Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-07
ONE Of BIC 8
Or DARK HORSE
WILL BE NAMED
FOR PRESIDENT
Neither Wood, Johnson Nor
LoWden Has Enough Votes
to Win, Which May Re-
suit in a Surprise Nominee
SITUATION ADMITTED
TO BE BADLY MIXED
Representatives of Various
Candidates Make Wild
Claims; Nomination on
First Ballot Not Possible.

taI noRNIsa JOURNAL SPECIAL tFasEo wips,
Chicago, June Prospects for
a deadlocked republican conven-
tion are growing with the arrival
of uninstructed delegates who hold
the balance of power
out of the deadlock which Will
be produced by the failure of
Wood, Lowden or Johnson forces
to command a majority, will come
the nominee, be he dark horse or
one of the big three.
The LOwden forces tonight are
claiming as high as $50 votes on
the first ballot and the Wood
forces equally as many. The john
son claims are not stated in fig
ures but the California senator's
headquarters are claiming hourly
additions to this column.
After looking over the much
mixed situation with it's lack of
head and leadership. the men
whose influence counts in the
party councils, have come to the
conclusion that about the best way
out is to let the candidates with
the largest number OF supporters
trot a few heats 10 snow the con-
vention what they can or cannot
do. Those favoring this plan feel
perfectly certain that none OF the
candidates will be nominated on
the test ballots,
After the three reading candi-
dates have demonstrated to the
convention that they have not
enough votes TO nominate them
selves. 1t is argued that the dele
gates themselves will be in better
position to determine whether
they prefer to combine on one
of the three, or look at some dark
horses
Up to this time dark horses hava
gone begging for riders because
those who had any considerable
support like Johnson. Lowden or
Wood refused to look at others
for fear of indicating weakness be-
fore test of strength had been
made.
Even those who favored a dark
horse were unable to attract any
support for him because there had
been no opportunity for one dark
horse to establish a lead over an
other. To the mass of unlnstructd
delegates they are all a lot of dark
horses and nothing more.
Politicians See the Light.
The practical politicians began
to realize today that the only
solution offered was to let the
call for dark horse
and then show it a few with the
possibility, of course. that the
might decide it could
go further and fare worse than
to take Johnson, Lowden or
Wood. Discussion tonight of the
ballotlng centers around
these three names, out the dark
horse names are to many to be
recorded
If any set of practical politic-
ans had agreed among them
selves to put the convention into
4 deadlock for their own pur-
pose, it is doubtful If they could
have done better than the con-
sention itself is threatening to do.
Three ballots and possibly four
1y Thursday night, is the predic-
ton being most freely made,
coupled with the further predic-
ion of final balloting on Friday.
The plans looks placid enough
out it is not without its possibil-
ties of fireworks. 1t is realized
on all sides chat the forces OF
neither Johnson, Lowden or
Wood will give up the struggle
without battle. The fight upon
he platform planks, particularly
hat on the league of nations.
continues to promise a test of
strength of the various elements
md renewed predictions are being
made that the element which sue7
leeds in framing a platform ac-
,eptable to the convention will
llso be able to provide candi-
late equally acceptable. At this
ime four years ago Charles Evans
Hughes was as good as nomin-
tied although the ballots were
Tot cast until four days later.
Tonight he is being mentioned
lere and there among the dark