Evening star., 1920-05-27

supporters of Maj. Gen. Wood and
Gov. Frank Q. Lowden. Senator John
son and other candidates are not di-
rectly interested in these, but may
raise questions regarding primaries
in South Dakota. New Jersey. In
diana. Michigan, Nebraska and other
states.
In addition to the AS contests.
sixty-four surplus delegates, with
fractional votes. have been chosen
from ten states, and the republican
national committees rules provide
that their right to seats also shall
be contested. The convention call
stated that no oversize delegations
should be seated. and no seats have
been provided for these sixty -four.
Senator Hiram Johnson and Senator
Howard Sutherland of West Virginia
were the principal gamers in pri-
maries and conventions held in four
states during the past week. Senator
Johnson, returns indicate, will get
nine of OreRon's ten votes. and Sena-
tor Sutherland sixteen from West Flr-
sinia The Official counts have not
been completed in Oregon and west
Virginia. Texas republicans split into
two factions. each OF which elected
an uninstructed delegation with tWen-
ty-three votes.
Present Division Of Nete.
Figures compiled here show the fol-
lowing division of the vote: Nal
Gen. Wood, 1853: Senator Hiram john
son. 109: Gov. Lowden. "a; favorite
sons and uninstructed. 64s.
In the faVorite son list senator
Warren Harding has 50 votes from
Ohio: Senator sutherland ~ iroEi
West Virginia: Senator Niles Pom
dexter is expected to receive WASH.
ineton's a. and Judge Pritchard OF
North Carolina is expected to get II
of his states q votes
Campaign managers here OF the
leading three candidates all claim VIC
tory in statements issued last night.
The Wood and johnson camps mahe AK
definite predictions as to their nrst
ballot vote, the supporters OF the
general claiming 3S5 and those of
the senator 236. The Lowden forces,
while protesting their confidence, are
not prepared to quote exact ngures.
from his headquarters, mas so IN
creased his votes in the last week tnat
a frst-ballot prediction of 3S5 votes
was made today at Wood headquar-
ters here. This is more than the COM
bined instructed vote of all other
will be a big leader and this total
will increase steadily until nomina-
tion is assured
The Johnson headquarters. which
are now in charge Of Hiram john
son. jr., the senator's son. announced
with equal positiveness:
Senator Hiram w. Johnson al
ready has 236 pledged delegates who
will vote for him on the first ballot
and will stick to him to the last ditch.
His vote on the first ballot will be
equal to. if not greater. than that OF
any other candidate. and by the fifth
or sixth ballot he will be nominated"
I'VE are going to win," said the
! statement from the Lowden camp.
I'VE have had no time to sum up. and
| figures, therefore, are UNAVAILABLE but
we are going to win. and the situa-
tion looks even better than it did last
week"
Work ON Convention Hall.
Work on the convention hall is pro-
crossing rapidly. and Charles r. Hall
tsuperintendent of the Coliseum. has
| that the more that / !, 900 seats will be
| in place twenty-four hours before the
convention is called to order by
Chairman Will Hays of the national
| committee
Extra balconies are being erected to
provide nearly 1000 more seats than
were available at any previous con-
vention.
| The speakers platform and seats
| for 1000 distinguished visitors have
| already been erected. In the Coliseum
annex. offices of the convention CON-
mittees and officers and the room OF
the national committee, where the
contests will be heard next week,
| have been in readiness for some time.
| National committeeman began ar
| riving early this week, and a ma
| jority of the fifty-three members are
expected to be on hand by Monday
fChairman Hays will arrive Sunday
! A. T. Hert of Louisville, chairman OF