The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-07
.B|G CLAIMS BY
WOOD-[OWDEN
EACH ASSERTS HE,
WILL HAVE $50 VOTES
Some Dark Horse Talk
eard---Predicted the Final
Balloting Friday

CHICAGO. June 6.--ProSpects for I"
dcadlocked Republican convention ar"
growing with the arrival OF uninslructeG
delegates. who hold the balance "f
power.
Out Of the deadlock which will he
produced by the failure Of Wood. Low
majority will come the nominee. hc n
dark horse OF one of the big three.
The Lowden forces tonight are claim
ing as high as ESQ votes on the hrS'
ballot and the Wood forces equally aS
many. The johnson claims arc no,
stated in figures. but the California
senator's headquarters arc claiming
hourly additions TO his column.
After looking over the much mixeil
situation. with its lack OF head and leah-
ership. the men whose influence counts
in the party councils have come to tn
conclusion that about the best way pnt
Is to let the candidates with the largest
number OF supporters trot Few h"f;S
or cannot do. Those faroring this plan
feel perfectly certain that none Of mo
candidates will pc nominated on the
test ballots.
Dark Horse Talk.
After the three leading candidates
have demonstrated 10 the convention
that they have not enough votes 10
nominate themselves. II Is argued that
the delegates themselves will b. in a
better position to determine whcther
they prefer 10 combine on one or tho
three. or look at some dark hroscs.. Cp
to this time, dark horses have gone beg
ging for riders. for those who had any
considerable support Ike Johnson.
LoHden or Wood refused TO look AZ
Others for fear Of indicating weakness
for a test of strength had been made.
Even those who favored dark horse
weer unable to attract any support i"r
him because there had been no opRr-
tunity for one dark horse 10 establish
a lead over another. To the mass %
unnstructed delegates they arc all
lot Of dark horses and nothing more.
The practical politicians began TO
realize today that the only solution OF
fered was 10 let the convention call To-
a dark horse and then show 1t few
with the possibility. Of course. that th"
convention might decide it could 30
further and fare worse than To take
Johnson Lowden or Wood. All the dis
cuss!on tonight Of the ballotting cen>
dark horse names are too many TO Do
8assIs to znd Friday.
II any set OF practical politicians bad
agreed among themselves to put th'
convention into a deadlock for Their owr
have done better than the convention
itself IS threatening to do. Three ba!-
lots and possibly four for THURSDAY
night Is the prediction being nose
freely made. coupled with the further
prediction of final ballotinG on FRIDAY
The plan looks placid enough but It Is
not without its possibilities or nre>
works. II ia realized on all sides that
the forces OF neither Johnson, Lowden
nor Wood will give up the strugS1H
without a battle. The fght upon tho
platform planks. particularly that on
the league Of nations. continues 10
promise a test Of strength OF the various
clements and renewed predictions arc
being made that the element which sue
ceeds in framing a platform acceptaoae
to the convention will also be able {"
provide candidate, equally acceptable
at this time.
With the opening OF the convention
thirty-six hours away. arrangements
arc promptly moving into place. They
include everything but winning cam
dida,e.' but the pract!ced politicians
are confident that the elimination races
they are planning TO run In the Coliseum
this week will produce one.