The Washington herald., 1920-06-06
.TOPUT HOOVER
IN NOMINATION
Judge Miller, New York
Leader, Will Offer Him
AsG. .O.P. Candidate.
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cent association on the Presidents
industrial conference. Mr.. Rosen-
wald specializes among the Repub-
lican braves assembling for the
convention. persuading them of Mr..
Hoovers eminent fitness for the
Presidency in the grave economic
crisis in which the country finds it.
self.
Lowden Talk Booms Again.
At headquarters, of all other can
didates, activity grows more in
tense as the convention nears.
Claims of varying degrees of tall
ness and plausibility emanate from
each of them. The talk of Governor
I.owden's chances has revived, re-
spite widespread belief that the
Missouri compromise" finished his
convention prospects.
All rival camps tried to derive
comfort today from Senator George
H. Moses protest in behalf of the
Wood candidacy against the steam
roller methods of the National Com
mittee anent contests. The Gener-
ais opponents were pleased at his
disavowal of the Moses protest, be-
! lieving that il indicated internal
strife among the Wod forces.
Certainly conflict does exist in
connection with the national COM
mittees' alleged favoritism of Gov
ernor Lowden. Henry l.. Stemson.
former secretary of war, a Wood
leader, was quoted. for instance, as
| being Outraged" by Senator Moses
''tactlessness" in shelling the ma
! tional committees trenches. From
other Wood quarters the statement
was forthcoming that the Moses
pretext was deliberately contem-
plated for days and had General
Woods full sanction. The Wood
people decided to launch it. ii ap-
pears, in order TO clear the air
and frighten the national commit
tee from making any more arbitra-
ry'' raids into Wood territory.
johnson "Noise, Diseased
Everybody in Chicago is spsculat.
ing on Senator Johnsons chance.
of bull-rushing to the nomination
by making the loudest racket al
the Coliseum when the balloting 1:
in progress.
A Republican of national distinc
tion, who has been attending con
ventions forty years, said toda,
there had never ben a convention OF
any party so little likely to b,
stampeded for anything or anybody
as the one about to assemble. H,
recalled how, at the height of tn,
futile Roosevelt demonstration II
1912, delegaes sat stolid, while the
galleries rocked for Teddy" forty
minutes without cessation. The,
insisted on saving wood and letting
the outsiders make the noise, anC
then went ahead and nominated
Taft.
BY general consent, next week.
will be an uncommonly d-blood
ed" convention. 1t will be made ur
of calculating, thinking Republi
cans, who want to win. A look a
those of them already in the hote
lobbies holds out small hope tha
they can be carried off their fee
for Johnson or anybody else. They
are going to ponder well, keep theil
heads and vote with deliberation.
DR.. Butler arrived in Chicago to.
day. Although classed among the
compromise candidates with "possi.
bilities," his actual chances for OBJ.
tanning the nomination are not con.
sidered very seriously in any quar-.
ter. probably not even among hi,
own supporters. The President ot
columbia University Is an &C.
knowledged power in the Repub,
lican organization and under any
successful Republican nominee ex.
cept Senator johnson, is almost GER.
tain to be in the Cabinet or sent tc
one of our foremost ambassador.
ships.