Milford chronicle., 1920-06-18
Nominated by Republican Con-
VGntiOn on Tenth Ballot.
COOLIDGE FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Lowden Forces crumble on the Ninth
Ballot - Pennsylvania's Vote For
Harding on Tenth Started STAN.
pede For Chic Man.

A'l ii'Ni"'ht on tlit lehiu ballot IN tll
Republican national convention. GOV
ernor Calvin Coolidge, of NIassachu
seetS, was nominated for vice presi
dent.
Harding received G92 votes, Wood
15I; Johnson. So and Lowden, II
The actual decision came wher
Pennsylvania east sixty votes foi
Harding giving him a majority.
Il was Pennsylvania vote. also
thar gave Governor Coolidge his ma
toriiy for the vice presidential nomi-
nation.
Fhe nomination of Coolidge upset a
plan Of a combination Of the Hard
ing hackers 10 nominate for the place
Senator Irvine l. Leur0or, of wis
consin.
The ballot fr ylce presiden. -ai-
r fows -CouHds 61 l. Learoot iIoHs +;
Allen, 6Sl4; 4Eder~5n IS; Johnson
22ia.
Lafonette held his twenty-four
votes from Wisconsin to the last bal
lot. and the convention and Galleries
Missed their delivery rs usual
The Philippines remained faithful
to wood 10 the last.
Then came q landslide Of changes
i'm votes in which most of the dcleea-
tions wanted to climb ON The band
wagon and threw in heir entire dele
cations for Harding.
Colorado changed 10 a solid Hard
ing vote as did others. while efforts
hot L..
nation unanimous 10y the usual mo-
tion.
II was 'he collapse of the forces of
Governor Frank o. Lowden. and their
transfer in large part to Senator
Harding, put the Ohio candidate over
Entering the convention four days
ago as a candidate distinctly Of the
Ozark horse" ola Senator Harding
90. only siXty-four votes on the first
ballot, ana on the second he drop /
ped to dfty-SiX When the convention I
adjourned, a the end Of the fourth .
ballot. he had siXtyQne.
In all-uisht conferences among the .
party chiefs, however, he was mem
toned many times as the most likely
to break the nomination deadlock,
should neither Wood, Lowdeu nor
Johnson take n commanding lead
They all failed TO DO So. Wood and
Lowden running neck-and-neck
leadership on four ballots. while The
strength Of the California candidate
dwindled steadily
Meantime, Harding pushed his to-
tai to 1913, individual delegates from
many states swinging to him from the
columns of the leaders and of var-
GUS favorite sons The Johnson mau-
ayers fearing a landslide was impend-
ing then made a last play 10 save the
fortunes of their candidate. They
moved to recess for couple of hours
in order 10 take an inventory and seek
81 new combination. The Wood and
Lowden forces both virtually at the
peak Of their strength, but both dis
heartened a. the long string OF bal
lots without material gains, fell in
with the recess plan, and the conven-
tion adopted II.
In the dramatic succession Of con
ferences that followed the fate Of the
virtually was sealed. Some
Of the Wood and Lowden managers
tried Intellectually for an agreement
which would hold their delegates in
line and kill of the Harding boom.
Some tried to get Wood-Lowden-
johnson agreement to adjourn until
Monday without making nomination.
There also was a conference between
Johnson and Harding supporters, in
which the Ohioan's supporters tried
without success 10 have the remain :
ng johnson strength swing to Hard
nc.
Almost as soon as the alphabetical +
,all Of states began after the recess !
he rrnundswell for Harding demon {
;rated that it could nor be forestall-
ID. Connecticut, when her name was 4
.alled. took thirteen of her fourteen
-otes from Lowden and gave them to g.
Harding. In Florida he got seven n
rom Wood, and then Kentucky, al q
most from the first a solid Lowden a
state, Topped complere into the y
harding column. a
Amid scenes Of rising enthusiasm ,
lther blocks Of Lowden delegates fol- ;
owed suit, while many of the routed d
Wood supporters also went into the e
Harding camp. BY the end of the .
oll-call. Senator Harding had rolled tC
lp .otal of 3T4, putting him far into 4
he lead. and several score OF votes u,
earer the nomination than any can re
idate had been before LOwden at u
he end Of the ninth had only 12l u
otes left Out of the 307 with which N,
e ended the eighth, and General ca
Woods strength had fallen from 299 q
n the eighth to 249 ON the ninth. VI
ohnson dropped from 81 to 81
AS The tenth roll-call began, dele
ates quit Lowden. Wood and Johnson a,
ight and left, and the big hall was ha
. almost continuous applause as state 60
fter state announced accession 20 fo
he Harding standard. It was reserv- an
d for Pennsylvania to add the crown iin
lg touch of enthusiasm When the mn
.eystone state was reached, the Ohio idl
anator needed thlrty-two votes to an
ominate him, and Pennsylvania gave an an
in sixty.
A demonstration Of several minutes pr
Flowed, most Of the delegates and of
lectators Standing and cheering, ~, ~
hile a procession carrying large pic col
res of the candidate and standards bu
some Of the states that supported an
n .ook up its march around the ed 81
II. But it wos too tired a conven- ito
N after the gruelling excitement Of
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