The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
DELEGATES CONTESTS
 ALL DISPOSED OF TO
 LOWDEN ADVANTAGE
PRE- CONVENTION
 BULLETINS
By Associated Press


 Chicago June 5.-Opposition to picket national woman's party was voiced here today by Mrs. J. W. McGraw, execc utive chairman of the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association. Mrs. McGraw added that the board of managers of the association. which represents 2oo.- 900 members, had frequently gone on record as being opposed to picketing or any other kind of militant methods.
 Chicago, June 5.-Gov. Frank o. Low den, will not make his proposed call on the other presidential candidates today, The governor contracted a rather severe cold on Memorial Day and while much better his physicians would not authorize his leaving his apartment He plans to meet the newspaper men later in the day in his rooms, however
 Chicago, June 5.-Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of New York, presidential can didate, who arrived today, issued state nlent on presidential primaries and the League of Nations.
 ''1he presidential primary" he said, "is a fraud on the American people. It is participated in by very small H1i- nority of republicans and by number of socialists, communists and a few democrats who want to make trouble for us. I am in favor of sending an unin- structed delegation to the convention.
 "I will not uphold President Wilson $ stand for the League of Nations, but shall do my utmost to compel the re- publicans to uphold the tradition of the party for constructive measures instead of confining itself to mere destructive criticism. The situation demands that we protect ourselves and then go ahead aiding in the reconstruction needed throughout the world"
 Chicago, June 5-Reporting on his in quiry among republican presidential can didates Virgil G. Hinshaw, chairman of the prohibition party, said tonight that most of them were ''pussyfooting" or the prohibition issue.
 Governor Lowden has come the nearest to making a statement of real meaning of any of the candidates, he said. MT. Hinshaw's statement was made after personal visits to presidential row.
 The prohibition chairman reports that General Wood told him he was waiting for the platform committee to act. MT Hinshaw made several calls at the John. son headquarters without result, he said Chicago, June 5-Street sales o1 tickets to the republican convention were ordered investigated by H. W Mager collector of internal revenue. to- day Seventy-five men were detaild te work. The federal law requires persons selling tickets in this manner to pay 5t per cent of the price received to the government. Collector Mager said 1bda, that the sale of three tickets at $s0 each had been reported to him and tha he intended to collect the governments share.
 l Chicago. June 5.-Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago tonight issued z l signed statement in which he declined l to be a candidate for reelection as re publican national committeeman Mayo Thompson's action was taken. he said because he "cannot and will not accep election to an office the forceful ad ministration of which might make m, a party to the purchase of the high of I flee of President of the United States.'' l Chicago, June 5.-The golden poppie. l special, with it's carload of California; favorite flowers on ice. rolled in iron l the west tonight, bringing one hundred and fifty Hiram Johnson boosters iron l the Pacific coast. Senator Johnson greeted the Californians at the clos of the parade through the loop dstric ! and assured them of his confidence il victory in the convention next week. l Chicago. June 5.-W w Atterburv vice president of the Pennsylvania rail road and one of Pennsylvana's delegate at large, in a formal statement tonight declared the Pennsylvania delegation would be for Governor Sproul first, las
 and all the time.' This. coupled wit
 the statement by Senator Knox that h regretted he could not be at the conven 1 tion to have the pleasure of casting :, vote for the Pennsylvania governor wa taken by the political sharps as havin the makings of a Sproul dark hors | boom