Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-07
Pen,,a. Delegation
for SprOuI to Last
BY GEORGE NOX MCCAIN

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is the situation here that the remotely
unexpected is likely to occur at any mo.
mcnt. Judge j. II. Reed. of Pittsburgh,
former law partner OF Senator hnox,
is to be his proxy.
The place of the junior senator on
the convention committee on rules will
be taken by State Senator and Chairman
of the State Committee William e.
Grow. go,
the hands of 4. Il. Cassell, of Philadel-
phia. superintendent of the Republican
headquarters building. 1t may be, turned
over the Governor Sproul in the end,
but this is doubtful. 1t will be an
empty honor then. as the main work OF
the committee will have been done.
From the beginning it has been ap-
parent that General William Wallace
Atterbury. of the PENNSYLVANIA Rail
road, would occupy conspicuous place
in the delegation. His position as
nubiic man, n railroad executive and an
ex member of the American expedi-
tionary forces all tended to this direc-
tion. .,...os
as general floor executive of the Penn
sylyania delegation in the convention.
state Chairman Crow will preside at
the meetings of the delegates and in the
absence of Senator Penrose act in that
The real directing spirit of the dele
yotion- however, lies In a little group
Of men who are not only intimate and
personal friends of Governor Sproul
!, but clever politicians in addition. 1t
might properly be termed steering
committee. 1t really is a council inside
of a council. In consists of Attorney
General w. /. Schaffcr. Highway Com
missioner l.. S. Sadler. Private Secrc-
tary Harry McDevitt. Secretary Baker,
of the state committee. and Public Serv-
ice Commissioner J. s. Benn. General
ktterbury will also be an ex officio
' member Of this junta till the end of
the convention.
q First Meeting Today
All questions of policy, all plans, al
: nronosition are taken up BY this
8 nuintct. They are practically in con-
c tinuous session.
g The first meeting of the delegation
n was held today at IL o'clock. Meetings
will be held every morning before the
: convention assemblies and enough dele
=, gates are here to form pretty sole
~ nucleus for offensive warfare.
.o Yesterday they got to work and go
- in touch with various other delegations
!. and systematically. 1t is the intention
~ ! to nick up odd and uninstructed dele
III gates wherever possible, and one or tw,
be at time.
y. noses. is to be made to rush the Sprou
IN interests until after the first or secon
a. ballot. The idea is to let the big three
Wood, Johnson and Lowden-batte
n. themselves up, generate hostilitics. an
thA
;, be the effort to add constantly an
,e little by little to Sprouts strength wit
h each vote until the break comes. or
es stampede is started. 1t Is a might
ny canny piece of planning.
Wood Candidacy Slips
The Wood candidacy, it is believe,
= stepped on a banana peeling. 1t
ste slipping backward the johnson shout
'ds ers aver. This, of course. may be pre-
gh fessional jealousy The johnson boo
ted has about reached the limit Of
ng strength, the Wood men declare. Low
he den got an awful bat on the head witt
ON Mayor Thompson. Of Chicago, al
nounced that he would plant Chicago
votes in convention squarely ip Johl
sons path, and there they would ST.
or. till the crack Of doom. Lowden lick
90 Thompson for national committeema
,ial go - WIZ M wy nugoi Pu.J ~" Sh''
'oe All OF this is helpful to Sproul. O
of the wreck of campaign matter n
= the crush of political worlds he will I
his share of the debris in the way
delegates.
Il Charles ]. Hepburn, state chairm
u of the Hoover campaign committee,
very active here as one of the thl
is national Hoover managers. Jay Cool
Pennsylvania treasurer of the same
ie ganization, arrived this morning W
i the New Jersey delegation, among VIII
he had a number of personal frien
n They claim that the former food 9
al ministrator will make very respect
TO BILE showing on the first ballot.