Evening star., 1920-05-28
FRIENDS
SAY FUND INQUIRY
HAS NOT HURT HIM
See No Need for Dark
Horse" in Race for Re-
publican Nomination.
BY \. O. MEssENGER

"h " w. MESSENGEH.
CHICAGO. May 2s.-Gov. Lowden
has been in Chicago for couple Of
days. in conferences with his man
ayers and heutenants. and in COM
municatlon with friends in the east
Inc Lowden managers aAe surveying
/ the situation resulting from the cam
pai Iund inquiry. TO determine If
thelr battle lines have been disar-
ranged and, If So, how TO restore them.
bp TO the time the inquiry opened
'ne Lowden managers were contid,nt
lhdt ne held the best stratepical no
sition at the hour Of any of the can
dioateS. That was also the opinion or
some olher republicans who might be
ciaSsed as neutral The two nr,rr
PAL reasons for that belief were. tirst
thdt W GOD and Johnson w.r. holdirs,
each other OF, and that Louden haS
ane support Of influential friends in
, H OF the delegations and IN the
party mana cement.
Effect Of Inquiry.
WIN the delivery of the first testi-
the question arose as to what effecf
~ would nave upon public sentiment.
III GoF. Lowden's case especially.
Ihe Lowden managers are con-
sihceu today that the reaction has
oeen In Lowden's favor and that mis-
interests have not suffered mafer,aI
damage
Just the same. it is realized that
IL Is necessary for them TO convince
the party leaders in the east ano the
governors s well wishers in other dele
cations of what they believe To be
the iact and to check, il possible.
apprehended drift among the eastern
PRESIDENT makers toward dark
horse.
The first thought that came up after
lQe disclosures that ha
tial leaders of the east might regard
Lowden as eliminated as well as some
others, and Immediately cast about
Tor alternative candidates 10 whom
they might throw their strength
National Commit eeman Hert of
Kentucky. all along recognized as one
OF the most sincere Lowden sup
porters. came to Chicago and imme-
diateiy started efforts to check the
spread of the thought that Lowdens
prospective usefulness TO the party has
been impaired by recent events or
that they should seriously consider
taking up dark horse.
Buck IN Lowden's Friends.
MIR. Hert insists that the nominee
will be selected among the potentaiai
announced candidates and that IL viii
not be necessary to seek a dark horse.
He is communicating this position to
Lowdens friends everywhere and is
encouraging and "bucking up" the
Lowden management in Chicago.
Today the statement was made to
The Stars correspondent by l.. l.
Emerson. secretary of state OF 1lli-
nois. the general manager of the Low
den campaign, that careful inquiry
made since Tuesday in all directions
brings reinsurance that the governor
has not been hurt in the inquiry.
The Lowden management has de-
cided to abate no efforts to push the
fight for him and will continue to
work with redoubled vigor from now
on. still confident that he holds the
position of most strategic value.
johnson Men CONFIDENT.
The Johnson managers here have
let up apparently in their efforts TO
apply the inquiry testimony to the
disparagement of other candidates and
to the benefit of the California sena-
ter. Their bulletins and statements
are not quite so gingerful. But the
fact remains that the Johnson people
out here expect their candidate to
come into the convention with added
strength gained as the result of the
testimony.
Republicans generally have been
pretty blue all week over the ap-
pretended effects of the inquiry upon
party prospects generally in the cleo
tons. They perked up little today
after reading the testimony in the
Palmer case and were grinning at
their democratic friends over the
thought that the Palmer testimony
might get the democratic party in
bad. too. with the country.
Everybody is commenting upon the
escape of McAdoo from being hit by
the missiles flying so promiscuously
about Democrats who come 10 town
and drift around the political gath
ering places in the hotel lobbies say
that the impression prevails gener-
ally that McAdoo is leading hand
somely as the prospective selection Of
the democratic national convention.
RumOr OF Colby Candidacy.
The rumor. which was occasionally
heard in the east. has bobbed up
here in the past tday or two-that
President Wilson has BalnbridSe
Colby in mind as a candidate in case
the McAdoo machinery should slip q
cog.
The Presidents veto message on
the peace resolution hardly caused
a ripple as the action was discounted
by anticipation and the Presidents
position well understood Ther. seems
to be general compla cency among
both republicans and democrats over
the league of nations going INTO tho
campaign as an issue.
And ii is regarded for the moment
as of secondary Importance.