New-York tribune., 1920-04-01
Maine l. Solid
For Gen Wood.
Outlook Shows
Twelve Delegates Will Go
to Chicago Uninstr.,,ctcd:
Much Talk of Mr.. Hoover
i'll the Pinc Tree State
Desn,.'>''' Is 1 II Palmer
Sentiment Overwhelmingly
Against. Entering Wilson
as ThMd-Tcr.l Candidate

ALGt STA, Me, March 31.-Maine
never i'istructs her egations TO ma
t1onal CO Nventions, no, even when she
mas MJorite son, so the twelve dele
gates 70 Chicago, while they arc ex-
pected to vote for Leon; I'd Wood, are
going without orders. The twelve dele
gatcs TO San Francisco are expected
70 vote for a. Mitchell Palmer. Will
IAN L. Pattangall, generally regarded
as the Democratic boss of Maine, and
chalrman Of the state committee. is
strong for the Attorney General. =.
IS the national committeeman, Daniel
j. McGillicuddy, former member of
The House of Representatives and one
OF the assistants on the Wavs and
Means Committee there in framing the
present tariff law
The try ,tion against instructinc
delegates TO national conventions goes
back long ways in Maine. When
James u. blaine was candidate for
the Republican nomination Maine Re-
publicans. although onthusiasticailv
tor MIN, " no necessity OF changing
their rule, 80 the delegation went un~
luStruSt"d
Ai'V ai'"'N 10 instruct TOR Wood,
nc yer, apparently has given lot
OF nope 30 managers for some of the
opposing candidates The Lowden
NJ. gers. according to wires received
mere, claimed that four of the twelve
delegates were Lowdcn men.
peleg.,es All for Wood
There is absolutely nothing to
that sad ul.y y. Gannett. state SEN
ator and '"obahly the next Repub-
lican National Committeeman, when
asked about. this. Cali OF the
delegates are Wood men. and were
known to be Wood men before thcv
; we're named. We simply followed the
old Maine tradition of not instructinp
our delegates The Lowden managers
cannot name the four delegates thcv
arc claiming, because they simply
aren't there.
"'Of coul the twelve delegates who
VIII represent. our party at Chicago
ON VOL ic'c Wood il they find that
ne has a thance. If that should be
the case, which do not think at all
likely, Che delegates would use their
own Judgment and vote for tho man
they, thought best for the interests of
the. Republican party
G. Ganhctt ought to know some
'hlrG about the inclinations Of the
twelve delegates. He was much inter
eHted in THEN choice, since the votes of
cheese twelve men VIII elect the new
. national committeeman, md Mr. Gan
nett is q candidate for that honor. His
friends claim that he will get ten of
the twelve votes
II waa this fighting for the national
comm tteeship \. J. swee, being one
OF the ylgol aus contestants against
Mr.. Gannett and sights looking for
ward to the days when political plums
viii be handed out 10 Re- abicans from
the White House once more that gave
color to ,ne stories tha: the Maine
delegates were not 100 per cent Wood
men. One or TWO Last minute changes
III the slate. bromght alb, ut as the
result OF these tights, caused the
suspicion. especially us one of the mcn
LETT of the slate was particularly
strong Wood boomer
Hoover IS being much d iscussed here
by RepUbllcaxs ard Democrats. as we'll
as independents. He is not being