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..,,.aRDINC NAMED
FOR PRESIDENT
Nominated by Republican Con-
vcnti0n on Tenth Ballot.
COOLIDGE FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Ballot - Pennsylvania's Vote For
Harding on Tenth Started stam-
pede For Ohio Man.

pede For Ohio Man.
Z Chicago, June 14.-(5enator Warrer
G. Harding. of Ohio, was nom:na+el
for president on the tenth ballot in the
Republican national convention. Gov
ernor> Calvin Coolidge, of Massachu
seets, was nominated for vice presi
dent.
Harding received 692 votes, Wood
f57: Johrson. so. and Lowden, -.
The actual decision came when
= nnsylvania cast sixty votes for
Harding. giving him a majority.
1t was Pennsylvania vote. also
that gave Governor Coolidge his ma
jority for the vice presidential nomi
nation.
The nomination of Coolidge upset a
plan Of combination of the Hard.
irg hackers to nominate for the place
Senator Irvine L. LenrOOt, of Wis.
eohsin
The ballot for vice president fol
lows: Coolidge. 67419 LenrOot, 14O1a
Allen, 6S1a; Anderson, %: Johnson,
22R.
q Before adiourning the convention
adopted a resolution directing the ma.
Hi0nai committee tO formulate some
few rule for representation which
would eliminate the troublesome stu
alton prevailing in the southern sta eS
This Is in accord with the plan Of
cutting down the southern represen-
tation.
7 In dramatic session in which Gov
ernOr LOwden, Of Illinois. released all
his friends. and his delegates tlr' e |
10 Harding in rapid succession, the
Harding landslide which started with
a. gentle movement early in the morn
ing steadily and surely grew and re-
sisted all attempts to check ii.
Senator Harding was in an ante
room nearby, while the convention
was casting the ballots which made
him the Republican nominee
For some Of the time he chA+ted
there with Governor Lowden. who had
given up the fight a few minutes be-
fore. Mrs. Harding also was with
him sColonel Proctor, General Woods
manager, and others visited Senator
Harding and Governor Lowden there
while the convention was nOisly vOt-
Ing gonly q short distance away.
i was just about the moment that
S6Sernor Sproui In person In his seat
on the floor was casting the sixty
votes from Pennsylvania which ran
Harding's total over 500 and gave him
the nomination.
: As the convention realized that a
nominee had been made, bedlam cut
loose and there was an unrestrained
demonstration for several minutes
When quiet was restored the calling
of the roll was continued. Contrary
to expectations many of the remaining
states held their original formations
giving complimentary or farewell
votes to fa--~'ite sons or men whom
they had ! . supporting.
Lafollette held his twenty-four
votes from Wisconsin to the last bal
lot. and the convention and galleries
hissed their delivery as usual.
The Philippines remained faithful
to Wood TO the last.
Then came a landslide Of changes
in votes in which most of the delega-
tions wanted to climb on the band
wagon and threw in heir entire dele
cations for Harding.
Colorado changed to a solid Hard
ing vote as did others, while efforts
were being made to make the nomi-
nation unanimous by the usual mo-
tiOn.
1t was the collapse Of the forces of
Governor Frank o. Lowden, and their
transfer in large part to Senator
Harding, put the Ohio candidate over.
General Wood lost heavily, however,
when the Harding drift began, and
Senator Johnson, the third Of the trio
of leaders on the early balloting, also
went steadily downhill.
Entering the convention four days
ago as a candidate distinctly Of the
clark horse" class, Senator Harding
co+ only siXty-four votes on the first
ballot, and on the second he drop
ped to fifty-six When the convention
adjourned, at the end OF the fourth
ballot. he had siyty-one.
In all-night cor ferences among the
party chiefs, however, he was men
toned many times as the most likely
to break the nomination deadlock,
should neither Wood. Lowden nor
Johnson take commanding lead.
They all failed TO do so. Wood and
LOwt,en running neck-and-neck
leadership on four ballots. while the
str"l. 9Th Of the California candidate
dWinhlrh steadily.
Meant. me. Harding pushed his to-
tai 10 133. individual delegates from
many sta+es swinging to him from the
columrS of The leaders and Of Nari-
Gus fayorite sons. The Johnson mali
ayers fearing landslide was impend-
ing then made last play TO save the
fortunes Of their candidate. They
rirled 70 recess for couple of hours
in orr,.r 10 take an inventory and seek
a new combination. The Wood and
Iowden forces. both virtually at the
neak Of their strength. but both dis
So, -"a a. the long string of bal
IuLs wItnuut InaCerIaI gains, IeIl IN
with the recess plan, and the cOnven-
ton adopted ii.
In the dramatic succession of con-
ferences that followed the fate of the
candidates virtually was sealed. Some
If the Wood and LOwden managers
tried Intellectually for an agreement
which would hold heir delegates in
line and kill off the Harding boom.
Some tried to get WOodLowden-
Johnson agreement to adjourn until
Monday without making a nomination.
There also was a conference between
Johnson and Harding supporters, In
which The Ohioan's supporters tried
without success to have the remain
ing Johnson strength swing to Hard