The Washington times., 1920-06-11
ALL ACES HELD
BY OLD GUARD
Blythe Says Conservatives VIII
Win Unless MisdeaI Should
4 Occur Today,
NJ SAMUEL @ BLYTHE

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NJ SAMUEL @ BLYTHE
scopv,txht 1890. by Samuel @, blythsD
CHICAGO. June lin saying that
IN. decks are now cleared for action
In this convention IL must be under
stood that reference Is made 10 colo
dscka not lust plain decks, and that
there are hfty-two Jokers In eacn
deck, all running wild.
The dealing will begin today. Ex-
pert thumbs have been rosined, ana
AZ is expected that the cards VIII fail
about as planned. II. by any chance,
a non-orga nization dealer shall get
control, CONSERVATION, not TO say
chaos. will prevail. because IL Is the
intention of the mea who have work
ed unoe easingly for what they hope Is
forthcoming to do nothing that snail
in any way violate the preecdents.
traditions and necessities of the Re
publican party for conservative
candidate nominated by old and time
tried methods.
Way IL shapes Up.
This is the way IL shapes up as to
the chief contenders:
WOOD.
It is expected that Wood will lead
on the first ballot and increase his
lead on the second and third ballots.
The mark the Wood strategists are
aiming for Is 400 votes. They say IL
they can get 400 votes by the third
ballot the other necessary ninety
three will come to them easily and
soon. The Wood managers will be
put to 1t to get 400 votes.
There is a solid last ditch formation
against them. They will probably
have between 500 and 400 at some one
time 1t is not expected that Wood
can last for many ballots unless he
shows great and increasing strength.
There Is no question that Woods sup
port was solidined yesterday and last
night.
Lowden Men Confident.
LOWDEN.
Back of Lowden is q Mississippi
Valley and Southwestern combination
that has held together well. THE
Lowden men have two things in mind.
The first Is the defeat of Wood. The
second is the nomination of Lowden.
They say that all assaults on them
have failed to shake them and that
all enticements offered have failed to
lure. 1t is not expected that Low
until after Wood is approaching his
minimum.
johnson Holds Strength.
JOHNSON.
The johnson men are holding we'll.
johnson will have fewer votes at the
start than either Wood or Lowden.
His managers say their candidate will!
increase in strength. This is quite
nrnh ms n n
to other places are likely to be al
loted to johnson in the early ballot
ing.
Chance For Harding.
HARDING.
Failing Lowden, the men opposed to
Wood and Johnson are inclined to
make. trial with Harding. Harding
fits the specifications of the men who
are in control of the party as to his
personal and partisan brand of Re-
publicanism. Harding will not be
conspicuous in the early balloting,
and may never be, but he Is held in
reserve as a safe-and-saner useful in
case Of a jam.
Leading Dark Horne.
SPROUL
The Governor Of Pennsylvania has
tive candidates for the past three
days Great efforts have been made
to line up support for him as a sec
ond choice after the preliminary
trials have shown the strength and
weakness of the others mentioned.
He may prove a serious contender.
Hoover Propaganda
HOOVER.
The Hoover supporters move mys-
teriously their candidate to put over.
They have capacious sleeves and say
there is much UP those sleeves. All
the delegates, as regards Hoover,
must be shown, although a tremen-
dous telegram and letter propaganda
has been set in motion for the Cali
fornian.
Coolidge Is Press Agent
COOLIDGE.
II 4. still a mooted question whether
Governor Coolidges campaign Is to
advertise his book. or his book is to
advertise Governor Coolidge. Massa-
chusetts says Massachusetts is for
Coolidge
Talk OF Hays
HAYS.
Failing Lowden, the same block of
men that support Lowden, or some OF
the most powerful of them, think a
situation may arise in which Hays
can be injected with success. Mr.
Hays hopes SO.
The rest are opportunists. hoping
that something advantageous to them
NAV turn up p-each Mark Tapley
and a good many OF them marks with
out the Tapley.