Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-02
Senator Johnson Wins
in Clash With Wood

counted in support Of Governor Lowden.
The claim of the latter delegation,
headed by Henry Lincoln johnson. an
Atlanta negro. that it is the regularly |
reported delegation, is disputed by the
former delegation known as the Pickett
faction, which contends that it should
be considered the regularly accredited
as Roscoe Pickett is the
accredited state chairman.
Pickett Delegates Contestants
Nevertheless. the official committee
list gives the Johnson delegation rs the |
regularly reported one and the Pickett
delegation was heard as the contest
ants. The fight brings before the com
mittee the first clear cut case in which |
a gain of delegates for the Wood or
Lowden forces is involved.
Political forces are gathering slowly |
here and. while the preconvention circle |
has its usual line of gossip and predic- |
ton. no political leader of recognized |
Importance has IN to this time been |
willing to attach his name. to definite |
prediction of whom the convention will
name as its candidate or when It is
likely to do IL. The end of the week
with the probable adjournment Of Con.
grcss. however. will bring all the ma
tional leaders to Chicago and by Satur-
day or Sunday convention plans are cx-
pected to begin taking definite form.
Militants on Ground
E Representatives Of the militant branch
of the woman suffragists are on the
ground preparing to picket the convcn-
ton hall to enforce their demand for
platform declaration calling on the
states which have not ratified the
v,an,op cuff "a m N, Ip,opt to ln on NJ
once. The national committee yester-
day by unanimous vote called upon all
Republican states to act promptly on
the ratification. The national commit
teemen are enjoying joke at the ex-
pcnse of General II. Coleman du Pont,
Of Delaware, who introduced the res--
luton. The generals motion called for
prompt ratification of the Eighteenth
amendment, which is the prohibition
amendment. The resolution was passed
in that form. but after the mistake was
discovered It was corrected.
The Johnson forces are counting on a
burst Of speed with the arrival Of Sen
ator Johnson here tomorrow. A street
parade and demonstration have been ar
ranged. A large delegation of service
men who saw service with the American
forces in Siberia, which the senator
fought to have returned home, will be in
the escort.
Harding Expected Thursday
Senator Harding is coming also on
Thursday. General Wood is here and
at his headquarters at Fort Sheridan,
and Governor Lowden already here.
Thus after tomorrow. four of the presi
Dental candidates. will be on the ground
| comforting with their forces in person
and more definite line Of pre-con-
vention speculation probably will be one
of the first results.
In the coming convention. the unin-
structed delegates are holding the bal
ance of power, and already plans for
sounding out their preferences are being
discussed. A caucus of the uninstructed
ones some time after Sunday is one of
the plans being canvassed. Quite ire.
spective of any decisions the national
committee may make on the pending
contests, the uninstructed delegates will
still remain in the majority. and the
managers Of the various candidates are
working on plans to bring them to their
support.
Such discussions Of the platform
planks as is going on among the national
| committeeman seems to indicate that a
| ma ajority feel that the prohibition ques-
ton may be regarded as one not neces-
sarily to be included, because the issue
has been written into the constitution
and has become the law of the land
Many committeeman feel that the suf-
| frage question is a parallel one in many
respects. because it has been put before
| the states with the Endorsement of the
party, and is awaiting ratification.
Plead for Free Philippines" Plank
The fight for platform declaration
for full independence for the Philip
pines was taken up today by deega
| ton from the islands headed by Jaime
De Veyra.
by the Jones law of August 20,
| 1916" declared Mr.. De Veyra, "the
Philippines were promised their indie
pendence as soon as stable government
could be established on the islands. The
Philippines have that stable govern
ment today. Americas official repre-
sentative in the Philippines testified to
its existence.
In the field of foreign relations, there
seems to be an agreement of opinion
that the Mexican plank will follow the
announcement of four years ago, in
which the Democratic administration, :
policy was denounced, and as regards
tbe peace treaty and the League of Ma
ktions. the plank adopted by the Indiana
state Republican convention may serve
as a nucleus for the plank in the ma >
| tional platform. No one on the ground
as vet presumes to venture what the
| labor pIank will be, but there seems t.
h. common agreement that it will
nrobably be the most difficult one tC
frame. -
4 Tho selection of q permanent chair
man seems to have made no progress
| in the last three or four days. There
is now less talk among national com
| mitteemen of the selection of former
Senator Beveridge. of Indiana, and
more talk of an agreement on Senator
Mccormick, Of Illinois. Political lead
ers here who are supporting Senator
Mccormick claim to have the approval
of Senator PenrOse for their choice. II
! a contest should develop over the Sc
lection there is always the possibility
that the convention might revert to the
plan it followed in 1912 and 1916 and
make the temporary organization the
! permanent one.
On Monday, preceding the opening OF
the convention. caucuses of many state
delegations are scheduled TO select ma
tiOhal committeeman AND make commit
| tee nominations.
There are more than $50 900 applica p
tions for convention tickets for rs, ,2Sg
seats. and 100 applications for 57t
press seats. Increased interest of women
in politics was assigned by Mr.. Henley
as reason for the ticket demand
Distribution of tickets is to begin next
Saturday, through national committee
men.
Additional workers from New York
and Los Angeles came to the Hoover
headquarters which were crowded from