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Show I Senator Warren G. Harding i . Governor Calvin Coolidge find the common ground upon which all were willing to stand. Every day of the five brought Its threat of a bolt on the part 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 might be held and new efforts might be made to satisfy opposing elements. tt was the league of nations plank tl'Jit proved the greatest stumbling Mock. The lrreconcilables of the senate, sen-ate, lead by Senator Johnson, would not listen to anything that favored of an Indorsement of the league of nations, na-tions, with or without reservations. Another element, lead by Nichols Murray Mur-ray Butler of New York, insisted upon an Indorsement of the league with the Lodge reservations, and on Wednesday Wednes-day morning it seemed that nothing could prevent a split on this plank. It was at this time that the political genius of Elihu Root was called upon. The cables carried the troubles of the contestants to Europe, where Root is assisting in the organization of an international in-ternational court, and the cables brought back a solution that satisfied Senator Johnson and his followers, and vhich the others were willing to accept ac-cept in the Interests of party harmony. There was difficulty again over the ,abor plank, and again compromise was resorted to, to prevent a split. Much the same thing is true of the plank on Mexico and a plank on Ire-tand. Ire-tand. In the end the Irish were overlooked over-looked entirely, as nothing the leaders lead-ers were willing to do was satisfactory satisfac-tory to that element that was demanding demand-ing a strong resolution acknowledging the freedom of the Irish "flepuhlic." For hours the resolutions committee, headed by Senator Watson of Indiana, fought back and forth. Appointed at he session of Tuesday, it was expected expect-ed to report at 11 o'clock Wednesday coming and the Coliseum was packed o tapaeity at that hour. A few other jected. He referred to the campaign funds of other candidates and there was a roar of disapproval. He fought back, and the audience and the delegates dele-gates fought with him. From that time to the close of the long seven hours and more of nominating speeches the orators might quite as well have said nothing, as the audience heard nothing of what they said. Despite the efforts of Chairman Lodge, the commotion continued until the last ootr had named the hist of the eleven candidates whose names were placed before the convention. A feature of tlie nominating and seconding speeches was introduced by Mrs. Robinson of New York, a sister of the late Theodore Roosevelt. In seconding the nomination of General Wood she referred to him as a friend of her brother, and from that time on practically each candidate was referred re-ferred to as a friend and heir of the departed ex-president. The balloting began on Friday night and four ballots were taken at that time. On these ballots General Wood wa the leader, with Governor Lowden 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 felt that their only chance to win lay In preventing further fur-ther conferences of the party leaders. Another effort to adjourn was made after tlie 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 the fourth ballot Senator Smoot advanced to the front of the speaker's stand and moved an adjournment. A roll call was again demanded, but the demand was ignored and an aye and no vote called for. Both sides in the controversy contro-versy exet ted all their lung power In nn effort to enforce their will on the chairman, but after a conference of the benate leaders on th speaker's stand, |