Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-08
delegates Cheer
DoC rs Contention Opens

little to 40 Senator Lodges speech they
ASIDE It'll I'LL, a routine but indispensaole
were me- .ry 70 the sessions which are
10 follow .,,.s...
80 in the apuals Of the party,
ynlqu,c,tion assembled Embossed, un
ths h,.s son,u%di ond with no presidential candi-
eria'shh e hh.rinr enough votes IN signe "
,,s osM his nomination. .,,,;.,
ass"a. aMhs situation presents an oppo5r.un,.gy
ine ue,,c shrcwd leader to step torwn;a .,,;,s
fot .,,,o s"" psychological moment anu inv,eo o
.nnede. NV Practical politicians ng,sv
an nnled convention Is III ''''
marx for q runaway. 90, IN the air
Bersb Besbo would win the nomination,
ss 70 WnV o,I sides there was a volley OF
and lIon' as 10 when the Job might be
inqu,rIs' less than n dozen state dele'
tplsneu' had failed to hold caucus
CATIONS tbc opsning Of the convention.
prior 70 " activities moved out of the
p9h,di;t ,di;strict and into the Coliseum
hotei ',,;ih the assembling Of the first
itsen II was the first opportunity
sesS'vn, various managers to meet the
70, ,os sup all together and instead OF
desssnholing delegates sipgly and In
put.vtb pn. tbey went after them in dele
sstions. 81, - cot to the con
Lae .,er hall TO see the breakaway and
tbereby to get the right slant on
nop. ..essiblc outcome. There was q lot
tee tepe,ppir about the johnson mass meet
ol and The declaration by Senator Bo-
lns ' .hot be would transfer the long
s,notc ssT treaty fight to the floor. e.
q: Deplore Old Days
pr, IN the general cropping, the doubt.
..asus;on mess and muddle, all of the
IOiosates except those fighting inch by
osI :ssp for their favorite candidate
,.sued ,ssm 70 agree that the old days when
isaders showed them the way were not
~ The T crisp cool weather which kept
Chicago chilly all during pre- convention
wssk suddenly disappeared today, and
Nc sun came out with blistering blast
.nd Hooded the town with temperature
which sent the thermometers bounding
inward Everybody agreed, however,
4 was better than the blanket OF con
stspt rainfall which covered the city
during the convention four years ago.
No change in the line-u OF delegates
xroe
..o,s frankly admitted they saw no
.ssnrib,e evidences of which the wind is
.o;ne 10 blow. They were still looking
sorWsrd TO the first ballots which will
rOme during the middle Of the week to
dsrelop to point the way to courses OF
action. -, -
Around the hotels a few barkers Of
tered tickets to the convention at fabu :
L., nricos with few BUYERS.
Candidates Up Early
The Candidates we're up and about
early. In the rush to get to the Coli
scum nobody paid much attention to
The morning conference with candi- :
oates, and there was evidence that this
method of obtaining publicity was
wearing itself out, for some Of the lead
ing aspirants sent down word ycster
day that there was nothing to say.
The convention promises TO be a rec
ord breaker in, all respects. 1t may
cast more ballots than any other Re-
publican convention since Garfield was
nominated in 1880 before the party
standard bearer is named. =.
II Is true that several score of dele
gates are instructed cit er by their dis
trict conventions or by state primaries
but nobody, including their own STATE
leaders, knows how long they are 60.
Ing to stand .fitched.
Triangular Deadlock
A triangular deadlock between Wood
lowdcn and johnson still appear
I'd the almost certain result to com,
on the first trial of voting strength
Wednesday or Thursday. with probably
more than n score of favorite sons. darl
horses or individual selections sharing
more than half of the total vote.
The rollcal will give, however. thu
hrst clear intimation as to what tn,
mass Of the more than 500 fancy free
uonstructed delegates having beer
thinking as they milled restlessly about
the hotel lobbies hour by hour. 1t will
contain information for which al
parties to the great dispute have beer
waiting and let loose new moves ant
counter moves about the men who cast
the votes.
1t was this situation that gave dark
horse talk additional prominence yes
'erday in the hotel lobbies, and with i
csme an undcrcurrent from arriving del
fgates OF suggestion that after all /
might oC wiser to put forward candi,
10 the Senate inquiry into -preconven
ton expenditures and activities of presi
Dental aspirants.
:, Again the name of Charles Evan
hughes rccurred in these discussion
anu Governor Coolidge, of Massachu
teus, also was mentioned. Senate
Borah said Judge Hughes would b
formidable" il the convention wcr
compelled to seek dark horse nominee
rfogress already made on the platform
par,lcuIarly with the treaty plank. wa
M sTa TO be highly satisfactory. Senate
MatSoh, who has the preliminary worl
iu nGnarg"' aided by volunteer platform
pulIdcrs and with the close interest q
.ue recognized leaders in the party cen
sereu on inc war, has advanced the pro
posed declaration of principles beyon,
.ne s'age usually reached on thu, openin
uaE s.t, OF national convention. Ther
stii, remain points to be worked ovc
'na views to be heard, however.
Other Issues Involved
these include platform proposals q
tne national board of farm organizn
.S .iens IN behalf Of agricultural Interests
.h1rts OF ,,dry' forces to supplement
W. her sweeping victory yesterday bcfor
Ho United states Supreme Court wit
party declaration for rigid enforce
W. Ieht OF the law thus upheld, and mis-
com appearance before the resolution
committee of Samuel Gompers and
committee from the Montreal conventio
oi the American Federation of Labo
arrahgcd for yesterday,
ra nIe supreme Courts decision had n
marked effect in convention circioS u
Leaders leaders seemed to feel relief that III
nnn matler was settled and that il WINS nc
%oW necessary to deal with the ;ssne
~ the platform. Efforts of the ..drwS ."ut
or party declaration are desisna
nOn Nv put a spoke in the wheel of an
ihiJvement iiuN. for future legislation 10 taL