Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1920-06-02
NO CANDIDATE
HAS A C|NCH
The Confess For Presidential Nomi-
nation as Yet Decidedly Uncer-
=" tain. No Candidate Has l-..
Great Advantage.
LOWDEN MANAGERS s.,- ,.
500. PREDICT HIS NOMINATION
Gen. Wood VIII Enter Convention
With Largest Number Pledged
= Delegates, johnson Second,
49, LOwden Third. -, ~.

national convention only aSfewg days
away, and 500 of the 9S4 delegates
already elected, the situation facing
the republican candidates is that
no candidate will enter the conven-
ton with enough votes pledged to
him to give him any decided advan-
tage over his opponents.
Forty-seven of the fifty-three
states and territories have chosen
their delegations and are sending
to Chicago 537 uninstructed dele
gates, forty-four more than ma
jority of all those who will sit in
the convention. -,
Wood is in Lead.
Major General Leonard Wood,
on the face of returns to date, will
show the most strength on the first
ballot, for of those delegates who
have been instructed or who have
expressed preference las are
pledged to him. In addition he car
ried preferential primary in Yer
mont, but that states eight dele
gates have not yet been chosen. by
the state convention.
Woods nearest competitor, in, the
delegations already pledged, is sena-
tor Hiram johnson of California,
who commands an even hundred
votes. Gov. Frank o. Lowden Of IL
linois, with rs votes pledged to him,
is third, while Senator G. Harding of
Ohio, has 80 votes from bis, home
state.
Contests in Twelve States. On
There are, however, contests pend
Ing in twelve states and the District
Of Columbia. involving 104 dele
gates. Thirty-five of the contests are
on Wood delegates; six on Lowden
and sixty-three among uninstructed
delegations. The credential commit
tee will meet here May 81 to thresh
oUl lhCoc COulSSlS. ..f.. asr.H FllIt..
Campaign managers at Chicago
for the various candidates agree that
there will be no nomination on the
first ballot. ..r.-.s..
The complimentary vote for the
large list of "favorite sons" may
in fact, they say, be so large that
il will destroy the usual significance
OF the first ballot as an indicator of
the strength of the various candi-
Gates. lA.i'
Others in the Race.
Among those candidates who are
expected to divide the uninstructed
vote on the first ballot. in many
cases commanding all or part OF, the
delegates from their home states,
ere Governor Sproul, Pennsylvania:
Governor Coolidge, Massachusetts.
senator Sunderland, West Virginia
Senator Poindexter, Washington
Senator La Toilette, Wisconsin; Or.
Nicholas Murray Butler. New York:
Herbert Hoover, California. and
Judge Pritchard, North Carolina.
Senator PoindcXtor has fourteen
instructed votes from Washington,
Judge Protchard seventeen from
North Carolina; Governor Uooruge
Lirty-three from Massachusetts and
he other candidates have, or expect
0 have varying numbers.
Managers Make Claims.
Campaign managers here of three
who are leading in dele
ates actually instructed have made
efinite claims as to the vote they
xpect to receive in the convention.
Major General Woods headquart-
rs has issued statement claiming
e will have from 297 to 800 votes
m the first ballot; that he will gain
rom twelve to twenty on the second
ballot; and that he will be nominal
Il on the third or fourth.
The Johnson managers here saw
rt ports from their workers through
out the country show they will have
$50 votes on the first ballot and that
'he senator will be nominated ON the
third or fourth.
Governor Lowden's managers give
10 estimate OF how many votes they
expect to have on the first ballot
but in published statement have
assured the governor he will win the
nomination with 522 votes. They
Predict the break in his favor viii
come after the third ballot. 1a