Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-11
TREATY PLANK MADE
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IA he likes but III ne eiccts w haNS NV"
than two, none Of those who speak ior nun
may talk more than two minutes. undef
this ruthless curb on oulogists, the irst
ballot should be reached by mid alter
noon. Indications are that 1t VIII snow
the instructed strength OF the major
candidates lined up virtually solidiy IN
accordance with the mandates by the
instructed delegations.
MANY DARK HORSES TO ENTER
1t will bring out, too, the full 'tavoiite
son" strength, already discounted by the
announced purpose of various delegations
IN commitment, in this way, q man OF Their
own State allegiance IL will formally
enter whole string of dark horses III
tho rnce: hut the overshadowing interest,"
in this first direct step toward the hoihi-
nation lies in what it may disclose ms 10
current among the unlnstructeo towhiu
ono of the big three to suppieheht MS
instructed strength
With the first ballot recorded and It's
half and quarter votes tahulated, workers
for .he various candida cs will have ma
,crial on which to work intelhgently. oi
tho noxt vote favoritc son strength VIII
begin TO disappear, the delegations, their
duty of courtesy done being free to JON
in tho fight on candidates possible oi
nomination. Then will begin the round
! of quick floor conferences, the trading ana
dickerng that oils the wheels OF a poiitioai
convention toward the ultimate choice.
| The second ballot is certain to show
| some changes, always providing that the
! wholly unexpected development of noml-
nation on the first ballot has not made
/ further voting unnecessary. FROM tne
second on. step by step, strength OF thc
/ leading candidates may he expected to
WAX or wanc until either deadlock occurs
| or one of the trio emerges as master oil the
situation.
mo THREE IN DEADLOCK.
Dark horse movements spring out OF
! doadlocks lFp Ia the time tho convention |
assembled today there was every mot
cation that triangular deadlock between |
Wood. johnson and Lowdcn would he |
shown on the first counting OF noses,
| For that roason dark horses promoters had |
been busy through the night planning anu
working in order to he prepared 70 Az |
tempt q coup when an opportunity came
out Of these activities and also OF the
vigorous maheuvering of leaders and iieu-
tenants Of the leading candidates came
new crop of reports over night
wooD now CLAIMS $50.
Wood supporters affirmed that he would
chow strength in excess Of 900 on the first
ballot. Some placed it at $50 and " r.
q,ures 493 TO nominate,
Devious Wood claims had not exceeded
90 The source Of the expected add,
ito. / 50 or 100 votes was not disclosed
by the claimants
Iowden supporters also were active
They asserted that they needed only the
adherence Of a strong eastern delegation
10 the Illinois governors standard to pW
him over. Il was an open secret that they
were flirting with the hig New YORK rep
rcscntation pledged to Nicholas Murray
Butler at the outset
Johnson supporters werc very active
opeulv during the evening hours yester-
! div. treating the convention camp 70
state of old time methods in the way oi
bands and banners and a stump oratory
al the curb. What hey were dong o,her-
wise toward heading of rival hooms
was not SO clear They made no claims
| hcvond asserting that tho alderman
would show steadily growing strength as
the ballotiSg proceeded.
DARK HORSES IN coNFERHNCE
Dark horse activity was very deep
beneath tho surface Workers for Gov
ernor Snroul Of PENNSYLVANIA. for Butler,
and darkest Of them all. for Charles
Evans Hughes. were reported rs con
ferrinr and negotiating, but there was no
outward evidence Of their laborS. One
report had it that q group of men gho
hold important places IN the party conn
! els had caucused IN preparation for put
. ting Judge Hughes forward ~ the right
moment with sufficient initial strength io
! give the movement n winning impetus
If so thev were careful to obliserate the
traces Of their operations
: HOOVER BOOMERS slLENT
There was 3 marked quiet among the
) avowed adhercnts Of Herbert Hoover
r In fact doubt seemed to prevail that he
. | would be placed in nomination az all
hut plans Of his supporters were not
revealed
, Delegates were busy today with press
copies Of the platform as II was adopted.
: The great majority had caught only its
J. genial drift when Senator Watson, chair
: man Of the resolutions committee present.
! cd the draft that was uproarIousiy APPROX
ed Relief over che fact that an open
! r,Inture on the League of Nations issue
had been .averted and party harmony
restored outweighej all other consideration
n at that time.
: PARTY WAS NEAR DISASTER.
T Yesterdays struggle brought the party
G to the brink Cf disaster and the chips and
shavings and discarded league planks
j left hv the platform trainers when they
/ finished the Job have not all been swept
:, up: but none of the candidates professed
& TO be anything but elated by the result
i radically differing SIS their views on the
league question may be. There was no
means Of assessing the strength of any
Of the chief trio may have gained or lost
because of that outstanding clash of thS
convention.
d Senator Lodge, chairman Of the con
vention, did not expect that the Prcsl
dental nominee would be selected IN
! time to permit balloting on the VICE
). presidency before Saturday. There ar'
almost as many vice presidential boomi
! as there are presidential candidates, but
they have received only passing attention
L in convention circles at large thus far
MANY CANDIDATES FOR SECOND PLACE.
: The question of naming q candidate
for vice president is interviewer with thC
|, result Of the presidential race. PolItica
considerations based on the part of The
:, country from which the two candidates
hail and the party's strength therein, al
; ways influence the vice presidential selec-
ton As rule it has been the custom Of
all parties TO pick a man for the strength
he would add to the ticket at crucial
; point So leaders genera ly were not