The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-06-01
PENROSE HOLDS
STAGECENTER
Keystone Scion Is Dominant
Figure-Hoovef Strength
Is Rapidly Growing.
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enabling Senator Penrose to survey
the situation and make his dlsposi-
tions for the crucial battle. Sena-
tor Penrose, his friends explain. is
not going to waste his ammunition
at Chicago in a lost cause. He VIII
save it up for use when and where
1t will count for something. The
Senator is credited in Washington
with one obsessing ambition as far
as the Chicago nomination Is con-
cerned. He wants to have real
hand in 1t. He intends that Penn
sylvania's votes shall be cast for
the twinner. and not for the loser.
That being 50, Senator Penrose
| for weeks has been the object OF
unprecedented pressure from all
quarters and all candidates. From
the Wood and johnson camps few,
II any. ovcrtures have come. for
their futility was recognized. The
Lowden forces have not been so
backward about coming forward.
They have regarded the Illinois
governor as the residuary legatee
of the Penrose favor. once the Knox
candidacy ceased to exist in the
convention and as soon as the un-
availability of that other Old
lGuardsman. Senator Warren G.
Harding. was demonstrated.
Dark Horses Seek Favor.
Now that even the Lowdcn cam
didaCy has been jeopardized by the
Senatorial slush-fund investigation,
competition for Senator Penrnsc's
/
Dark horses are fairly foaminG at
the mouth in their zeal to secure
| it, Will Ledge inherit IL? viii
Poindexter be Penrose's second
choice? viii Penns ylvania and New
York unite to put over DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler? Is Chairman Will
II. Hays or Gov. Calvin Coolidge
: the winning trick that Senator Pen
! rose has UP mis- sleeve? Those are
questions Washington Is asking.
They constitute p. mighty tribute to
the occult powers of Boies Penrosc.
They denote that sick or we'll:
in his home in Philadelphia or in
! the Coliseum at Chicago. the Penn
| sylV anian will testride the conVen-
tian like the Colossus of Rhodes.
1t is characteristic OF tho hold
| senator l'PnTOSe mas upon lllt ne
publican imaP tor that III wash
! ington little else was talked about,
"conventionally" speSEirg, than the
report of John T. Kings arrival'in
Chicago with Senator Penrose's
proxy. l have reason to believe
that the proxy given to the ma
ticnal committeeman from Connec-
ticut is limited to national commit
tee affairs. like contests.
Watson May wIeId Scepter.
Who is to be his masters voice"
| at the convention will probably be
determined-or rather. announced
at Wednesdays delegation meeting
in Philadelphia. If the Senator is
not actually on the floor at Chi
| cago himself. Senator Watson OF
| Indiana will come as near as any
| body to being viceroy. Sepator
Watson cannot be left out of con-
sideration, either. as the man to
whom Pennsylvania vote. in a
pinch. may be swung. The Hoosier
statesman, who will be responsible
in large degree for the platform.
has grown in possibility" stature
| during recent times. and he has
seen much of Senator Penrose.
JneTe is d
muir OF speculation in Washington
about Herbert Hoover's chances at
Chicago. Men are discussing the
possibility of a Hoover stampede"
who a month ago secuted such a
thing as a wild dream. Old Guard
spok esmen and protagonists of
rival candidates continue to men
ton the Hoover movement only to
scoff at 1t. But impartial men.
looking at the convention .kaleido-
scope. catch glimpses of passing
events that induce them to talk
Hoover more and more.
Quotes Four Republicans.
Four influential Republicans. from
four entirely different ends of the
political compass. will be in the
Chicago convention as delegates.
They will sit in delegations pledged
to other candidate3, but they are
Hoover men and chatting to let the
convention know they are. know
their names and I know their i'm
portance. They speak for hundreds
of thousands OF Republicans who
are trying at this hour to reason
logically about Chicago. A Repub-