New-York tribune., 1920-06-02
Lo~den Men Confident

Lo"den Men Confident
Actually. however. it is merely cIevar
handling Of the situation bv the Low
den managers. They are seeing to il
that the moment delegate or com
mltteeman arrives at his hotel he be-
gins meeting men with stories oT the
increase IN Lowden strength An anus
lng instance is the use Of Jake Hamon,
OF Oklahoma As q matter IF fact. il
has been known since January hat
Hamon Was for Lowden. and thai he
was III control Of Oklahoma's twenty
delegates. But the Chicago news
papers were induced TO print state
ments by him which looked like bright,
new stuff, declaring for Lowden, and
! delegates ~ they arrived have been
told how significant this gain" of
twenty votes for Lowden was.
Worried by the possibility Of the
wood delegation from Georgia being
seated, in order to avoid having o
negro on the national committee. the
Lowden members of the committee to-
night Obtained assurances from Henri
Lincoln Johnson, who heads the Low
den delegation and has been q candi-
date for national committeeman. that
he would announce at the conclusion
OF his testimony tomorrow that he is
not candidate for committeeman.
This. the Lowden people asserted, elm
mated the danger that otherwise might
cost them fifteen votes.
Johnson Men Count on Stampede
The Jo'a on people are counting
chleny ampede. They know they
are not within reaching distance of a
majority Of delegates in any other wav
than by creating an overwhelming i'm
preston that public sentiment is for
johnson. Every conceivable grand
standing trick is to be tried, beginning
with the arrival % the Senator coinci-
dertaJy with special train OF John
son boosters from California THURSDAY.
Ire climax : expected 10 be the big
Johnson meeting a. the Auditorium the
night before the convention opens.
Iney are arranging for a meeting
winch VIII impress the casual observer
with the idea that everybody in the
world, almost, must be for Johnson.
re barrier confronting the johnson
people is that the delegates are pretty
centage of them are of the so-called
hard boiled" variety. AS a second
choice proposition johnson does 10,
figure at all. So there is little hope
of swift Johnson victory.
Therein lies the hope.essress Of the
Johnson cause. For the truth is that
considerably more than half Of his del
! egates instead Of being at heart for
Johnson will only be waiting a favor
able opportunity TO desert the sinking
| ship. In the case of some. as in Mich
igan, II must be apparent TO their con.
s-l+uer's that the ship is sinking be.
fore they desert it. Therefore the frs'
breaA iron. Johnson viii not come in
/ Ne i"an. There are several genuine
johnson men in Michigan. but most OF
1h"rl were Wood men before khe pli.
mary and are Wood men now. They are
bound by the primary TO vote for John.
son. and they intend TO discharge thei,
obligation SO long as Johnson has any
chance. IN
Only Two Delegations Firm
AS matter Of fact. the only tw,
+ delegations which are composed entire
/ ~ Of thick and thin Johnson men ar,
/ those of California and Montana t,igh
OF the ten delegates from Oregon ar,
for Wood, and will go 20 him if tn
Johnson vote begins to fall off in com,
other quarter first. They take. thei
primary instructions seriously and vii
vote FOR Johnson C long IS nc has an,
CHARGE When the opportunity :,
arc joh,. son cores. however, tneNz.vil
80 - e'aG *
John OF hes itue .s:rx anG III,
strength also n the Nebraska delcgn
ton. Four of the delegates are Woo