The Washington herald., 1920-06-11
NEW YORK VOTE
MAY BE SPLIT
BY DISSENSION
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by RAYMOND G. CARROLL.

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others company. They have hoped
that a cooling wind from Lake
Michigan would blow the possibil-
ity of nominating the former Presi-
lent in through the windows upon
The sweltering delegates.
Former Gov. Charles S. Whitman
said he would like to see Hughes
given another chance. On the other
hand the Brooklyn delegation,
Twelve to sixteen strong, say they
will never vote for Hughes under
any circumstances.
Commissioner of Taxes Swazey
and Leader Livingston, both of
Kings County. had long conferences
with Gen. Wood during intermis-
sions George Henry Payne, who,
tor eighteen months has been an
enthusiastic Wood spokesman being
.heir guiding star to the Wood
turnstile at 2700 Lakeview avenue.
Leader Favors johnson.
Fred G. Reiner. of Buffalo. and it's
Republican boss. frankly admitted
that he had six votes for Wood
ready when needed. John Taber, of
Auburn, told the writer that he had
been driven to Wood by the way the
Butler boomers had misquoted Sem
ator Poindexter, for whom Taber
had once had a predilection.
A booster in the New York dele
CATION, still stoutly for Poindexter,
is Jules s. Bache, the banker and
broker. Representative Bert Smell.
Of Potsdam, originally with the
anti-wood forces spent the entire
day in conference with Norman
Gould, Eastern manager for the gen
eral, and that old political war harse,
Elon R Brown. of Watertown, one
of the Barnes crowd said: '"rhe
nomination Of Gen. Wood will please
me very much"
Richard w. Lawrence. county
leader of the Bronx. said: '1 am an
admirer of Hiram Johnson, buts
know Wood will make splendid
President" He had said only Few
days back that he would cast his
ballot for Johnson.
,;e'~ York is the typical favorlte
state. Its standard bearer. DR..
f,ltIer, is a very intellectual college
president In an Identical position
outside the fold instructed to the
four leaders Wood. Lowden, Johnson
and Harding, are 277 OF the votes
of the convention. These votes. in
varying quantities. center around
SprouI of Pennsylvania, Pritchard
of North Carolina. Poindexter or
Washington, Sutherland of west
virginia, La Toilette of Wisconsin.
and Coolidge of Massachusetts,.
Being a flvoritt sor state the
New York deleaates say that they
have intimate first hard know ledge
of what is transpiring in similar
other States. They know that il
they get IN the right landslide
early as now they will rank equal
with tho members of the ground
floor club.
Mos. ct the delegates from New
York have lived at least a part Of
their lives in some other section
of the country. They are really
keen ear-groUnGers nonce their
drift tc Wood within the past few
hours may accurately reflect what
is transpirinS eiscU here.
They say it is
Predicts Wood Victory.
Robert RacOr. an CA-SerNiCe mar
end sen of the late American Am
bassaGCr to Franco v'hD hridGcs a.
tive work on the candidacy n Gen
Wood and m=mtt tIship in the En-
pire State delegation said:
Starting with around 300 votes
Cen. Wood will .tca6rIy advance un-
til he has the required 493 ne"es-
sary to 4 choice Other candidates
are supplied with cavalry. some
have supporters V nc might be
termed artillery and st!ll Others
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