Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-06-10
ITeconci|iabe Group Determined to Override Advocates
Of League With Reservations END Of Fight Uncertain
With Todays Convention Proceedings in Doubt
Plan Proposed to Leave Platform Until Last
Woods Name Probably First to be
Placed in Nomination



Chicago. June s-while the Re
publican convention holds daily
routine sessions and the mana gers Of
the candidates continue TO hustle
and hope and predict. the real fight
for the moment mas switched hack To-
the League of Nations
II centers on the question OF
whether the Republican party is CO.
ing 10 declare fatty against the.
League Of Nations or whether II is'
going ID declare for league with;
reservations. While the delegates;
DAY Id make Senator Lodge and the
remainder Of the temporary organ
izatIon the permanent one, and to-
hear nothing more exciting than a.
prayer, and a speech by Chauncev,
M Depew, the League Of Nations
fight WIS being carried on in the
quiet Of a room down town. where al
dozen men representing the irrecnn-,
cilabies were about a table
The irreconciiables swear they wilH
fight to the last ditch 10 prevent rhe-
Republican party from going before
the country with any sort Of an en-.
dorsement of the league idea an6s
thus become the tail 70 Presioene-
Wilson'S kite" as Senator Jonnsoni
puts II.
The element opposed 10 them ar
cues that 1t will be a sorry thing fur
the party if their views prevail.
So involved has the fight become.
and SO indefinite are the prospects OF
It's end. that the program for the,
convention tomorrow is upset ana
thrown into doubt
The convention meets az II O'clock.
and has nothing further before il buzz
10 hear the report OF the resolutions
committee. adopt d platform and nom
mate candidates. One plan mas been,
prepared 10 skip the platform until
the committee is ready to report, and
20 ahead with the ominatinE
speeches. Those VINO propose il main
tain il is possible to do Su under the
rules of today which provided for IN
finished business al the boTtom of tins
list Of procedure. They contend that
the PLATFORM could he considered the
unfinished business and the convent Ion.
could get the nomination out OF th4
way without remaining idle while thel
rest of the resolutions COMMITTEES
fights out the league issue
The Wood and Lcwten people par
tlculariy express rnemselv@s as unai-
terably opposed 10 that plan of pro-
cedure- Il could, Of course. ne dune
under a suspension OF the rules, which
would require unanimous consent. but
the Wood people said Il probably would
object 10 II recess until the reso-
buttons committee works seems TO be
one solution. While all this is going
on, the Knox boom has been revived
and during the uay II. Of all the dark
horse booms seemed To have some,
new ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 9kIng inro
consideration the common IDEA thai
the convention viii turn to other fields
y Lowden and Wood fail TO show
strength promising a majority snon
after the first few ballots
One story being told IN connections
with IL was characterized ty Senator,
Johnson. through one of mis- lieuten-
ants, as being absolutely ridiculous"
but was much discussed.
This story ran that Il no l1ouins-
ton were reached up 70 :he fifth bal
lot Senator Johnson would lay hi.
candidacy aside Il the convention,
would grant TO MIN and Senator Ro-
rah unlimited time To discuss the can
didacies and pre-cunvention campaign
expenditures of Wood AMI Luwsien.
The other angle of the story was that
Senator Knox would ne brought out as
candidate at that junctn-e Counted
with the general knowledge of the
friendship between Senate- Johnson
and Knox and the irrreconcilabIe no.
sltlon OF both against thu league IN
any form. II rs story which furnish
ed the most interesting piece OF gpssip
OF the DAY. although il was denied nv
Senator Johnson