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...list is probably not yet complete and some of its members are dubious. Mr. Lowden might be unwilling to accept the post. Mr. Pepper would be displeasing to a certain group who did not like his recent speech in Maine (see below...
Representative Longworth of Ohio Ex-Governor Lowden of Illinois Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania Governor Hyde of Missouri Governor Groesbeck of Michigan Ex-Senator Beveridge of Indiana Governor Dixon of Montana Senator Fess of Ohio...
...nomination Mr. Pointer exclaimed: "It will be the proudest moment of my life if I am nominated by this convention. ... I received assurances only last Saturday that Lowden [ex-Governor of Illinois] will be square behind me if I am nominated...
...conducting a straw-vote-for-President among the women of the country. With a count of 81,303 ballots, President Coolidge led with 52,274 votes. Next came McAdoo with 6,611 votes. And after him, in order, Ford, Hughes, Wilson, Hoover, Underwood, Hiram Johnson, Pinchot, La Follette, Borah, Lowden, W. J. Bryan, John W. Davis, Ralston, Glass, Alfred E. Smith, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, Mellon. Tied for last place (with one vote each) were Ring Lardner and John Davison Rockefeller...
...Follette, who will have Wisconsin's delegation and some other votes from the Northwest. But because of Mr. La Follette's ill health and his "insurgency" he is not regarded as a serious contender. On the outskirts will hang several favorite sons, such as ex-Governor Lowden of Illinois, Senator Watson of Indiana and Judge Kenyon of Iowa, eager to step forward if the Coolidge forces should slip or fall into a deadlock with Senator Johnson-but not otherwise likely to be active...