Show hording harding nominated ily by WRIGHT A PATTERSON for president warren G harding of ohio for vice president calvin coolidge of massachusetts C convention antion nail hall chicago the nomination for president was made on the tenth ballot the vote on that ballot for the men who had been the leading candidates was harding WA wood lowden 12 johnson 80 45 4 5 alter after it la Is all over that Is the news it took five strenuous days to produce that Is all that the great mass ot of the public will remember hut but for those who had find it part in the contest it will be an ail experience to be bared for a lifetime lV etline and the convention of 1920 will go down don in the history of the republican publIcan Ile party as one of the hardest waged battles of the bartys existence it was a battle of which the audience saw but little that was spectacular a show that did not measure up to the expectations of tile the thousands who had begged and fought for and purchased tickets and who had jammed themselves into the great building session after session sweltering and roasting and always a anticipating something worth while the public did not see the real fl tight ht its as they were not admitted to the counell council rooms where the hie differences of con testing candidates were ironed out or where o the varying opinions of different factions were being reconciled so that a platform that would fit all elements might be produced the tc unusual conditions of the times had haa produced a wide range of ideas men lion differed radically on important points upon which the party must go to the public as a unit it if it Is to have a chanco chance of being successful in november find and it was not an easy task to find the conron ground upon which all were will willial irl to stand every day of the five brought bryght its threat of 0 a bolt on the part ot of some faction and these threats brought adjournment after adjournment after sessions lasting from but a few minutes to an hour or so in order that the new conferences nil filsht be held and new efforts might be mada in satisfy opposing elements tt it was the league of nations plank tz tl at proved the greatest stumbling block the of the sell senate lead by senator johnson would not listen to anything that favored of an indorsement endorsement Indor of the league of nations with or without reservations another element lead by nichols muray butler of new york insisted upon in an endorsement indorsement Indor of the league with the lodge reservations and on wednesday morning it seemed that nothing could prevent a split on this plank it was at this time that the political geilus of ellhu root koot was called upon the cables carried the troubles of tile the contestants to europe where root Is assisting in the organization of an international ter tern court and the cables brought back a solution that satisfied senator benator johnson and his followers and which the others were willing to tie nc capt in the interests of party harmony there was difficulty difficult a again maln over the abor plank and again compromise ras BBS resorted to to prevent a spill plit much lluch the lite samo thing Is true of the plank on mexico and a plank on ireland in tile the end the irish were overlooked entirely as nothing the leaders were willing to do was latif satisfactory to that element that was demanding a strong resolution acknowledging vie hie freedom of tile the irish republic for hours the resolutions committee headed by senator watson of indiana fought back and forth appointed at the session of tuesday it was wag expected to report lit at 11 wednesday morning and the coliseum was packed to ko capacity at that hour A few other formalities were comp completed letea and an adjournment token taken to 1 ot of T stirs may again t alio lie crowd came back the convention convened cardinal gibbons offered an ail invocation aaion and the convention adjourned to tour four with a never ending interest the crowd was again back at four only to wait valt for two long lone sweltering hours for the fight on the platform which they were antiel anticipating but which did not materialize the fight had all been made behind the closed doors of the council rooms and with the exception of the presentation of a minority report by a member of the from wisconsin to which 30 particular attention was paid there was no evidence that there had ever been a disagreement and the platform was adopted with less than halt half a dozen dissenting volts friday gave promise of being it a red letter day for the audience and the fight for the coveted bits of beautifully engraved cardboard waxed hot and heavy at nine thirty in tile the morning when the session opened every seat was tilled filled every aisle was jammed with avith fin an expectant multitude it was to be a day of oratory and it was the first order of business was the call of the states for the naming ot of candidates for the nomination for the presidency arizona yielded to kansas and governor allen alien took the platform to name general wood the audience heard what governor allen alien had to say and attention was given to the hie seconding speeches and to the speech of congressman rodenberg on behalf of governor lowden V alien hen judge wheeler eler of california started to present the name of senator johnson the audience had had enough of oratory the distinguished callior ifland referred to the alie league of nations plank as senator johnsons plank and both delegates and the audience ob S Z idell 0 0 r mt I 1 senator warren G harding governor calvin coolidge ejected ile he referred to the camp campaign alga funds funds of other candidates and there was a roar of disapproval lie ile fought back and the audience and the delegates fought with him from that time to the close of the ion long seven hours and more of nominating speeches the orators might quite as well hae said nothing as tile the aud audience lence heard nothing of what they said despite the efforts ot of chairman lodge the commotion continued until the lite last bottor had named the last of of the cle eleven n cand 41 lates ates whose names were placed before the connection conNen con antion tion A feature of the nominating and seconding speeches was introduced by mrs robinson of new york a sister of the late theodore roosevelt loosevelt Koo sevelt in seconding the nomination of general wood sho she referred ref ernd to him as a friend of her brother and from that time thue on practically each candidate was referred to as a friend and beir of the departed ex cx president the balloting began on friday night nigh and four ballots were taken at that time on these ballots general wood war wo the leader with governor lov london den a fairly close second after the first ballot a motion to adjourn was made but was promptly voted down by a combination of the wood and lowden delegates who nho felt that their only chance to win lay in preventing further conferences of tile alio party leaders another effort to adjourn was made after tile the second ballot and a roll call of the states demanded it too was voted down by the same combination of delegates at the close of 0 the fourth ballot senator swoot smoot advanced to the front of the speakers stand and moved an adjournment A roll call was again demanded but the demand was ignored and an aye and no vote called for rioth both sides lit in the lie contro hersl vers excited all their lung power lu in an effort to enforce their will mill on the chairman but after a conference of the senate leaders on tha tn spears spek cr stand the chair ruled tin an adjournment chytil been voted back to the council rooms went tile leaders and to these rooms were summoned the men who were directing tile tho fights of the candidates efforts were made to bring about some sort ot of a compromise that would result lit in a nomination on saturday morning hut but threats promises and appeals in the interests AS of party harmony were all in vain the three candidates wood lowden and johnson who were leaders in the voting refused to give place to any one on whom the senatorial leaders could agree they wanted to let the delegates tight fight it tut ut on the floor of 0 the convention ani continue the balloting until the delegates h hai ail expressed their choice tor for the first place on the ticket without tiny any influence being exerted on the part of th party leaders and temporarily won when the first ballot was taken at the session of saturday morning it showed but little change from those of friday night through the first four ballots of saturday general wood and governor lowden were running neck and neck and on one ballot were tied lied with votes each again there came a demand for adjournment journ ment and again the wood nood larv aw lowden forces combined to prevent it but without result after another another consultation at the back of th speakers stand between half a dozen senatorial leaders the session was adjourned despite the protests of a large part of the delegates almost instantly there flashed through the great building the rumor that the leaders had decided on sen ator harding arding II as the man it if they could cou d force his nomination and they were going to try could they do it dill did the leaders control enough delegates to name the 16 leader ader of the party ticket the general verdict was that they could that the unrestricted delegates would do their bidding senator johnson and general wood d refused to release their instructed delegates and on the ninth ballot the illinois delegation stayed with governor lowden the pennsylvania delegation stayed with governor sproul and the new york delegation continued to split among several candidates di dates at the end of that ballot senator harding arding II lacked votes of enough to nominate him and it was thought for a time the leaders were going to fall fail until governor sproul was known to have released the penn ienn sylvania delegation to harding arding II and with that the effort to climb into the harding wagon started on the tenth and final ballot in the ent end all in strutted ted delegations were released but many of them Pec declined lined to change ahelf last registered vote and the final ba lot was announced as given at the th head of this account all through the balloting 24 wisconsin delegates hao had persistently registered their votes for senator lafollette LaFo Ilette and when afeei the last ballot had been announced it was moved to make the nomination unanimous these 21 24 delegates voted against the motion it took but a short time to select governor Ilar dings running mate governor coolidge senator lenroot ot of wisconsin senator gronna of north dakota governor allen alien of kansas and colonel anderson of richmond va were named as candidates for tho place there was but one ballot governor coolidge receiving votes and the ticket was complete the republican convention of 1020 1920 was a thing of the past one of the features for which the convention just closed will long iong be re was the participation of tho women it Is doubtful it if they had any decisive part in the actual naming of the candidate other than the few who were present as delegates cut but women figured prominently on tile the minor committees and they figured prominently in the oratorical efforts and very much to their credit at least one woman seconded the nom of each of the candidates foi the nomination for the presidency and their speeches lip appealed pealed to the audience because they were short and to the point women were active as 82 workers around the headquarters headquarter S ot of every candidate they gave out red blue and gheen aken feathers for general wood badges and pennants for governor lowden served tea and cakes for herbert hoover and did something of a like service for each of tile the candidates at general woods headquarters 4 sirs mrs wood and her daughter had a handshake and a gracious word for every caller but they refused at all times to talk politics on the other liand hand the daughter of nicholas murray cutler butler was the real manager t f her fathers campaign herbert hoover at no time showed any astren strength ali in the ilia balloting for I 1 alio I 1 first nine ballots ills his total vote was wa front from tour four to six and on tile the tenth ballot he polled nine votes when ills his t name was presented to the convention on friday by judge miller of 0 syracuse new york a delegate front from that state lie he received a demonstration from tile the audience that was one ot of tile tho marked and unusual features of tho convention but it was not joined in by any of the delegations it was very evident that hoover had no placa lu in republican politics witt with some difficulty chairman lodge whose voice was gone managed to hold bold the delegates together long enough to pass the usual resolutions of thanks to the officials ot 0 the th convention and to trib city of chicago Cb cago and then tile the republican colvit of 1020 came to tin an end the mina 9 c ment of the convention hall ready deserved thanks for th lit sp alln the policing and other arrangements jere er the best ever seen in ruch euch il atef fath at hf rj ins ing |