Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-06-13
OHIO DARK HORSE
CHOSEN FOLLOWING
BITTER DEADLOCK
GIVEN NOMINATION IN TENTH
BtlIOT ny VOTE
or 69s.
.L0WDEN COLLAPSE SUDDEN
Delegates Quit Original Fayoriies IN
Large nlocks In Last Two Votes,
aud Give Senator Landsllds
Victory.

Nv Associated preta.
CHICAGO. June ls.-warren q.
Harding. United States senator from
Ohio. was nominated for the presidency
to-day by the republican national con.
ventlon after % deadlock which lasted
for nine ballots aud which finally forced
oni of the running NIL the original "a.
voriies. -;
As his running mate, the convention
named Governor Calvin Coolidge CT
Massachusetts. upsettlng q plan Of q
combination of the Harding hackers 90
nominate for the place senator I. l..
Lenroot of Wisconsin.
The collapse of the forces Of Governor
Frank u. Lowden and their transfer In
large part a. senator Harding put the
Dhlo candidate over.
General Wood lost heavily. however.
when the Harding drift began and Sen.
n'or johnson. the third of the trio %
leaders on the early balioting yesterday
rlso went steadily downhiii.
Entering the convention four days
ngo as candidate distinctly Of dark
horse" class, Senator Harding got only
- votes ON the first ballot yesterday
and on tho second he dropped 70 &c.
When the convention adjourned last
night at the end of tho fourth ballot.
he had a.
In nllnlghi conferences among tho
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 a commanding lend today.
Run Neck and Neck.
They all failed to do no. Wood ana
f.owdon running n neck and neck race
for leadership on four more ballots.
while the strength of the California
candidate dwlnCed steadily.
Meantime. Harding pushed his total
to 1873. individual delegates from manv
states swinging 10 him from the col
umns of the leaders and Of variouk IN.
voriie sons.
The johnson managers. fearing
landslide was impending. then made n
last play To save the fortunes OF their
candidate. They moved " recess for a
! couple ~ hours In order 20 take an IN.
ventory and seek n new combination.
Favored Recess.
The Wood and Lowden forces. both
virtually at the peak of their strength
but dishcartencd ~ tho long string OF
ballots without material gains fell m
with the recess plan and the conven.
| tion adopted n. In the dramatic ses.
sion ~ conferences the fate Of candi.
datcr virtually was sealed. Some of tho
Wood and i.owden managers tried IN.
| offcctunllv for an agreement which
hold their delegates In line and kill off
the Harding boom.
Somc tried 10 got a wood.Lowden-
Johnson agreement 90 adjourn until
Monday without making n nomination.
There also was conference between
johnson and Harding supporters IN
which the Ohioan's supporters triei
without succoss Ia have the remaining
johnson strength swung 10 Harding.
u was the parlcys between the Hard.
Ing and Iowden men. however. which
apparently bore the most fruit when the
halloting began again. for Governor
tuwdcn came to the convention during
the ninth can and. reversing a previous
: plan to go before the convention itself.
ISSUED instructions from behind the
sc"ncs releasing his dnstructed dele
gates
senator Hardlng also was In the rear
~ the Coliseum platform during tho
voting and conffrcd with Chairman
CONTINUED on page e.l