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demanded, but the demand was ignored
and an aye and no vote called for.
Both sides in the controversy exerted
all their lung power in an effort TO en-
force their will on the chairman, but
after conference OF senate leaders
on the speakers stand, the. chair ruled
an adjournment had been voted.
Back to the council rooms went the
leaders. and TO these rooms were sum
mOned the men who were directing
the fights of the candidates. Efforts
were made to bring about some sort
Of a compromise that would result in
nomination on Saturday morning.
But threats, promises and appeals In
the interests of party harmony were
all In vain. The three candidates,
Wood, Lowden and Johnson. who
were leaders In the vIing, refused TO
give place to any one on whom the
senatorial leaders could agree. They
wanted to let the delegates fight II
out on the floor Of the convention and
continue the ballOtlng until the dele
gates had expressed their choice for
the first place on the ticket without
any influence being exerted on the
part Of the party leaders, and tempo
rarily they won.
When the firs- ballot was taken
at the session OF Saturday morning
It showed but little change from those
Of Friday night. Through the first
four ballots OF Saturday General Wood
and Governor Lowden were running
neck and neck and on one ballot were
tied with 3111s votes each.
Again there came a demand FOR ad-
journment and again the Wood and
LOwden forces combined to prevent II,
but without result. After another
consultation at the back Of the
speakers stand between half a dozen
senatorial leaders the session was ad-
journed despite the protests Of large
part OF the delegaIes,
Leaders Take Control
Almost instantly there flashed
through the great building the rumor
that the leaders had decided on Sen
ator Harding as the man II they could
force his nomination, and they were
going to try.
Could they do III Did the leaders
control enough delegates TO name the
leader OF the party ticket7 The gen.
eral verdict was that they could /;
that the uninstructed delegates would
do their bidding. Senator johnson
and General Wood refused to release
their instructed delegates and on the
ninth ballot the Illinois delegation
stayed with Governor L0wden, the
Pennsylvania delegation stayed with
Governor Sproul, and the New York
delegation continued TO split among
several candidates. AT the end OF
that ballot Senator Harding lacked
| 100 votes Of enough 70 nominate HIM
and II was thought for a time the
lenders we're going TO fail, until Gov
ernor Sproul was known to have re
leased the Pennsylvania delegation tC
Harding, and with that the effort
/ TO climb into the Harding wagon
started on the tenth and nnal ballot
In the end Al instructed delegations
were released. but many OF them de
cllned TO change their last registered
vote. and the final ballot was an
nounced as given at the head Of this
account. All through the halloting a
Wisconsin delegates had persistently
registered their votes for Senator La
Toilette, and when. after the last bal
lot had been announced II was moved
10 make the nomination unanimous
these "a delegates voted against The
motion.
II took but q short time TO select
Governor Harding's running mate
Governor Coolidge, Senator LenroO'
Of Wisconsin. Senator Gronna Of
North Dakota. Governor Allen Of Kan
sas, and Colonel Anderson OF Rich
mond, Va, were named as candidates
for the place. There was but one
ballot, Governor Coolidge receiving
$40 votes, and the ticket was com
plete. The Republican convention o.
1920 was thing Of the past
Part Played by Women.
One OF the features for which thu
convention just closed will long b
remembered was the participation O
the women. II Is doubtful II they hat
any decisive part In the actual namini
Of the candidate, other than the few
who were present as delegates. Blu
women figured prominently on the min
or committees, and they figured prom
lnently In the oratoricaI efforts, an,
very much TO their credit At leas
one woman seconded the nomination
of each Of the candidates for the nom
nation for the presidency. and thei
speeches appealed 10 the audience be
cause they were short and 10 the point
Women were active as workers aroun'
the headquarters Of every candidate
They gave ont red. blue and greer
feathers for General Wood. badges an'
pennants for Governor Lowden. serves
tea and cakes for Herbert Hoover. ami
did something Of q like service TO
each Of the candidates
At General Woods headquarters
Mrs. Wood and her daughter had [