Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-07

Chicago. June 6-Prospects for a
dcadlocked republican convention are
growing with the arrival of uninstruct-
td delegates who hold the balance Of
power
OUT OF the deadlock which will be pro-
fuceI hy the failure OF Wood, Lowden
br Johnson forces to command major
hy. will come the nominee. be he dark
horsc or one Of the big three.
The Lowdcu forces tonight are claim
lnr as high as $50 votes on the first
ballot and the Wood forces equally as
nany The johnson claims are not stated
n figures but the California senator's S
headquarters are claiming hourly addi-
ions to bis column
After looking over the much mixed
fiuation with its lack Of head and lead
rship. the men whose influence counts
b the marty councils have come to. the
conclusion thJt about the best way out
% ID the candidates with the largest
number Of gu- uor.ers trot few heats
20 show tre convention what they can
d. cannot do. Those favoring this plan
eel perfectly certain that none of the
candidates viii be nominated on the test
Elluts.
After the three leading candidates
Aarc demonstrated TO the convention
afat th-v have not enough votes to NOM
~s-c themselves it is argued that the
delegates themselves viii be in better
position 90 determine whether they pre-
5er fo combine on one Of the three or
COX III some dark horses.
r1 @ lhls time dark horses have gone
see-i-- f1r riders because those who
iaI ary considerable support like John
ton Lowdcu or Wood refused TO look al
rhcrs for fear OF Indicating weakness
leforc q test Of strength had been made
Even those who favored dark horse
Ee-e unable to attract any support foi
Aim because there had been no opportu-
lrv Tor one dark horse 20 establish Z
rad over another. To the mass of un
instructed delegates they are all lot OF
- lark horses and nothing more.
Tho practical politicians began to re
N.re folav that the only solution oiferet
ras fo Iet the convention call for dari
iorsa and then show t a Few with th'
possibility of course that the convention
rirht decide o. could 60 further and far
rorse than 60 take Johnson Lowden Of
Good Al the discussion tonight Of tn
s-.-rInrl bruotinr ceuters around thest
r-re names but the dark horse names
.rs 500 many to- he recorded.
u nnv ert of urac-ical politicians hac
t-r-rd among themselves 10 nut the con
trrtIor INFO % deadlock for their owl
,aruo-es 10 is doubtful 4 they could have
oue better than the convention itself il
h-rateuiu- to DO. Three ballots. an'
possibly faut hy Thursday night. is tn
ired.ctiou being most freely made coup
rI with tha further prediction OF hna
ianot.rr on Friday.
~re ran looks placid enough but
not without its possibilities Of fire
tnr.s Do is realized on ali sides tina
De forces ~ neither Johnson, Lowoe
I- Wood viii give u1 TIE struggle with
u. a tatte. The fight upon the platforr
Taars particularly that on The Leagu
q NI..rrE. continues 10 promise ties
q strength o. tra various clements an
rncu-d predictions are being made tha
De- element w1ich succeeds IN framn
platform acccnt ntablc 20 The conventio
ALL also he able To- provide candidat
.ouauv acceptable AZ this time fou
r.ars a-1 cha ries Evans Hughes was a
.-od aa nominated although the ballot
rere ror cast uutI four days later. TC
si-ht Doe is being mentioned here an
ferr among the dark horses. Mentio
D. Former President Taft also is hear
q fra same way. The Hughes tall
Nhf-r could NOT be deuonliuated q boon
and tct bears The stamp Of q GOOD de;
if support was brcught in by New Ior
business men end nlauciers who cor
ended he was man ugon whom all Il
dement's could unite. Governor Spro'
81 Pennsylvania and Senator Harding
Ohio. also figured in the speculation.
with the opening Of the conventiC
rirty-siN hoursf faway. last minute a
ranrcments are promptly moving in
place They include everything but
winning candidate. but the practiced DO
rir.ars are confident that the elimint
tion races they are planning 10 run
The Coliseum this week will produce on