Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-06-12
CQuCuSQS are
Held During
Early Hours
Fifth Ballot is Taken With
out Showing much Change
This Morning.
Convention Session Opens
Late With Prayer BY
Bishop Nicholson.

Bishop Nicholson.
Coliseum, Chicago, June Ia
Launching into its fifth ballot today
in search of nominee for the presi-
dency. the Republican national con-
vention was prepared to have some
further tests Of strength between Low
den, Wood and Johnson and then, If
necessary, turn to the string of dark
horses.
The all night conferences among
leaders had put Senator Harding Of
Ohio at the head of the dark horse
group.
All night long and early this morn
ing the heads of various groups were
comforting and the trend of most of
the conferences seemed to be to find
some way to turn Wood and Lowden
strength to Harding.
The leaders, worn and sleepless,
were late in reaching Convention hall,
but the delegates, with their interest
raised to fever heat came early, hop
ing to see the balloting finished that
they might get away for home today.
The leaders remained at the down
town conference rooms until the last
minute, many of them snatching few
conferences. Meanwhile Wood, Low
den and johnson forces were at
tempting to tighten lines and both
the Wood and Lowden groups were
predicting they would show greater
strength on the opening ballot of to-
day than they did on the closing bal
lot of yesterday when the convention
oIi Of fn1~
hour session.
Claim Victories.
Just before the convention as
Sem bIed, the New York delegation
caucused trying to decide on where to
nut its strength. Both Lowden and
Wood were claiming accessions from
that quarter.
a Ten O'Clock. the hour for reconven-
Ing, passed by and the leaders still
galleries were rather thin in spots, the
prospects for another blistering day
probably melted the interest Of
many.
Senator Harry 8. New. chairman Of
the Indiana delegation. said on arriv-
ing at Convention hall that the switch
which everyone was looking for
probably would come after the Sec
ond ballot of the day.
Other early arrivals declared the
Wood column probably would snow
fifty more votes on the first ballot to-
day than it did on the last vote yes
terday. These persons argued that
Wood must be considered a strong
contender so long as he lost no dele
gates and they said there were no
signs of defections. The early specu-
lation on possible changes in. position
centered around New York and Penn
sylvania.
Those two heavy blocks cast for any
candidate always go far in psychology
cal and actual effect.
Major Frank N. Knox of New
Hampshire. floor leader. for the Wood
forces said on reaching Convention
hall:
ballot today. The big jump will come
johnson vote where most of our re-
IT Pennsylvania breaks from
Sproul the delegates cannot be de-
livered to any hand picked candidate
We have a lot Of strength there"
When the convention was called tt
order the New York delegation wa.
do with it's vote. Indiana caucused or
the floor.
AS the men who conducted the dark
horse conference arrived they said the
situation was unchanged and that the
attempts to nominate Senator Harding
would be continued Some Of the mer
running the Lowden campaign on the
moor predicted that the convention
would keep right on balloting until the
Lowden total passed Woods.
Bishop Nicholson Of Chicago offered
the prayer today.
Chicago, Ills. June 12.-Senator
Warren G. Harding Of Ohio, was rid.
ins the top wave toward the presi-
DENTAL nomination when the Repub.
1ican convention late today took q two
hours' recess. During that time the
Wood and other forces were working
franttcally to check the Harding
compromise movement.
Wood and Lowden managers con.
ferred on the question Of pooling
their forces to check the drift tc
loting until Monday.
At the moment of recessing the
Harding tide was rising fast and run.
ming from all directions. 1t had
climbed up to a hundred and thirty
three and half votes. and what ap.
peared to be q stampede to Harding
from various state delegations was be.
ine held in check by the leaders who
wanted a recess for conferences.
BeRinning with last night, confer
ences of convention leaders who felt
that some man. must be found tc
break the deadlock in which the
votes for Wood, Lowden and John.
drift to Harding began running
stron and when the convention as.
'sembled today 1t was forecast that 9
break to the Ohioan would come soor
after the opening Of the balloting.
Beginning with 7s votes on the frs