| Show 1 G. G GO O. O P. P Fight Narrows To Lowden or Johnson Correspondents Correspondents' C V View ew I James P P. Nourse Declares Dark Horse Hoover Is Opposed by Rural Faction Californian Seems Favorite By James R. R Nourse Universal Service Staff start Co Correspondent pendent C June 6 Dark G.-Dark Dark horses in great con confusion began to clutter up the pathway to the presidential nomination today and caused some worry to tho the regularly listed entries I in the race In the hotel corridors and lobbies where incoming delegate delegates gather there I has been much whispering about compromise com corn promise candidates from among whom might be selected one ono to turn the trick after tho the leading contenders have bave been eliminated Lends e eCharles Charles Evans E Hu Hughes ho who ho got tho the nomination four tour years ago and In the election la is leading in all aU compromise conversation Many of th tho delegates aro being wisely cautioned to look out t for r Hughes and get got ready rendy to be for tor him at th the th break Hughes is Js being touted as one no who has a a. good record on all the Issues before the country and as ns one who could unite all tho the distracted elements of ot the party patty into harmonious and sure to win relationship Then there Has waa much talk about Hoover It was wu whispered about that the big money interests the Wall Wallstreet Wallstreet street cro crowd Int intended to put Hoover Hooyer ov b over r. r r.- r. gers managers gave It out that they had abandoned their Inton intent tion of or formally placed d dIn in nomination and that the they would sit ait lt back and watt wait for tor the big swing to Hoover to come after it has b boon been on demonstrated that none of the other candidates can bo bl nominated first Rural D Dele ut- ut Oppose Hoover er This lino line of ot talk for tor Hoover may ha have hae e made some somo Impression upon the delegates who come from sections where the mone money power predominates but it made no mention of ot men from rural sections who declared themselves themselves themselves them them- selves not yet et read ready to concede to the money power the privilege of or naming the candidate There Thero Hal waa also talk about Chairman Hays as a a. like likely I compromise candi candi- date dato Hays Has has hal always been considered a a. tentative candidate for tor the nomination nomina tion Uon He has been held in the background background back back- ground as ono one upon whom it was thought the party might unite J if the first few ballots swept away tho the chances of or all nil tho the others In the field linT Horn In Secret Conference nce Hays Has was in fn s seret r ret t con conference most of ot tho the with Senators Jim Watson Vatson and Harry Now New of In Indiana Indiana indiana In- In diana and Reed Smoot of ot Utah All parties were cre mute as to what bat was as discussed in their conference which lent color to the tho rumor that Hays Has was being groomed up for a a. psychological break into tho the race raco Of Ot course the purpose of ot all nIl these suggestions Is to find some Bome ono one if it possible with whom to beat Johnson It is admitted on all aU hands handu that Johnson Johnson John John- son is the one man whom the old guard has to fear He iTe occupies tho the thoI I strategic position in tho contest and I even if he ho cannot win the nomination himself has enough votes to put the veto upon any anyone one else that doesn't suit him Neither olther Wood nor Lowden is at all nU feared by the old line loaders who are aro seeking to put Johnson out or Continued on Page 2 David Lawrences Lawrence's Opinion Is That Illinois Governors Governor's Chances for Nomination Are Best With Old Oh Guard By David Lawrence Copyright bt The Salt Silt Lake Herald C lil June G. G Gov Frank Lowden of Illinois has haa the best chance of winning tho Republican nomination for forr the presidency because because because be be- cause ho he has bas the most skillful 1 and and powerful reserves in the convention but his fate is entirely in the handa hands of Senator Hiram Johnson of California California Cali Call fornia who holds the veto power I The Th key to tho the situation Is the I strategy In the Uie Johnson camp One I sentence from him I 1 will v. not sanction sanc sane tion lion tho the nomination of anyone for whom delegates were bought would crystallize the undertone of whispers Into a noisy apprehension that thai the tho Missour Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- sour scandal is sufficient food for Democratic orators to make doubtful a a. victory in November Thompson Thompsons View nn nil Tie Jle Bolted William Wllliam Hale Thompson national committeeman from Illinois made such sucha a n. statement as all ho bolted the Lowden household Senator Borah of ot Idaho has has' expressed ominous doubts about the effect of ot the Missouri exposure on the tho Lowden boom But the tho new old guard guar being possessed of a a. stolid de determination do- do termination to put over a Do tried and ani true truo Ro Republican such as they hold bold Frank Lowden t to be bE- bEare are undismayed So tho plan Is la to let the Lowden movement movement move move- ment run its natural course courS let tho the balloting go on and see seo whether the convention Is 19 disposed ed to bo be concerned over tho the purchase of delegates in Missouri Mis Mis- or whether it acc accepts as final tho the rep repudiation of those delegates by bytha bythe bythe the tha Illinois governor go himself himsel Ten Ballots Agreed On OnAn OnAn OnAn An agreement has been reached be between between between be- be tween the Lowden Wood and Johnson forces to keep the balloting going to toton ten ton ballots If It necessary nc to ascertain the exact strength of three leaders Dark horses and other r near near- candidates will not bo be permitted ted to reap tho the benefits of ot a deadlock until It is absolutely d demonstrated that none nono of tho the three can win Dismissing for th the moment tho the second second sec see ond stage of ot the convention which the tIte dark horses horses Hoover Hoover Hughes Taft TaCt Lenroot Allen and Sproul Sproul be considered tho first stage of ot the fight presents two opportunities for tor Hiram Johnson Ho can cnn make a L fight on the convention floor against the treaty of ot peace pence and league of nations or else olse he can enn attack tho the Lowden candidacy as the product of or mone money power Agree on Peace Treaty Tho The members of ot the tho committee who will draft the Republican platform are practically agreed upon the plank on tho the treaty of ot Versailles They will fa favor favor tn- tn vor the treaty of ot peace an and tho the league of ot nations as 8 an aspiration and will In commend the Republican for opposing adoption in fn tho the form tom til i n which President Wilson submitted the document docu docu- of It the I ment mont but the ratification tr treaty at and league will be t favored orEd with reservation Now ow that tha doesn't mean with the Lodge reservations re It moans means what it says simply says with reservation That excludes all the quibbling about the phraseology of ot Continued on Pago Page 2 I 1 i JAMES P. P P NOURSE SEES CAliFORNIAN WINNER Continued from Pago o 1 the running While Wood undoubtedly will get the thc greater number of oC otes votes on the tho first ballot It Is not seriously believed that ho will figure In the tho race after aCter tho the second or or- third ballot Is taken Johnon Profile Two ro Ways Johnson profited In Into two ways toda today which Increased his chances of or success Ono was tho the result of or tho the North North- Caro Care lina Una primary which showed that In a clear race with Wood Johnson cleaned up lip by a vote voto of or about ten to one This gives tho two twenty votes of or the thc North Carolina delegation to after arter a a. complimentary vote voto has been given Iven to George Georbe Pritchard tho the states state's en favorite son The other circumstance favoring Johnson was tho the bolt of oC Mayor William Halo Thompson of or Chicago o from fron the thc Lowden forces and tho the mayors mayor's declaration declaration declaration declara declara- tion that he will not support Lowden candidacy because of ot the manner In which southern delegations were ero brought up Thompson controls at l least ast twenty delegates In tho the Illinois fifty fifty- eight and nd most of ot these it is 18 believed he ho will wilt deliver to Johnson Thompson Is In thorough sympathy with Johnsons Johnson's views on the league of or nations Issue McCormick has Una Different nt View lew Senator a a Lowden supporter said ho lie did not think Thompson's Thompsons Thompsons Thompson's Thomp Thomp- sons son's action would hurt Lowden er very ery much lIe He stands alone alono In that position position poi poi- tion however oven tho the most loyal of or friends admitting that It has done their candidate much harm Senator Lodge Lods-e who Is to be the temporary tem chairman and perhaps the permanent permanent per per- manent chairman of or the tho convention con got In today tolay and spent considerable time In inthe tho the lobby of oC tho the gossiping with Murray Crane Mrs Alice Altce IA Longworth Longworth Long Long- ng- ng worth orth Herbert Parsons and others herding May In Unite Ono hears considerable repetition of or ortho tho talk o of a Johnson and Harding ticket fan l Many of or the thc principal Harding Harding- boosters are stridently advocating such sucha a selection If It it Is definitely decided that Harding Hardin cannot win first place George IL Clark chairman of or the Ohio executive committee ane and Walter alter Brown who controls tho the progressive vote In tn Ohio are both doing doing- heroic work In Inthis Inthis inthis this direction While Whilo their first choice I Is Harding the they are aro read ready to swing to Johnson If it Harding drops out drops lout The argument being advanced In fa favor fa- fa avor a- a I vor of such a combination Is that It would give the conservatives a look in iii with Harding Hardin as ns the nominee for second second sec see ond place ploce and that Harding himself might bo be willing to accept it because of or ortho tho the hard fight tIght he faces In Ohio If Ir ho he hohas hohas has to run again for Cor tho the Senate lAWRENCE LANRENCE FAVORS lOWDEN'S CHANCES Continued from Pago Page 1 some same of or tho u Lo Lodge ige reservations and doesn't tb tio the hands of or tho the nc next t President Pres Pros ident Mont of oC the United States C f he happens happens hap hap- pens pons to bo a Republican and wants to alter RIter tho the pro program ram to meet conting contingencies contin contin- g In Jn the foreign situation as they arise Ratification with reservations will be n a simple Inclusive all-Inclusive c. c expression pres- pres don sion of or Republican Intentions Johnson Opposed to But Dut Hiram Johnson Is absolutely op opposed opposed opposed op- op posed to such a plank Yet whether he ho will consider It Jt worth orth while to risk his chances for tor the nomination on that plank depends upon his sin sin- His hits ardent admirers Insist that ho would rather lose the presidency than recede ono Inch inch inch-ho ho will fight tight they s against th tho treaty with or without any reservations But Iut If It he should wage waJo a fight on the convention floor he would certainly be overridden overridden over over- ridden as this convention Is 18 too wise to oppose a a. simple statement ouch as s ratification with reservations resonations when it Isn't even said how far those reservations reservations reservations res res- can go So if It Johnson made mado his fight and lost the tho veteran polIticIans politicians pol pol- are arc confident that he would eliminate himself from consideration when the thc balloting began The moral damage of oC defeat on tho the big thing on which Johnson has waged his primary campaign would be bo Irre Irre- The Thc supporters of oC Lowden Wood rood and tho the rest dont don't think Hiram Joh Johnson son dares do I It nor do they thoy be be- be here lieve e ho he W was B assailing assailing- Lowdon Lowden on tho the Missouri exposure because of the ef effect of- of J J that It would have havo on his own 1 political fortunes For while Johnson might th titus thus s eliminate Lowden tho the re resentment re- re produced among the Lowdon Lowden supporters would be sufficient to prevent pre pro vent ent tho the election of oC Johnsoh Johnson Veto Club In Californians Californian's hands Hand Whichever wa way one turns it Is Iii Hiram ram Johnson who has tho vote veto club in his hands Ho lIe can kill off Lowden and turn tho the convention to consideration of or dark darc ar horses His Ills own oratory may win him support but tho the rank and file of ot tho politicians think him too radical and too Impulsive to bo be the Republican nominee Frank Frankly they dont don't like him him and ho lie knows It Therefore he has everything o to gain aln and very little to lose 1080 IJ by open warfare And that's what II ii IB Johnson on the tho warpath and tho the convention like lIko a big Jury jur de deciding deciding le- le whether hother tho the Missouri exposure Is a flash In the tho pan or a serious flaw Claw In Republican hopes hopeR Men fen like A A. T T. Hert of or Kentucky Kentuck the tho now new Penrose of ot tho the situation who is IA for tor Lowdon Lo do not consider the Johnson explosion can affect af af- af- af the sober thoughtful delegates oCa of oC ofa ofa a Republican national convention Anybody can win next November ember on tho the Republican ticket reasons the Republican Republican Re Re- publican wiseacre who Is for but tho the supporters of or Leonard Wood WoodI and nd Hiram Johnson make malte good use of or Brother r McAdoo's pull pun with or organized labor and hl his political versatility ver a athey as the they argue that 1 If tho the Democrats nominate nom nom- mate McA McAdoo oo It wont won't be bo a cinch Inch and th that t th the Chicago convention should not mal make c the mistake of or nomInating nominating nom nom- conservative mating a n. Q n But Its It's Lowden's nomination thus far ar |
