Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-27
INSTRUCTED
VOTES PUT
u. WOOD AHEAD
Still Has Less Than One
third of Required Num-
% Der to Win.

Chicago May 27.-Candidates for
the republican nomination for the
presidency today opened their final
drive to capture the 493 votes that
spell victory in the convention which
opens here one week from next Tues
day.
The last Of the 9s4 delegates who
will sit in the convention were select
ed yesterday when Vermont republi-
cans met and chose eight delegates.
Major General Leonard Wood, pres
ent returns show. will enter the con-
vention with more instructed votes
than any other candidate, but his total
of 1853 is less than one-third Of the
number necessary to win. The division
OF strength among the large field, of
"favorite sons" practically precludes
any possibility of nomination on the
first ballot.
To File Contests.
One hundred and forty-five contests
have been. or will be fled more than
one seventh of all seats in the con-
vention being at, stake and the ma
tional committee which meets here
Monday to decide these contests and
prepare the temporary roll may ma
terially alter the prospects of several
candidates.
The principal contests are between
supporters of Major General Wood
and Governor Frank o. Lowden. Sen.
ator johnson and other candidates are
not directly interested in these con.
tests, but may raise questions regard
ing primary contests in South Dakota
New Jersey, Indiana, Michigan, Ne
braska and other states.
Make Big Gains.
Senator Hiram johnson and Sena.
tor Howard Sutherland of West Vir.
ginia were the principal gamers in
primaries and conventions held in four
states during the past week. Senator
Johnson, returns indicate will get nine
of Oregon's 10 votes and Senator
Sutherland 1e from west Virginia. The
OFFICIAL count has not been completed
in Oregon and West Virginia. Texas
republicans split into two factions
each of which elected an uninstructed
delegation with 23 votes.> =, ~
Division Shown.
Figures compiled here show the fol.
lowing division OF the convention vote
Major General Leonard Wood, 1853
Senator Hiram johnson, 109.
Governor Frank o. Lowden, "A.
Favorite sons and uninstructed
I'm the fAvorite son list senator War.
gil Wa ssiS1S4nOlfl6 arA+4tzaS d. sfKOkSS yIrOn
Ohio; sanxt6f Sutherland 1s from
West Virginia, Senator Miles Poindex'
ter is expected 20 receive Washing.
toms IA, and Judge Pritchard Of North
Carolina is expected to get. II of his
! states % votes.
Campaign managers here of the
three leading candidates all. claim vic.
tory in statements issued last, night
The Wood and Johnson camps make
definite predictions as to their frs,
ballot vote. the supporters of the gen.
eral claiming Ss5 votes and those o1
the. senator s2s6. The Lowden forces
while processing their confidence. are
| not prepared to quote exact figures.
Work on the convention hall is pro.
crossing rapidly. and Charles R. Hall
superintendent of the Coliseum, has
assured the convention committee. thai
the more than $4,000 seats will be ir
place "a hours before the convention
is called to order by Chairman viii
H. Hays Of the national committee.
Extra balconies are being erected
to provide nearly 1000 more seats