The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-06-02

CHICAGO. June 2.---Political forces
are gathering slowly here and while
the pre-convention circle has It's usual
line OF gossip ana prediction. no
political leader Of recognized i'm
portance has up to this time been
willing to attach his name to a def
inite prediction Of whom the repub-
! lican convention viii name as its
candidate or when II Is likely to do It.
The end of the week with the prob
able adjournment OF congress. how
ever, viii bring nli the national lead
ors TO Chicago and by Saturday or
Sunday convention plans are expected
TO begin taking definite form.
Representatives Of the militant
branch OF the woman suffrage are on
the ground preparing TO picket the
convention hail to enforce their de-
rhand for a platform declaration call
ing on the states which have not rati-
fled the woman suffrage amendment
To do 90 at once. The national COM
mittee yesterday by unanimous vote
called upon all republican states to
act promptly on the ratification. The
national committeeman are enjoying
q joke at the expense OF General T.
Coleman Dupont. Of Delaware. who
introduced tho resolution. The gem
erals motion called for prompt ratlfi-
cation Of the eighteenth amendment.
which is the prohibition amendment.
The resolution was passed In that
form but after the mistake WIS dis
covered Il was corrected.
johnson Due Tomorrow.
The johnson forces are counting on
burst of speed with the arrival Of
Senator johnson here tomorrow. A
street parade and demonstration have
been arranged. 4 large delegation OF
service men who saw service with the
American forces In Siberia. which the
senator fought to have returned
home. will be In the escort.
Senator Harding Is coming also on
/ Thursday. General wood II here and
at his headquarters at Fort sheridan.
and Governor Lowden already is here.
Thus, after tomorrow, four OF the
presidential candidates will be on the
ground comforting with their forces
IN person and a more definite line OF
pre-convcntion speculation probably
viii be one OF the first results.
In the coming convention. the un-
instructed delegates are holding the
balance Of power and already plans
for sounding out their preferences
are being discussed. 4 caucus of the
uninstructed ones some time after
Sunday is one OF the plans hcing can
Nassed quite irrespective of any de-
cislons the national committee may
make on the pending contests. the un-
instructed delegates will still remain
In the majority and the managers OF
the various candidates are working ON
plans to bring them to their support.
To Ignore Prohibition.
Such discussion of the platform
plCnks as is going on among the ma
tional committeeman seems 10 indi-
cate that u majority feel that the
prohibition question may be regarded
as one not necessarily to be included
because the issue has been written
into the constitution and has become
law of the land Many committee
men feel that the suffrage question Is
a parallel one In many respects, be-
cause Il has been put before the
states with the endorsement OF the
party and is awaiting ratification.
In the field OF foreign relations
there seems To be an agreement OF
opinion that the Mexican plank viii
follow the ptunourCcmont Of four
years ago IN which the democratic
administrations policy was denounc-
ed. and as regards the peace treaty
and the league OF nations the plank
adopted hy the Indiana state republic
can convention may serve as u nu-
cleus Tor the plank In the national
platform No one ON the ground as
yet peesumos to venture what the la
bor plank viii be but there seems To
he a common agreement that IL will
I probably be the most difficult one
to frame.