The evening world., 1920-06-10
WOODS SUCCESS
RESTS WITH THREE
BIG DELEGATIONS
CONTINUED From First PaEo.)

York, Pennsylvania OF Massachusetts,
delegations he will win out. Already
his boring tactics are growing a bit
uncomfortable to his opponents.
II is In the Pennsylvania deleRation
that the cleverest plays are being
made. Senator Penrose is aRainst
Leonard Wood. He is also against
Gov. Lowden. not because he person
ally disllkes either candidate. but
simply because he believes neither
would win next November. Yet the
Wood managers claim great strength
in the Pennsylvania delegation. The
fact Is that a Considerable proportion
would be for Wood II once released
from the pledge given Gov. Sproul.
PENRosE BooMs sPRoUL TO
HOLD DELEGATES.
So the way to hold the seventy six
Pennsylvania delegates together as a
unlt--at least the way to keep them
from bolting to Woods to danRie
the prospect of Sproul as a dark
horse before the eyes Of both Sproul
and his delegates. And Senator PEN
rose goes so far az to issue a state
ment openly favoring the aspirations
of Gov. SDrouL That move is another
counter stroke against Wood. The
Old Guard is evidently determined TO
hold New York, Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts together until Wood
and Lowden are both eliminated and
then trot out somebody on whom
agreement can be reached.
In the meantime, Hiram johnson
has executed an effective manoeuvre
on his own behalf. He felt his dele
gates in certain states slipping away
from him. 1t was openly aVoWed by
folks from Michigan, Nebraska and
Oregon that although their States
voted for johnson, the delegates
wouldn't stay hitched very long. Mr..
johnson now has eXacted a pledge
from the Michigan delegates who are
instructed for him to continually cast
their ballots for him until he person.
ally releases them.
johnson, by the way, In his own
manager here. He takes
advice freely, but does as he pleases
about acting on 1t. HiE game is to
bold his meagre forces together while
the Wood and Lowden machines
crush each other, hoping against hope
that he Will be the beneficiary in the
end. Also the California Senator fig-
1res that II the convention supports
him on the League of Nations plat
form. fight he will gain delegates.
Certainly, II the treaty and League
are repudiated, Johnson would be the
logical nominee, though. In that event
the wise old leaders are calculating
that Knox for President and johnson
for Vice President would be q. more
ticket, especially II john
son would accept the Vice Presidency.
The desire TO get harmony would
transcend every other consideration,
The mere fact that johnson would
agree to run with Knox would give
impetus to the lattersa
chances, and 1t must not be forgotten
that Senator Boies Penrose would rath-
er have Knox than any other man.
The writer knows that Senator Knox
and Senator Johnson have been in
on the subject and
that they are still as close friends aa
ever. Certainly IL Mr.. Johnson Is con-
vinced that he can't be nominated,
he would probably feel that vieyy-
point had been vindicated in the seleO-
tion Of another Senator like Mr.. Knox
whose Views on the treaty and League
were in accord with his own.
Big Business would rather have
Knox former Attorney General and
former Secretary Of State, than
Hiram johnson, and II the California
Senator gave his assent to the chnice
Of Knox, he would be assured the
support Of the Republican organlza-
tion for the Presidency four years
hence. These are some Of the moves,
suggestions and attacks
that constitute the strategy of the
as the Platform Committee
over perplexing planlCs and
issues.