The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-05-27
Marshall County May Reach Pay Sand at 1860 Feet -
All is Ready to Save the Nation at
Chicago; Favorite Sons of G. 0. P. to
Be Greatly in Evidence on First Ballot;
Wood Leads in Instructed Votes with
Man from West Coming Strong as Second

Chicago. May 27.-Candidates for
the republican nomination for the
presidency today opened their final
drive to capture the 493 votes that
spell victory in the convention which
opens here one week from next
Tuesday.
The last Of the 9S4 delegates who
will sit in the convention, were Sc
lected yesterday when Vermont repub-
licans met and chose eight delegates.
Major General Leonard Wood, pres
ent returns show. will enter the con
vention with more instructed votes
than any other candidate, but his
total of 153 is less than one-third OF
the number necessary to win the
nomination.
The division Of strength among the
large field of "favorite sons" prac.
tically precludes any possibility Of
nomination on the first ballot.
Even the most optimistic campaign
manager here is not claiming victory
before the third ballot and the more
conservative party leaders predict the
| Drtdk Will not come DeIOTe Inc lllth
or sixth, at the earliest.
One big factor which may upset
campaign managers predictions is yet
to be dealt with-forty contests have
been or will be filed, more than one
seventh of all the seats in the con-
vention being at stake and the ma
tional committee which meets here
| Monday to decide these contests and
prepare the temporary roll, may ma
terially alter the prospects Of several
candidates The principal contests
are between supporters Of Major Gen
eral Wood and Governor Frank o.
Lowden Senator Johnson and other
candidates are not directly interested
in these contests, he may raise pri-
mary contests in South Dakota, New
Jersey. Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska,
and other states. In addition to the
las contests Ga surplus delegates, with
fractional votes, have been chosen
from 10 states and the republican
national committees rules provide
that their right to seats shall be con-
tested The convention call stated
that no diversified delegation should
be seated and seats haye been pro-
vided for these GA.
Senator Hiram W. johnson, and
Senator Howard Sutherland, Of West
Virginia, are the principal gamers
in primaries and conventions held In
four states during the past week.
Senator Johnson, returns indicate, will
get nine of Oregon's 10 votes and
C.,fh fynyp West
J Virginia. The official count has not
been completed in Oregon and West
Virginia.
Texas delegations split into two
factions, one which elected instruct.
ed delegates with 20 votes.
Figures compiled here show the fol-
lowing division OF the convention
vote: Major General Leonard Wood,
1853; Senator Hiram Johnson. 1Os;
Governor Frank 0. Lowden, "A; Fav-
orite sons, and uninstructed 64S.
} In the favorite son list. Senator
Warren G.. Harding has 80 votes from
Ohio. Senator Sutherland 16 from
West Virginia; Senator Poindexter
is expected to receive Washington s
ID: and Judge Pritchard of North
Carolina, is expected to get II of
= his states % votes.
> Campaign managers here of the
three leading candidates all claim
victory in statements issued las.
: right. The Wood and Johnson camps
made definite predictions as to their
} first ballot vote, the supporters OF
! the general claiming 1856 and those Of
the senator 256. The Lowden forces.
while protesting their confidence. are
not prepared to quote exact figures.
Work on the convention hall Is
progressing rapidly and Charles r.
} Hall, superintendent OF the Coliseum.
has assured the convention commit
! tee that the more than $4,000 seats
will be in place in "a hours before
. the convention is called to order by
! Chairman Will II. Hays, Of the ma
tional committee.
Extra balconies are being erected
/ to provide nearly 1000 more seats
than were available at any previous
. convention. The speakers platform
, and seats for 1000 distinguished Wis
itcrs already have been erected.
National committeeman are arriv-
/ ing early this week and majority OF
the So members are expected to be
, on hand by Monday.
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