Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-06-06

srcfisl ~ The News
CHICAGO. juno AN the l,cpubli'
can Hapirlnts are NJ the post. their
J"ck"SH are n.iVuurly man"uyoring for
pnHltiun, anu they ate Just 'rafin' Ia
20" The convention Is absolutely open.
Not since 1888. when lauiamin liarfi'
ron WAS nominated has there b-cn ~
much doubt as t. IA" nominee.
The managers uf all the candidates
profpH' cunfid"ncc-nul all are oX.
iren,ly nervous Tn" outstanding Zig
-Four" are Wood Juhnrpn. l.uwdcn anl
Harding. Ia ~" background loom
Hoover. NnuN. Hughes Coolidge and
several "favoritc sons"
rntii the senate investigating com.
mite" uncovered the story ~ Missouri
ana a.. huge sums of money spent by
the l.uwd"n supporters tn get It's drl-'
CATION. perhaps the most real conf.
dcnc" WAS felt In the l.owdcn camp
Even following that story. the lowdvn
men seemed confident. Hut the senate
Investigations into campaign cXprndi'
lures have undoubtedly damaged the
wood and l.nwdon hnoms considerably.
nnd ~ ~" delegates gather the most
talk ~ heard uf johnson and llrr,lns
The "uld Guard undoubtedly does
not want johnson. hut II is whispered
around hotel hobbies that It would pos.
dhly take him rather than risk So.
fiOus party schism. This sam" "Old
Guard" would undoubtedly stand for
Wood. hut for the reported hostility e
senator Pcnrosr toward the genera,
aspirations senator Pcnrusc will NJ
hc here, although hc has rented q house
for the week NJ a reported fabulous
price. His proxy will De- held by John
\. King. 81 Connecticut. who was IN
first manager II the Wood campaign.
King had falling out with col.
Proctor who later came In as the finaT.
'ial angel" uf the Wood boom. b1i
there are reports that Proctor may hc
Ihelvcd and King again become tho
"fdirhaircd boy In conjunction with
Frank Warwick" lIi,chocock. thu
president maker. who HAS been hand
ling the wood campaign In the south,
md who r. VIGOROUSLY hostile tu Col.
Proctor
II this should cycnun,c. Woods
chances would De- much brighter lie
would then be IN q position To- get the
old Guard" support some time during
the halloting, and II he should receive
this lac could be- nominated
The pas, week witnessed q curious
phenomenon. Wood and Johnson had
been fighting each other bitterly. hut
because ot the strongly confident hear.
INK NJ the Lewaenitss. bath the Woud
md Johnson camps apparently became
somewhat alarmed. and for several dtys
hath have been turning their guns upon
l.uwden. Thus there has b,vn cstah.
llshcd a sort ~ community uf iuitrcu
between Wood aud Johnsln. which may
Is well under way.
senator Harding has undoubtedly
benefited by these developments The
odd Guard" would like tu nominate
him u II can. II would alsn like To-
nominate senator Knox. and would
probably prefer the Pennsylvania To-
the OhiOan. The fear Is that any one
branded with the "Old Guard" label
would be- seriously weakened However.
'i""hh = Ndhipiikh HhN h'fn ~ quiet,
and has 81 eventually avoided giving
offcnsc to any Of the other candidates
that they all seem pleasantly disposed
toward him.
The town IL ahlazc with prc.conycn.
tion enthusiasm and alive withpolitical
gossip. There ~ an immense johnson
sireamer all III way across the great
Auditorium hoic, proclaiming To- all and
sundry that llirams headquarters are