Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-10
CONVENTION MAY
URGE RATIFICATION
AND DROP JOHNSON
Signs of Split in Party Continue
to Multiply Hour by
Hour.
SPROUTS CANDIDACY
S GAINING STRENGTH

Coliseum, Chicago. June lO--Hittlng
on all cylinders, the Republican conVeh-
tion machine swept on yesterday toward
the nomination, leaving - dust anu sineil
in its wake for consolation OF those VINO
would dispute its class.
Henry Cabot Lodge by grace OF his Old
Guard credentials and support. became
Henry Cabot Lodge, permanent chairman
with not even a ripple of opposition. tie
won tremendous applause when nc an
nounccd he would not make speech.
The hall was very hot. The report OF
the credentials committee. upholdlng the
national committees decisions on ail hui
four contests of any Importance. likewise
wont through on creased skids. the rumor
that the Mood forces would take an
appcal from the unscatlng OF their
Georgia delegates fading into the atmos-
pherc.
A minority report on tho Tennessee
contest had been reported, hut y WIS
withdrawn without fight
PLATFORM STILL NOT READY.
This done. the convention settled down
10 mark time pending report ny Tue
resolutions committee and the expected
clash on the treaty plank Nj that Sent
tor Lodge had to- announce on that score
was that the committee cravod the ihdul-
CONGO of the convention and could only
rcnort progress 1T this stage.
10 keep the waiting delegates IN good
bumnr Chauncev NJ Depcw was put on
The rostr,Im. Dcrcw was IN good form
In two minutes he had the oiiSeum
rocking with laughter aud cheers rs TIC
satlred the President peace treaty
and Mr. Wilson's course at faris
Tho convention skirtcd completely
clear Of the question of reducing the
concentration Of the South IN the kc-
rlhhcan conventions. abiding hN the
rlIlcs adopted IN 1916 for the present
assembly.
RrNoRs OF SPLIT MULTIPLY.
With the organization forces, now
thoroughly rcsuscitated. grimlN deter
mined upon the elimination both q
Johnson and his no-trcaty issue. he talk
Vi 4 party split grows louder n the
johnson quarters.
Whether Johnson himself i to lead
such split III the face of his pre-conven-
non promise. moi to bolt. or whether the
load is to bc taken bv Borah. or whether
there Is to bo ANYTHING IN the nature Of
an organized bolt. the spirit Of revolt IS
IN the AIR.
Onc chance alone seems to remain
Win Johnson IL liAAtl stt'iE ~ ilFtAt AttltitaN
with the partx organization. hut II i eN-
,rrnrly doubtful If hc would take i
l.mI>saricS arc continuing to 60 to hlm
from the organization offering mm see
ond place ON the ticket Thus far he has
~rornfullv rejected every such propose
and his supporters ridicule the suggestion,
TREATY COMPROMISE DOUBTFUL
Conferences held far into the night
rt,vis -
compromise on the treaty plank. although
tho pvcr-shreWd and resourcoful Senator
Inn Watson. ol Indiana. chairman az
the resolutions committee, had not aban-
doncd altogether his efforts IN that
direction when tho convention recon
Ncncd Yesterday When the tired and
tn some cases. dlsglstcd conferecs sought
thcr beds last night the program still
seemed fixed for a platform plank lnder>-
lnf ratification ol tho treaty with proper
ur suitable reservations.
The determination to smother the
johnson candidacy and the apparent m
tent 20 abandon further attempts af
compromise on the treaty Issue have
made all tho more difficult the efforts
az the old-hne leaders 10 find >lh~t
tutc with whom the party can
November Within "a hours a t...>
Of some sort i anticipated which viii
point the way 10 selection upon whom
.ll the antl-10hnson forces can unite.
Tho old-hnc leaders arc becoming IN
creasIngly ANXIOUS to get the business
over with aS quickly as possible. reallz-
lng that a tired convention Is apt to get
out of hand Rapid and sudden shifts
may he looked for after the first one Or
two ballots are taken. and with few
such shufflings the leaders arc hoping
that the deck can be got III shape for
the final deal
The feeling ont canvasses which the
organization leaders have made of the
various delegations have developed a
growing disposition to wipe the slate
clcau of all three of the leading rivals
III Johnson Wood. L0wdcn and Hard
lnC and 10 try and concentrate upon a
second liner or a dark horse But they
have not succeeded in centering upon
the individual as vet.
sPRoUI. GAINING GROUND.
The Sproul candidacy Is gaining some
strength due partly to the composing
of differences within the PENNSYLVANIA
delegation. with its 70 votes as a nucleus
and partly 10 the fact that the leaders
arc lending il encouragement in the hope
that he after all might be the Moses to
lead the way out Of the wilderness
Here again, however, is a candidate
embarrassed by his management, for
tho fact that W W Atterburv. vice
president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Is his principal booster is mouthful
which the Western delegations find hard
to swallow.
such Knox talk as there is based pri- |
marllv on the thought that both John
son and Borah would find it possible to
support him because Of his irreooncilable
stand in the Senate on the peace treaty
and one hears oft repeated the sugges-
ton OF a knox-Johnson ticket. with
Hiram IN second place, as an ideal solu-