Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-20
NO REPUBLICAN, /
TO WALK AWAY
!, WITH H0NORS
Candidates Uncertain as to
Votes; No One has Enough
Pledged to Him.

Chicago, May 2a.-With the Repub-
lican national convention only 18 days
away and with 500 OF 984 delegates
already elected, the situation facing
the Republican candidates is hat no
candidate will enter the convention
give him any decided advantage over
his opponents.
F~'orty-eeven of the %ffty-thfee states
and territories have chosen, their
delegations and are sending to Chi
cago 537 u~ninstructed delegates,x a.
more than a majority of all thoseW Who
will sit In the convention.
Major General Leonard Wood, on
face Of returns to date, will show
the most strength on the first ballot,
tor Of those delegates who have been
instructed or who have expressed a
preference, las are pledged to him.
In addition. he carried the preferen-
tial primary In Vermont, but that
states eight delegates have not yet
Woods nearest competitor, in the
decorations already pledged, is Sena-
tor Hiram w. johnson Of California,
VINO commando an even hundred
Votes. Governor Frank o. Lowden 81
Illinois. with 78 votes pledged to him,
is third. while Senator Warren G.,
Harding Of Ohio has 80 votes from his
Ehamssaasttatte. I
s. Many Contests.
There are, however. contests pend
Ing tn twelve states and the District of
Thirty-nNe OF the contests are on
Wood delegates; six. on Lowden men
and SO among uninstructed delega-
lions. The credentials committee will
meet here May 81 to thresh out these
contests.
Campaign managers at Chicago for
the various candidates agree that
first bailot:N The complimentary vote
fornathe large list Of "favorite sons
may, in fact, they say, be SO large that
it will destroy the usual significance
OF the first ballot as an indicator Of
the strength of the various candidates.
a Eight Men Listed.
Among these candidates who are
expected to divide the. uninstructed
vote on the first ballot, in many cases
commanding all or part Of the dele
gates from their home states are
ernor Coolidge, Massachusetts,; Sena-
tor Sutherland. West Virginia; Sena-
tor Poindexter, Washington; Senator
La Toilette, Wisconsin,; DR.. Murray
Nicholas Butler, New York; Herbert
Hoover, California, n Judge Pritch-
fSor1he carolina. '%saa.H'
BE Senator Poindexter has IA in
ltrpcted Votes from Washington:
Judge Prltchard. II from North Caro-
lima; Governor Coolidge, Is from Mas
sachusetts, and other candidates have,
or expect to have. varying numbers.
Campaign managers here Of the
three candidates who are leading in
delegates actually instructed have
made definite claims as to the vote
they expect to receive in the
ton. Major General Woods head.
quarters has issued|a statement claim
ing he will have from 297 to 800 votes
on the first ballot, that he will gain
from IL to- 20 on the second ballot.
and that.ahE will be nominated ons tie
Third orsxonrth. u
IS The 4dhnsdt managers here say rS-
ports from their workers throughout
tho country shoy they willShave t3S5
votes on the first ballot and that the
senator will be nominated on the third
OF fourth.
Governor Lowden's MANAGERS give
no estimate of how many votes they
expect to have IN the first ballot, but
in q published statement have assured
the governor he will get the nomina-
ton with 322 votes. Theyapredict tho
break in his favor will come after the
third ballot. :.