The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-11
SULLIVAN SEES
PROBABILITY Of
WOODS WINNING
NO OTHER CANDIDATE.
NEARLY so STRONG
Declares the Wood Momen-
tum BecomingStronger with
Each Passing Hour.
By MARX SULLIVAN.
Special Telegram 70 rhs fntslltg snesS
and New York Evening Post.
CHICAGO. Ills. Juno 10.

CHICAGO. Ills. Juno 10.
Tomorrow the ballut!ug begins. As TO
the probable result ono posiilH" thing
ran be said, tho candidates nli stand
ia exactly tho cams relation 10 each
other that they stood ak months ago.
wood 10 In Tho lead, markedly In mo
lead, ha has always been Ia tho laaI.
with tho exemption OF peasieiS week
has never been a time when Wood hnHn
led tho resl There was Il day or t~o
last week when Wood seemed TO have
shipped behind Lowden, but IN ia" ludg-
merely hotel atmosphere, Chicago Is
LoSden's Town and l."wdaR's stat" ana
the more Important local papers favor
him, That IL all tina temporary rcl paa
1T Wood meant As soon IA IN" deln-
gales began to arrive and AZ nunn AS
The opinion began TO mako tho color OK
tho atmosphere Wood WAS asatn where
he always has been, emphe tically In the
lead,
Woods load has Increased from day
10 day, To-day no IL farther ahead OF
i4r~dnn and everybody aisS thnn at any
previous time. I think hs Is gainin:
small numscr OF deicgAtHS from day 70
day. Certainly nc has 6ccn gaining
ot delegates. at least In the not lens
Important clement OF compactpess. 10y
Ally and prestige.
Wood Nay Not win.
There IS not now and never has oeen
any reason to forecast Woods certain
crlcat. Wood may not win; no ono
can predict that ne will win. but ne IS
end always has been In the strongest
position. At the opening OF tho ballot
INK AT the others are In the sam rsla,
lions 10 him that they always have been
Lowden decidedly second. Johnson =
roor third. and the dark horse feld so
biz and 50 mixed that there isn't Any
US" OF distinguishing among them.
l-., this nbylpIS has han
rrned at every turn. There have been
threatened surprises. threatened sensa.
tions threatea~d oVerturns. None OF
them has happened. or all the exciting
events no ono Of them has had a perma-
nent effect on tho relation ot the cand!-
aateS to each other, Tho expected and
the predicted has happened every time.
ss Tns sTSHf Of tha sHS TS" SFnioE notma shns the
expected thing, was that the platform
should be against ratification. For for
sY-elKht hours here II looked a. II that
was going TO be upset. but II wasn't
upset sd' In tho end the expected happen
Rxpsossd happening.
All this momentum or the usual points
70 Wood. Wood may hc defeated. IL
ne Is that viii bo the trst instance In
this entire campaign. beginning the end
ns last January. when anything wlll
have happened which WIS not N" OBJ
Gus result OF tho cards as they lie.
undor heart breaking handIcaps. II has
survived assaults and mlsadventureS
whtch nearly everyone thought would
wreck Il. There had TO be a huge mo-
mentum In tho Wood movement 10 get
where Il Is That momentum Is strong
er today than ever before.
Woods nomination Is the natural out
como. He can be defeated but IL -
harder for bis enemies 10 beat him than
Il Is for him to win. The nom lnatlon
OF Wood IS the likeliest thing TO happen
ANY other outcome can only be accom-
plished BY his opponents reaching a
strength and compactneSS that they
have never before had.
Heea woods Success
All this Is a mere statement Or Woods
relation to the other candidates and
20 tho situation as whole. The pre-
Sention Of Woods winning ~ an out
como that can be readily happen. bat
tho success Of Wood can happen more
readily than the success Of any othHr
candidate Tho cards as thcr II" potnr
toward Woods success and do not point
toward the success OF any other ono IN
aividual. The following facts are indts-
putable:
Wood bcslns the ballotins as a strong
.eader
No other one candidate enters the