Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-08
FATE OF LOWDEN is
ENTIRELY IN HANDS
OF HIRAM JOHNSON
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club in his hands He can kill off
Lowden and turn the convention to
consideration of dark horses. His
own. oratory may win him support,
but the rank and file OF the polite
ians think him too radical and too
impulsive to be the Republican
nominee. Frankly, they don't like
he has everything to gain and very
little to lose by open warfare. And
that's what is coming-Johnson on
the warpath, and the convention, like
a big jury, deciding whether the
Missouri exposure is a flash in the
pan or serious flaw in Republican
hopes.
Men like A. T. Hert, Of Kentucky,
the new Penrose of the situation,
who is for Lowden. do not consider
the Johnson explosion can effect
Republican national convention.
Anybody can win next November
on the Republican ticket, reasons the
Republican wiseacre, who is for
Lcwden, but the supporters of Leon
ard Wood and Hiram Johnson make
good use of Brother McAdoo's pull
with organized labor and his political
versatility as they argue that If the
Democrats nominate McAdoo, 1T
won't be such cinch' and that the
CulCdSO COIlNcHIlOH
the mistake of nominating a con-
sentative, but it's Lowden's nominal
ton thus far.
Political Progress Slow
Inside politics like inside baseball
has it's various, feints and passes,
various political teams have made
little progress around the bases.
Conferences between the respective
managers have been held with the
idea of persuading rivals that they
had better give up trying and throw
most good" Supporters of Senator
Hiram Johnson, for instance, are
saying to Lowden men that the IL
linois governors vote against Roose-
welt in 1912 through his proxy, Sen
ator Lorimer, would kill him with
the Progressives and that If that
wasn't sufficient the Missouri scan
dial about the purchase of delegates
would do it. Really, the Johnson men
wouldn't admit it, but If it came to
a showdown they would be for Leon
ard Wood rather than Lowden.
classes of Johnson delegates-the
thick and thin supporters. who will
stick to the finish, and those who
come from states which voted over
whelmingly for Johnson, but who
personally don't like Johnson be-
cause of his unpopularity with the
political leaders of the Republican
vote for the California senator as
long as there is a chance for him
to win, but the managers of other
candidates already are trading with
them for second choices and third
choices.
Lowdon People Confident
The Lowden people continue conf
dent. The Wood people realize they
have been slipping in the last two
days, but. they, too. know that if
Hiram Johnson wants to do it. he
can make Leonard Wood the nomi-
nee. This would cause considerable
confusion among the members Of the
new "old guard" who, by the way,
comprise the managers of the Low
den boom, men like A. T. Hert. ma
tional committeeman from Kentucky.
Oklahoma. They fought the Wood
managers in many state and won.
If General Wood is the nominee, it
will mean the fall of this new "old
guard" Their political future de-
ponds upon the success of Lowden.
paign itself will mean the distribu-
ton Of offices in the event of vic
tory-something thoroughly under
stood by the delegates with an eye
also to the future.
But speaking of what the man
ayers are saying to each other, IA
vorite expression among the respec-
tive boosters of Johnson. Lowden and
Wood is this: You had better come
our way-for if you don't look out
you will get Hoover"
One of the most influential of
the Massac husetts leaders told the
writer that he didn't believe the dele
gates in this convention would stay
put very long, that they would soon
get tired of voting for Wood, Low
den or Johnson and would ditch them
all for dark horse and that while
he himself was violently opposed to
Herbert Hoover, the delegates knew
the former food administrator would
be an easy winner in November and
would look upon him as simple So
luton of the deadlock
Hughes Looms
However. such faith in the ulti-
mate strength of Hoover is not wide
spread. Few of the leaders. consider
him probability, though all admit