The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06

FAtFN tIl 'uG pTdCllCdl pOlAliCidHS, HOW- ever were predicting today that any coalition of party leaders which presents tls successful solution for the League O. Nations plank will be able to nomi- nate their candidate for the presidency.
 The League of Nations plank in the Inuana state republican platform, brought here by Senator Watson, who is the foremost candidate for chairman oi the resolutions committee, seems to be the nucleus around which the dis cUssion is centering and it may provide the basis for the agreement It declares in effect that the republican party de- nounces the League of Nations coVen- ant las 1t was brought from Versailles by President Wilson but it does not close the door to it's acceptance with reser- vatons.
 At thf point the reservationists of variole grees and the irreconcilables appear the clements to be brought into DstiS. dny.
 @ CANT REPUDIATE LEADERS
 Most li fIe party wnIps seem to be agreed tbat the convention cannot take any action which could be construed as a repudiatiCn of the republican leaders in the Senaf-. Compromise seems to be inevitable and the predictions of the field marsnals are that the compromise will develop the candidate.
 On the side lines of the big fight there is a scrimmage going on between the leaders of the party in Congress and the leaders of the party throughout the states. Many of the latter have come to Chicago openly expressing the feel ing that senators and representatives have had too much to say in the direc- tions of the party's affairs and that some consideration must be given to the chieftains from the provinces. The statement of Governor Beeckman of Rhode Island that he was not sure whether he was going to republican convention or a senatorial caucus" has been construed as a notice from the governors and state leaders that they will demand to be heard.
 Judging by their degree of pre7con- vention activity Wood, Lowden and Johnson might properly be designated the ''big three.i' On one proposition their managers are fully agreed. They all claim victory. They differ on how it is to be achieved or on what ballot it is to be but they assure all inquirers there is no doubt about it. Seventy-two hours before Senator Lodges gavel drops in the big Coliseum, a composite talking machine record of the express sions of the mahagers would say:
 PERFECTLY SATISFIED
 'We are perfectly satisfied with the situation. IHe strength Ol our cdHul- date is steadily increasing
 The sentiment expressed on the street presumably reflecting the views of the man up the tree are as many and as varied as the number of candidates. One hears with the greatest degree of fl. nality 'Lowden or a dark horsen and Johnson after the third ballot or Wood after all the others have been eliminated"
 Convention tiooes hrinoc to Chica a small army of political writers who feel that by analyzing the cross cur rents in the muddy and turbulent stream which swirls about hotel Hobbies and in and out of the inner coves of the cam paign managers offices they can dis cern the course of the tides and pre- dict with certainty to the folks back home what is going to happen.
 Any predictions being made at this time are the result of analysis, deduc- ton and opinion rather than informa- tion.
 If there Is a single man in Chica SC who knows what the republican na. tional convention Is going to do Inc hasn't appeared with any proofs of his knowledge.
 One straw which may show the way the wind blows would be caucus of un- instructed delegates. About the only place in Chicago large enough in which to hold it is the Coliseum itself and the indications are that the first caucus of uninstructed ones would be held there some day next week when preliminary business having been dis posed of, the clerk begins to call the roll.
 A seeker after information made it a point today to ask each of the per sonal managers what the week of pre-