New-York tribune., 1920-01-27

IN the Democratic platform and praised
governor Lowden without stint.
~, IN view OF the strength of General
900 IN other states with former
roosevelt men, the Lowden people
point with pride to the fact that such
men men as Harold l.. Ickes, of Chicago,
convention; Frank H. Funk. Procrcs.
sive candidate for Governor in 1912:
senator Medill Mccormick and George
n. Porter. Of Chicago, close personal
trends of President Roosevelt, are
dong all they can for Lowden.
Ihere is admittedly great, deal Of
Wood sentiment in the state, and the
wood people are confident the delepa-
,lon n VIII have at least liberal sprin-
KING OF men who will jump to Wood if
1T should develop that Lowden cannot
De nominated. This may or may not be
true, but 1t is very obvious that Wood
mas not inherited the Roosevelt follow
ing IN Illinois to anything like the en-
tent that he has in some other states.
notably Ohio.
Lowden to Win Primary
=, Illinois has preferential primary on
May 10. 1t is not definitely settled vet
whether General Wood will be entered.
mat will probably be determined by
events in the mean time. However, the
primary is not binding in its effect on
the delegates. The state convention
instructs the delegates from the dis
trlcts, who are elected by the people,
and the convention also selects the "big
four" There is no doubt whatever that
the Lowden people will be in full con-
troll, nor, for that matter, that Lowden
Will win the primary if any other candi-
date enters to contest it with him.
The Wood people here are very opti-
mlstic, despite their being surrounded
by favorite son enthusiasm. They
point to the fact thaa six Western
Governors have already come out for
Wood: Burnquist, Minnesota; Nor
beck, South Dakota; Allen, Kansas;
Shoup, Colorado; Campbell, Arizona,
and Larrazola, New Mexico. They are
very much cheered, also, with regard
to the Iowa situation, report having
come in that Governor Harding Of
people are very confident that Governor
Harding is for their man.
James j. McGraw, national commit
teeman from Oklahoma, will arrive
IN few days to take charge Of Wood
headquarters here, with Fred Stanley,
national committeeman from Kansas,
as his lieutenant.
The hotels here give the impression
that the convention might be next
week instead of on June 8. The Low
den people have suites at both the Con-
gress and Auditorium, the Wood people
nave nearly one whole side of a cor
ridor at the Congress. Coolidge head
quarters will be opened in a few days,
and both national committees have
headquarters.
Sullivan for Palmer
On the Democratic side it is con-
ceded by friends of the other candi-
dates, although thus far no Democratic
candidate has developed any enthusias-
tic support here, that Roger Sullivan
Will take the delegation to San Fran
cisco for A. Mitchell Palmer Mr.. Sulli-
van has made no secret of his friend
ship and admiration of the Attorney
General. He is said not to be par
ticularly friendly TO McAdoo, although
he has commented to friends that
Palmer and McAdoo have more ad-
mirers than any other candidates men
toned SO far for the Presidency. He
is known to be against the nomination
OF Herbert c. Hoover SO every one
here assumes that the Illinois delega-
ton will vote solidly for Palmer until
he is nominated or it is conceded that
he has no chance for the nomination.
Friends Of the Attorney General do
not think that his injunctions against
the coal strikers will hurt him much
despite the large number of coal
miners in Illinois. Despite the large
foreign population OF the state, and