Evening star., 1920-04-25
FAIR PLAY" PROMISED
ATG.O. p. CONVENTION
Chairman Hays Emphasizes Necessity of
Square Deal for Delegations-Sen-
ator Johnson's We'll Wishers, With
Reservations" Disturbed.

rallying the support of the extreme
Irish. the pro-Germans, the so
called free-speech advocates and
radicals generally to his candidacy.
The Wood people are confident that
II Is not the wish nor intention Of
the old-line republicans of the east
nor of the progressiyes Of the mid
die states and near west to have
the republican party go to the polls
In November with a candidate of
extreme radical type, and they are
busy in picturing Senator Johnson
as such. Senator Johnson's friends
call attention. howeyca,. to the fact
that when he ran as candidate for
Vice President with Roosevelt the
progressiyes did not find him too
radical for their tastes.
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Within the past week, and since
Senator Johnson demonstrated his
notable gains in Michigan, Nebras-
ka and Montana, there have been
some important conferences among
republicans to look over the field
of alternative candidates, in case
Senator johnson and Gen. Wood
come to a deadlock in Chicago.
These talks have been held in
Washington and in Philadelphia,
where Senator Penrose Is now re-
cuperating his health. They have
not resulted in decisions, so far as
can be learned. They have had one
result. however, according to au-
thoritative information. and that
has been to make Gov. Lowden bet
ter known to republicans who are
expected to WELD influence in the
discriminating councils Of the big
delegations at Chicago, when it
comes to the final showdown
II New York, Pennsylvania,
Iowa, Ohio and Indiana refuse to
unite in support Of either Gen.
Wood or Senator Johnson. repub-
lican politicians are unable to fig
ure out how either Of these candi-
dates for the nomination can get
1t. Aside from the cold matl1e-
matics of the proposition, the total
of the vote represented by the
delegations from those states,
there Is the potent element in the
equation of the influence which
these great pivotal states always
have had. and therefore always
can be expected to have. upon the
delegations are insensibly infiu-
enced by their wishes and de-
cisions.
New York and Pennsylvania can
not be claimed by either Wood or
johnson. Iowa is for Lowden out
right. Ohio and Indiana may be
divided, with sentiment for wood.
Johnson and Harding pervading in
varying quantities.
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william ]. Bryan's shadow again
falls athwart the path Of the demo-
cratic national organization and
the administration to mar the
prospect of q perfect June day at
San Francisco. He is to be at the
convention in his own proper per-
son. as they say in the law. and
will be organized for trouble to the
administration. He will resist the
plan to declare for an unreserved
leaGueNof nations and VIII try to
put the party irrevocably on dry
platform.
Another such victory and we
will be undone," is the verdict Of
democrats, referring to the admin
istration's defeat of Senator Reed
in the Missouri democratic con-
vention, on the league of nations.
He world be an amazing specimen
of optimist who would hope that
the democratic party In Missouri
will survive the Reed split, pol
iticiansssay. The general opinion
is that Missouri is likely to be
found in the republican column
in the presidential election.