The Washington times., 1920-05-29

BY POLITICIANS
Democratic and Republican
Leaders Have Left Capital tor
Convention Cities.

Political Washington has packed its
trunk and started for the natloha, ,
conventions. The Republican Nationai
Committee Headquarters have peeh
shipped TO Chicago. bag and passAse'
and the work of shifting the center
OF Democratic activities TO San iran
cisco Is we'll under way.
But for the probe or campaign eN
penditures being conducted on Sapieo'
Hill by Senator kenyons conlinlt.uo'
Washington would now be pohtlcaIiy
a well-nigh dead city, Tor those eeha
tors and Congressmen forced 70 re-
main behind TO carry on sembiance
OF Iaw-making until June have
faraway look In their eyes, ana the
important looking papers they are
seen consulting so frequently are not
new and drastic measures about 10 De
introduced but railway time tables Tor
the West
Predict Quick Action.
poI,ticians declare neither conven-
tion will "so over the week" That Is,
the Republicans, meeting on Tuesday,
June 8, are expected to come to the
and OF their balloting and select
candidate by not later than midnight
Saturday, June ~, while the Demo
Gratis. whose caucus assemblies Mon
day, June 20, will nominate, IL Is
thought, during the week. Some pre-
dict, however, the Democrats VIII pur-
posely set a pace making II possible
70 name their standard-bearer very
carly on the morning of the Fourth OF
July, which falls on Sunday.
The terrific battles forecast for both
conventions, according to what re-
mains of political headquarters here
will be settled outside the halls, In
committee, or "on the side" some OF
them even before the conventions get
we'll under way. Others insist, how
ever that the wish is father to the
thought and the internal disputes OF
the two big parties are not going to
be so easily disposed OF as all that.
Nevertheless, the betting here seems
to favor neither convention lastinr
over Sunday.
Republican National Committee
headauarters here have sent to Chi
cago, in charge OF Secretary Miller,
large number of boxes filled with the
claims of rival delegations. TIL
"cases" presenting 122 of these con-
tests--the number filed and of record
here prior to the Texas split-hav'
been briefed and forwarded to the
Windy City for use in the hearings be,
fore the credentials committee, WHICH
begins it's sittings Monday. IL the
Texas Republicans Officially" present
two full sets of delegates at Chicago
the number of contests to be heard
will rise to 135.
One Democratic Contest.
In addition to these contests, the
credentials committee may be called
upon to decide between delegates sent
to Chicago with but fractional votes.
IT was stated at Headquarters here
that the Coliseum in Chicago had al
ready been apportioped to the various
States, each being given precisely the
number of seats to which its accred-
tied delegation was entitled, and that
IL more than the proper number pre-
sented themselves, such delegations
would promptly be trimmed to the
proper size. Some simple method, like
taking the first regulation number in
the order named on the States lists,
II was said. would be adopted.
The Democrats will have but one
contested delegation, 1T was announced
today: Georgia. In that State there
is fight on between Attorney Gen.
eral Palmer, on the one side, and SEN
ator Hoke Smith and Tom Watson, on
the other. Each faction has named
delegates.