Cheyenne News In Brief Highlights City Happenings
Night traffic noise as tires pop on a downtown corner. City projects advance including curb work on J M Garey and YWCA buildings and a near finish on a new apartment foundation. Posters for Cheyenne Frontier Days soon displayed with a second set planned. The silent city clock remains out of service. Many residents plan trout trips to the hills and Colorado. Entry blanks for Cheyenne Frontier Days available via the secretary. Cadets depart for San Francisco for training. High school students map vacation plans. Public notices on vacay studying and Cheyenne support bets for Chicago conventions. The American Legion street carnival opens Monday. Arc lights off at 3:30 am. Longest day in ten days. Teed tea appears in Cheyenne hotels and restaurants. Fresh eggs drop below 40 cents per dozen.
Concluded Ballot Fight Shapes 1920 Nomination Scene
The page recounts a marathon convention where Johnson and Lowden push adjournment after a long roll call. Wood gains, Harding faction pivots, and prominent names like Sproul Moore and Lodge contend amid heat and noise. Balloting continues with hopes of a realignment and possible conservative dark horse emerge.
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Coliseum
Convention Roars as Hoover Nomination Moves Forward
At the convention in Cheyenne the crowd roared through a five minute speech by Mr Brown and then quieted when Mrs L M Morrison of Chicago seconded Hoover. Senator Iarding of Ohio faced applause from Governor Frank B Willis and Ohio delegates while others urged a steady conservative choice amid the noisy hall.
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Senator Lodge
Harding
RK. B. Creager
Brownsville
Tex
Texas
South
Pennsylvania
J. Hampton Moore
Philadelphia
Sproul
Moore
William Schaffer
Joseph M. Saunders
Bluefield
West Virginia
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Saunders
Cheyenne
Yuiwlin
Toy
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Smoot
L. M. Morrison
Chicago
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Frank B. Willis
Edward Pickett
Lowden
Johnson
Wheeler
Richard J. Doherty
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Charles P. O'Neil
Michigan
Katharine Phillips Edson
Los Angeles
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Gillett
House of Representatives
Gilvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Alexandra Carlisle Piffer
Lexington
Mass
Delaware
Florida
North Carolina
Judge Pritchard
Wught T. Brown
Tonopah
Nevada
Mr. Weaver
Mr. Brown
Convention Nominating Trials and Parades Describe Past Ballots and Protests
The article recounts historic Republican nominating battles with multiple ballots for figures like McKinley Roosevelt Taft Harrison and Harding. It describes floor clashes, gavel strikes, and gallery demonstrations as Johnson Hoover and Coolidge nominations are debated and parades begin in the convention aftermath.
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McKinley
Roosevelt
Taft
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Mayes
Garfield
Blaine
Harrison
Convention Nominating Sparks For Wood And Lowden
The announcement produced cheers as Senator Lodge backed General Wood with Frank Knox praising Wood as a national figure. Mrs Douglas Robinson seconded Wood amid mourning for Col Roosevelt. Rodenberg then nominated Governor Lowden, earning praise as a capable administrator and sparking a Lowden demonstration with a hall parade.
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Frank Knox
New Hampshire
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Douglas Robinson
New York
Colenel Roosevelt
Kansas
Tllinois
William A. Rodenberg
Governor Lowden
Rodenberg
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Lowden
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Guvernor Lowden
Albert F
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John Marshal
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Nicholas Murray Butler
London
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Horrigan and Henderson
Randall Ave
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Fort Russell Field
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