Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-15


Lowden Releases Delegates
Meantime, Harding pushed his to-
tai to 1873, individual delegates from
many states swinging to him from
the columns of the leaders and Of
various favorite sons. The Johnson
managers, fearing a landslide was
impending, then made q last play
to save the fortunes of their candi-
date. They moved to recess for a
couple of hours in order to take an
ton. The Wood and Lowden forces,
both virtually at the peak of their
strength, but both disheartened at
the long string of ballots without
material gains, fell in with the re-
cess plan and the convention adopted
it. In the dramatic succession of
conferences that followed, the fate
of the candidates virtually was seal,
ed. Some of the Wood and Low
den managers tried Intellectually for
an agreement which would hold their
delegates in line and kill off the
Harding boom - q.
Some tried to get Wood-Lowden-
Johnson agreement to adjourn until
Monday without making nomina-
ton. There also was a conference
between Johnson and Harding sup
porters in which the Ohion's support
ers tried without success to have
the remaining Johnson strength
It was the parleys between the
Harding and Lowden men, however,
which apparently bore the most fruit
when the balloting began again, for
Governor Lowden came to the con-
vention during the ninth roll call
fnraNyinJf0 I01o RI ri
before the convention itself, issued
instructions from behind the scenes
releasing his instructed delegates.
Senator Harding also was in rear OF
the Coliseum platform during the
voting and conferred with Chairman
Hays.
Pennsylvania Swings Tide 3,
Almost as soon as the alphabet
cal call of states began after the re-
cess the groundswell for Harding
demonstrated that 1t could not be
forestalled Connecticut, when ne
her fourteen votes from Lowden and
gave them to Harding. In Florida
he got seven from Wood and then
Kentucky, almost from the first
solid Lowden state. Topped complete
into the Harding column.
Amid scenes of rising enthusiasm
other blocks of Lowden delegates
followed suit while many of the
routed Wood supporters also went
into the Harding camp. By the end
OF the roll call Senator Harding had
rolled up total of 374, putting him
far into the lead and several score
of votes nearer the nomination than
any candidate had been before. Low
den at the end of the ninth had only
121 votes left out of the 307 with
eral Woods strength had fallen from
299 on the eighth to 249 on the ninth.
Johnson dropped from 81 to 80.
AS the tenth roll call began dele
gates quit Lowden, Wood and john
son right and left, and the big hall
as state after state announced ac-
cession to the Harding stan~4rd. 1t
WIS -eserved for Pennsylvania to add
the browning touch OF enthusiasm.
ed the Ohio senator needed 80 votes
to nominate him and Pennsylvania
gave him so.
1t was Governor Sproul, himself,
the candidate of his state on every
preceding ballot and mentioned ed
to break the deadlock who announc-
ed the big Pennsylvania vote for
Harding. Entering the Coliseum
floor. for the first time since the bal
lting began, he made his way to
the Pennsylvania. standard and, amid
longer supporting him. Then he took
poll, got the floor ant threw in the
winning Harding votes.
Coolidge Nominated
A demonstration of several min
utes followed, most of the delegates
and spectators standing and cheer
ing while a procession carrying
large pictures of the candidate ana
standards of some of the states that
supported him took up it's march
O. thn h01
tired a convention after the Cruel
ling excitement of two sweltering
days Of balloting to long keep up
such demonstration. Senator
Lodge, presidin,5 raped for order
and the delegates did not argue with
him.
When it was seen that a candidate
had ben nominated the customary
changing of votes began with a
half dozen who had voted Tor other
appear in the winning. column on
serted it's governor and many Of
the Wood men, too, asked to have
The final check up showed 692
for Harding with only twelve left
supporting Lowden. 1877 for Wood,
and eighty for Johnson. At their best
earlier in the day the Wood people
had mustered S12 votes md the
point was 14S, recorded on the third !
ballot yesterday.
A motion to make the nomination
unanimous was passed in chorus, |
but when opportunity for negative
votes came there were some Noes
from Wisconsin whose delegation |
throughout the day had voted amid
Kisses and cat calls, almost solidly |
for Senator Robert NJ. La Toilette.
The plan to nominate Senator
T IN f0.. 4 II aynn n q
the backing of many men who had
help put Harding over, but the name
of Governor Coolidge stirred the
delegates and galleries to repeated
cheering and he was swept into t. the