The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-06-25
FOR HARDING
!, P. NOMINEE
L. IN CONVENTION is
AND OAlOAN ELECT
lon TENTH BALLOT
hoe OCCURS At END
|, owden Forces crumble
:, Collapse. - Governor
l.. If Massachusetts Is
presidential Candidate

lime 14.-Warren G. Har-
Il states senator from Ohio.
Lated for the presidency Sat
he Republican national con
for a deadloek which lasted
h,,lots aud which flnally
If the running all the origi
rs.
Inning mate. the convention
Calvin Coolidge. OF Alas
unselting a plan of a com
the Harding hackers to
For the place Senator Irvine
Wisconsin.
spse of the forces of Gov
Iowdpn and their transfer
ort TO Senator Harding put
sndidate over.
Wood lost heavily. however.
Harding drift began and
bhnson. the third Of the tri"
on the early balloting Fri
ken, steadily down hill.
the convention fOnr days
,ndilate of the dark horse
ator Harding got only g.
he first ballot Friday and on
dropped to IS. When the
adjourned Friday night. at
the fourth ballot he was in
differences among the party
pwpver. he was mentioned
as the most likely to break
ltion deadlock should neither
WIDEN nor Johnson take ~
hg lead today. They all
b so. Wood and LOwden run
X and neck race for leader
bur more ballots while the
# the California candidate
fteadily.
e. Harding pushed his to-
individual delegates from
Is swinging to him from the
the leaders and of various
ms. The Johnson managers.
landslide was impending.
a last play to save the for
heir candidate. They moved
h order to take an inventory
a new combination. The
I.owden forces. both virtu-
peak of their strength but
ed ut the long string Of bal
II material gains, fell in with
plan and the convention
lramatic succession of con-
hat followed. the fate of
iates virtually was sealed.
he Wood and Lowden man
ineffectively for an agree
b would hold their delegates
kill off the Harding boom
TO get a Wood-I.owden-
greement to adjourn till
i'hout making a nomination
was a conference between
md Harding supporters in
ohioan's supporters tried
ccesS 10 have the remaining
rengih swung to Harding.
he parleys between the Har-
.owden men. however. which
bore the most fruit when
ng again began. for Govern
came to the convention dur
IN roll call and. reversing a
Ian to go before the cOnven-
issued instructions from he
'enes releasing his instructed
harding was also in the
coliseum platform before
aud conferred with Chair.
Is soon as the alphabetical
les began after the recess
swell for Harding demon
u could not he forestalled
y when her name wal
* * of her IA votes from
~ gave them To Harding
hc got seven from Wood
kentucky. almost from tn,
"fh lowden state. fiopDe,
mo the Harding column.
IeheS of rising enthusiast
= ~ Lowtlen delegates FOL
while many of the raste,
'"Flers also went into III,
s'hr BY the end of tn,
fhslor Harding had role,
:" 90 putting him far int.
'"u several score of vote.
''R'i'naIion than any candi
been before.
me end of the ninth. ha,
lett out of the 10
" ended the eighth. an,
strength had falle,
ne eighth to o4a on III,
's'a dropped from 81 10 s.
nm roll call began dele
:" i''' Wood and johnson
" AMI the big hall was il
'i''inaS applause as stat,
"aA@uneed acceSsionS +,
/, STANDARD II was re
'''>g'vania to add III
IN Of enthusiasm. whel
ate was reached III
ne@de,i - votes m no,ni