Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-08
EMBOSSED C. 0. P.
DELEGATES CALL
FOR DARK HORSE
Uninstructed Units Are
Against Beneficiaries
of "Slush Funds"
JOHNSON'S YELLED THREAT
TO BOLT THE CONVENTION
Californian Warns Leaders Not
to Drive Common Men"
Out of Party.
LOWDEN'S BOOM SHRINKING
Hughes and Sproui Loom Tn MS
Deadlock Over big Three"
Impcnds.
JOHNSON'S YELLED THREAT
TO BOLT THE CONVENTION
LowDEN's BOOM SHRINKING
Hughes and Sproui Loom Up rs
Deadlock Over big Three"
Impcnds.
ny j. FnEDEnICK EssnnY.

CHICAGO. ILL, June 7.-IIcpublicap
chieitains after another day of fu.
tilc conferences, another day of bal.
ancing candidate assets against can.
didatc Liabilities, and another day OF
indeterminatc dickcring. confess to.
night that their national convention
Will open tomorrow morning without
a man upon the horizon manifestly
fitted to head the ticket.
with nearly 1000 delegates in lths
city and half as many alternates. viii
the foremost figures in the party ON
the ground, and with groups of them
In consultation. hour after hour
they are totally at sea regarding the
ultimate verdict of the convention
and are again engaged in the seriou,
business of eliminating candidate,
instead of preparing to nominate
them. II
Twenty-four hours ago, 1t seemed
that Governor I.owden, .1of e1ninoia
stood at least a, 81 per cont chance to
win In tho free-for-all race. He was
ana stili is tho choice OF powerful
combination OF leaders. but thos.
leaders after canvassing delegation
after delegation. are DISCOURAGED TO.
night.
convention see the dollar mark too
plainly branded upon the banners nj
leading would-bc candidates OF the
party, and will have none OF thcm
unless the bosses get together and
dictate the nominee.
Stage Assault ON Lowden.
Realizing as they do that tho Old
Guard Is in an alliance to giye Low.
den the nomination If such a thing 4,
possible Hiram Johnson, re-enforced
ty Senator Borah. OF Idaho. staged
timely and savage assault upon, m.
liiinois Governor at the Auditorium
mass meeting tonight. johnson. mill.
'ant 10 the core. not only demanded
.hat there be no straddling or skulk.
ihs upon the peace Issue, but issued
what Is interpreted in many quarter,
Iohisht 10 be n thinly yelled threat Ia
bolt the party IL no is denied the
nomination. This Is contained In Tn.
following phrasei s,se
Wi,hin the next few days 1t is to
DC determined whether the RepubIi.
can party, rounded by Lincoln to vim.
create the liberty of the common neo.
pre- IN It's hour OF full-growus
power to drive the common man from /
anu z
Senator johnson has rrown - ;s.s
"it'eF each day since he reached Chi
e"so. re mas more than once ae-
euSsa ms opponents of robb!ng him
VI ms support aud the fact that he
m"s very excellent record as "a
ooiter added Significance to his
e"aiiehge tonight. Coupled with this
Is the fact that Senator Borah onenIy
tnrcuteOe1 IN th.,tS
tEe Tarty If 1t swallowed the ofscia,
Versailles treaty. IT
In his speech tonight, Borab. fresh
from the chamber or the Senate
paiGn expenditure committee. warnc,
me party that 1t would plunge
straight toward defeat IL II xomi.
mated n candidate whose mopev ~
been used to prostitute the machin.S
cry of the party, and the Iowaan
campaign Is suffering from this ana
other blighting circumstances. It 10
now by no means certain that his
friends can deliver to him Tho CIV
port necessary to nominate or even
to deadlock the convention.
Wood and Johnson, IL not weaker
than they were twcnty-four hours
ago. are certainly no stronger. The
dismiss General Wood as impossible.
They do not dismiss Johnson so de-
cisively. however. because they are
not able TO fathom his strength. IT
Is easy to calculate his instructed
support, but there the mathematics
end.
These declines OF movements to.
ward the Big Three" and they are
visible to the naked eye of any inn
partial observer. bring tho conven-
tion back to tho minor candidates.
tho dark horses.
Tho Pennsylvania delegation, the
largest deliverable block OF votes in
the convention. Is part and parcel. for
the timc being. OF the Lowden COM
II Lowden falls, tho Low
den managers are to pay their debt
to Pennsylvania by giving Governor
Sproul q chance.
Shock for the Delegates.
The Sproul candidacy seemed TO
have elements Of strength az resuft
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