Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-11
Balance of Po,uer Resting
So e.. With the ''Uninstructed
With Platform Animosities Swept Array,
81 G. O.P. Delegates Turn Attention
20, to Choice of Candidates.

, ed additional so or 100 votes was not
disclosed by the claimants.
Lowden supporters also were active
They asserted that they needed only
the adherence Of a strong eastern dele
CATION to the Illinois governors stand
ard to put him over. 1t was an oper
| secret that they were flirting with the
big New York representation, pledged
to Nicholas Murray Butler at the out.
set. and with some known Wood
strength in its ranks; but the ultimate
action Of the majority is as yet un'
decided.
Johnson supporters were very &C
tive openly during the evening hours
yesterday, treating the convention
camp to a taste of old-ttme methods In
the way of bands and banners. and a
stump oratory at the curb. What
they were doing otherwise toward tor
pedoing rival booms without warning
was not so clear. They made nc
claims beyond asserting that the Cali
fornian would show a steadily grow
ing strength as the balloting pro-
ceeded
Work for Prospective Candidates.
Dark-horse activity was very deep
beneath the surface. Workers for Gov
Sproul of Pennsylvania, for Butler,
and. darkest of them all. for Charles
Evans Hughes. were reported as con-
ferring and negotiating; but there
was no outward evidence Of their Ia
bors. One report had 1t that a group
of men who hold important places in
the party councils had caucused in
preparation for putting Judge Hughes
forward at the right moment with suf-
ficient initial strength to give the
movement winning impetus. If so.
they were careful to obliterate the
traces of their operations.
There was "a marked quiet among
the avowed adherents of Herbert
Hoover. In fact, doubt seemed to pre-
vail that he would be placed in nomi-
porters were not revealed.
Delegates were busy today with
press copies of the platform as 1t was
adopted. The great majority had
caught only its general drift when
Senator Watson. chairman of the reso-
lutions committee, presented the draft
that was uproariously approved. Re
lief over the fact that an open rup-
ture on the league of nations issue
had been averted and party harmony
restored outweighed all other con-
siderations at that time.
Undoubtedly the struggle on the
league issue has had an effect on
the candidacy of the chief aspirants
to the nomination 1t brought the
the aftermath. the chips and shavings
and discarded league pianks left by
the platform trainers when they fin
ished the job. has not all been swept
up: but none of the candidates pro-
fessed to be anything but elated by
the result. radically differing as their
views on the league question may be.
There was no means of assessing the
strength any OF the chief trio may
have gained or lost because OF that
outstanding clash Of the convention.
Senator Lodge Sees Delay.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,.
chairman of the convention. did not
expect that the presidential nominee
would be selected in time to permit
balloting on the vice presidency be-
fore Saturday. There are almost as
many vice presidential booms as there
are residential candidates, but they
have received only passing attention
In convention circles at large thus
far.
The question Of naming a candidate
for Vice President is interviewer with
the result of the presidential race.
Political consideration. based on the
two candidates hail, and the party's
strength therein. always influence the
vice presidential selection. AS q rule
It has been the custom Of all parties
to pick a man for the strength he
would add to the ticket at a crucial
point, SO leaders generally were not
inclined to attempt to cross the vice
to it. and knew what river they want
ed to cross.