Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-12
REPUBLICANS MEET
EARLY To NOMINATE
MAN FOR PRESIDENT
Platform Agreement Reach
ed at Night Session Thurs
day - Three Candidates
Are DeadIocked

COLISEUM, CHICAGO, June IL
The big three-Lowden, Johnson and
Wood-were al placed in nomination
before the Republican convention to-
day during the first four hours of
a swelterihg session.
Each of the nominations was &C
companied with tumultuous demon
strations on the floor and in the
galleries in which the usual conven-
ton scenes of marching, shouting
sweating delegates prancing about
the hall, carrying flags, banners and
| likenesses of their favorite candidate
were witnessed.
Forcing the convention along at
| express speed to make up for the
| time lost in settlement of the treaty
! issue, efforts were made to hold the
| time given to demonstration down to
minimum, one seconding speeches
| were limited to five minutes, and to
| two minutes when there were more
! than two seconds. The effort was
! to reach the balloting before adj
| journment tonight.
All the nominating speakers got
ready responses from the convention
Charles S. Wheeler, y of California.
| who nominated Johnson, got roars
| and cheers from the convention when
he referred to the Wilson administra-
| ton as the royal family" and by
inference to William G. McAdoo as
''the crown prince"
care you prepared for four years
more of them?" he shouted. The
crowd answered mo! no!' But when
Mr.. Wheeler referred to Senator
Johnson as having had an adequate
campaign fund, the crowd let go
round of boos, jeers and outlaws.
Former Senator Beveridge admon-
ished the crowd to remain quiet and
let the speakers proceed.
| Candidates ali Hotels
While the speeches were beins
| made at the oliseum today, the lead
ing candidates for presidential nom
| nation were in the seclusion of
| their hotel rooms, but all wer in
instant touch by telephone with the
| convention hall.
Senator ohnson was closeted with
several Of his advisers at his head
| quarters. General Wood arrived in
! the city from Fort Sheridan and
called about him the men who were
to direct the fight ON the floor Of
the convention. After they had gone
to the convention the general held
!. to his rooms. Governor Lowden
used the early hours of the day for
conferences with his chiefs and then
ais adjourned to his apartments to
await a report of the convention
happenings.
AS far as ascertained, none of the
announced candidates with the ex-
ception of Governor Sproul Of Penn
sylvania, visited the Coliseum dur
ing the day. Governor Sproul APP
peared there before the convention
but returned to his hotel
Heat Terrific
| In spite Of the sweltering temper
allure inside the convention hall, the
delegates began to pile into their
places a full half hour before todays
session was to begin. They all were
rearing to have it over with, and
| the possibility that the nominations
might be made today and the con-
vention ended seemed to take some
Of the edge off their distress from
the heat. It gave promise of being
the hottest day of the convention in
all respects.
Most of those on the convention cor
and in the galleries came with fans,
and many of the delegates stripped
off their coasts before they took their
seats. For the time being lat least
the hot weather was the big feature
| in the convention picture.
| At $50, however, when the conven-
ton should have been called to or
| der, there still were great patches
| of empty seats in the delegates Sec
ton and the platform was almost
| empty
The crowd sent up an ever-growing
rumble of conversation while it wait
ed for the party leaders to get
through with their conferences in
| their hotels a mile away.
During the wait the delegates still
were asking one another who was
to be nominated, and the usual reply
was distinctly of the "d-n-if-I-L-
know character. The managers foe
| all the candidates tried to Guido one
| another in confidence over the result.
| The Wood people were claiming
victory by third or fourth ballot.
The predictions of the others were
less definite.
The Wood managers who had
planned to have a string of second
| speeches for their candidate, revised
| their program at the last minute SO
| that only Frank Knox. of New
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