Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1920 — BALLOTS NEEDED IN PAST TO PICK G. O. P. NOMINEES [ARTICLE]

BALLOTS NEEDED IN PAST TO PICK G. O. P. NOMINEES

Following is a tabulation showing the number of ballots taken in all past Republican national conventions in which the choice was not made either on the first ballot or by acclamation : Ballot* 1860 —Lincoln 3 1876—Hayes 7 1880—Garfield , 36 1884—Blaine 4 1888 —Harrison 8 1916—Hughes 3 — Saturday local grain prices were, oats, $1.08; corn, $1.75; rye, $1.90 and wheat, $2.70.