Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-11


determine that.
HARDING STILL SEES HOPE.
Senator Harding, of Ohio, one Of the
original Big Four candidates, peheVes
himself the logical compromise, notwith-
standing the eclipse which his candidacy
has suffered. He said as much to friends
TODAY. but even those friends cannot SIN,
cerely believe that he can be nominated
unless the Old Guard should react iull
100 per cent and pick stalwart Oh
staIwarts about whom they could enter
tain no possible misgivlng;
IL is the confident belief that the fate
of the Wood and Lowden candldacies
will be settled before the bailoting IS
concluded tomorrow If either can WIN
be doubtless will win on some ballot
after the third. Wood will gain strength,
IL is predicted, on the second and may
gain further on the third. But II ne
does not pass the goal then, the chances
are that his strength will dlmlnlsh ana
that the vote of Lowden VIII reach lts
maximum strength on the fourth or hith
ballot. If no nomination comes at that
stage an adjournment probably win be
agreed to and the actual nomination oi
t6e candidates will come on Saturday.
OTHER DARK HORSES.
The air is still full of whisperings re,
harding dark horses. Knox ana Sproui
and Allen and Butler and others are
talked about. but curious fact is that
in almost every serious discussion ot
s,,ob candidates. one hears the name of
Hughes mentioned first 1t IS now
known bevond all question that the con-
ference last night at the home OF George
M. REYNOLDS, Chicago banker was
Hughes gathering, but it had not pro
ceeded far in his behalf before both
Mood and Lowden chieitalns present
demanded that no Hughes movement be
orpanized until after their candidates
had a fair chance at the nomination.
Through greater part OF the night
the Republican party was pcrched IN
steadily on the edge Of a grand smash
i'm while the conferences that were TO
lead TO the final compromise were IN
Trooress. About 3 a. IN, this morning
Sano,or Borah left the subcommittee
rom after having served on the oppo-
LEON grorp a sweeping ultimatum
"GentIemen." he declared as he left
the room. "if the Republican conven-
tion adopts a plank calling for the ratl-
6catIon of the treaty in any form, there
v1ll be no place in the party for me Or
for those who stand with me IN this night
RoRAH SHOOK OLD GUARD.
II was the final challenge Of the kind
doIivered and it shook the Old Guard
forcas At 5 o'clock the word went out
bnrr;adlv for another conference, this
t;,,, at the Blackstone Hotel. Assembled
thnre were some nine leaders Of the
narty. tired, and hollow-eyed, the STRAIN
| of the long ordeal written grlmly across
| their countenances. 49,,
| Those present included Cholrman " III
/ ri Havs. Of the national committee; Sen
1 ators BrandeQee, OF Connecticut: Meteor
mick. OF Illinois, the latter stlll IN evenihp
! nIn+bos. Lodge. Of Massachusetts,; Smoot
/ &c Irtah and Watson. ol Indiana, chair,
man 4, the resolutions committee, and
/ Ogden l. Mills, OF New York, former
/ Chairman Of the advisory committee on
! Marty platform and policies; Murray
| Crane Of Massachusetts, and one or two
others.
| :, tba situation was Lodge. His leader
shin IN the Senate had been bound NJ
| with the program Of ratification witt
the Lodge reservations. Moreover, II
| an vaars he had never undertaken 70 cross
swords with MURRAY Crane. boss Of Aassa
ch,,setts and the moving spirit here IN the
demands for ratification plank. Brandege'
and Met cCormick have been 'irreconcliahie'
fron start while Watson has been wabbly
LODGE sURRENDERs-
II sas dramatic moment, when Lodge
rising TO his lean height, his eyes hxeG
souarelv on those OF Crane, gave th'
. word that was TO sound the Old 1uarc
surrender. Quietly. but positively, n
asserted that he, for one, would no ionge
Lol5 ont for a ratification plank. Con
,;,,,,;ng Ia look directly at Crane, who's
face was flushed with anger. ne declared
that If the fight had to 60 to the conven
non he would leave the presiding officer
cbeir and take the floor with Borah.
Il was the deciding act Mills then pre-
sented to the group the plank winch wa
subsequently approved and which hat
boon written three weeks ago by iorme
Sacra+arv ot State Elihu Root IN \eN
York and brought TO Chicago by Mills.
Al o'clock there swos still anotbe
conference. this time at the auditorium
annex. the participants this time Dein
Rorah and Mccormick. representing IN
nonratitcationists, and Smoot ana MILE
ranresenting the ratification faction, 9
( which the notice Of surrender was glveT
The completed draft was submitted I
, Borah who approved il, and when tn
subcommittee of l3 assembled at . cioc
Il required less than an hour TO brln
abou+ unanimous vote 70 accept Ii
compromise.
JOHNSON FIRST SUSPICIOUS.
: Immediately thereafter copy OF II
! agreed plank was sent TO johnson, IN h
: headouarters on the floor below. JOIN
: con was suspicious. His suspicious TN
. all was not as satisfactory a. IT seeme
I until Borah, 10 reassure hlm, went pc
D sonalIy to his rooms and reassqTed mn
2 Shortly afterwar I'd Senator Joseph
e France, of Maryland, another OF Il
! s'irreconcilables, approached Senator
Borah in the hotel lobby, and inquire
: anxiously if the c0mpromlse plank WI
q indeed satisfactory.
r II regard it, replied Borah, as SUI
stantially what we have been lighting i
: and leaves us free TO stand by our gu
5 in anv future consideration ethe treat
e by the Senate.
{. Senator France then asked if Johns
G was satisfied to which BOrah replied th
a while johnson was "a funny fellow,
: thought that he was
h "But what will the adoption d tE
: nlank mean" persisted France, IF Il
convention nominates 8 mud TeseTVatIo
ist or one who is not in harmony WI
: our attitude?"
s "We must see to it, replied the ldal
, Senator, that a man i nominated vi
: will represent our views.
& goRAu TO FIGHT WOOD OR LoWDEN.