The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-06-17
HARDING AND COOLIDGE ARE
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEES
Naming of Ticket Closes Five Days of Strenuous PO-
IitiCaI Battling at the Party Convention in
the Coliseum at Chicago,


diana, fought back and forth. APP
pointed at the session Of Tuesday, it
was expected to report at II o'clock
Wednesday morning, and the Coliseum
was packed to capacity at that hour.
A few other formalitieS were com
pletcd and an adjournment taken TO
II O'Clock Of Thursday. Again the
crowd came back. The convention
convened, Cardinal Gibbons offered an
invocation, and the convention adj
jOurned to four o'clock. With never
ending interest the crowd was again
back nj four o'clock only TO wait for
two long swelterng hours for the
fight on the platform which they were
| anticipating, but which did not materi-
nlize. The fight had all been made
behind the closed doors Of the council
rooms, and with the exception Of the
presentation of a mlnogity report by
n member Of the committee from Wis
consin, to which no particular atten-
tion was paid. there was no evidence
that there had ever been a disagree
| mcut, and the platform was adopted
with less than half a dozen dissenting
votes.
A Day Of oratory.
Friday gave promise of being a red
letter day for the audience and the
fight for the coveted bits Of beautiful
ly engraved cardboard waXcd hot and
heavy, At nine thirty IN the morn
ing, when the session opened, every
seat was filed, every aisle was
damned with an eNpeCtant multitude.
1t was to be n day Of oratory, and
IT was. The first order of business
was the call of the states for the
naming Of candidates for the nOmIna-
tlon for the presidency Arizona yield
ed 20 Kansas and Governor Allen took
The platform to name General Wood.
The audience heard what Governor
Allen had to say ana attention was
given 10 the secondug speeches ana
70 the speech Of Congressman Rodcn.
berg on behalf of Governor Lowdcn.
When Judge Wheeler of California.
1 started to present the name Of Scna-
| tor Johnson the audience had had
enough Of oratory. The distinguished
/ Californian referred Ia the League OF
/ Nations plank ms Senator Johnson's
/ plank, and both delegates and the au-
| dlenCc objected. He referred 10 the
! campaign funds Of other candidates
| md there was Il roar Of disapproyal
He fought back, and the audience and
! the delegates fought with him. From
| that time 10 the close of the long
| seven hours and more of nominating
/ speeches the orators might quite MS
well have sald nothng,as the audience
/ heard nothing Of what they said. De
/ spite The efforts Of Chairman Lodge the
| commotlon continued until the last
orator had named the last Of the
! eleven candidates whose names were
/ placed before The convention.
A feature Of the nominating and
sec0ndIug speeches was introduced hy
/ Mrs. Robinson of New York, sister
| Of the late Theodore Roosevelt. In
4 sccondlng the nomination of General
Wood she referred 10 him ms friend
Of her brother. and from TINT time
on practically each candidate was re-
frrrcd 10 as n friend and heir Of the
/ departed cX-presldcnt.
Battle OF Ballots.
The ballotlng began on Friday night
and -four ballots were taken Mt that
time. On these ballots General Wood
was the leader, with Governor Lowden
"a fairly close second After the first
ballot motion 10 adjourn was made,
but was promptly voted down by n
combination of the Wood and Lowden
delegates who felt that their only
chance TO win lay In preventing further
conferences on the part of the leaders.
Another effort 10 adjourn was made
after the second ballot aud Il roll call
OF the states demanded II, too wns
voted down by The same combination