Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-07
c. 0. P. ALL AT SEA,
BIG 8 WORRIED
BY DARK HORSES
With Uninstructed Dele
gates in Control Leaders
Favor Trial Heats.
BORAH AND JOHNSON
READY FOR BATTLE
If Beaten in Committee Will
Force League Issue Into
Convention.
ALL SET FOR RUCTIONS
DIR. Butler ASsnils Idaho Senator.
and All Signs Point to n
Donnybrook.
BORAH AND JOHNSON
READY FOR BATTLE
tBy Associated Prcss.1


CHICAGO. June 6.-Prospects for
deadlocked Republican convention
are growing with the arrival of un-
instructed delegates, who hold the.
balance OF power.
out of the deadlock. which will
be produced by the failure OF Wood.
~owdcn or johnson forces to COM
mand majority. Will come the nom
inec, be he dark horse" or one of
the big three.
The Lowdcn forces tonight arc
claiming as high as $50 votes on tho
hrst ballot and the Wood forces
equally as many. The johnson claims
are not stated In figures, but the
California Senator's headquarters aro
claiming hourly additions to his
column.
Zig Three to Trot Few Heats.
The men whose influence counts in
the party councils have come to the
conclusion that about tho best way
out is to let the candidates with tho
largest number of supporters trot a
lew heats to show the convention
what they can or cannot dor Those
'aForinG this plan feel perfectly cer-4
tain that none of the candidates will
oe nominated on tho test ballots
After the three leading candidates
nave demonstrated TO the convention
'hat they have not enough votes to
nominate themselves, II is argued
that the delegates will be in better
position TO determine whether thew
prefer TO combine on one of the three
or look at some dark horse"
Up 10 this time no dark horses" .
nave gone begging for riders because
those who had any considerable sun
port, like Johnson. Lowden or Wood.
refused TO look at others for fear of
indicating weakness before n test of
strength had been made.
No Ozark Horsc,, in Lend
Even those who favored n dark
morse were unable to attract any
support for him. for there had been
no opportunity for one dark horse,
TO establish a lead over another. To
the mass OF uninstructed delegates
they are all lot of dark horses"
and nothing more.
Tho practical politicians began to
realize today that the only solution
onered was to let tho convention call
for n dark horse" and then show ~
lew. with tho possibility, OF course.
1t could so further and fare worse
than to take Johnson, Lowden or
Wood All the discussion tonight of
principal balloting centers around
these three names, but the dark
horse names are too MANY Ia bo
recorded.
II any set OF practical politicians
had agreed among themselves to put
the convention into a deadlock for
their own purposes it Is doubtful IL
they could have done better than the
convention itself is threatening to do
Three ballots and possibly four by
thursday night is the prediction he
ing most freely made, coupled win
the further prediction Of final bal.
lo;ing on friday
Platform VIII lie Strength Test
The plan looks placid enough. but
!. IS not without its possibilities of
hreworks. 1t Is realized on all sides
mat inc forces of neither Johnson.
Lowden or Wood will give up tho
Struggle without battle. Tho fight
upon the platform planks. particu-
l"riy that on The league OF nations,
continues 10 promise test OF
strength OF the various elements ana
' i'SNiStioHS arc DetnE made
that tho element which succeeds IN
framing a platform acceptable to ne
convention Will also be able To nro-
vide candidate equally acceptablo.
AT this time four years ago
Charles Evans Hughes. was as good
as nominated although the ballots
were not cast until four days later
Tonight he Is being mentioned here
and there among the dark horses
Mention OF former President Taft
also is heard in the Same way. Tho
Hughes talk, which could not be de-
boom. and yet bears the
stamp OF good deal OF support
was brought In by New York bust-
ness men and inanciers who con-
tended he was man upon whom all
the elements could unite. Governor
Sproul. OF Pennsylvania, and Sens-
tor Harding. of Ohio. also ngured In /,
the speculation.
With the opening OF tho conven-
tion thtrty-slx hours away Iast-min-
ute arrangements arc promptly NOV &
ing into place. They Include every.
.rs (COntinued nm Qecnn1 ID. "a -