South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-06
PARTY PLANKS
ARE BATTLING
G.O.P.LEADERS
League of Nations and Indus
trial Relations Issues
Must Be Solved.
By Associated Press

| between the various aspirants for
/ the republican presidential nomina-
| ton Is momentarily obscured by a
| preliminary contest over the plat
/ form.
One is the League OF Nations
plank and the other is the indus
| trial relations plank. The latter
| is acknowledged TO be loaded with
| dynamite and the former is so sur
| rounded by counter claims that IL
| has been arranged and that IL has
not been arranged that the real
/ truth OF the situation is not appar-
| ent.
Almost all Of the practical poll
| ticians here, however. predicted to-
day that any coalition OF party lead
| ers which presents the successful
solution for the league Of nations
| plank Will be made 10 nominate It's
| candidate for the presidency.
Center OF Discussion.
| The League Of Nations plank in
| the Indiana state republican plat
form. written by Sen Watson who Is
| the foremost candidate for chair
| man Of the resolution committee.
| seems to be the nucleus around
| which the discussion is centering
| and 10 may provide the basis for the
|
| that the republican party denounces
| the League OF Nations as il was
| brought from Versailles by Pres't
| Wilson but il does not close the
door % its acceptance with reserva-
lions.
AT that point the reservationists
OF various degrees and the irrecon-
| cilable appears as the elements 10
be brought into harmony.
Most OF the party whips seem TO
be agreed that the convention can
not take any action which could be
construed as a reputation OF the
republican leaders in the senate.
| Compromise seems TO be inevitable
and the predictions of the field
/ marshals is that the compromise
Will develop the candidate.
Side Line Fight.
On the side lines of the big fight
| there is a scrimmage going on be-
| tween the leaders of the party in
| congress and the leaders of the par
| " throughout the states. Many OF
the latter have come to Chicago
| openly expressing the feeling that
senators and representatives have
had too much 10 say in the decisions
OF the party's affairs and that some
| consideration must be given to the
| chieftains from the provinces. The
| statement Of Gov. Beeckman OF
| Rhode Island that he was not sure
| whether he was going TO a "republ-
| can convention or a senatorial eau
Gus" has been construed as a notice
from the governors and state lead
ers that they will demand 10 be
| heard
Judging by their degree Of pre-
| convention activity. Wood. Lowden
and Johnson might properly be des-
| ignated The big three" On one
proposition their managers are sur
| iy agreed. They all CLAIM victory.
| They all differ as 10 how il is TO be
achieved or on what ballot It is TO
be but they assure all inquirers
| there is no doubt about *.
| Seventy-two hours before Sen.
Lodges gavel dropped in the big
| coliseum, a composite talking ma
| chine record Of the expressions OF
| the managers would say: I'VE are
| perfectly satisfied with the situation.
The strength OF our candidate is
| steadily increasing
Express Sentiments.
| The sentiments expressed on the
| streets. presumably reflecting the
views Of the man up the tree. are as
| many and as varied as the number
| OF candidates one hears with the
greatest degree OF finality "LOwden
or a dark horse" and "Johnson af-
| ter the third ballot" or Wood af-
| ter all the others have been elimin-
ated."
A seeker after information made
/ il a point today 10 ask each of the
personal managers what the week OF
| preliminaries had brought forth
They all gave the same answer. IT
was: There are something's go
| ing on under the surface, but they
haven't been disclosed as yet"
And according 10 the best indlca-
/ tons. what has been going on has
| been an attempt 10 get all elements
| together on n harmonious platform
and at the same time estimate the
real strength and staying qualities
/ of the various forces so that plans
might be made accordingly.
I Exhibition DAYS.
! Monday. Tuesday and probably
| Wednesday are expected 10 be ex-|
| hibition days at convention hall
| Organiza ton will have TO be per-
| feCted as a matter Of course and
while the delegates are being en-
tertained by the big brass band up in
the balcony and by keynote speech
es and the best orators and enter
tainers the party has, the resolutions
committee. working night and day
at one OF the hotels will be striving
10 bring up the basis OF an accepta-
bic agreement and the various whips
will have their scouts out recording
the preferences and learnings Of the
uuinstructed delegates. They will al
so be keeping a close eye on the in
structed Delegations 20 make sure
that they do not break away. In
some cases already the Johnson,
Wood and Lowden forces among
themselves are claiming the same
delegations. The adjournmeH that
follows the second or third ballot
probably will find the convention
ready 10 go over the top and noon
OF the next day will be the zero
hour That will De the time TO be
prepared for surprises BY then Il
is expected that the largest delega-