The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-20
TALK BEVERIDGE
AS DARK HORSE
Indiana Man Mentioned
as Possible Republi-
can Nominee.
FEW DELEGATES LEFT
Only 81 More TO Be Chosen
to Chicago Convention
Chickering's Under Way.
ny WILLIAM PHILIP sIMMs

international News Service Corre-
spondent.
wASTtNGToN. May WIN
but 81 out Of total esi delegates
10 the q -. y, convention y" ~"
chosen, the campaign for tho pteNl-
dental nomination at Cnleago nav
suddenly switched from open var
fare TO trench fighting, none IN"
less deadly because inviaihlc.
That the prescrt lack ~ indie1-
,lon as 70 tho probable winuot ~
the Chicago prize will swiftly ds
velop into deadlock once the bal
iotinR begins inside tho convention
hail in deemed moro than probable
and tho failure Of any ~ tho so
called favoritos TO break through tho
cntanglements of tho opposing forces
will lead 10 tho necessity OF a com
promise.
Albert l. pcveridgo, former United
Statea senator from Indiana, II !"
now being noiscd about. may become
this compromise candidate
old guard republicans may Htlll
be arrnycd en- mAssc against Hiram
johnson. the fighting senator from
California also against General
Leonard Wood. who lod the feld IN
the pre-convcntion raids.
bort Hoover, former food admins
traitor, while their more or loss
openy ayowcd favoriteH for tho jon
~ party standard bearer were con
eistently defeated In primaries out
sidc their own states
knox out Vet
Admitting tho poor showing or
those latter candidates. Philandor
Knox Of pennsvlvanln was sug
gestcd by the old guard with senator
johnson as second man on tho ticket,
Tho Californian at once emphatlcally
and catogorically turned down this
susgestlon. giving every outward In
dication as being opposed 10 him ~
the party nominee. Johnson's friends
insist that N Knox and johnson
share the same views ~ to tho treaty
ms they do, then why won't johnson
do instead OF Knox
Wood. Hoover and Johnson arc
Unacceptable TO old guard rcpubli-
cans and can't get the nomination;
and II Harding, Bowdcn. Knox and
other possibilities are Unacceptable
10 the johnson and other progress
sive and independent factions OF tho
party. obviously compromise cam
didate, or dark horse, must bo led In.
Some claim this man may he
Charles Evans Hughes. Certain
prominent outsiders like former SEN
ator James Hamilton Lewis OF MI
nois share this opinion and certainly
there has been n considerable whis-
pcring OF Hughes name.
Watson Suggested.
Senator James E Watson of In
diana In another dark horse sclec-
tion and prominent republicans pri-
a.N.. a a ~ -.
bit more than good,
President william n TAFT.
Governor w. G. Sproul Of Pennsyl-
Nania, Governor Henry Allen OF Kan
sas. Governor Coolidge OF Massa chu-
setts and others arc still talked OF as
compromise nominees. hut tho one
now touted by political sharps as the
one best bet In Albert ] Beveridge
OF Indiana. with Nicholas Murray
Butler OF Columbia university sec
ond on the ticket Former Senator
BeNeridge has been put forward as
permanent chairman Of tho Chicago
convention and many republicans
declare this was not done 10y hit ur
miss process. but according 20 plan,
The plan. they say is that In the
event OF deadlock tho gentleman
from Indiana will rise and with his
eloquence straight away capture tho
nomination.
A bitter fight against Beverdge is
expected from the portions OF the
O. O. +. camp whore certain hostile
tents are pitched Just row far this
opposition viii go only Chicaso viii
reveal,
Bcvcridgc Has Strength.
Reveridge. say the whispcrcrs, has
lust the bag OF tricks necessary, he