:NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE Republican Convention at Chicago on Saturday last adopted Senator Warren G. Harding, of Ohio, -as the Republican candidate for the Presidency of the United States, and Governor Coolidge, of Massachusetts, as the candidate for the Vice-Presidency. The decision was not reached until ten ballots had been taken. In the earlier ballots General Leonard Wood and Governor Lowden, of Illinois, received most votes ; Senator Johnson, of California, came third, with about half as many votes as either of the leaders. Ultimately, as on many former occasions, most of the supporters of the chief rivals compromised in favour of a " dark horse,' Senator Harding. The Republican programme adopted by the Convention condemned the Peace Treaty, but expressed the hope that some inter- national agreement might be devised in place of the Covenant. The programme contained no reference to Ireland. It recommended the abolition of the tolls on American ships using the Panama Canal and condemned President Wilson's Mexican policy. We comment elsewhere on the Republican candidate.
