UNITED STATES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVIII, Issue 18435, 15 June 1920, Page 7

UNITED STATES.

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. REPUBLICAN NOMINATION. By Telegraph—Prosa Association—Copyright. Au3tralifin and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK, June 13. Senator Harding, the Republican Presidential nominee, is a newspaporraan. being editor and owner of tho Marion " Star," Ohio. Ho is of Scottish descent on his father's sido. In 1900 Mr Harding entered tbo Senate, and in 1901 and 1906 he was elected Lieuton-Rnt-Governor of Ohio. In tho Senate lie was a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, nnd was an earnest supporter of President Wilson's administration for tho prosecution of the war, but later criticised him severely to the end of tho war. Mr _ Harding advocated prompt peace making, and some legitimate co-operation among tho nations of tbo world which would lessen the danger of war- Ho opposed the League of Nations without effective reservations. As soon as Mr Harding's nomination was announced about two-thirds of the delegates roso up. Hundreds climbed chairs, and a few women wavod damp handkorohiels in the offort to add a feminine touch to the first National Convention in which they had participated. However, there was no frenzy, no hat smashing, and no parade worthy of mentiou. In fact there was so little cheering that a few minutes after tho nomination delegates land spectators stood listless in the OolisHeum.

WASHINGTON, June 12

Mr Colby, Secretary of State, commenting on Senator Harding's nomination as Republican candidate for the Presidency, said that from the standpoint of Democrats, the nomination of Mr Harding was very admirable, because it tends to clarify and omphasise every issue between Democrats and Republicans.

REPUBLICAN PARTY AND LABOUR.

OTTAWA, June IS.

Amid tremendous applause, the annual convention of the American Federation of Labour at Montreal adopted a report condemning the Republican Convention at Chicago for turning its back upon Labour. Mr Gompors, in reading the report, criticised the various sections of the Republican plank. Ho assorted that the Labour declaration of the Republican platform |>ropo"ses tho industrial enslavement ot the workers and the/ abrogation of their rights. Tho Executive Council directed that tho Labour programme be submitted in identical form to the Democratic Convention at San Francisco.