Show I LEANING T Tt TO t l J Ion to his reele reel Bluegrass 0 e commiss Tho While Not Ins alwa ed d f t Fancy IFancy Candid y y of f G Governor vernor of Illinois By py George R. R Holmes International News Service Staff Correspondent CHICAGO H May ray 28 2 4 4 m moun- moun n- n C. C v x oJE if work some trivial a 1 some extremely important is piling up here lere- lere for the Republican Republican lican Hean convention handlers landlers to clear away b before the real business of nom- nom a a. presidential candidate can be undertaken r This will be tackled starting next Monday when the committee on credentials credentials cre cre- meets to consider the large number of ot contests now pending Estimates Estimates Es Es- vary ary as to the number of ot se seats ts contested The preliminary convention con con- enton roll of ot delegates with but few tew states missing show that conI contests con con- I tests rests already have been filed tiled Unofficial unofficial un un- official estimates place the number as ts high as OFFICIALS ON GROUND Clarence B D. Miller of ot Minnesota secretary to the national committee is s expected to arrive here bere today to get things started AlvIn T T. Hart chairman chairman chair chair- man of ot the tho convention committee and Western campaign manager In 1916 1 i I has arrived i i Most fost of ot the contests already filed are ue from Southern states Arkansas has seven Florida eight Georgia sevI sev- sev I Louisiana twelve Mississippi twelve Missouri four North Carolina twenty two Oklahoma six South Cart Car- Car t i. i olina twelve Tennessee two Texas six aix Virginia fifteen District of Coi Columbia Co- Co i lumbia two and Minnesota two i j In n addition there ar are seven forty-seven seats seals Involving fractional votes which I the committee will have to rule on In View llew of or the recent decision to do away way with the fractional voting system tem tern Delegations Involved In these eases cases cases are Arkansas Illinois Iowa Mississippi Mississippi sippi Nevada O Oklahoma lahoma Tennessee and Texas KENTUCKY FOR LOWDEN Claims by the Lowden camp that J Kentucky's ys y's delegation of ot twenty-six twenty will wUl line up behind behina the Illinois governor governor governor gov gov- were strengthened today by Nac National Na Na- c lIonal Committeeman Hert r a While the delegation Is not in ini instructed in- in i he said there is a str strong ng sentiment for tor Governor Lowden In I II t I. I fact fact I think k there there has has has' been a de decided decided de- de drift towards Lowden Lowde i for the thelast last few tew weeks not only in Kentucky but elsewhere Personally I favor no particular candidate Among t other ther thin things s I J r think Governor Lo Lowden's Loden's dens den's frank fran statement on his campaign campal n expenditures expenditures ex ex- has helped hl his cause This is no dark darl horse year de declared de- de Hert The successful candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date w will ll be front from among those whose names already have been prominently Identified with the race race Governor Edward P P. MorroW orrow of ot Kentucky who has been mentioned mentioned- In some quarters as a possible outside outside out nut side choice will wili not be a candidate Hert said His lIis n name me probably will wilt v not be pe presented MANAGERS COMPLACENT T of ot campaign campaIn expenditures ex ex- at Washington continued Lt f tJ- h hold ld the interest of ot presidential s 5 3 nw V w I. I t I A today da 0 y What s the latest from Washing ton ton was WaI the unvarying greeting I The Wood managers declared the they could point with to to the general generals general's gen gen- eral's eral the m i We havo ve carried out the spirit of ot the primary law law they said The law provides s that the voter shall take part in the nomination of ot a candi- candi date No voter can do this intelligently intelli- intelli J gently unless he lle is Informed of the i character record and qualifications of ot the candidate And to Inform the voter takes tates money An Ar average campaign campaign campal cam cam- pal letter to an average voter oter costs costs' approximately 5 5 cents There ere are millions ot pt voters in this country G G. G O. O P. P TO A AVOID VOl D BOOZE ISSUE ISSUE Beer light wines ines and prohibition will not be mentioned ned in the Republican national convention if present plans of ot p party leaders are carried out Directors tors of ot the party's policies have decided that the Question has be been e n settled et led a and d I r wet a a. dry planK pian neither a nor not indorsement I of ot any modification of ot the present bone dry lule le will be incorporated Incorporated- in the platform according accord accordS ing to Samuel A A. Perkins national committeeman from Washington Th The prohibition question and its possible possible pos pos- sible effect on the forthcoming presidential presidential campaign has been under consideration consideration con con- by party leaders for several months it is known The matter was discussed at national committee meetings meet meet- ings here as far back as last January One member of ot the national c committee committee commit commit- that th the tee who wio is here said today committee believed th the wets to be Inthe Inthe in inthe the minority and that the country as as' as a whole wanted prohibition WIRE COMPANIES BARRED the Workers employed In preparing coliseum for the Republican an national convention apparently had been successful successful suc suc- today in barring Installation of special Western Wester Union and Postal telegraph telegraph tele tele- graph wires from that building The workers notified Charles P. P Hall superintendent of ot the coliseum that if It men men w were re employed to Install the wires they would strike Western Union officials said today the matter was entirely in the hands of the building management Postal officials OUI- OUI dais said they had hid not planned to Install in install install In- In stall the wires s until next w week ek L. L LW V Henley secretary tary of the convention convention con con- committee refused refused- to say whether an effort would be made t to have Ilave the wires put in by un union on workmen workmen work work- workmen men but intimated that the ultimatum of ot the coliseum workers would be bed d deferred to Both the Western Union and Posta Postal have branch offices a short distance from the coliseum The American Telephone and Telegraph Telegraph Telegraph Tele Tele- graph c company m any w which ich will furnish wires wirer for the press associations will not bo be affected and has already practically completed its Installations |