The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-09
Wood Forces Victorious in
 Principal Business of Day
Instructed Wood Delegates Win Two Most Important Chairmanships, Those on Credentials and Resolu- tiOns.
By Associated Press

Chicago, June 8.-The Wood forces are elated tonight. AL though the general trend of the talk among old line political leaders is toward Lowden, they won a victory in the principal business transacted.
 Instructed Wood delegates won
 the two most important commit-
 tee chafrmanshi ips-Senator Wat
 son of Indiana for resolutions and
 Edward Duffield of New Jersey for
 credentials.
 Frank H. Hitchcock was signed
 by the Wood delegates ms their
 chief strategist.
 Think of the psychological effect of the victory" he said. when asked where and how he expected Wood to benefit from these steps in organization.
 We controlled the committees agains: powerful opposition, almost solid anti Wood forces' MT. Hitchcock added. "So far as increasing our total number of delegates is concerned, the selection ot Mir Duffield over Charles H. Innes of Massachusetts Is of small moment. We will make no effort to overturn the work of the national committee on contests. To do so would prejudice the Wood cause, and I have given our forces in- structions not to do so. No rough stuff will come from us. but we are glad to be able to show that the majority of the committee on credentials and also of res- olutions is not against Wood.'
 TREND TOWARD LOWDEN
 While these developments were taking place, the drift of the talk, and 1t may be nothing more. was tending toward Lowden.
 It was kept going by the old line party leaders-men who were leaders In for mer conventions when they made party presidential nomnations-but whether It is sufficiently potent to affect the dele- gates who are opposed to Wood or John- son, they do not profess to know them selves. The programme, If 1t can be so called is first to establish to the satis- faction of uninstructed delegates and those only instructed as a compliment to men who have failed to make further headway, that neither Wood nor Johnson can get enough to win
 Some of these leaders are said to be willing to put Lowden in the same list.
 With less than half the delegates sewed up with instructions. which do not in all cases represent the forces of the men bound by them, the sponsors for the Lowden talk advocate a rapid succession of ballots to produce as quickly as can be done honorably a cracking of instrucr- cd support. Those who are now talking Lowden say they believe the disintegra- tion will begin with Johnson and Wood forces. It is not clear why they profess not to fear that Lowden will be affected in the same way.
 EASILY SATISFIED
 One reason behind the willingness of these Lowden advocates to take all the risks that necessarily accompany efforts to upset instructions IS said to be that the supporters of Lowden would be sat- isfied with any conservative who can be nominated and havs harmonious party behind him whether it be Harding Sprouil. Knox. Coolidge. Hughes or some one who has not yet figured conspicil- ously.
 Tets have the test" they say. "Nl one has had any particular advantage so
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