Arizona republican., 1920-06-07
Harmony On All Republican Platform Planks Predicted---See Prospects For
 Deadlock On Party Standard Bearer
Votes Evenly Divided A mOng
 Big 3; CIdir71
IRepubIlean A. P. Leased Wlrel

CHICAGO. June 6-Prospects for a deadlocked Republican convention are growing with the arrival of uninstruct- ed delegates who hold the balance of power.
 Out of the deadlock which will be produced by the failure of Wood. Low den, or Johnson forces to command a majority, will come the nominee, be he dark horse or one of the big three.
 The L.owden forces tonight are claiming as high as 25O votes on the first ballot and the Wood forces equal ly as many. The Johnson claims are not stated in figures but the California senator's headquarters are claiming hourly additions to his column.
 Dark Horses to Get Show
 After looking over the much mixed situation with it's lack of head and leadership, the men whose influence counts in the party councils have come to the conclusion that about the best way out is to let the candidates with the largest number of supporters wage battle throughout a few heats to show the convention what they can or can not do. Those favoring this plan feel perfectly certain that none of the can didates will be nominated on the test ballots
 After the three leading candidates have demonstrated to the convention that they have not enough votes to ai0AAAi4eAAC luelilSEiNEo IL IS uSu ltld- the delegates themselves will be in better position to determine whether they prefer to combine on one of the three, or look at some dark horses.
 Up to this time dark horses have gone begging for riders because those who had any considerable support like Johnson, Lowden or Wood re- fused to look at others for fear of in- dicating weakness before a test of stregnth had been made.
 Even those who favored a dark horse were unable to attract any support for h1m because there had been no op- portunity for one dark horse to estab- fish q lead over another. To the mass of uninstructed delegates, they are all a lot of dark horses and nothing more
 The practical politicians began 10 realize that the only solution offered was to let the convention call for a dark horse and then show it a few with the possibility, of course, that the convention might decide it could go further and fare verse than to make Johnson. Isowden or Wood. Discus- sion tonight Of the principal baliotting centers around these three names, but the dark horse names are too many to be recorded.
 If any set Of practical politicians had agreed among themselves to put the convention into a deadlock eoG' their own purposes, it is doubtful if they could have done better than the convention itself is threatening to do Three ballots and possibly four by Thursday night, is the prediction be- ing most freely made, coupled with the further prediction of final balloting on Friday.
 The plan looks placid enough but it is not without it's possibilities of fire works. It is realized on all sides that the forces of neither Johnson, Lowden nor Wood will give up the struggle without a battle. The fight upon the platform blanks, particularly that on the league of nations, continues to promise a test of strength of the va rious clements and renewed predic- tions are being made that the element which succeeds in framing a platform acceptable to the convention will also be able to provide a candidate equally acceptable. At this time four years ago Charles Evans Hughes was as good as nominated although the ballots were not cast until four days later. Tonight he is being mentioned here and there among the dark horses. Mention of former President Taft has ! is heard in the same way. The Hughes talk, which could not be denominated q boom and yet bears the stamp Of good deal of support was brought in by New York business men and H. nanciers, who conteDded he was a mau upo2 whom all the clements could unite Governor SprouI of Pennsylva- mia and Senator Harding of Ohio, also figured in the speculation.
 With the opening of the convention 36 hours away, last minute arrange ments are promptly moving into place. They include everything but a win ming candidate, but the practical poli- ticiant are confident that tho elimina- ton races they are planning to run in the coliseum this. week will produce one.