The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-01
PARTY PUTS
HEAVY KICK
INTO WORK
Henchmen of Candidates
Have Stage All Set for
Arrival of Chiefs.

Chicago, June 1.-While the na-
tional committee is grinding away
at the contests, things are begin
ming to happen at the headquarters
of the various candidates and their
managers. Chicago hotels, already
overcrowded with an abnormal bus
mess, are beginning to show the
first symptoms Of campaign week
Of note and confusion. Headquar-
ters are blossoming out with ban
ners and Autographs, but the cam
paign managers have not yet
emerged, from the state Of conf
dent predictions. Only two Of the
candidates, Governor Lowden and
Major General Wood are in the city,
but Senator Harding and Senator
johnson will arrive later in the
week.
Estimates Of probable duration
Of the convention are as numerous
as the candidates are various.
Some confident ones have made
railroad reservations to return
home ON Thursday Of convention
week. The prediction that a presi-
Dental candidate probably will be
nominated on Saturday seems to be
regarded among most of the poll
ticians as probably being more ac-
curate than any other.
Keynote Tuesday.
The generally accepted tentative
program seems to be Tuesday for
temporary organization and key
note speeches; Wednesday for per-
manent organization and work of
the resolution committee framing
the platform, leaving Thursday and
Friday for balloting if two days be
needed.
All the politicians seem agreed
that no one is going to be nominat-
ed on the first ballot: many of them
going SO tar as to make predic-
tions of what is going to happen on
the first, second and third. Then
come the sanguine predictions and
claims of what is going to happen
on the fourth.
1t took three ballots in 1916 to
nominate Charles Evans Hughes
and that was the first time since
1896 that more than one ballot had
been required to nominate a candi-
date. In 1900 and 1904. the nomina-
tions were made by reclamation.
Wood Leaders Confer.
Principal interest outside the ma
tional committee meetings today
centered about a conference of the
Wood managers which has been
called to decide who is to take
charge of the generals force on the
floor of the convention. There has
been talk Of a showdown between
Frank H. Hitchcock and William
Cooper Proctor. but Mr.. Hitchcock's 8
friends declared none would be
precipitated by him. Mr.. Hitch
cocks attitude has been described
as one of agreement with whatever
the generals managers decide
upon, and his friends are saying to-
day that anyone expecting a rum
pus in the Wood camp over the
question of leadership will be dis
appointed.
Senator George H. Moses Of New
Hampshire, Major General Woods
eastern campaign macager, an
nounced this morning that the
proposed conference of Wood man.
ayers would not be held until after
the contest hearings are completed
by the Republican national COM
mittee.
.Interests ut Coliseum"
"Our interests just now are at
the Coliseum" said Senator Moses.
"The conference can wait until we
have finished the more important
business out there"
No one has yet been chosen. the
senator said, to manage General
Woods campaign on the convention
floor.
+ Harry Daugherty, Senator Har-
ding's campaign manager, arrived
today and took charge Of the Hard
ing headquarters.