The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-03-14
OWEN ACTIVELY
IN BIG BATTLE
Oklahoma Senator Has
Opened Headquarters
at Capital.
HARDING GETS SCARED
Ohio Senator Meets Trouble
in Home State in Race
for the Presidency.

CONTINUED prom rAGE p..
that Governor t.oWdcn viii ho the
choice Should Senator johnson, hN
any chance win. 10 would adG
marked Impetus TO h.G cJmpbirn.
Pending SOME dDUuItp result nl
the primaries. the boom market con
tiuu,s iu t.sH uul ian. ono duA
som" particular boom i1 way uI
ana the next day it is uu1ccountIhly
far down. tn" feature uf this Wooh
has been tho mi maps tnnt have hap
pcrod 10 the ilyrdiug boom.
Senator Harding, down In Okla
homa, ana In hlgh Hpiti'F. Erm word
th1t his boom i4 going Ho badly if
hi home Hlafg that ho Will l'
needed Ono ONO 90 gtrlirhtcn thing
out Gcuoral wood ig making o.
uttong campaign in lIarding's owl
state.
II only four or five Of the ohio
delegates arc won by the wood Wtu
Il will pave the way for an car|
collapse ot the Harding candidacy al
Chicago. bccaus" ~ the peculiar ma
turc OF the Harding political stfuc
sure. 1hn profooHlunal talent has
been backing Harding Ia win the
nomination, despite the fact that NJ
win probably 20 into the convention
with lcHSs delegates than wood,
1oVdcn or johnson.
The theory Of thosc "WIac men Of
the cnHt' among the politicians ua'
been that Harding VIII be the catlc't
60 get together un after iho con-
Ncnlou has boon dtadlockol for two
of thtoo days Rut 10 holl llnrdinS
for this break he certainly Will
have 30 bo the undoubtod candidate
of pivotal ohio. In the buckeye
strength In divided. thcn the u ruc-
turo on which the Harding men are
buildlng for victory is too iaulty
Indiana In Doubt
Again Indiana, whose 20 delegates
tho arding men declared they we're
certain TO have, appear likely t6 go
into tho wood bag Another source
OF worry tu tho Harding boomers
has been the alienation of negro
voters from Harding In states where
thoir vote Is important The most
serious break away from Harding
by the negro voters has been In ohio
itself. but In several other states
thcrc have boon complaints that tho
Harding managers apparently wore
going out OF their way u ALLEVIATE
'n Al iaast IN be, nas been made
hero that Mother wood. Lowdcn or
Harding win get ns many az $50
votos on any ballot at Chicago. As
~ requires i9l to nominate It would
seen that politicians are still figur-
Ing on dark horne. despite the fact
that the coming of Frank II Hitch
cock into the Wood campaign has
greatly aided the generals candi-
dacy.
whether or not the republican
party would 60 into the election
with Senutor johnson, an unHltcr-
able opponent OF the league Of ma
tions IN any form. as its candidate Ia
doubtful
That every other candidate ls cen.
tcring his fight on General Wood
becomes increasingly evident, What
A. Ia effect n defensive alliance has
been formed against the general 1,
To shoW concluBlVely that ho W not
The choice OF the people and would
run poorly In the election campaign
It ~ proposed to make tho demon
siration through tho prcsldenra
preference primaries In this gnd 9th,
es states having that method OF oN
pressing their sentiments.
Proof OF Woods strength.
Tho Wood forces claim that thi
combination on the part OF all othc
phplrunta IS PROOF or the lcudotSNll
OF their candidate and they profess
their oagcrness to meet the test /
ts dcClprcd by them that tho dggrca
sive tactica they have pursued is re
spOnstblo for tho situation whicl
has developed, and that but for thos
tactics the people would not hav
hpd a chance to express their rea
sentiments, which. OF course. are 70
Wood, With things moving as the
were few weeks ago, the staudpat
tors would have achieved their end
a regular" convention whose SClcC
liun would have been made In tn
secrecy OF a back room, Now, tn
Wood men say, this little scheme q
Invisible big business. whose repr,
tUntatiYtS the standpattcrs COntinu
10 be, has been thwartcd and IA
people viii have thc opportunity I
express their willard that cXprc,
sion means wood on the first bnllu
Combination One oi IntcN'st
Such u combination us has bee
formed be- a combination of interc,
rather than of agreement II
known that representatives OF an III
candidates opposed TO Wood hay
met from time 10 time and at thcs
meetings cndclVorCd To make de;
which would at least produce
kindly feeling one for the othC
There Us no doubt among politician
here, Tor example, that there is
aymp1thy OF view between Senate
Harding OF Ohio and Governor Low
den of Illinois, and II either coul
not get the nomination himself i
wCuld support the other. Scuat,
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