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P PLATFORM CONTESTS BEGIN LEAGUE OF NATIONS IS 15 BIG ISSUE Industrial Relations Plank Is Acknowledged to Be Loaded With Dynamite Managers l Are Confident Br By l' l A Associated Ire Pret C June 5 The The contest between between between be- be tween the various aspirants for foi forthe forthe the Republican presidential nomination nomination nomina nomina- tion is momentarily obscured by preliminary pre pre- contests over the platform One is 15 the league of nations pla plank k and the other is the industrial relations rela rela- tiona plank The latter is acknowledged acknowledged acknowledged edged to be ba loaded with dynamite anc and the former is so BO surrounded by count coun coun- t claims that it has hns been arranged and that it has not been arranged that the tho real truth of the tho situation Js is ii not apparent Most of ot alt all the tho practical politician an however were predicting today that tha any coalition of ot party porty leaders which fo for forthe presents the successful solution tho the league of ot nations 11 plank b bable able to nominate their can candidate candidate- t tor fo for forthe the presidency Indiana Plank J. J The league eague of ot nations plank in th the Indiana state Republican platform brought here by Senator Watson whis wh who he heIs is the candidate for tot chairman chairman chair chair- man roan of tho the resolutions committee seems to bo be tho the nucleus around which tho the discussion Is centering and h It jt ma may mal provide tho basis for tor the agreement It declares in effect that the Republican Republican 11 lican can party part denounces the tho league o or nations covenant as it waa was brought brough from rom Versailles by President Wilson but It does not close the door to to to-lt to acceptance with reservations At that point the o ot various degrees and the Irreconcilable appear as tho the elements to be brought brough Into harmony hannon Most of the party part art whips seem to be n agreed d that the convention con con- cannot take any action which could be construed as os a repudiation o othe otho ot tho Republican leaders In the Senate Compromise seems to be Inevitable am and the tho predictions of ot the field marshals ar or are that tho the compromise will develop th candidate ate e Between n Congre wAder On the side linen lIne of ot the big tight there Is a scrimmage on between th leaders of or the party part partIn In Con Congress ress anthe am and tho leaders of ot tho the party throughout the country Many ny of ot the latter hav come to Chicago openly expressing thi th feeling that senators and representatives represent have had too mU much to 15 say In thi th decisions of ot the party's party affairs am and md that some consideration must be bet given l en ento to the chieftains from tho the provinces The statement nt by Governor B of ot Rhode Island that he was not sure sun whether ho was going to OI a Republican convention or a senatorial caucus has been construed as a a. notice from th the governors and state l leaders dens that they thoy will demand to bo be heard hoard Judging by their d degree greet of pr eon eon- activity Wood Woo Lowden ane and anel Continued on page PAgo 8 S. I I PLATFORM FIGHT I IS COMMENCED BY G. G O. O P. P AT CHICAGO of Nations Plank Center of Interest in First Skirmish Continued from Page Pago 1 k L 1 L Johnson might properly bo be dc designated le S tho bIg biff three On one proposition i their thor managers aro tull fully agreed They nil claim victory They differ on how howit it Is to bo be achieved or on what ballot ballot balot bal bal- lot ot It Is la to bo be boo but they thoy assure asuro all in inquirers in- in there thero I Is no doubt about it ft I All two Seventy hours Senator Lodges Lodge's gavel e-avel drops in tho thC big biE coil coli- soum a ft composite talking machine record record record rec rec- ord of ot of tho the managers manne will say We Ve V are aro perfectly satisfied with the situation The Tho strength of ot our candidate te is 18 steadily increasing The expressed on tho ho street probably reflecting tho of tho men up the tree tron aro are as aa many inny andAS andas and andAS AS varied a. a tho the number of candidates Ono One hears with the tho greatest greate t degree of ot finality Lowden or a dark tark horse horae and Johnson after atter tho third ballot or Wood after all the others have haYo been eliminated t Army of Writers nt Chicago Convention timo brings to Chicago a urn all army of ot political writers who tool feel that by analyzing th the cross rui UI rents in the muddy and turbulent stream which swirls about tho the hotel lobbies and In and out of ot the inner roves coves of ot the tho ho campaign n managers managers' of ot- ot flees they can discern tho course courso of oC the tides tidos and predict with certainty to the folks back homo home what hat is going to happen hap hap- pen Any predictions bel beIng made at this time are arc the results o of analysis deduction deduction deduction deduc deduc- tion and opinion rather than tion If It there thero Is a no single le man In Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago cago who knows what tho Republican t national convention is Ig going to to do ho hohas hohas has not appeared with an any proof of ot his 1 c knowledge Ono One straw which would show sho the tho way va tho the wind Ind blows would be a caucus 1 of ot uninstructed delegates About tho only place in Chicago o large lan enough in which to hold it is In the coliseum Itself and tho the indications aro are that tho ho first tr t caucus of or uninstructed ones would b bo be held hold thero there somo some day next week when preliminary business having been disposed of or tho the clerk begins to call the roll DI O eTed A Boeker Boelter after niter information made It Ita Ita a a. point toda today to ask each ench of ot the personal personal per per- managers what tho the week of or preliminaries preliminaries pre pre- had brought forth They all nil gave the same answer It was Thero There are somo some things going on un under er the I surface but the they have hae not been beon dis disclosed disclosed dis- dis le- le closed yet yot And to the best indica indica- what has hai been beon going on has been an attempt to got get et all elements clements together er on a harmonious platform and at the name omo time estimate tho the real strength and staying qualities of ot the tho various forces so 50 0 that plans might bo be made acc ac ac- ac c cordingly Monday and Tuesday and probably Wednesday will be exhibition days at convention hall ball Organization will have e to be perfected as all a a. matter of ot course courle and while delegates are aro being enter enter- by the big brass band up In the balcony and by the keynote speeches and the best orators and entertainers the party has the tho resolutions committee commit commit- tee working night and day at one o othe of the hotels will m be bo striving striving- V p bring bring- out the tho basis of an acceptable agreement and the tho various whips will have o their scouts out recording the and leanings of ot the tho uninstructed dole dole- gates They will also be keeping a close rye eye yo on the tho uninstructed to tomake tomake make nake sure that they do not break away D. In some somo c cases es already the tho Johnison John- John ison Wood and Lowdon Lowden forces among themselves are claiming the same del del- q e oc n fl I I I Third Ballot to Ie I Crucial The adjournment that follows the tho I second or third ballot probably will find the tho convention con ready to go over 0 the top and noon of ot the next day willbe willbe will willbe be tho the zero hour That will be the time to be prep prepared red for surprises By then thea It is expected that the largo large dole from the most populous states will have assessed the strength of tho the candidates the g qualities of their delegations and bo be ready to come comeIn comein comein in with an agreement among themselves them them- solves selves on some soma one of or tho the candidates or pos possibly t a dark horse who can be put over Tonight while the tho boards of or strate strategy are pouring pouring- over or their plans plane and tho the fighting forces forceR are undergoing a a. last last- in minute mute inspection i on the co convention ave n t Ion swirl around tho the hotels and on the streets ets is gathering momentum Tho The Tho delegates delegates' and visitors are pouring Inon in inon inon on every train Equipped with cheer cheerleaders cheerleaders cheerleaders leaders song sonE lea leaders anti and almo almost t every overy Other contrivance human and otherwise othor- othor wise 1 that Is la likely to appeal to the emotions of ot an assembly of or people poe peo pie pIc thc they all hope hove that at the psychological psychological psycho psycho- logical Jos they thoy will be bethe the center or Of a a. t winning wave time Old convention wag their heads at the modern ideas IdeaR that II go nowadays with boosting a presidential prest- prest boom There used to be spellbinders spellbinders spell spell- I binders flag lag wavers and torchlight I parades Now there thero are brigades of or ballad singers piano players rhymesters rhymesters rhyme rhyme- stern glad handers social service workers and ansi any number of ot persons who might be found und desirable under Websters Webster's definition of ot factotum ex ox- I trao rd Inar mary A A. presidential candidate at this convention convention con con- comes equipped with a service station If It Mr rr Delegate cant can't make a good Job on his butterfly bow a pretty lad lady will wilt deftly help him out and probably probably prou- prou ably vamp amp him a bit in tho operation finishing up by bv putting a somebody for or President button bullon in his lila coat lapel Tho service department will help Mrs Delegate Delgato find a good room or pick out outa a new hat hat It It will do anything but give the real low down on who Is IJ going to be bo nominated Hitch h Coat CONt of Living lAying Topic In those these da days s 's when everybody has something something- to Ba say about the high cost of living an nn observer at a convention is constrained to ruminations on tho high cost of ot being pleasant to delegates dele dele- gates Thero There aro are free tree automobiles for everybody free tree advice free tree Information information tion free tree helps thore would probably bo be free drinks if H Congress and the el eighteenth amendment had not Intervened Intervened Inter inter- and the tho candor and honesty which should characterize the thc efforts of ot a reporter forbid that this dispatch should give 11 an nn Impression that there are not some of ot these hese About once an hour a shower of ot canned cannet interviews and statements comes from the headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters of ot e every ery ry candidate and if It there Is 18 a n. paper shortage it does not exist in fn the convention arena But the candidates t 9 themselves ro- ro love lIe the press agents b by meeting meeting- the assembled newspaper correspondents twice Q da day answering questions and making statements first tint nit DH BUTLER GIVES VIEWS s Dr Nicholas Murray Butler presidential presidential candidate who arrived ed today Issued a statement on presidential manes marles and tho the league of ot nations Tho The presidential primary he said is a R. fraud on tho the American people It ItIn Itla In la participated In b by a p. very small ml 1 of ot Republicans and by a number number number num num- ber of ot Socialists communists and a n afew afew few Democrats who want to make for tor us I am nm In favor of BondIng sending Bond Bond- Ing an uninstructed delegation to tho the convention 0 nI n. n I will not uphold uphold President Wilsons Wilson's stand for the league of nations I shall do my utmost to compel tho the Republicans Republicans to uphold tho the tr tradition n of ot tho the party for tor constructive measures In Instead Instead Instead In- In stead of ot confining Itself to mere mero de destructive de- de criticism Th The situation de demands demands do- do mands nianda that we protect ourselves and then go Ko ahead aiding aiding- in tho the reconstruction recon recon- needed throughout the world 0 Herbert Hoover will wUl be placed In nomination before tho the Republican national national na na- na convention by Nathan I L. L Miller MU- MU ler of Syracuse N. N Y It ut was an- an at Hoover headquarters hero here I tonight Th The name nama of ot Gov Calvin Coolidge of ot Massachusetts will wUl be be- placed before the convention by Speaker of ot ot the tho House of ot Representatives Lowden Is Winner In Delegates Cont Contest st Chicago June B. B Delegate 5 Delegate contests which have hwe furnished spectacular features fea fea- tures of ot the tho period were finished tonight by the Republican na na- na- na tonal committee with decided advantage tage tags to Governor Lowdon Although on actual instruction of ot the contested delegates G General Wood received twelve and Gov Governor Lowden seven even with od the re- re Darted leanings of the tho disputed d delegates dele dele- legates le- le gates favor the tho Illinois governor Tho The committee in tho the two to Missouri seats refused to seat scat any contestants All of tho eleven district delegates from Virginia aligned ned with the faction vero seated Tho The committee rejected earnest pleas plea of ot negro contestants con con- for Heats and also decided separate contests in the third and eighth districts In favor of or the tho Slemp faction Contest Decision to io Be De Appealed All AU of ot the contests ar are aIs expected to be appealed to the convention convention and subject to revision by the convention itself During DurIn t Ui th day all the tho G or a cases were disposed of and Wood delegates ates wore seated in four tour of oC tho the dl districts Thc They Included State Chairman Pickett who was wan opposing the delegation counted In the Lowden column In tho the Texas contest tho the delegation headed by Col Cot E E. H. H 11 n. Green son on of ot the late lato Hett Hetty Green Oreen was thrown out and the delegates headed by bya Na a adonal a donal Committeeman McGregor were seated A sharp controversy between white and negro contestants today was 38 fol lowed by the adoption by the Republican Republican lican national committee of ot a tion authorizing a subcommittee to Investigate in In- In conditions in the southern states with a view to reorganizing the Republican part party into a more effective or organization Tho rho resolution b by National Committeeman Commit Commit- teeman Jackson of or Maryland had tho the support of ot southern committeemen It says says- Whereas It Is la increasingly apparent that tho the solid south Is In fact an au economic issue strongly inclined to the lie principles of ot the Republican party an and Whereas It is obvious from repeated repeat repeat- ed Cl contests before beCore tho national com com- and other facts acts no less Jess noteworthy noteworthy note note- worthy that Republican votes in many of these states aro are not increasing In proportion to the Increasing belief in Republican principles Resolved That the chairman of ot tho the national committee appoint a special committee of oC three of oC its members ono one of ot whom shall ahall be bo from tho south who shall 01 very carefully and Impartially study the whole political situation In tho the south and also its Ita relation to that in tho the north with a view of ot reporting at nt tho the next meeting meeting- of ot tho national committee so as soon as the special committee thus appointed shall bo ho ready how tho the Republican an party In states of tho the south shall b bo be reorganized or r constituted to male make It a more effective effect effect- ive I ve agent for or tho the spreading and Ing ng of ot |