Evening journal., 1920-06-12

expectancy OF 'sOmoihinc doing"
The Senatorial group was reported /
today 10 have decided 10 attempt TO /
seize the reins OF the convention and /
win the nomination for senator War
rem c. Harding.
The alleged decision, said 90 have /
been reached at a conference shortly /
before dawn. was understood TO have /
been Influenced largely by the declar- |
alton OF Senator William Borah, |
spokesman for senator Hiram John !
son. that he would support neither 7
Major General Leonard Wood nor
Governor Lowden.
Il will support no man who Is not
clean he said, adding that a million
and half Of dollars had been spent In
the interest OF Wood and that no
man can ride into the White House
on Pullman car"
Johnson. who ran third throughout
yesterdays balloting was believed 10
/ hold the key 10 the deadlock which
the delegates themselves were deter
mined 90 break as they prepared 10 re-
assemble for the NTH session Of the
convention at 10 o'clock
Attending the overnight conference
In Senator Brandegee's suite at the
Blackstone were senator Lodge. Sena-
tor Watson. senator Smoot senator
; | Charles Curtis, Senator Mcdill McCOr-
mick, Senator New, Senator James
WadswOrth, Jr., Senator Frelinghuy-
b sen. senator Selden p. Spencer and
Senator Calder.
Harding himself spent some time In
the meeting. Johnson was at the
Blackstone also but 10 could not be
learned definitely whether he was in
touch with the Senatorial conference.
- Aside this conference. New, Smoot
and Watson were directing powerful
; drive for Harding support on the dele
gates themselves, particularly those
!. from New England and the Middle
West.
d Entirely independent Of the report
ed Senatorial drive for Harding, d was
!, rimored that the organization nomi-
nally headed by Senator B0ies Pen
rose had decided 20 get behind two OF
the first days second string candi-
}; dates-Harding and Governor William
c. Sproul. Should the delegates reac-
tion prove unfavorable, 10 was believ-
!, ed the guardsmen, who still claim 70
hold the balance OF power would
throw their full strength and tell
q. johnson TO do his worst.
+ The first bolt from the Johnson
4, support was looked for from the
Michigan delegation which caucused
m last night. This States 30 votes
were pledged through a preferential
4, primary. Il was tentatively agreed
day the delegation should vote sohdly
for johnson as usual and that one oi
/; the members should then challenge
the vote. permitting the delegaies to
3. express their personal preference.
tn Coliseum tried It's hand at NAM
ing a candidate yesterday and after
four attempts laid on TO take a rest.
Last night the Blackstone Hotel tool
>; over the job and the first blllo
today was expected 10 show whether
>: 10 was a hotel job or a convention hall
job The hotels system is a good doa
different from that Of the convention
hall and may prove TO have been sue.
cessful
n At the Coliseum the process con
sists OF the states fayoriie orato
a getting up and nominating the Slate
favOrite son In an impassioned speccl
>: defending Abraham Lincoln, while a
the same time, explaining that ihi
particular 2. $. Is the only Republican
who can carry Kentucky and Tonnes
see. zone such orator even went 81
FAR as 10 promise Alabama. Georgia
the Carolinas. Virginia and certail
?; / provinces or Texas. hui most or tnen
d. confined their offerings to the tw
Ie, States FIRST named.
Dl- Then the carefully arranged spon
a.; taneous demonstrations began, Oh
tired delegates and the tired partisan
mt In the galleries joining 10 make at Oh
les noise they can for as long as they car
10 Forty minutes is the marked tim
ial aimed al this year. Yesterday Woo
forces. throurh a mistake OF TIM
,th keeper brought theirs 10 an er
lay after 80 minutes. LOwden's men ar
women ran three minutes overtime
OF trying % collect time and a half pa
Ing according 30 one cynic-while JONI
'ut sons workers fell twelve mlnut
md short Of the mark. The less adNe
on tised candidates friends cOntenis
i'm themselves with hriefcr outbreaks
lte their uncomfortable feelings.
no Then the ballots were taken. re
ne vealing that nobody was likely tO
me nominated that day by conventiC
AN lhall process and adjournment cOu
to mot be prevented.
le- Meantime another group has be-
working with an entirely different s
zen OF figures. which reveal that by linil
lit lup two large States, one medium-siz
es- and three small ones. Governor Spro
lis will haev the requisite i93.
lay Nominating Speeches.
Charles d. Wheeler. OF San Fra
all cisco. placed Hiram Johnson in non
10 nation.
Wheeler drove hard on the clai
m that JOhnson's nomination would a
the sure Republican victory.
Zen "DO YOU want another four yea
ra- Of The Wilson family in the VIII
BOD House ?" he demanded III you /
sist that the father OF the dynas
ere shall abdicaie. do you want the pc
cen pie then 20 take up the Crown Prime
osi- In you do not. then why gamble wi
ra- chance? Why close your eyes TO q
obvious. Why not admit to you
al seves-that every man Of pOliti,
ors vision already knows-ihat there
the one Ropuhlican who can sweep {
and country: whose nomination W
ash carry with it the absolute certain
OF election"
ga The platform alone won't win
row election It's the candidate the ps
hey pie vote for.
ex. He defended Johnson agair
cut charges OF being a red" saying q
Dw- he was a radical only In his attitu
ck- toward financial ghouls." "weal
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