The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-07
OLD GUARD
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Wood, of the United States army.
These are the best known, and are
reputed to hold in leash the greater
number of delegates. They have their
political in their economic features.
All are Republicans, and range from
radicalism of a conservative nature on
the part of Johnson to conservatism of
q radical nature on the part of Wood
with Lowden sturdily maintaining a
safe and sane position equidistant and
equivalent
Economically, Wood represents the
greater distribution Of wealth and
Johnson the smaller, with Lowden
again in the middle of the road. Hence
Z workings Of our present primary
system Wood at this writing, has more
delegates than Lowden and Lowden
has more delegates than Johnson
that is, delegates who are out in full
view of the multitude.
Support Consists of Handshakes.
Following these come the hitler IS,
whose support ranges from home state
and favorite son partisans, pledged to
stick until the bandwagon goes by
the first time, to those whose support
consists of a hearty handclasp and a
word Of cheer from some optomistic
soul who has never been at conven-
tion before.
Naturally the problem that besets
the leaders is the determination of the
fates of the larger three, Wood. Low
den and Johnson, whether they like
them oh not, for by gathering their
respective quivers of delegates these
candidates have in measure. done
some determining themselves; not
much, but some.
Thus, the leaders find themselves
facing a triangular problem Of which
one angle, the Johnson angle, is very
sharp and menaCing. 1t Is not too
much to say that the leaders do not
desire to nominate Mr.. Johnson, not
half enough to say, indeed In fact,
the leaders are not going to nominate
Mr. Johnson If they can find any other
way out and they have been planning
exits along these lines for weeks. On
the perpleXed other hand, the leaders
have no intention of nominating Mr..
Wood if they can avoid that contin-
gency; and. in conclusion, the leaders
\ are much afraid they may not be able
to nominate Mr. Lowden.
Wherefore, the leaders are much in
the position of the tabled animal
known as the willipus wallipus, which
could not live on' the land and died
in the water. However, there is their
problem, and before consideration can
be paid to any favorite son, dark horse
Horner-in or other entrant unclass.
ed, the leaders must deal with the
concrete strength votes presented by
these three.
1t is strategy to use of these abras-
ives to grind down to nothing the re-
naming other, but the leaders are op-
pressed with the fear that in that
process one of the abrasives may quit
being an abrasive and develop into a
solution, which would be admirable,
from their view, if that one should
happen to be Mr. Lowden, but quite
disconcenting if it were either Of the
others.
But They Gotta Find Out.
Still no person can be nominated in
the early stages Of the convention un-
til the fate Of these three is determin-
ed, and the determination Of that fate
is what is making the leaders care.
worn and weary because in the proper
solving of the problem nestles also
their own fates. There will be posi-
lively no nourishment for the leaders
in the nomination of some person not
on their preferred list
1t might be comparatively simple If,
for example, after a ballot or so, a
combination could be made between
the delegates of any two of these
three, say and such other unattached
OF detachable delegates as might be
available; but such combination is
at least five or six days away, and the
markings of it not yet descernibIe to
the most efficient compromiser on the