Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-12

ferees as qualified.
 Chicago, June 11.-At midnight the maneuver and conferring among the convention leaders were at it's high est, and centered at conference at one of the downtown hotels with Senator Lodge, Senator Shoot, Sen ator Watson, former Senator W. Mur- ray Crane, Senator Borah and others present.
 Other conferences were going on at other hotels and various clubs. The Wood Headquarters expressed satls- faction With the situation Lowden Headquarters was predicting accession tomorrow to start the governor toward the necessary majority, and it was known that compromise offers of va rious sorts were being carried to Johnson headquarters.
 While the Pennsylvania delegation was caucusing and agreeing to stand by Governor Sproul as long as they feel he has a chance the Lowden fore es were counting on gains from that quarter or a break up which they were expecting tomorrow and both the Lowden and Wood forces were estl- mating possible gains from New York. Both the Wood and Lowden forces had their eyes turned toward the Michigan block, which has been standing sol idly for Jonhson. Lowden headquar ters was also counting on a gain from Wisconsin if the 22 Lafollette votes should break up.
 Both Lowden and Wood forces were claiming gains from break they pre- dicted in the Michigan block.
 Conferences were continually going on at Wood headquarters, and also at Governor Lowden's rooms at his hotel.
 A. T. Hert, national committeeman from Kentucky, who cast the Ken lucky vote solid for Lowden on all but the first ballot, today predicted Low den would be nominated Saturday.
 "One thing seems assured beyond doubt," said he. "It will either be Lowden or a dark horse.'
 Talk Dark Horses.
 Fred Upham, national treasurer and another Lowden leader, said:
 "The race will be settled before morning. New York and Pennsylva- mia can swing the nomination wherev- CT they want it to go."
 It was said overtures from the Wood forces were being carried to the Johnson camp. With the argument that the Johnson forces were the nat ural allies of the Wood group to pre- vent the nominat tion of Governor LOW den.
 Floor Leader Knox of the Wood forces was understood to be in nego- tiation with some of the Johnson dele gates from the northwest,
 Talk of Senator Knox as compro- mise arose again coincident With the series of conferences and carried Wlth if the argument that he would have the support of Senator Johnson.
 Governor Coolidge's name also was associated with the Knox talk.
 Senator Poindexter, himself can didate. said he did not believe Wood or Lowden could pull 400 votes.
 "Inevitably the delegates, seeing this situation" he added, twill in the effort to make a nomination, go to other candidates and it is possible and indeed probable that combinations will be found creating new alignment which will in turn lead to new dead locks. and in my opinion it will be some time before nomination IS reached.
 CT fo not think the winner can De named now, but he will be soon de- veloped.
 New York Caucus.
 Senator Harding made personal statement in which he said:
 CT am very we'll satisfied tonight Tho outlook for some one in the sec ond row of contenders has never been hr;obter at any time during the con- ventlon. 11;
 A large majority of the Hardine votes cast today are pledged to Wood os a second choice. Some members ol the delegation said tonight that II Senator Harding released them they would feel free to go where they nleased if their votes would not De o' pss;stance to the Wood candidacy.
 The Lowden men were calculating that if they succeeded in gettlhe ac