The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-06-18
WOOD LEADS ON
FOURTH BALLOT
LowoEN SECOND, JOHN s o N
THIRD. AFTER FIRST ROUND
or BIG FIGHT
big THREE" STANDING PAT
Each Candidate Far Short Of Total
Necessary for omination. Minor
Candidates Refuse to Sacrifice
Opportunities and Quit Race

Chicago. June I2--Fonr ballots n
the Republican national convention
yesterday failed 10 unite the necessar,
majority on u nominee.
II WIS the first time since 1893 tina
more than three ballots found III,
party without "a choice, and the sew
rnth time since the nomination Of Lin
been required.
Wood and i.owden we're nj their high
winter mark when the convention
after the fourth ballot, adjourned until
10 o'clock this morning. johnson haf
received on the fourth ballot sever
and onehalf votes less than he re-
ceived On the third.
The contest then stood. Wood
aiih; Lowden. 80; Johnson, l4Ois
Hoover =; Harding. 6is sproul, TON
Coolidge. -; Batter, 20; Knox. 2;
I'oindexter. 10: Sutherland, 3; Borah
1. Dupont. q Lafollette, o.. Wat.
son. T.
Al the adjournment hour II still re-
nfained three-cornered fight between
Wood. Lowtien and Johnson, for the
remaining II contestants held only 40
scattering Votes among them. aud most
NJ them had been losing steadily since
The first bnllot, some one Of the big
three making accessions al their ex-
pense.
With three scattering votes, Hiram
Johnson still was holding the balance
Of power. His iaoh votes alone even
II cast for either Wood or I.owden,
would not he sufficient to nominate
either, aud there was not the slightest
indication Of Johnson delegates desert.
Ing their nominee.
The four ballots saw various shifts
aud changes, with general declining
" the fayorite son and complimentary
vote The vote for Dr. Nicholas Muir.
ray Butler of New York steadily dwin.
died until on the closing ballot 1t stood
Mt 10. Lowden forces took most OF
the accessicns from New York.
Twenty-four votes from Wisconsin
cast for LnFollette on three success
sive ballots amid Misses aud cat.cMils
fell to =. AT the closing. II was the
first convention In years al which In.
Toilette himself had not appeared IA
4 candidate. Phllnnder G.. knox's max.
'mum was two, Governor Sprouts high
mark was Ssis on the first ballet.
After the fourth ballot the conven.
lion adjourned until today.
Al midnight the maneuverlng and
ronf-rring among the convention
leaders were ~ their height and cen.
erred ut conference nj one Of the
downtown hotels where Senator Lodge,
senator smoot. Senator Watson. for
ner Senator W. Murray Crane. Sena-
or hornh and others were present.
Other conferences were going on at |
'ther hotels ana various clubs. The
Weed headquarters Expressed satisfac- |
Ion with the situation. Lowd~n head. |
quarters was predicting sufficient &C.
csSions to-day TO start the governor to- |
fsrd the necessary majority and II was
'nown that compromise offers Of vari.
ns sorts were being carried to John
on headquarters.
Az the conferences were breaking |
- after midnight II was plain that |
'any who participated felt that neither
.owden nor Wood would be the nomi.
80 and that consideration OF the dark /
arse list had hsen the chief subject
Z discussion. Opinion WAS too divided /
or nm agreement and few were con-
ldent Of being able to center upon
nyone before today. Four or five
,en. said Ia include Harding. Knox.
hughes and Coolidge. were said 10 he
egarsied by most OF the conferees as
Leaders participating In the all-night
differences said nj ? o'clock this
corning on coming out OF them. that
had not h~en possible to come 20
ny agreement and that the conven.
on would resume this morning nj the
olnt where n left off nj the end Of
h. fourth ballet.
Tn. leaders were In accord that
food and I.owden must further try
~ their strength before efforts con-
on dark horse could be
acce~~ful
The main difficulty has been the ~.
ASST of minor candidates To sacrifice
heir opportunities until they can re-
eixss F..a xanh.hls N xsttra se..S fa.t that. |
aiss will furnish tn. necessary mum.
er 10 some candidate who can win.
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