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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-07
PICKING CHAIRMEN
4ROUSES RIVALRY

Chicago, June 7.-Rivalry for choice
placcs in organization of the Republi-
can convention, including the perma-
ncnt chairmanShip and heads of domi-
mating committees. took second place
Yesterday only to the candidates race.
The principal committees are those on
resolution, on platform credentials,
permanent organization. and rules and
order of business. Many states began
electing their members
With Senator Lodge already chosen
for temporary craftsmanship. the prIn =
cipal competition was for the perma L,
nent chairmanship and the leader of
the resolutions committee. Names mLst
prominent in leaders discussion for
permanent craftsmanship were Senator
McCormick. of Illinois: former Senator
Beveridgc, of Indiana, and Senator
Borah. of Idaho. There also was some
discussion of having Senator Lodge con
tinue as presiding officer Throughout
the convention. The selection probably
will not be made before Wednesday.
For craftsmanship of the platform
committee, the race was said to lie be
tween Senator Watson. of Indiana, ant
Ogden l.. Mills, of New York; th'
latter chairman of the platform @ an!
policies committee appointed by WI
II. Hays. national chairman. Ihei
competition was said in the maii
to be personal rather than factional o
on questions of party policies.
For the credentials committee chalr
manship, Senator Smoot. of Utah, vet
eran of several conventions, was prom
inently mentioned.
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'NONPARTISAN' FIGHT
ON Any REACTIONARY

Minneapolis. June 7.-"Assuming the
RenubliCans at Chicago nominate a re-
dictionary such as Lowdcn. Harding or
Wood and the Democrats at San Fran
cisco nominate fairly progressive man
such as Cox. the Nonpartisan League
with its combinations is in po-
with it's combinations is today in q po-
sition to deliver forty -one electoral
votes in November to the Democratic
candidate. The states where we hold the
balance Of power are: North Dakota,
=: South Dakota. >; Minnesota. H.;
Montana. 4; Washington. I, and Ne
braska. s. making total of Al"
The foregoing statement was made
| by James Monahan. formerly represen-
tative in Congress. attorney for the
| brains of Townley. Lemke and COM
pany, the organizers and operators of
the movement. He characterized his
prophecy as 1.-THE handwriting on the
wall. ~. In 1916 Wilson carried all ot
those states but South Dakota and
Minnesota.
Motoring from st. Paul to Minneapo-
lis from the billboards along the route
one realizes the national campaign is oi
secondary consideration in Minnesota
Here the battle is raging between radi-
Calism and conservatism. The billboard'
read:
Don't Trade Old Glory for the Rec
Flag Of Socialism - "Vote Against So
cialism:" Help Save Minnesota From
North Dakota's Fate"
The fight is for control Of all of thu
members of the lower house of the stat'
Legislature. half of the members of it
upper house and the governorship. Ii
no case can the Nonpartisan Leagu,
swamp Minnesota this year.
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COMPLETE ACCORD
ON "MILD" PLANkS

Chicago. June Although only the
less controversial platform declarations
have heretofore been taken up IN the
conference here, leaders said last nIgh'
so far they had been able to reach com
plete agreement.
There has been apparent unanimity M
on everything taken up, said wa. .rt II:
Hays, the national chairman. Inc
treaty has not been taken up because
the proprieties required that there be no nc,
real movement in that matter Until unt,t
more of the advocates on the uihcreh'
lines of thought arrived. III,
The irreconcilables and the MID res !
ervationists of the Senate are prepareu
for hard battle on the treaty plank;
Senator Borah. Of Idaho, leader o,
The irreconcilables, arrived late in the
day with a plank which. will have the
backing of the Johnson forces, -,
1--WE will submit our plank TO th'
resolutions committee" said Mr.. Borah
land if we don't see it in the platform
we will offer it in the convention.
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They will show both Wood and John
son that they cannot be nominated and
then the real business of selecting d
candidate will begin.
On the first ballot it is expected that
Wood will have 275 votes. Lowden 900
and Johnson $50. 1t is believed these
figures represent very nearly the maxi.
mum strength of Wood and Johnson.
Johnson's CO operation with the or.
ganization crowd is not so marked her,
as it was in Washington. johnson is
taking his own candidacy so seriously
that he may not abandon it soon enough
to make n combination and have hand
in choosing the candidate.
The Lowden concentration is largely
n Mississippi valley affair. 1t takes
in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Ken
lucky. Out of it is likely to come the
nomination finally made.
= The big eastern states might make q
combination and pick the candidate.
New York and Pennsylvania together
might choose the candidate il they would
nominate Hughes, but it does not want
him.
The Mississippi valley combination is
the biggest thing in sight and the most
interesting. 1t may lose its oppor-
tunity by sticking to Lowden too long.
But 1t is causing lot of talk.
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DIVISION OF WORLD
URGED BY BUTLER

Chicago. June DIR. Nicholas Muir
ray Butler. of New York. yesterday
joined in Republican presidential as
pirants who have taken personal charge
of their convention headquarters. In his
announcement. he said. Some progress"
was being made toward framing plat
form declaration Of principles" adding
he was glad to find his views as to the
Importance of that declaration were
shared by many delegates with whom
he had talked.
Doctor Butler said he favored divi-
sion of the world into three zones,
American. European and Oriental, the
peoples of each zone to be responsible
for the maintenance Of order there
in so far as questions involving their own
primary intercsts'A were concerned
He was asked il that meant employment
of troops out of the country, and he said
it did, within the zones.
'"The people are in no mood to be
trifed with" said Doctor Butler.
They want 70 know with precision
Just what the Republican party will
undertake to do if it carries the elec-
ton"
Doctor Butler predicted Americans
generally" would never accept that
narrow and selfish International policy
which was, he said, embodied in the
position of Senators Johnson and Borah
las to isolation Of the United States
from the work of the world nor any
other ''merely negative policy
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IS BETTER,
PHYSICIANS SAY
Doing Nicely, Indeed" Is Re-
port Today From Sen
ator's Home
USES PHONE TO CHICAGO

Senator Penrose IL "doing nicely. in
decd" according to the report at his
home this morning. -.<
The senator Is progressing favorablv.
il was said, each day showing a slight
Improvement over that preceding.
Senator Penrose's condition docs not
make an operation necessary, accord
ing to his brother, DIR. Charles Il. Pen
rose. who is one of his attending ply
sicians.
There Is not a particle of truth in
reports that the senator will be oper-
ated on asserted Doctor Penrose THIS
morning.
1t was pointed out the reports might
have arisen from tho presence Of DIR.
John Il. Deaver and Dr.. Edward Mar
tin at a conference Saturday at the
senator's home.
Doctor. Martin and Doctor Deaverr
merely made a social CALI declared
Doctor Penrose. let me repeat. there
is not particle of truth in statements
that Senator Penrose will be operated
upon" 90.
In addition to the direct connected
long distance telephone that is keeping
the senator in touch with convention
dongs at Chicago two telegraph wires
have been installed in his house. Two
expert operators will be kept busy.
The senator rests in his library. JIG
dictates some correspondence, gossips
over the telephone concerning doings n'
the convention city and is said to bt
well pleased with the accurate manner
in which the newspaper reports arc re,
flecting the news and atmosphere o.
tho convention.
There is much competition at Chi
| coco n 10 said to get info direct toucl
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perennial" Candidate
Can't Get Nominated

Edward Randolph Wood this
city. has no one to present his name
to the Republican National conVen-
tion.
And Mr.. Wood, who is a peren.
niaI candidate for the Presidential
nomination has been unable to
obtain a ticket of admission to view
the proceedings of the convention in
"" He Is in Chicago trying to remedy
both bondicaps. Mr.. Woods name
wos the only cntrant printed on the
ballots in the presidential handicap
in this state.
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No Bosses Found
for Contention
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
ammunition in rounding up things for
the third. }
Dark horse talk was still heard to-
day, and there was a strong undercur
rent of Hughes talk. Senator Borah' OF
Idaho. one of the Johnson supporters
said that as yet he was not considering
dark horses. but that he would regard
Mr.. Hughes as "a very formidaple
man" if the dark horse stage was
reached.
Today's business was largely among
thc state delegations which were or
ganiZing and clccting members TO the
convention committees. Several soou
fights in the selection Of national com
mttecmPn were being staged
Frequently Mention Hughes
The campaign managers and others
continue 70 get rehexes from the Sen
atp's campaign expenditures investlga-
tion from Washington. Men VINO are
coming in from the states are bringing
rho view that the convention had Detter
find n candidate who has not peeh men
toned in the investigation at all
wa. from such as these that came most
| frequently the names of Hughes, Gov,
crnor Coolidge and others who dld not
figure in any way in the slush 1uhu III
quiry. -, a.,,od
until Wednesday morning its discus
sion of candidates. The decision was
reached at the request of Nicholas Mur
raw Butler. who said that he dld no'
want to receive any complimentary oi
"favorite SON votes.
II want the New York delegates tC
have a chance to look over the Sltua
tion." he said. Il have made 1t plas
that | am not seeking any compllIheh
tary votes. This is no time Tor paylh'
, commitments. ] do not wish any iaVor
ite son votes. / want only the VoteS o
: those who have faith in my cahuluac.
/ and who sincerely desire to support me
; am not willing to be maze pawn Il
| any campaign for the ;,ni hoiiilnutnUn ian,a ~
r PENNSYLVANIA TO Figure Prominently
n AS the situation has developed,
2 sooms NOT unlikely that the delegate
I from New York, Pennsylvania, In
Q diana and Iowa may figure prominentl
e in making the final decision. IL IS 10
u the New York delegates and not for m
, 70 decide how best to use their gree
q onnortunity TO give to New york agar
q lis position of commanding leadership
Il the national organization. ,
The latest Developments on u
League Cf Nations plank IN the pla'
form are that progress is Deihg mat
J towards agreement on plank mat WI
=, satisfy those of us who have been stahc
y, ing for the traditional Repuolcah io'
>. eign policy. .a o,,os;,
y any cooperation between the ohiu
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who registered for the job, all Repub-
Leans.
Mr.. Church Is secretary Of the Penn
sylvania lines west of Pittsburgh. and
Yields to the call Of fame from his
old home town out West, which is
very proud of him and has urged him
to court the tickle goddess of political
prcfcrmcnt. Hc has tough assign
ment.
The Vauclain boom. with Jimmy
Dougherty hanging onto the guy ropes
and several other distingushcd sporting
gents giving first aid. rolled into
! Chicago Saturday cnvplopcd in couple
of special Pullman slccncrs. 1t was
given out this morning that the tender
| rursling is not to suffer from lack of
godfather. 4 gentleman from Defiance.
! O.. name not given, has been engaged
professionally to put the name of the
! Baldwin locomotive headlight before the
convention.
Defiance is a town on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad in Ohio. It is like
the Vauclain boom.-all right if you look
Mt it real quick. From the car window
Defiance looks like its name. It's
fierce. A casual glance Mt its ensemble
suggests that il needs bath and a
municipal haircut. Such is the home
town of the orator of the great indus
trial leaders campaign.
The Other Wood
At last accounts the other Wood
| boom. that of Philadelphia. was wan
dcring along the lake front boulevard
P hunting some one to take it by the
e hand 1t needs sponsor: one who car
make n nominating speech. That a!
5 and no questions asked. This WOOD
i boom isn't particular about votes. /
. lust wants to be showed out to the gaz'
n of the Coliseum crowd. At last ac
counts. like Nero's ghost on the hill
t of Rome. it was bowling in the wind
d darkness of a Chicago night.
@ Ralph Beaver Strassburger. q
. Gwynedd valley, beyond Norristown
= Pa. the largest individual stockholde
r in the Hi Johnson presidential prob
ability corporation. is around the Black
stone Hotel smoking a pipe. Hi
democratic. and not to be outdone in til
= wavs of his unvarnishcd candidate
It Ralph takes to the pipe. Some delegate
r of the ruder sort refer to Mr., Strass
|. burger as the S27 900 beauty. The
s mean "angel." for that is the sum {
/. his contribution to help Hi try
IS nut over his nomination. Mr.. Strass
: burgers defeat for Congress by IL
t. PENNSYLVANIA Dutch of Bucks an
:. Montgomery hasn't dampened his ardc
II for politics. He likes the game. AS
J. loser he is good sport.
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CANDIDATES CONVENTION WEEK
G.O.P RACES IN GREAT
" 1920 HANDICAP SIZED UP
Nv ROBERT w. MAXWELL

But enough of these molders Of our
nation. Everybody wants to know the
inside dope on who will be nominated.
and. having been on the scene couple
Of hours. / am in position to giys
out a straight tip In few DAYS
one Of dozen men will blush furiously.
say this is an unexpected honor, and
accept the nomination. The names will
be found later on, so don't go yet.
These candidates are in good trim and
training hard for the race. They work.
ed out yesterday and showed speed at
turning corners and sidestepping. The
of condition and for the benefit Of those
who have trailed along thus far
show the form chart direct from the feed
box, Here il Isl.
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sion of the sixty sixth Congress the
committee will have full right to in
quire into matters political that trans
pire up to the very day of the election.
Deals for delegates. promises of patron.
age and other means which nave been
useful in the past are within the reach
of the committees inquiry and undoubt-
cdly the Democrats will have no hesi-
fancy about operating on the Republican
deals and the Republicans likewise will
be curious about affairs taking place at
San FNncisco.
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Continued from Pase One
when somebody tells them to shout.
THESE uninstructed guys are fully in
structed, but they don't know 1t.
It's easy to pick out delegate from
the mob. He wears a straw hat, new
summer clothes and his principal topic
of conversation is "Ain't is funny how
/ happened to forget my overcoat?"
That shows they expect big frost or
something.
Delegates always carry an exposed
railroad time table in the left coat
pocket. This proves they have been
travelling and also indicates theH are
wise guys. They study the pamphlet
carefully to make sure the railroad does
not hold out any towns on them.
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Elimination of Big
Three Is Forecast
BY CLINTON w. GILBERT

Dy W.
Continued from Page One
organization can put Lowden over, but
when it comes to the scratch dom
believe it will dare" That is, two OF
three who know say that, and the third
says that it will dare.
Lowden Forces Chesty
All this makes Iowden seem very
formidable so that it is the fashion to
say today that Lowden Is the only one
of the three leading candidates who has
any real chance to be nominated. The
Lowden supporters are making the most
Of all the talk which the organization
concentration on their candidate Is
causing. They are extremely active and
their campaign has become aggressive
Frankly, they admit that their candi-
date is a little spotty by reason of his
Missouri expenditures. But they
ask. where is your spotlcss candi-
date?" Wood has his record OF ex-
cessiyc expenditures. johnson is Op-
posed by business. Coolidge and Allen
have labor against them. And so on
through the list. ,, .
Labor will take Lowden. The farm
ers like him. Eastern business would
welcome his nomination. Who else is
SO generally acceptable? He has only
one little speck on him.
This argument that Lowden. while
leaving q good deal to be desired, Is as
good as any candidate that can DC
named. may in the end prevail. 1t has
not yet prevailed. 1t is necessary to
take with grain of salt the organiza =
tion's rallying to him.
Hert Started Movement
The head and front of the Lowder
concentration is Alvin T. Hert. OF
Kentucky, vice chairman of the Repub-
loan national committee. Mr.. Her
founded this sheltering arms for thu
homeless, uninstructed delegate. thu
Inwden concentration. Mr.. Htrt say
that I.owden can be nominated. Tit
sneck upon him is nothing, says Mr.
Uert. and you listen to him. fat, smil
inc. not easily moved by tritles and yol
heIieye for the moment that the specl
10 nothing at all. And IL you are o
the right mind you go out and say "tb
organization can put Iowden over.
"But will it dareT' "Ies'it will dare.
And then two men in succession sa
to YOU that it wont dare and afte
that YOU begin to ask the question your
self and finally you have to 90 to Mr.
Hort again to. be reassured about tn
courage of the convention.
Mr. Hert started something in thi
concentration on I.owden this shelter
ing arms for the homeless uninstrMcte
do1egate beset by the perils of the Woo
"a Johnson movements. Therefore
A. Uert il a leader. He is assumin
tbo nroportions of Pcnroses successor
Tho 1ru crowd wants to believe that ther
l. n leader and Mr.. Hert affords ther
tbe opportunity it wants to believe tina
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COMMITTEE TO SPOT
DEALS IN DELEGATES

Washington. June 7,-Proceedings at
Cb;caoo and San Francisco. now being
conducted behind closed doors, are to
he brought to light when the Senate
committee on campaign expenditures
gets back to work In washington next
month. Members OF the committee VINO
IoFt Washington Saturday night and
yesterday for the conventions or their
homes said they thought it most i'm
nortant ,o testimony should be obtained on
the The preconvention deals that, often
make nal or break presidential candidates.
1 With the power granted by the, Sen
ate as the final act of the second ses-
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FIX MEXICAN ELECTIONS

Mexico City. June 7.-Members OF
the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate
will be elected on August l and the
presidential elections will be on Sep
tcmbcr >, according to decision
reached by Adolfo de la Huerta,
provisional president, at conference
with congressional leaders. ...
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ELKS TO FOLLOW G. 0. P.
Order to Hold National Convention
In Chicago In Week Of July s


Chicago, June 7.-Chicago will have
only brief breathing space between
the Republican national convention and
the largest single celebration in Amer
lea this year--the annual convention Of
the Elks.
The city will be turned over to the
army of occupation" during the week
beginning July 3. More than 250,-
600 Elks from all states will be on
hand, Chicago will be transformed into
playground. Miles of streamers Of
purple and white. the Elks' colors, will
give every street a carnival appearance.
A pageant on the night of July 7,
in which thirty five states will be rep.
resented by at least 250,000 delegates
and in which 100000 worth of floats
will pass in review will be an out
standing feature of the big meeting.
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Ho,u G.. O. p. Candidates
Haze Been Nominated

1S6O-Lincoln on the third ballot.
1S64-Lincoln on the first ballot.
unanimously. save for the vote
of Missouri which was cast
for General Grant.
1S6S-Grant unanimously on the first
ballot.
1S72-Grant rcnominatcd, without
opposition.
1S76-Hayes on the seventh ballot.
1SS0-Garfeld on the thirty sixth
ballot.
1SS4-Blaine on the fourth ballot.
1SSS-Harrison on the eighth ballot.
There were fourteen candi-
dates who received votes on
the first ballot.
1S92-Harrison rcnominated on the
first ballot.
1S96-McKinlcy on the first ballot.
1000-McKinlcy rcnominated unani-
mously on the first ballet.
19O4-Roosevclt nominated unani-
mously on the first ballot.
19OS-Taft on the first ballot.
1912-Taft renominatcd on the first
ballot.
191G-Hughes on the third ballot.
There were nineteen candi-
dates voted for on the first
ballot. .
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johnson Leads In North Carolina

Raleigh, y. c.. June 7.-lncoinplete
and unofficial returns from two. thirds
of the state, compiled by, the. Raleigh,
News and Observer, last night Indicated
Senator Hiram johnson was Leading
Major General Leonard Wood in the
Republican presidential primary on
Saturday.
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States and foreign nations to promote
the peace of the world will accept such
Il plank. we shall have no difference
of opinion and no debate. IL. however.
the contrary should be the case, there
will be such n debate, and it will be
conducted without any pussyfooting.
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Both from virginia and aspiring
for the Republican party nomina-
tion for Vice President. Adams Is
editor of n fruit growers maya
zine, and Is using apples with his
campaign buttons, with a sign on
calling them adams Sbples.'
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Chancellor Walker Improving
Trenton. June Edwin Robert
Walker, state chancellor. VINO was was
stricken a few days ago with iaciai
paralysis, was reported today 10 De
much improved.
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Five Pennsylvania Candidates

4 PENNSYLVANIA has now hye pCresI
Dental candidates. In addit,oh Witnbell 10
srnor w. c. Sproul ana a. H,i nmmsi
a. Vauclain. of Delaware county
rsmuei Harden Church, of pittsburgh
and the other Wood. OF Phiiadeiphia'