Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-06
COALITION HAVING PROPER PLANK FOR
 LEAGUE GAN WIN
Such Combination Can Name Man, Say Practical Poli-
 ticianS
COMPROMISE SEEMS
 INEVITABLE OUTCOME
Industrial Relations Plank Also Like ly Cause of Conflict-COnfidence Prevails in Quarters of All
 Rivals

 tween the various aspirants for the republican presidential nomination is momentarily obscured by prelimi nary contest over platform blanks.
 One is the league of nations plank and the other is the industrial rela- tions plank. The latter is acknowl- edged to be loaded with dynamite and the former is so submerged by coun- ter claims that the truth of the sit uation is not apparent.
 Most of the practical politicians, however, were predicting today that any coalition of party leaders which presents the successful solution for the league of nations plank will be able to nominate their candidate for the presidency.
 The league of nations plank in the Indiana state republican platform brought here by Senator Watson who is the foremost candidate for chair man of the resolutions committee, seem to be nucleus around which the discussion is centering and it may provide the basis for the agreement, It declares in effect that the republi can party denounces the league of nations covenant as it was bzrought from Versailles by President Wilson but it does not close the door to it's acceptance with reservations.
 At that point the reservations of various degrees and the irreconcila- bles appear as the clements to be brought into harmony.
 l Most of the party whips seem agreed that the convention cannot take any action which could be con- strued as a repudiation of the republi- can leaders in the senate. Compro mise seems to be inevitable and the predictions of the field marshal is that the compromise will develop the candidate.
 State Leaders Piqued.
 On the side lines of the big fight there is scrimmage going on be tween the leaders of the party in con gress and the leaders of the pa2.s throughout the state. Many of tht ! latter have some to Chicago openly expressing the feeling that senators and representatives here had too mucl to say in the decisions in the party! affairs and that consideration mus be given to the chieftains from tht l provinces.
 The statement by Governor Beck man of Rhode Island that he was no sure whether he was gaing to re publican convention or senatoria caucus has been construed as no tice from the governors and state leat CTS that they will demand to be heard
 Judging by their degree of pre- convention activity Wood, Lowden ant Johnson might properly be designat IrI h n | tion their managers are fully agreed They all claim victory They diffe on how it is to be achieved or ol what ballot it is to be but they as sure all inquirers there is no doub about it.
 ; Seventy-two hours before Senate Lodges gavel drops in the big Coli scum a composite talking machine rec ord of the expressions of the mana gers would say: "We are perfectl :, satisfied with the situation Tn strength of our candidate is steadil increasing"
 The sentiment expressed on tn street, presumably reflecting tn views of the man up the tree, are a many and as varied as the number c candidates. One hears with the great ] est degree of finaIity "Lowden or
 dark horse" and "Johnson after tn = third ballot" or "Wood after all tn = others have been eliminated" 0 Convention time brings to Chicag ] small army of political writers wh e feel by analyzing the cross current i S the muddy and turbulent strea1 . which swirls about the hotel lobbie l. and in and out of the inner coves e the ampaign managers offices, the
 can discern the course of the tide and predict with certainty to the folk
 back home what is going to happel
 Any predictions at this time al f the results of anlysis. deduction an opinion rather than information.
 If there is a single man in Chicae l. who knows what the republican n; c tional convention is going to do ! a hasn't appeared with any proofs of h 7, knowledge.
 J. Unpledged to Meet. l. One straw which may show the WE Q the winds blow. would be.a caucus , o uninstructed delegates. About u e only place in Chicago large enouf T. to hold it is the Coliseum itself ar s- thel indications are that the first ca a GUS of uninstructed ones would held there some day next week whe d preliminary business having been di a posed of, the clerk begins to call u y roll. T. A seeker after information made l. point today to ask each of the per is sonal managers what the week of pr l. liminaries had brought forth. Th r. all pove the same answer.
 v. It was: "There are some things g ling on under the surface but tn + haven't been disclosed as yet" + And according to the best indie f together on harmonious platfoi # been an attempt to get all elemen + tions, whata has been going ons h f and at the same time estimate t + strength and staying qualities of t + various forces so that plans might + made accordingly. i, # Monday and Tuesday and probat + Wednesday will be exhibition days + convention hall Organization " | have to be perfected as matter | course. and while the delegates | being entertained by the big brs : band up in the balcony and by kt