Show I I IN rA PAI NOT lAK TAKEN SERIOUSLY Hm l' l General General- Assumption That Ma Machine chine Will Stat States State s' s Del Delegation i ti n I i BY B ByJ J. J Bart Campbell International News Service Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON WASHINGTO r C May 17 Little Little real light on the states state's ultimate po political po- po leanings at either Chicago orF or orSan F tSan San Francisco or In the campaign to follow hollow Is expected to be bt shed by tomorrows tomorrow's to- to morrows morrow's unusual presidential prefer prefer- pence jence primary In Penns Pennsylvania On the b ballot the name of ot only one Republican presidential candidate will that appear that of Edward Randolph Wood an eccentric octogenarian n of Philadelphia who wh Invariably adds to the gayety of C Pennsylvania politics asa as asa asno a no perennial White House aspirant NOT WORTH WHILE The names name names of r S Senator Knox indorsed Indorsed in indorsed In- In by Senator Penrose Governor Governor Governor Gover Gover- nor Spro SproUl l backed by a Targe large personal per pert following and o of General Wood supported y former s service and will not W be printed on it None of f them them took the trouble I formally to declare himself a presidential presidential prest- prest c candidate by filing flUng a nomination nomina nomina- nomination tion in compliance with the state pd mary mart law It will therefore be up to the supporters supporters supporters sup sup- porters of ot each tach to write in the name nameon on the ballot The same opportunity is afforded the supporters of other Republican aspirants General Woods Wood's backers express concern lest a l large rge number of ot YO voters tel'S who favor faor hl hitt l mark the name of Edward Ran Randolph olph Wood Woodby Woodby by mistake ke MACHINE CONTRAL As the six seventy delegates to be chosen to the Chicago convention are r re ard ardd d as as' ascertain certain to follow the beh be- be beh h st t of ot the Pennsylvania machine leaders It Is not believed the Republican Republican Re Re- publican r rank Rn and file of or th the state will Incur the risk of writers writer's cramp to any great extent by Indicating ng a presidential l preference Just now now reports from Pennsylvania Pennsylva Pennsylva- nia Indicate a rapid increase in hi Knox sentiment among both the Penrose and Penrose anU followers although Sproul continues to b be a a a. formidable figure r as a favorite son soh because of his Is widespread popularity DEMOCRATIC SITUATION Attorney General Pal Palmer n r is the only IDly D Democratic candidate for president to appear on the Pennsylvania ballot banot His undisputed command of the state Dem Democratic organization will opponents opponents opponents op- op concede give ghe him not less than sixty of or the six seventy-six Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania delegates to San Francisco His friends claim lalm he will have as high as ag seventy The Palmer anti forces led fed by Judge Bonniwell are urging the states state's Democratic tlc electorate to write I In inthe In the name of William G. G McAdoo to offset Palmers Palmer's and are even ven claiming Palmer will be beaten two to one Both sides agree Palmer will not have nave have the solid delegation to give his presidential ambition a semblance of of- ofa a real chance at San Francisco |