Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-06-17
HARDING NAMED
BY REPUBLICANS
Compromise Candidate Won the
Nomination on the Tenth
Ballot.
IS A SENATOR FROM OHIO
Old Guard Achieved Elimination Of
Wood Johnson and
LOwden.

For Warren G.. Harding,
senator from Ohio.
For resdent-Governor Cool
jdge, of Massachusetts.
That is the result of ten ballots
taken last week by the Republican
national convention, which met in
Chicago.
Not one of the big three"-Major
General Leonard A. Wood, Governor
Lowden. or Senator Johnson-could
muster the strength needed TO pass
under the wire a winner Not one of
the three would make deal whereby
one Of the others could grab off the
presidential nomination.
Right from the start of the ballot
ing on Friday Major General Wood
was leading. During the four ballots
of Friday he held tenaciously to the
lead, reaching his high mark of the
first days balloting as the fourth
canvass of the delegates was taken.
From 2S712 votes from the delegates
on the first ballot Wood increased his
strength until on the fourth ballot
he had 314 delegates behind him.
This was the high mark reached by
Wood, and the highest point reached
by any Of the leading candidates.
Saturday morning saw Lowden's
strength increased. From 2S9 votes
on the fourth ballot he jumped to 3O3
on the fifth, passing Wood in
strength. Senator Johnson, who
reached his high mark of l48 on the
third ballot, began losing his
strength on the following ballot and
was no longer conceded a chance to
land the nomination, although he
might have aided in the nomination
Of either Lowden or Wood by throw
ing his strength to either Of the other
candidates This he consistently re-
fused to do.
The sixth ballot saw Wood again
pulling up the result of this ballot
being a tie between him and Lowden,
each having 3111a votes. Senator
Harding, picked during the night as
a compromise candidate gained elev-
en- votes on this ballot. increasing his
strength from rs to So
The next ballot saw Wood i'm front
again with Lowden trailing by half a
vote. Wood polled 312 on this ballot.
Harding, Ihe compromise candidate.
jumped from 80 to los on this ballot.
Lowden was again leading on the
eighth ballot. having BOZ votes to 299
for Wood. Johnson had 81 votes on
this ballot and Harding increased his
strength from 1O5 to 1884,.
Lowden's strength started to swing
TO Harding on the ninth ballot and
the Ohio senator polled heavily. but
was still more than one hundred
votes short Of the nomination. The
result of the four leading candidates
was Harding 3741a, Wood 249, Low
den l21 r. Johnson 50.
Before the tenth and deciding bal
lot of the convention was taken Low
den withdrew and his strength went
to the compromise candidate, and the
final ballot saw heavy drift from all
Of the candidates to Harding. The
four leaders on the final ballot polled
the following vote: Harding 692.
Wood loo. Lowden IL, johnson so.
The Michigan vote, which under the
primary had been accorded to John
son, was split on the balloting of Sat-
urday, Wood getting part of the
state and Lowden part of it. Some
OF the Michigan strength stood = by
Johnson TO the sixth ballot, when the
split came.
Governor Coolidge had no difficulty
in taking the presidential nomi-
nation, being nominated on the first
ballot. Michigan cast her entire
thirty votes for the Massachusetts,
governor.