The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-06-18
G. 0.P. DEADLOCK
IS IN PROSPECT
FINAL DECISION RESTS WITH uN.
INSTRUCTED DELEGATES At
CONVENTION
BIG THREE IN THE LiMELlCHT
Only Names Of Wood, lowden and
johnson Are Mentioned, and Mel.
ther Of These Has Enough Dele.
gates to Insure Nomination

Chicago. June 7.--l'rospects for 3
deadlocked Republican conventions are
growing with the arrival Of unin>truct-
ell delegates, who hold the balance oi
power.
out ri the deadlock which will he
produced by the failure of Wood. Low
den or Johnson forces to command Il
majori,y will come the nominee. he
he dark horse or one of the hi.
three"
The Low,len forces last night claim
ed as high rs 80 votes on the first
ballot. and the Wood forces equally as
MANY. The Johnson claims are not
stated in figures. hut the California.
senator's headquarters are claiming
hourly additions tn his column.
After looking over the mucl-mixed
situation. with its lack of head and
leadership. the men whose influence
counts in the party councils have come
to the conclusion that about the hest
way out is Ia let the candidates with
the largest number Of supporters tr"l
a few heats and show the convention
whar they can or can not do. Those
favoring this plan feel perfectly GER
tain that none of the candidates will
be nominated on the test ballots.
After the three leading candidates
have demonstrated to the convention
that they have not enough votes to
nominate themselves. ii is argued that
the delegates themselves will he in
better position to determine whether
they prefer to combine on one of the
three. or look at some dark horses
Up 10 this time dark horses have
who had any considerable support.
like Johnson. 1.nwtlen or Wood. re-
fused To look AT others for fear Of indi-
eating weakness before test Of
strength has been made.
Even those who favored a dark
horse We're unable to attract any sup
port for him because there had been
no opportunity for one dark horse to
establish Il lead over another. To the
mass of uninStructed delegates they
all are IL lot of dark horses and moth
ing more.
The practical politicians began to re-
aliZe yesterday that the only solution
Offered was To let the convention call
for Il dark horse and then show il a
few. with the possibility. Of course.
that the convention might decide il
could go further and fare worse than
to take Johnson. Iow,len or Wood. All
the discussion last night of the prin-
cipal balloting crnterS around these
three names. but the dark horse names
are too many to be recorded.
If any set If practical politicians
had agreed among themselves To put
the convention into deadlock for
their own purposes. il is doubtful If
they could have done better than the
convention itself is threateiin. 10 do.
Three ballots. ana possibly four. by
Thursday night are predicted
The situation looks placid enough.
hut il is not without its possibilities
that the forces of neither Johnson
Lowden or Wood will give up The bat
tie without Il struggle.
The fight on the platform blanks,
that an the league Of ma
tons. continues To promise Il test Of
strength of the various elements. and
renewed predictions are being made
that the element which succeeds in
framing Il platform acceptable 10 the
will also he able to provide
a candidate equally acceptable. At
this time four years ago Charles Evans
Hughes was as good as nominated. al
though the ballots We're not east until
four days LATER. Last night he is be-
ing mentioned here ana there among
the dark horses. Mention nf former
President Taft is also heard in the
same way. The Hughes talk. which
could not he designated aS II boom and
yet bears the stamp of II good deal IF
support WAS brought in by New YORK.