Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-06-10
UPSET
IN CONVENTION
BY TREATY FUSS
Old Time Boss Appears
on Scene to Stiffen Mild
Reservationists; Young
Leaders Listen.
Senator Borah Heading
Opposition In di Gates
Battle Will Be Fought
to a Finish.

Chicago, June 9.-While the Repub
lican national convention holds dali.
routine sessions and the managers of th'
candidates continue to hustle and hop'
and predict, the real fight for the mo
ment has switched back to the League
Of Nations.
1t centers on the question of wheth
er the Republican party is going to de
clare flatly against the League of NJ
tions or whether it is going, TO declare
for league with reservations.
SO involved has the fight become. ant
so indefinite are the prospects of it,
end, that the program for the conV2n-
tion is upset and thrown into dolbt.
One plan has been proposed to ski
the platform until the committee Is
ready to report, and go ahead with the
nominating speeches Those who pro
pose to maintain it is possible to do SO
under the rules which provided for "un-
finished business at the bottom of the
list of procedure,
Wood and Lowden Opposed.
They contend the platform could be
considered the unfinished business and
the convention could get the nominations
out of the way without remaining IDLE
while the resolutions committee fights
out the league issue.
The Wood and Lowden people pttlc-
ularly express themselves as unalter-
ably opposed to that plan of procedure.
1t could, of course, be done under a
suspension of the rules, which would
require unanimous consent. but the
Wood people say they would object TO
it. A recess while the resolutions com
mittee works seems to be one solution,
While all this is going on. the Knox
boom has been revived and during the
day it. of all the dark horse booms
seemed to have some new momentum,
always taking into consideration the
common idea that tho convention will
den and Wood fail TO show strength
promising a majority soon after the
first few ballots.
Days Choicest Gossip.
One story being told in connection
with it was characterized by Senator
Johnson. through one of his lieutenants.
as absolutely ridiculous" but was much
discussed This story ran that if no
were reached up TO the fifth
ballot Senator Johnson would lay his
candidacy aside, if the convention would
grant TO him and Senator Borah un
limited time to discuss the candidates.
and re-convention campaign expendi-
lures of Wood and Lowden. The other
angle of the story was that Senator
Knox would be brought ont as a can
didate at that juncture. Coupled with
tho general knowledge of close friend
ship between Senators Johnson and
Knox. and their irreconcilabIe position
together against a league in any form,
this story furnished the most interest
ing piece of gossip of the day. although
it was thrown down by Senator rohn-
son.
Wood talk which began running in a
stronger tide Wednesday night seemed
not to disturb the Johnson managers.
The senator's advisers said they were
confident he could hold his delegates
until he released them.
Work On Businessmen.
Johnson leaders too. it was said
were working to convince the large
delegation of eastern businessmen who
have gathered here favoring other can
didates, that Senator Johnson is not
the radical and dangerous man to bust
ness interests that he has been repre-
sented
They hope that if they can make
tHlk LII IL win ht toniNi w DIIIE
the old line people to Johnson if Low
den and Wood fail to poll majority.
The confusion over Thursdays pro-
gram and delay in the platform brings
out an array of guesses on how long
the convention will have to sit. Gov
ernor Allen, of Kansas, who is to NOM
mate General Wood, said he did not
expect the nominating speeches would
be reached before Friday and that the
balloting would not be started before
Saturday He looked for a protracted
ession Of the resolutions committee.
Nominate Wood First.
From preliminary arrange ments it
that the Wood nominating
speech would come first. Alabama.
first in the call for nom
nations, it was said, would yield nei-
ther for a nomination of Wood or
Lwden. preferring not to show any
preference. The next state in the list
3 arizona, and, as its delegation is ia
7orable to Woo y expected to yield
o Kansas so th. Governor Allen NAV
make his speech placing General Wood
n nomination Under such an arrange
ment, the convention would get it's first
glimpse of the Wood strength by the
which follows and would
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