Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-07
LEAGUE FIGHT
UPSETS, PLANS
OF SENATORS
WatsOn's Effort to Head Plat
form Committee Affects
Candidates Chances.
HUGHES BOOM GROWS
BY staff Correspondent.


CHICAGO. June THE repub-
lican party, on the eve of its ma
tional convention. today reaped the
first results of its two-year policy Of
seeking utterly to destroy" Presi-
dent Wilson when 1t found itself un-
able to write a platform or agree on
a nominee because of the many
views of the league of nations cove
nant.
viii H Hays, republican national
chairman, who for many months has
sought to direct the republican party
into a policy solely of opposition to
President Wilson, realized the diff
culties of the moment and in state
ment issued late today. said:
"It is a very delicate situation.
You may comb this situation with all
the skill and acumen you possess
and the one definite finding will he
that no man, nor set of men, are run
ming this convention. This is abso-
lutely an Embossed convention"
REASON WHY THERE
ARE NO POSSES"
Mr.. Hays. however. did not add, as be
might well have done that this conven-
ton Is Embossed" because there is no
one in the republicSns ranks big enough
to reconcile the VIEWS of the leaders or
Of the party on the one great issue. the
league of nations
Many are trying and none are sue
ceeding
On the attitude that the party finally
assumes on this issue really depends the
selection Of a nominee.
Gradually the strategy Of Hiram John.
son " California Is being shown up In
all its masterful angles.
Johnson capitalized the campaign of
bate" which Hays had conducted through
6fs propagandists.
He Is the only candidate who is set
against any kind OF treaty
The elderly statesmen" Of the senate.
IN whose interests the preliminary work
was done by VIII HAYS, are now con
fronted with the fact that Johnson has
boosted himself 10 a position where they
must either repudiate the leadership Of
T
tlons. or they must stand against the
league and accept johnson as the can
aidate on that platform.
The leaders. who are also the senators,
| do not want Johnson.
They DO want a platform that will
oppose everything that Wilson advocated
and at the same time leave the way clear
70 introduce 4 sort OF a league OF ma
tons when they 1nd that the people
Of the country viii not stand for the
elimination Of the Great Idea.
BoRAH MAKES HIS
STAND FOR JOHNSON.
Settlement Of the differences over the
treaty plank In the republican platform
without a fight In the open convention Is
possible. Senator BOrah Of Idaho leader
OF the anh-treaty forces, said today.
The settlement, howAyer. can only he
accomplished by stating in the plank
that the party adhere to the policies OF
Washington and Monroe on international
questions. That will satisfy Borah and
Johnson. Chairman VIII II. Hays. Sen
ator Watson. Senator Lodge and other
leaders are willing to include such a
statement Borah is not greatly con-
cerned what else is IN the plank he said
so long as st does not IN any way ap-
prove the Wilson league n nations
WATSON FACES FIGHT
FOR RESOLUTION JOB
II now appears that the elder states
mems" plan to make James p. Watson
chairman OF the resolutions committee
and thereby insure a platform that will
not lend an advantage to anyone Of the
several candidates now in the field will
be difficult to carry out.
Watson realizes he has a stifr fight on
bis hands, but he and his friends are
confident he viii command q sufficient
number of the members of the committee
on resolutions to insure his election as
its chairman when the committee organ
ICES tomorrow.
Senator Watson Of Indiana was facing
opposition for the chairmonship of the
resolution committee from delegates who.
while not opposed to him personally, de-
clared they were against the senate hog
ging everything"
They argued a senator should not be
chosen. because Senator Lodge wns al
ready slated" as temporary chairman Of
the convention and Senator Smoot was
expected TO head the committee on Gre
dentials.
Republican leaders insisted, however.
that the real inside" Of the opposition
? " N"'oNH was 'he ihoNeiheHL on loot'
led by John G. Shaffer to have former
Senator Beveridge of Indiana made per-
manent chairman.
Beveridge's friends were Offering to
support Ogden L. Mills Of New York,
who is backed by National Chairman
/ win H. Hays for the chairmanship Of
the committee on resolutions, If Beveridge
were made permanent chairman.
! Samuel Gompers and other leaders OF
/ the American Federation of Labor are
/ headed this way from Montreal to op-
pose Watson being placed In charge of
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