New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-11

of the result. Indeed. if there were
one man who could sit in at confer
enees of the leaders who could deliver
New Iork's eighty-eight votes as Plat
and later Barnes delivered them a few
conventions ago Wood would have
precisely no chance at all.
but there are no five men, and APP
pafently no ten men, who can decide
how New York's votes shall be de
livered. and there is no certainty tina,
Fennsylvania's seventy-six votes can
be delivered without break to any can
didate except Sproul or Knox.
Without the Lightweight votes from
New York and the seventy-six votes of
Pennsylvania, and with delegations
from many states, as illustrated by
Michigan. Ohio and Indiana, tied up
ers are very much handicapped. So far
they've done a very clever job, partic-
ularly through their domination of the
national committee, in keeping all the
delegates possible away from Wood.
Then, when the Wood and johnson
people combined and obtained control
of the Credentials Committee. Colonel
Warren, of Michigan. one OF the strong
figures in the anti Wood group, out
Unanswered both the Wood and Iohn-
son leaders, and the net result of the
actions of the Credentials Committee
in reviewing the contests settled by the
national committee was an increase of
two votes for Lowden.
Lowden has strengthened himself
tremendously by his defiance of Mayor
Thompson of Chicago. Every one can
realize that Lowden could have had
the votes of all the Thompson con
trolled delegates from the city of Chi
cago If he had been willing to permit
Thompson to continue as national COM
mitteeman and to yield Thompson few
other concessions.
Mayor Thompson's record is so objec-
tionable to many Republicans outside
OF Illinois. particularly in the East,
that appeals were made to the Illinois
Governor not to compromise. The Low
den steam roller was run over Mayor
thompson in every particular APP
prevail by the delegates of this course
resulted in very real demonstration.
late this afternoon in the convention
when, on the call of states to name
their choice "a national committeeman,
the spokesman for Illinois called out
the name Of Senator Lawrence Y. Sher-
man.
Curiously enough, the only other
demonstration worth mentioning was
that which greeted the announcement
from Pennsylvania that Boies Penrose
had been reelected national committee
man. The cheering came spontaneous
Is from all over the nall, many dele
gates or strong progressive procl;vi-
ties waving flags and straining .hcir
iungc.
Governor Sproul ici tire Pennsyl-
vahIa delegation in cheering the man
who had just Endorsed him for Presi-
dent.
There is very deep regret among
many Republicans tonight at the cleo
ton of Henry Lincoln Johnson, negro,
national committeeman from Georgia.
johnson has attained notoriety lately
s the $4,000 Georgia Peach" He
was at the head of the Lowden dele
gates from Georgia, who were seated
by the national committee over the
Wood delegation headed by Roscoe
Pickett.
Border States Endangered
1t was generally admitted that the
election of negro to the national COM
mittee is a severe blow to the chances
OF carrying the border states this fall,
particularly Oklahoma, Missouri, Ken
lucky and Maryland. In all four of
these states, which are normally Demo-
cratic by handsome majorities, Sena-
tors are to be elected this fall For
reasons local to each state the chances
Tor electing Republican Senators were
excellent
One of notwithstanding now rep
resented by a Republican completing
the unexpired term of Senator Stone.
Democrat. The other three are rep
resented by Democratic Senators. The
Republican National Committee has
been very hopeful of carrying all four
OF these states, while some enthusiasts
have even talked about carrying Ten
hessee. Virginia and North Carolina
The election of Johnson, it is feared,
Will permit the Democrats to drag out
the race issue in these states, and if
tnat is done successfully there will be
little hope for the Republicans.
SO confident were the Wood people
tonight that they were claiming his
said they would have an obvious total
OF ATS votes in sight before the clerk
finished the call on that ballot, which
they said would be close enough to the
492 necessary to nomination to produce
the break. After hustling all day, they
Claimed tonight that they had received
accessions from Delaware, which until
to-day was. doubtful about first-ballot
support of General Wood. but from
which now they are certain of three on
the first.
Other claimed accessions were one
from kentucky and five from North
Carolina, all for the first ballot.
The Wood men tonight stoutly
assert that or the first ballot General
Wood will have from 316 to 1886, an
increased support on the second suf-
ficent to convince the wavering that
he is to be a winner, and from 456 to
ATS on the third, without counting any
votes from Pennsylvania.
The Wood claim tonight is twelve
votes in New York on the first; eight
from Illinois on the first; eight from
Massachusetts, on the first, and twenty
nine on the third; four in Nebraska en-
the first; in Michigan, none on the
first, but twenty-five on the third
Out of forty eight state delegations
the Wood men tonight say that there
are only ten that will not give General
Wood one or more votes.
CuyuinuICibbOns;s