Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-14
HARDING WINS
ON SHOULDERS
OF OLD GUARD
Completes Prediction Pro-
gram That Started More
Than Year Ago.
HOW INDIANIANs LOST

Although early morning editions Of
Saturdays newspapers contained re-
ports that gave incontrovertible evil
dence of the trend to Warren G..
Harding of Ohio, 1t took the repub-
licans of indianapolis fully an hour
after he was nominated at Chicago
to realize that once again they had
been bunkoed by the two leading re-
publican papers of the state.
For throughout the whole Of a years
effort on the part of the real leaders OF
the republican party to control the Chi
cago convention. these two papers have
chosen to ignore the truth about their
party and deceive their readers in Indi-
ana as to who controlled it and why.
Now that the platform and the nomi-
nations have been made at Chicago, those
republicans who still persist in taking
as facts the crudely and selhshly pre-
sented misrepresentation Of political sf-
fairs by the paper whose publisher
doesn't believe in the sanctity of an oath
before notary public, must realize these
facts:
1. There never was in the whole OF
the United States sufficient sentiment for
Gen. Leonard Wood to make him the
republican nominee.
2 There never was, in the whole re-
publican party, sufficient Independent
thought to compel the framing Of plat
form along any other lines than those
that would make It wholly safe for any
candidate whom the political leaders
might find It expedieut TO nominate.
g. There never was a time when what
has been variously designted as the sen
atorial cabal." the "old guard" the re
actionaries." the "standpatters." the
bosses etc, did not have and did not
exercise complete control Of the repuo-
lican party, not only in Indiana, but In
the whole country.
These facts might as we'll have been
recognized a year ago last April as to-
day.
Those political observers who had no
axe to grind did recognize them more
than a year ago.
There would have been general rec
ogultion Of them In Indiana had not u
served better the selfish interests OF the
little Clique of politicians IN Inciana TO
ignore them. pretend to be leading
winning hght and thereby divert public
consideration from the unwholesome can
dltions into which the republican party.
particularly in Indiana. has fallen In the
last eight years.
HOW HARDING
GOT HIS CHANCE.
Perhaps, now that the program has
been worked out its entire length. Il
wonld do no harm 70 tell how the nomi-
nation OF Warren q Harding was made
possible
II Is story ~ movement that started
a year ago last spring.
Al that time some of the more practical
politicians Of the country gathered In the
east and looked over the field for possi-
billties.
They saw no outstanding figures and
they entered into an agreement among
themselves TO bring about a situation in
the republican ranks wherein several
strong candidates might be presented TO
the Chicago convention FOR the purpose
OF covering their real operations.
Gen. Leonard Wood was one OF those
whom they were willing to let lead the
parade
Gov. Frank o Lowden was another.
As between Lowden and Wood the for
iner was. Ct course. much more accept
able to these plotters.
Senator Hiram johnson was the cp-
position. As long as he opposed both
Lowden and Wood he was a welcome
figure in the campaign.
As long as these three men fought
each other there was little chance OF
victory for anv one Of them.
Therefore. the primary and pre-pri-
mary tight among those three men fitted
ia welt with the schemes of the gentle
men who did nof propose that any one
Of them should be the nominee.
Among these gentlemen who were not
In the leaSt disturbed by futile efforts
(Cont.nued on Page Nine.)