The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-09
DARK HORSES GROOMED
| FOR THE STRUGGLE
Credentials Committee Disposes
Of All Contested Seat Disputes
and Upholds Action of Ma
tional Committee in Nearly
Every Instances n a o r
Lodge is Made Conventions
Permanent Chairman by I'm
animOus Vote.

Chicago. June 9.--While the commit
tees continued TO grind away at the
preliminaries of organization. the Re
publican convention went through the
motions OF the second days session,
escaP 'ng a second keynote speech by
the selection Of Senator Lodge as per
manent convention chairman.
Today's business consisted Of hear
ing reports from the committee which
is framing the platform and the Gre
dentials committee which is making
the permanent roll.
There is little prospect of the con
yention reaching a ballot on the presi-
dental nomination before Friday or
possibly Friday night,
Leaders, who ia other days, were
the mainsprings of the partys action
continued today to talk Of Lowdens S
gaining strength Woods lieutenants
see a psychological advantage in
yesterdays developments. From the
camps Of Johnson and Lowden came
ASSERTIONS that the candidates them
selves are satisfied with the situation.
Chicago. June 8. BY working all
D ght the credentials committee com
pletad The permanent Republican Ma
tioual convention this morning, Prev
ous rulings IN contest by the national
committee were sustained in all but
three cases.
In disposing of the lQ3 appeals from
the decisions of the national commit
tee, two delegates were taken from
Lowden, one in Georgia and one in
Tennessee. and given to Wood. In the
5th Missouri district where the ma.
e., nal committee refused to seat any
one, the credentials committee seated
1.-TWO l9wden men, leaving the stand
Ing two candidates unchanged.
Further battles over contested
sea when the credentials committee
reports to the convention are Prob
able.
Chicago. June S-The Republican
National Convention has definitely got
down to business. the issues have been
presented by Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge (Nlass.) in his keynote speech
ap Temporary Chairman, and the
whole complicated machinery of the
party has begun to move toward the
nomination of the man who is to carry
the Republican banner in November
and still there is nowhere in sight
man who appears to have really a
better chance tor the nomination than
any other man.
It rs almost time to begin balloting,
1 and there are more candidates active
and receptive than have appeared be-
fore a Republican convention in many
years But there is no outstanding
figure tonight there is no guiding
light whatever as to the probable OF
even possible nominee.
So far as any situation at all can
be said to exist so far as any
analysis may be made out of the
opinions and surmises of many men
it comes to this:
L. There is no real enthusiasm for
single one of the eighteen actual OF
potential candidates. There is no out
standing figure.
9 1t is generally admitted tonight
that Major-Gen Wood is out in front
definitely in the lead and for the first
time admissions were made that the
nomination of Wood is possibility.
8. There is a feeling running through
the mass of uninstructed delegates
land present also among many dele
gates hobbled by instructions they hate
tha, none of the leading three, Wood
Lowden or Johnson, should be nomin
lated
4. There is now a greater concentra
tion against Johnson than existed
against Wood forty-eight hours ag,
and the statement most commonly anC
emphatically heard is: ut must not g
Ito Johnson They say that johnson
is thoroughly aware of the trent
against him and that he has said h,
will not quit at anybody's request o
behest,
5. Convention talk has it that ther
are signs of break up in the Lowdel
battalion This report is nurtured il
the Hoover camp, which hopes to hene
tit by the detection of Lowden dele
gates.
g. There is no more indication to
night than last night as to what darl
horses Of the long list can command
most support but opinion is, stronge
Than ovnr that 10 WnOd fails 10 vii