South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-12
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
CASTS FOUR BALLOTS In
ALL DAY SESSION FRIDAY

NIGGllIlS dI IL
Nor
By Associated Press
CHICAGO. June lI.-Four
convention Friday failed to un
nominee.
1t was the first time since Ia
found the party without a choic
nomination of Lincoln that MOI
quired.
Wood and Lowden were at
convention, after the fourth ba
/ Saturday morning. Johnson had re-
ceived on the fourth seven and one
half votes less than he received on
the third.
The contest then stood: Wood
/ 314 =; Lowden, 289; Johnson, 140 y !;
Hoover, 5; Harding, 61A; Sproul,
! 79j5; Coolidge, IS; Butler. 20;
Knox. 2; Poindexter, Is; Suther-
! land, 8 Borah. /; Dupont. 2; La
| toilette, p, Watson. 4.
Three-COrnered Fight.
At the adjournment hour it still
| remained a three-cornered fight be
tween Wood, LOwden and Johnson,
! for the remaining IL contestants
held only 250 scattering votes among
1 them and most OF them had been
| losing steadily since the first bal
lot, some one OF the big three max
ing accessions at their expense
With these votes, Hiram johnson
was still holding the balance Of pow
er, his 1909 votes alone even If
cast for either Wood or I.owden
would not be sufficient to nominate
either, and there was not the slight
est indication of Johnson delegates
deserting their nominee.
Various Shifts.
The four ballots saw various
J shifts and changes, with a general
declining of the favorite son and
complimentary vote. The vote OF
DIR. Nicholas Murray Butler. OF New
York, steadily dwindled until on the
closing ballot it stood at 20, Lowden
forces took most of the accessiOns
from New York.
Twentyfour votes from Wisconsin
cast for LafOliette on three success
sive ballots amid Kisses and cat
/
was the first convention I'm years
at which Lafollette himself had not
appeared as a candidate. Herbert
HOOver's maximum strength Of the
day was seven votes; Philander
KnoX's maximum was two, and Gov
Sprouts was 83 II.
It was difficult 10 understand the
sudden adjournment after four bal
lots had been taken. At the end
OF the third ballot the Johnson
forces moved an adjournment and
insisted upon a roll call after the
milton had been defeated by vive
voice voteA The roll call showed
the delegates voting Overwhelming
~ 10 continue the Dalloting Toward
the close Of the fourth ballot IL WH
seen that Wood and LOwden both
had made small gains and that the
Johnson vote would show its frs
loss.
BOrah Seeks Adjournment.
Sen. BOrah rushed 10 the plat
form and urged that an adjourn
ment be taken. Some Of the Low
den people had been appealed to
by delegates who sincerely wished
10 avoid the hardship Of an all
night session and they consented not
There is nothing 10 indicate that
the Johnson and Lowden forces
were working together by design
but adjournment was obtained
through their Joint efforts. The
Wood forces were bitterly disap-
pointed as they believed they could
continue TO gain until their total
would climb over the 400 mark, IL
an adjournment could he avoided.
They hoped that then would come
a landslide or band wagon move
ment from the tired delegations.
The Wood forces are saying that
there were more negative votes than
affirmative but they admitted that
the latter made more noise and that
Mr. Lodge probably was justified
in ruling that adjournment had been
ordered. They also are saying to-
night that they showed bad strategy
in not insisting on a roll call
Transfers Battle.
The adjournment Of the conven-
tion only transferred the battle from
the floor Of the coliseum 20 the
quiet Of conference rooms down
town where the leaders worked all
night reforming their battle fronts
hoping 10 bring about a reaIigu-
Inent Of forces and turn the tide
in a definite direction a. the ses-
ton, tomorrow.
Unless their efforts fail the nom
inee is being actually made. and
whether II will be decided 20 put
over one OF the two leaders or stage
a deadlock must await the decision
OF the convention. If the latter,
the general opinion seems 20 favor
the selection OF a conservative dark
horse.