The Colorado statesman., 1920-06-19
For President.
WARREN C. HAR DING.
For Vice President,
CALVIN COOLIDGE.

| ventlon hall and the I.owdcn sup
| porters went into loud demonstru-
tion. That threw LOwden gain OF
S1a on the ballotng so far.
Ohio asked for poll.
There was an echoing OF Harding
shouts and some for Wood through the
hall as the roll was called.
In the midst of the poll one of the
| Wood delegates started to say Sen
| ator Harding last night having re-
| filed for the senate" hut the uproar
in the deIega tion shut him Off and the
poll went on. The man who tried to
speak voted for Wood.
The Ohio poll showed Harding. ~;
Wood. o. No change. Oregon also
demanded poll. PENNSYLVANIA
stood pat with 10 for Sproul and /
for Knox.
There was no nomination on the
ffth ballot. Wood lost l5I2 votes.
Harding and Lowden both made
gains.
Lowden Passes Wood.
Governor Lowden passed General
Wood. and the prediction of the Wood
managers that they would gain votes
on the first ballot OF the day was not
fulfilled.
Lowden ran up to 3O3. while Wood
only touched 900. Johnson fell 70
1897.
other totals on the fifth ballot
were: Harding. 7s; Sproul, S21A
Coolidge. %; Hoover. 6; Butler. 4;
Knox. l Z: Ward of New York. / Kel-
Iogg, Minnesota. l; Pnindexter. IL;
Sutherland. l.; La Toilette. "a; Du
Pont, 6.
The calling of the roll logged along
on the sixth ballot uneventfulIy until
Georgia was reached and II poll was
demanded.
Wood lost one in Georgia by an alb
sent delegate and alternate.
Then the first real break came in
Michigan's solid 80 which has been
standing firm for Johnson.
Eleven of the 30 broke to Wood aud
| 10 Lowdcn. The remaining is stood
for johnson.
Three Gain on Sixth.
ON the sixth ballot Wood. Lowden
and Harding all made gains.
BY the unofficial figures Wood and
! Lowden were tied with 3llIa votes
each. Harding had 80, IA gam of II
| over his showing on the fifth.
Harding gained from Missouri. rails.
ing his gain on the sixth ballot to 8.
Wood had gained l21a by the time
| Nebraska was reached.
In New York Wood lost and Low
den gained > making him "A from the
| state.
The lineup OF the Ohio delegation
| broke on poll. some of the
Harding strength going to Wood. Wood
| gained 4. The vote was :: Harding, 35;
| Wood, l3.
| Gains for the Wood forces In Ohio
caused another demonstration on the
floor. The word same up from the va
rious managers that they intended to
stand pat and fight it out u little
| longer.
Figures for Sixth.
The official figures for the sixth bal
lot were: Wood, Big; Lowden.
311h;: Johnson, 1lO12 Harding, 50;
Sprou, II; Coolidge. 2S; Hoover, D;
Butler, 4 Knox. l Kellogg of Mime
scta, p; Poindexter, I519; Dupont, A
La Toilette. "a: Watson. l: Ward Of
New York, >.
with a tie between the leaders al
the end of the sixth ballot and every
body expecting jump one way or
the other on the seventh, the conven-
ton gave itself up to ten minutes of
uproar before 1t proceeded.
Figures for Seventh.
The first gain of the seventh went
to Harding He got two from Ala
bama.
Wood got one vote from Connecti-
cut, which was taken from Lowden's
10. Delaware gave two of her 6 to
Harding.
The official figures for the seventh
we're: Wood, 312; Lowden, 311h; !;
Johnson. 991a Sproul. 70; Butler. .:
Harding, lO5; Knox. l; Lenroot. / {;
Ward, l.; Kellogg, l {; Dupont. 3; Hoov-
er. 4; Poindexter, 10; Coolidge. %;
La Toilette, "a.
A recess was taken at the conclu.
sion of this ballot, and during that
time there we're frenZied conferences
among the leaders in an attempt To
bring the struggle to an end.
Prize Goes to Harding.
The word was passed around when
the convention reconvened that Hard
ing was the man picked to win. The