Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-06-02
Delegates
For johnson

Continued from page one)
teeman Bean, and the contesting del
egation headed by II. L. Anderson Of
Jacksonville.
With that disposed OF, the commit
tee planned to pass on to the Georgia
case involving the seating Of delegates
pledged to Major General Leonard
Wood or counted in support Of Gov
ernor Lowden. The clai mof the latter
delegation, headed by Henry Lincoln
johnson, an Atlanta negro. that il is
the regularly reported delegation is
disputed by the former delegation
known as the Pickett faction, which
contends that II should be considered
the regularly accredited delegation,
as Roscoe Pickett is the accredited
state chairman. Nevertheless. tho Of.
ficial committee list gives the johnson
delegation as the regularly reported
one and the Pickett delegation was
heard as the contestants. The fight
brought before the committee the first
clear cut case in which a gain OF DEL
egates for the Wood or Lowden fore
es was involved and II took first place
in the interest of the convention
period.
Predictions are Few
Political forces are gathering slow
iy here, No political leader OF recog-
nized Importance has been willing 10
attach his name to definite predie-
tion of whom the convention win
name as its candidate or when II Is
likely to do 1t. Tho end Of the week
with the probable adjournment Of
congress, however. win bring all the
national leaders to Chicago and by
Saturday or Sunday convention plans
are expected to begin taking definite |
form.
Representatives OF the militant
branch of the woman suffragists are
on the ground preparing to picket the
convention hall to enforce their de-
mand for a platform declaration call /
ing on the states which have not rat i
flied the woman suffrage amendment /
TO do 50 at once. The national COM
mittee yesterday by unanimous vote
called upon all republican states to
act promptly on the ratification.
Candidates Arriving
The Johnson forces are counting
on a burst of speed with the arrival
OF Senator Johnson here tomorrow. A
street parade and demonstration have
been arranged, A large delegation OF
service men who saw service with the
American forces In Siberia. which the
senator fought to have returned home
will act MS an escort.
Senator Harding Is coming also
Thursday. General Wood is here and
Vt his headquarters at Fort Sheridan,
and Governor Lowden already is here
Thus after tomorrow, four of the
residential candidates viii be on the
ground comforting with their forces
IN person.
In the convention, the uninstructed
delegates are holding the balance ..
bower and already plans for sounding
tut their preferences are being dis
,ussed. A caucus OF the uninstructel \
ines some time after Sunday is one !
# the plans being canyassed. Quite ,
irrespective OF any decisions the 49,,
ional committee may make on tho s
'ending contests, the uninstructedi In
lelegates viii still remain IN the ma
ority and the managers of the yari- .
ns candidates are working on plans h
o bring them TO their support
Such discussion of the platform
lanks as is going ON among the ma :,
onal committeeman seems to indi- 3
ate that majority feel that the &
rohibition question may be regard d
d as one not necessarily to be includ- !
q, because the issue has been written y
ito the constitution and has become D
he law of the land Many committee
len feel that the suffrage question
parallel one in many respects, be- 9;
luse it has been put before the states -
ith the Endorsement OF the party p