Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-12
BY &. GOULD LINCOLN.

CHICAGO, June 12-Heat. hunger
and the leaders forced an adjournment
of the republican national convention
last night. without a candidate for presi-
dent having been named
The convention had been in session
for nine sweltering hours. with no
chance to feed itself The delegates
were intent upon getting through with
lne'r work. but some of the leaders de-
sired recess to reform their lines, par
ticulariy the mon who are fighting for
dark horse probably Gov Sproul or
Pennsylvania
IL was in the main the field against
ooo; with the leaders using Lowden as
siedsehammer TO bump the general
When adjournment had been taken
hhaiIS. after the delegates had twice
refused to quit. Johnson and Lowden
leaders both professed the belief that
Wood is now out Of it" But there
seemed to be plenty of kick left in
the general and his friends, notwith-
standing
As was expected. Gen. Wood took
the lead on the first ballot. He gained
steadily during the next three ballots,
reaching final total of 3l4is votes
II takes 493 to nominate
Lo"den made his greatest gain on
the second ballot and gained to a less
u.
ne picked up only votes The tally
showed him 2s9 u votes at the close
Johnson actually sustained a loss on
the fourth ballot, receding from AS
to 1401a
New combinations were suggested
HoOver's Ovation.
One or the most remarkable events
OF the long day in the Coliseum was
Inc oNatlon given the nomination of
1eroert Hoover 1t was confined al
most entirely to the galleries. and in
the volume of noise compared verv
uaVorabiy with the demonstration of
the wood and Lowden forces.
Inc former food administrator has
pienty Of friends. but no delegates. At
tne close OF the fourth ballot he had
only votes. though on an earlier
ballot votes were counted for him
Inc dark horses did not do very
Weell in the warming-up gallon.
eProui went as high as S3ls on the
seond ballot. but lost a few later
pennsylvania, with her rs votes. was
all that gave the governor a look in
Coolidge of Massachusetts. another
governor. began to drop his strength.
some Of his delegates going to Wood.
as expected.
The name of La Toilette was pre-
sented each time the Wisconsin dele
cation was called, and the crowd
the wisconsin senator has not been
forgotten here.
johnson Leaders Mistake.
The johnson demonstration v,s
distinctly a failure, as compared with
those previously staged by the fol-
lowers OF Gen. Wood and Gov. Low
zen: The speaker nominating him. c.
y wheeler. made the mistake of at
tempting to cast reflections upon
wood and Lowden. though without
using their names When the crowd
came back at him he lost his head
and his temper. His speech dragged
out. and he was apparently without
terminal facilities
Instead Of nominating johnson,
wheeler wrote his epitaph." was the
comment of one delegate. The John
son people offered blind man. Rem
resentative Schall of Minnesota, as
one of his seconders.
The best speech of the day was
made by Mrs. Douglas Roosevelt Rob-
1nson. sister of the late Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt. who seconded Gen
WOOD. 1t mad some of the punch of
her famous brother and caught the
crowd imm ediately.
Frank Willis, one-time Governor of
ONO. made a rafting good stump
speech in nominating Senator Harding
and had the audience with him.
The speakers continued while the
galleries and the convention buzzed
with conversation.
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler of New
York was nominated by State SEN
ator Ogden Mills, chairman of the
republican platform advisory com
mlttee. His speech sounded as If he
were writing another platform, when
1t could be heard at all
Former Senator Marion Butler Of
North Carolina struggled yaliantly
but unsuccessfully against the noise
when he nominated Judge Pritchard.
Probably the stenographer was the
only one in the building who could
near much OF what he was saying.
Mayor j. Hampton Moore of Phila-
delphia did not have much better
luck with his speech nominating Col
Sproul.
Hoover's Nomination a Surprise.
Judge Miller of the New York dele
cation broke away from Butler to
nominate Herbert Hoover. The nomi-
nation came as surprise. for it had
been believed that Hoover's sup
porters would wait for a deadlock.
Apparently they decided it was better
to let the convention see how their
man stood with the crowds in the gal
leries. Judge Miller was long winded
and finally one of the delegates
shouted: How did he run in Cali
1ornla! which caused some laughter
IT Hoover got no delegates. his
friends got plenty of tickets to the
galleries.
There was intense interest when the
balloting actually began. Cheers fire.
quently interrupted the call of the
roll as this or that delegation voted
for a favorite.
Four Ballots without Result.
CHICAGO. June IL (by the Associ-
ated Press).-Four ballots in the re-
publican national convention yester-
day failed to unite the necessary ma
jority on a nominee.
1t was the first time since 1855 that
more than three ballots found the
party without a choice, and the sew
enth time since the nomination of Lin
coin that more than one ballot had
been required.
The big three-Wood, Lowden and
Johnson-were at their high water
marks when the convention, after the
fourth ballot. adjourned until 10
o'clock this morning.
The contest then stood: Wood. 314ta
Lowden. 2S9: johnson. 140l2 Hoover
5; Harding, 81 i.; Sproul, 1914: Cool
idge %; Butler. 20; Knox, 2; Poin-
dexter, Is; Sutherland. 3; Borah, l;
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