor. exceeding even the feverish eff
forts of the candidates managers in
their eleventh hour efforts to line up
a winning combination. Most of those
on the convention floor and in the
galleries came with fans.
Who would receive this highest
honor in the party's gift was as much
on the lap of the gods as ever. Field
marshals for the big three" Wood,
Johnson, and Lowden expressed conf
dence. They made no specific claims
to more than the vote pledged to their
candidate by primary action.
The balance of power still lay with
the more 500 uninstructed delegates.
Despite those doing missionary work
among the lfeutenants leading candf-
dates had learned little of their state
of mind. 1t remained for the first ball
lot to reveal any decisive drift of
sentiment among the rank and file of
the party.
Nominating Speeches.
The first on the program were the
nominating speeches. To get these
swiftly out of the way the convention
opened at 9:45 instead of IL o'clock as
on previous days. Further steps to-
ward short-circuiting useless and
often tiresome oratory were taken In
connection with seconding speeches
Under the rules adopted each candi-
date may be seconded by two Ave-
minute addresses. He may have as
many seconders as he likes. but If he
selects more than two none OF those
who speak for him must talk more
than two minutes. Under this use
less curb on grafton the first ballot
should be reached by mid-afternoon.
Indications are that 1t will show the
instructed friends of the major candi-
dates lined up virtually solidly as the
mandate they instructed the delega-
ton TO carry direct.
1t will bring out the full "favorite
son" strength already discounted by
the announced purpose of various
delegations to thus compliment a man
of their own state allegiance. 1t Will
formally enter a whole string Of dark
horses in the race; but the over
shadowing interest in this first direct
step toward the nomination lies In
what it may disclose as to a current
among the uninstructed toward one
of the "big three" to supplement his
instructed strength
With the first ballot recorded, and
| If passed and quarter vote tabulated.
workers for the various candidates
will have material on which to work
lintelligently. On the next vote "fav-
orite son" strength will begin to dis
appear, the delegations. their duty
| of courtesy done. being free to Join
in the fight on candidates possible Of
nomination.
Then will begin the round of quick
| floor conferences, the trading and
dick ering that whirls the wheels of a
political convention toward the ulti-
mate choice.
The second ballot Is certain to show
some changes providing that the
wholly unexpected developments of
a nomination on the first ballot has
not made further voting unnecessary
From the second on. step by step. the
| strength of the leading candidates
| may be expected to wax or vain until
either a deadlock occurs or one of
the trio emerges as master of the sit
uation.
| Dark horse movements spring out
| of deadlock Up to the time the
| convention assembled today there
was every, indication that triangu-
| lar deadlock between Wood. johnson
| and Lowden would be shown on the
first counting of noses. For that rea'
| son dark horse promoters had beer
| busy through the night. planning and
| working in order to be prepared to
| attempt a coupe when an opportuni-
| ty came.
| Out of this activity and also of the
| vigorous manouvering of leaders and
| lieutenants of leading candidates
came a new crop of reports over
night.
| Wood supporters affirm that he
will show strength in excess of 300
on the first ballot. Some place II al
$50 and 1t required 49S TO nominate
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