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Canton Daily News

Location

Canton, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1920

Page

7

Wood Gains Two Seats At Expense Of Illinois

General Leonard Wood gained two votes today as the credentials committee reversed the national committee in four contested cases. Georgia fourth district and Tennessee tenth district were seated for Wood, while Kansas City delegates were seated for Wood’s side, reducing Lowden’s count.

A. O. Hayward Chicago Leonard Wood Convention Credentials Committee Lowden C. D. Williams Georgia Charles B. Quinn Tennessee Wood National Committee Credentials Committee Credentials Oregon Stanfield MacDonald Johnson Wallace McCamant McCamant John P. Gray Idaho Iit Edward D. Duffield New Jersey Resolutions Committee Oklahoma Robert R. Church Henry Lincoln Johnson Eader Ben W. Hooper

Party Strategy Shapes Battle for 1920 Nomination

Convention leaders led by Wood and Lowden plan to ignore California Senator Johnson while courting his delegates only if needed. They aim to deny him the nomination by preventing a clear issue on the treaty and league, even as eastern Republicans show near unity against Johnson. The contest may hinge on second and third ballot dynamics as Wood consolidates strength.

Johnson Wilson California Lowden Wood Leonard Wood

Republican Convention Drama Sets Stage for Leonard Wood Tug Of War

Campaign chatter centers on Leonard Wood and Governor Lowden with a backroom push for a compromise favorite as Johnson and Borah threaten to derail a league of nations plank. Lodge’s keynote spurs anti Wilson fervor while Hughes Sproul Hoover emerge as leading backups. An automatic railroad switch cleaner is described in a stenographic aside.

Lodge Johnson Sarah Wood Lowden Leonard Wood Illnois Coolidge Massachusetts Sproul Pennsylvania Hughes New York Philander Knox Herbert Hoover Senator Lodge Harding Wilson William Gibbs McAdoo Republican Party Borah Idaho United States

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