River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1920-07-01
HARDING and COOLIDGE NAMED
TO LEAD REPUBLICAN PARTY
Ohio Senator Chosen for PreSi.
dental Race on 10th Ballot
at Chicago Convention.
BAY STATE GOVERNOR
GETS SECOND PLACE
Choice for Presidential Nominee Made
After Deadlock Lasting Two Days
-Lowden Withdraws From
Race-Wood Fights to Last.

Race-Wood Fights to Last.
Chicago-Warren G. Harding, United
States senator from Ohio, was nomi-
mated for president, and Calvin
Coolidge, governor of Massachusetts,
was named for vicepresident by the
national republican convention.
The choice of Senator Harding was
effected on the 10th ballot of the con-
vention, and the sixth rollcall OF the
last days session, early in which the
impossibility of nominating either Gen.
eral Leonard Wood or Governor F. O..
Lowden was demonstrated.
General Wood went down fighting
desperately to the last, but over
whelmed by the coalition of all his OPP
ponents under the Harding banner.
Governor Lowden though he had
forged ahead of Wood, found his
strength, like that of the general, re-
ceding, and, realizing his continuance
| In the contest only would prolong the
deadlock, released his delegates, most
of whom went to Harding and accom-
plished his nomination.
Harding received the necessary ma
jority of 493 votes, when Pennsylva-
MIA swung so delegates to his support,
| making his total at that point $40.
| The result of the complete rollcaH on
the 10th and final ballot was: Hard
| ing. STA ITO; Wood, 157 ~; Johnson,
so 2-5; Lowden, IL; scattering, 90
go.
Traditions Shattered.
Traditions were shattered in the
choice of Harding, for the first time in
| the history of the nation member OF
| the United States senate has been
nominated for the presidency. In other
respects the selection also has been
| unusual. Harding started as one OF
| the leading contenders for the noml-
| nation months ago, but he participated
in only two primaries, Ohio and In
| diana, and was widely regarded as
having been eliminated by his failure
| to capture the solid delegation OF his
own state, and by the fact that he
ran fourth in Indiana.
Senator Harding came to Chicago
with no better porspect of considera-
ton than that of "a dark horse" But
fate was working secretly in his favor
The Decisive Ballot.
AS the tenth roll began delegates
quit Lowden, Wood and Johnson right
and left and the big hall was in al
most continuous applause as state af-
ter state announced accession to the
| Harding standard 1t was reserved
for Pennsylvania to add the GROWING
touch of enthusiasm. When the Key
stone state was reached the Ohio SEN
ator needed 80 votes to nominate him
and Pennsylvania gave him go.
| A demonstration of several minutes
| followed, most of the delegates and
| spectators standing and cheering while
procession carrying large pictures OF
| the candidate and standard of some
of the states that supported him took
up it's march around the hall. But it
was too tired convention after the
gruelling excitement of two sweltering
days of balloting to long keep up such
a demonstration.
A motion to make the nomination
unanimous was passed in great
chorus, but when opportunity was CIV
en- for negative votes there were some
"noes" from Wisconsin, whose dele
CATION throughout the day had voted
amid Kisses and catcalls almost solid
ly for Senator Robert M. La Toilette.
Coolidge Chosen Quickly.
The plan to intimate Senator Lem
root for the vice presidency had the
backing of many of the men who had
helped put Harding over, but the name
of GOVERNOR Coolidge stirred the dele
CATION and galleries to repeated cheer
ing and he was swept into the second
place on the ticket before the first roll
call had gone two-thirds of its length.
Again it was Pennsylvania which fur
nished the winning votes.
GOVERNOR Coolidge got 674 votes to
LAG for Senator Lenroot and IS for
Governor Allen of Kansas. Several
others got scattering support without
being placed formally in nomination.
The result was greeted with another
demonstration, and there was renewed
cheering a few minutes later when the
tired delegates were told their work
was done. 1t was early evening by the
time adjournment was reached, but be-
fore midnight hundreds had checked
out and were on their way.
In Session Five Days.
The convention was in session for
five days all of which were sweltering
hot. The first session was called to
order by Will Hays, chairman of the
Pisked In Short Order.