Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-06-12
HARDING GAINS AT
END OF EIGHTH BALLOT
Wood and Lowden Making Close
Race, But Ohio Man Is
Gaining On Them
(By Associated Press)

IC 1\S pliDlI\ilI ANillOlidI SOil III
ton went into the seventh inning
today with the score tied.
Wood and Lowden both stood
at 311 IL votes. Lowden had
gained exactly 100 votes since
yesterday, while Harding's vote
put him past the 100 mork. Hard
ing has been making small gains
through the fifth and sixth ballots
and word had come up from del
egates that the leaders were 60
ing to fight it out a while longer
before the expected break.
Michigan, solidly instructed
with 80 votes for Johnson, was
the first state to change today's
balloting, giving votes to Wood,
Ohio also gave some Harding
votes to Wood, but the Harding
men said they would return to the
Harding column with accessions
expected from New York.
With a tie score at the end of
the sixth inning, and everybody
expected to jump one way or the
other momentarily, the conven-
ton gave itself up to ten minutes
of uproar before it proceeded.
The result of the sixth ballot
showed no nomination.
Wood and Lowden each had
81 IL; Johnson, 10; Harding
80; Sproul II; Coolidge 2S;
Hoover 5; Butler 4; Knox l;
Kellogg, of Minnesota, /; Poin-
dexter IS; DUPONT 4 Lafollette
"a; Watson /. Ward, of New
York, 2.
Lowden gained exactly 100
votes from the first ballot of yes
terday.
The seventh ballot showed no
nomination.
The Kentucky vote was I'M
changed.
Lowden and Wood maintained
their positions, scarcely changed,
while Harding made all the gains,
carrying him past the 100 mark
Wood had 312: Lowden 311 IL
Johnson 90 IL; Harding los
Sproul 70; Coolidge 2S; Hoover
4; Butler 2; Knox /; Kellogg l
Poindexter IS; Dupont 3; Lafol-
lette "a: Ward l; Lenroot l.
The eighth ballot was cast and
nominee in sight. This was a re-
cord republican convention this
afternoon at one o'clock.
By its action, the convention
surpassed the long distance re-
cord of the convention OF 1888
which nominated Benjamin Har-
rison, and seemed to be after the
p 36th ballot, the record of the con
vention of 1880.
The close of the eighth ballot
showed Wood 299; Lowden 3O7
Harding 133 IL. Missouri hac
been clamoring for an opportun.
it yto change the vote of the del
egation so as to cast all SO vote:
for Harding The motion wa:
withdrawn during the confusion
and several delegates demanded
a roll call. SprouI had Is Il
votes at the end of the eightf
ballot. Coolidge had 30; Poin
dexter Is. Lafollette "a; Hoover
5: Butler 3; Dupont 3; Knox l
Lenroot |.
Word came to the convention
floor from Senator Penrose abou
this time that the nomination O
Harding would not be displeasins
to him.
1t is reported that in addition
to Missouri, that there would b.
detection in Kansas on the mex
ballot, with a large increase fo
Harding.
A large group of leaders on tn
platform said it was important thu
they have time to talk over the sit
uatioS before another ballot. The
assumed there was no longer an
question but that Harding would vii
and they wanted to consider thol
oughly who was best qualified and tn
most available man for the vice pre-!
idency. The more conservative leat
'ers were opposed to Senator Joh1
son, although some of them though
it would make for party harmony
he was offered a place on the ticke
1t has been generally known tn;
Johnson was much opposed to Sen;
tor Harding's nomination. AS soc
as this became known the conventic
gave evidence of being about to tai
Harding for its nominee. Senate
johnson went to Senator Harding Fl
conference to go over the who
subject.
On motion of A. T. Hert, Lowdt
manager, recess was taken aft
the eighth ballot until o'clock tn
afternoon.