Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-10
LEAGUE FOES IN OPEN
 THREAT TO BOLT THE
 PARTY ON THE LEAGUE
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 ~~o~o~ ~~~~-~-~~~~~~-~~~-~- i latons was understood to have caused some difference of opinion.
 Most of the day was spent in re- vising and passing over the blanks prepared in convention conference es on the basis of findings of the com- rlitee of I'll. It was decided not to in- clude plank on prohibition and none dealing in specific terms with soldier bonus.
 1 After several hours work tonight Senator Watson announced that he did not believe the platform could be fin 1 ished in time for presentation to the convention before three o'clock to- morrow. Upon convening at II, Sena- tor Watson said, the convention would probably have to determine upon a re- cess until afternoon or other busi- ness.
 Chicago, June 9.-While the repub- 1 lcan national convention holds daily routine sessions and the managers of the candidates continue to hustle and hope and predict, the real fight fol the moment has switched back to the league of nations.
 It centers on the question of wheth- CT the republican party is going to declare against the league of nations or whether it is going to declare for a league with reservations.
 While the delegates were assem- bling in the coliseum today to make Senator Lodge and the remainder of the temporarA organization the perm anent one, ana to hear nothing more exciting than prayer, and a few speeches, the league of nations fight was being carried on in the quiet of committee room down town, where a dozen men represented the reserva- tionists and the irreconcilables were gathered about table.
 The irreconcilables swear they will fight to the last ditch to prevent the republican party from going before the country with any sort of an en- dorsement of the league idea, and thus become "the tail to President Will. sons kite" as Senator Johnson puts it The element oposed to them argues it will be sorrry thing for. the party if their views prevail.
 C.. and so indefinite are the prospects of it's end, that the program for tho convention tomorrow is upset anc thrown into doubt.
 It meets at II o'clock and has noth ing further before it except to heal the report of the resolution commit tee, adopt platform and nominate candidates. One plan has been pro posed to skip that platform until tht committee is ready to report, and gt ahead with the nominating speeches Those who propose it, maintain it i possible to do so under the rules o: today which provide for Unfinished business, at the bottom of the list O procedure. They contend the plat form could be considered the unfil ished business and the convention could get the nominations out of tn
 way without remaining idle while tn resolutions committee fights out tn league issue.
 Knox Boom Revives. ] The Wood and Lowden people par ticularly express themselves as unal terably opposed to that plan of pro cedure. It could, of course, be don \ under suspension of the rules whicl would object to it. A recess unti lth resolution committee work is don seems to be, one solution.
 I Meanwhile, the Krox boom has beel revived, and during the day it, of al \ the dark horse booms, seemed to hay some new momentum, always takinl
 into consideration the common idle; that the convention will turn to othe fields if Johnson, Lowden and Woo fail to show strength promising
 ma ajority soon after the first few bal lots. That was characterized by Sena tor Johnson, through one of his lieu leUdutS, dS dUSOlutcJly I But was much discussed This stor, ran that if no nomination was reached up to the fifth ballot, Senator John son would lay his candidacy aside, i Ithe convention would grant to him ant l Senator Borah unlimited time to dis cuss the candidates and pre-conven tion campaign expenditures of Wood and Lowden. The other angle of tho story was that Senator Knox would be brought out as candidate at that iuncture. Coupled with the genera knowledge of close relationship be tween Senators Johnson and Knox and their irreconcilable position to- gether against league, in any form this story furnished the most inter. esting piece of gossip of today al though it was thrown down by Sena- tor Johnson.
 Wood talk which began running in stronger tide last night, seemed not i to disturb the Johnson managers. A conference of dozen or more John son advisers late today, it was said decided on policy of attempting no trades or alliances unti lthe start of a break from Wood or Lowden, for which they hope Their strategy. it l