The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-05
ALREADY ELIMINATED

drunk with power," or following the governors.
 ALREADY ELIMINATED
 If the situation really tapers down to MT. King and a rehearsed body of the uninstructed, the first stages of the con- vention will be the elimination of the leading candidates People differ as to the extent to which these men have all ready been virtually eliminated. Most observers agree that Governor Lowden has suffered seriously. His nomination is regarded as most unlikely.
 Many think that Wood also is vir- tually out of the running. But the dis organized state of the opposition leaves him still a possible. if an unlikely nominee Johnson is also possible, but unlikely.
 The real wish of the majority
 here in Chicago is to wash the
 slate clean of all three of these
 candidates, and if the uninstructed
 delegates can be rehearsed in their
 parts and the favOrite son dele-
 gates understand and play their
 roles, the slate will be washed
 clean and n fresh start made.
 ready got the tip to stick to their can didates. It was sent to the Massa chusetts delegates, who were told that if they stayed with Coolidge he would have chance to be nominated. The same word was passed to the Wash ington delegates, who are supporting Poindexter, but 1t was hardly neces- sary to make this suggestion. Since the campaign fund revelations in Washington the stock of all the favor ite sons has gone up. There is hardly one of them who does not figure that he has some hope of being the con- vention choice. Moreover. the dele to Wai fill thpV the winner more clearly than they do now They do not wish to lose their influ- ence by voting for the wrong man ot bv dissipating their strength among , candidates. Usually the course of q convention is to vote until the favorlte sons and other candidates with small following are eliminated and until concentration on the leaders is ef- fected.
 TO DISCARD LEADERS This is going to be topsy-turvy convention. Voting will proceed, as 1t looks now, until the leaders are ellml- mated. That may take long time; When the convention meets Lowuen' who few days ago looked promising will probably be disposed of in the m'no' of the majority. Johnson. unless he car arrange to be nominated, will probably
 20 before Wood This is so because while any danger of Johnson's nomlna' tion remains the convention will prop ably keep Wood in the field agalns , him. When Johnson and Lowden potr go, it will probably be because some un- ] derstanding has been reached as to wne will be the nominee.
 l Johnson will make his effort now ts win over to himself the petty leaders hera and the uninstructed delegates as they arrive in the next few days. He will try i to reach his understanding, make hl' | bargain give his bond, or whatever I 1 is which will remove the objections to hi' nomination. He made his appearance 1T Chicago yesterday but it is plain that nc | is not as powerful figure here as In tns Senate at Washington.
 l IMITATION OF ROOSEVELT !, His entry into Chicago was an lmltauoi
 of the Roosevelt entry in 1912 and lsie , He has the same headquarters in tn' l Auditorium hotel which Roosevelt had Il | 1916 A good crowd waited Tor him listened to him and cheered him, bu
 there was not the personal devotioi
 manifested to him that the crowd showed
 to Roosevelt After hearing him, tn l people melted away quickly. No on
 rushed to his headquarters to toucn th | hem of his garment.
 l If Johnson were a ~~,yer man thai
 he is. more magnetic, with constructiv' land inspiring programme, he could easll! run away with the party, so con1use' and leaderless it is. But Johnson seem likely to fail. for faults, like those Brutus, in himself. not in his stars.