Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-07
MCCORMICK LIKELY
J. TO RAP GAVEL IN
C. 0.P. CONVENTION
Holds Edge on Lodge, Borah
and Beveridge for Perma-
nent Craftsmanship.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

! CHICAGO, June 7.-On the eve OF
| the republican national convention
| Chicago is mass of delegates, poll
| ticians of every degree and office. To-
| day the delegates are holding state
conferences, selecting their leaders
some of them. and fixing upon the
| members they will offer for the four
big committees of the convention. the
committees on credentials, permanent
organization. rules and order OF busi-
ness and resolutions The sentiment
of the delegates is being sounded out
at these conferences, particularly the
sentiment of the huge number of in
structed delegates.
Leaden skies hang over the conven-
ton throngs as they scurry from one
hotel and one headquarters of the
aspiring candidates to others. The
weather bureau has promised fair
weather during the week, however.
The actual show in the big tent.
which by courtesy is called the Coli
scum. though its only claim. to such
distinction is the fact it will seat
some $4,000 or $4,000 persons. opens
at Il o'clock tomorrow.
Hays Will Open Convention.
Will Hays chairman of the repub-
| lican national committee. will rap
| the convention to order. and the pray
er VIII go up that. Notwithstanding
The contending factions and more OF
less bitter feeling that has been en-
| rendered during the pre-conv entior
:ar3raign, order will continue to be
| maintained.
| After u prayer by Rev. DIR. Johr
/, Timothy Stone. Charles 3: Miller, the
| secretary Of the committee. will read
| the call. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge
OF Massachusetts will be elected
| temporary chairman of the conven-
ton and will deliver the keynote ad-
dress. other temporary officials viii
/ J. elected and the four committees
| alfeady- mentioned will be selected
t'..c only certainty today is thai
| Senator Lodge is to he elected tenn
! psg4.-y chairman Of the convention
-,.e perina.ent organization is still
10 il t.ic air at this writing. Wheth
! n Senator Lodge will be continue ed
/ in the chair or Senator Mccormick OF
i Illinois, former Senator Beveridge OF
| Is1diana or Senator Borah of Idaho
will succeed him still is being milled
| over The chances appear to favor
Mccormick tor the job.
| II the Coliseum is the big tent. the
| hotels and their various headquarters
are the sideshows. They Are gor-
:ssoGsly decorated with American flags
| all of them. as is the Coliseum it.
sali.
! Crowded With Visitors.
Tons of thousands of men and wom-
| 81 from every nook and corner of the
| cnuntr:t and it's possessions are parad-
| in. the hotel corridors and visiting
| tiio different candidates headquar-
| tar So solid are their ranks that
| it :; difficult to pass through. They
| gather souvenirs and buttons as they
go. red and green feathers at the
Wood headquarters, songs at John
! sons headquarters and buttons every
where. Last night alone 10000
/ feathers were distributed att the
Wood headquarters.
At each headquarters the enthusi-
| asm and the crowds seem to make
| the nomination sure for that candi-
date. Men no longer predominant.
The women are taking their full
! share in the campaigns of their
! favorites They are particularly
active about the Hoover headauar-
ters, but they are. found every
! where.
| The fact that many of the candi-
dates themselves are in Chicago has
| added to the interest. Senator "Hi'
Johnson, Senator Harding. Gov Sproul
| of Pennsylvania. Nicholas MURRAY
/, Butler and Sena tor PoindeXter are ali
[ den have been here right along. They
will retire a short distance from the
field, but not so far away as to pre-
| vent their being rushed to the scene
OF action II their presence is deemed
necessary by their managers.
>Scene Found Only I'm U. s.
The scene in Chicago today is suef
as can be found only in America
every four years. 1t will be repeated
to a large extent in San Francisco
later this month, when the democratic
cohorts gather to nominate a presi.
fdential candidate. In the crowd are
the correct New Englander, the free
and easy westerner. the stylish New
Yorker, the genial southerner. al
Americans, intent upon the business
at hand.
Every one is asking every one else
who is going to be nominated. Nc
one really knows. All of the republic
Ican near leaders are here. No one
| stands out as leader. Perhaps the
convention will decide this question OF
leadership. In the past the leadership
| question has been settled long before
! the convention convened. But today
the opportunity seems ripe for new
deal. This is what the friends OF
! Johnson are banking on. He may
/ speak 20 the convention itself, and
| the Johnson people are counting on
| his personality if this happens. to
stampede the place. The political
hangers on have been provided by the
politicians with, Offices as doorkeep-
ers. Ishers, messengers, etc.--that is
| one way they have of packing the