Show find alic common ground upon which all were willing to stand lvery day 0 the five brought its threat of a bolt on the part ot 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 might be held and new efforts might be made to satisfy opposing elements it was the league of nations plank that proved the greatest stumbling block the of alie sen ate lead by senator johnson would not to anything that favored of an endorsement indorsement Indor of the league of na alons with or without reservations another element lead by nichols mur ray butler of hew york insisted upon an endorsement indorsement Indor of the league with the lodge reservations and on wednes day morning it teemed that nothing could prevent a split on plank it was at this time that the political genius 0 ellhu hoot was called upon the cables carried the doubles of the contestants to europe where hoot Is assisting in the organization of an international ter court and the cables brought back a solution that satisfied johnson and his follow ars and which the others were willing to ac capt in the interests of party harmony there was difficulty again over atie labor plank and again compromise wag resorted to to prevent a split much the sime than Is true nf the plank on and a plank on ireland in alie end the irish were overlooked entirely as nothing the lead ers were willing to do was tory to that element that was demand ing n strong resolution acknowledging alie freedom of 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 expected to report at 11 wednesday morning and the coliseum was packed to capacity nt that hour A ew other ejected lie referred to the campaign funds of other candidates and there was a roar of disapproval he fought buck and the audience and the delegates fought with him from that time to the close of the long seven hours and more of nominating spee clies the orators might quite as well hae said nothing as the audience heird nothing of what they said despite the efforts of chairman lodge the commotion continued until the last orator had named the last of the ele en candidates whose names were placed before the contention A feature of the nominating and s condan speeches was introduced by mrs of ew york a sister of lie late thieodore roosevelt in seconding the nomination of general bood she referred to him as a friend of her brother and from that time on practically macli candidate was referred to as n friend and heir of alie departed ex president llie balloting began on friday night and four ballots were taken ut that time on these ballots general was the leada hh governor low den a fairly close second after alie first ballot a motion to adjourn wag made but ana promptly voted down I 1 n combination of the wood and low den delegates who felt that their onla chance to win la in fur aher conferences of the parti loader another effort to adjourn was made after the second ballot and a roll call of the states demanded it too w as down by the same combination of delegates at alie close of the fourth ballot senator smoot advanced to the front of the speaker 8 stand and an adjournment A roll call was again demanded but the demand was ignored and an aye and no voe called for rioth aldea la the contro versy exerted nil their lung power in an effort to benorce their will on the chairman but after ft conference of the denara leaders on the speakers stand chair ruled an adjournment had voted back to the council rooms went alie leaders and to these rooms were sum boned the men who were directing the fights of the candidates were made to bring about some sort ot a compromise that would result in a nomination on saturday morning but threats promises and appeals the interests of party harmony were nil n vain the three candidates wood and johnson who were lead era in the noting refused to give pi ice to any one on whom the senator lil leaders could agree ahe wanted to let the delegates fight it out on the floor of the contention and continue the balloting until the delegines haa expressed their choice for the first place on the ticket without any influence being exerted on the part of the parta leaders and temporarily won when the first ballot was taken at the session 0 morning it showed but little change from those of friday night through the four ballots of saturday general wood and governor london were running neck and neck and on one ballot were tied with votes each again there came a demand for adjournment journ ment and again the wood and low den forces combined to present it but without result after another another consultation at the back of the speakers stand between halt a dozen senatorial leaders the session was adjourned despite alie protests of a large part of the delegates almost instantly there flashed through the great building the acmor that the leaders had decided on benator as the man it they could force his nomination and they were going to try could the do it did the leaders control enough delegates to name the leader of the party ticket the gen oral verdict was that they could tint the unrestricted delegates would do their bidding senator johnson and general wood refused to release their instructed delegates and on the ninth ballot the illinois delegation stayed with governor low den the pennsyl vanla delegation staged with governor sproul and the new lork delegation continued to split several candidates at the end of that ballot genitor lacked votes ot enough to nominate him and it was thought for a time the leaders were going to fall until governor sproul was known to have released the pennsylvania delegation to and with that the effort to climb into alie wagon started on the tenth and final ballot in the end alt ln delegations were released but many of them declined to change their last registered vote and the final ballot was announced as given at the head of this account all through the balloting 24 wisconsin delegates had persistently registered their votes for senator and when after the last ballot had been announced it was moved to make the nomination unanimous these 21 2 1 delegates voted against the motion it took but a short time to select governor hardings running mite governor cooledge senator lenroot of wisconsin senator gronna of dakota governor alien of kansas and colonel anderson of richmond va f were named as candidates tor the place there was but one ballot governor cooledge receiving and the ticket was complete the republican contention of 1020 was a thing of the past one of the features for which the convention just closed will long be remembered was the participation of the women it Is doubtful if they had any decisive part in the actual naming of alie candidate other than the few who were present as delegates but women figured prominently on the minor committees and they figured prominently in the oratorical efforts and very much to their credit at least one woman seconded alie nom linclon of eath of the candidates for the nomination for the presidency and their speeches appealed to the audience because chev were short and to the point women were active as workers around the headquarters of every fandl date they gave out red blue and green feathers for general wood badges and pennants for governor hovden Lov den served tea and cakes for herbert hoover and did some tiling of a like service for each of the candidates at genera woods headquarters sirs wood and her daughter had a handshake and a gracious word for evera caller but they refused at all times to talk politics on the other hand alie daughter of echolas slurry hutler was the real manager of her father a campaign heibert hoover at no time showed nn in the balloting for lie farst nine ballots his total vote was from four to sl and on the tenth ballot he polled nine votes when his name ans to the convention on b eudoc miller of avra ile ev lork a delegate from that st ate he received n demonstration binm the audience tint was one of the and unusual features of alie but it was not joined in bv an of the delegations it was very evident that hoover had no place in politics alth some difficulty chairman lodge whose voice was gone man anted to hold the delegates together long enough to pass the usual resola alons of thanks to the officials of the convention and to the city of chicago and then the republican convention of 1920 came to an end the management ot the convention hall really deserved thanks for the seating the policing and other arrangements were the best ever seen in such a gabbar inc |