Show IAL AL BATTLE STARTS r f. f if ill I M MEET TO O I NAME NAME A A CANDIDATE 1 ti IE it SUIT SULT IS UNCERTAIN UNCERTAIN i I I CIO 00 June 11 Animosities Animosities of the he platform battle swept away away by bye I e e roar of affirmation which wrote the Republican creed for 1920 t to history delegates lo to the national convention gathered early today I fulfill their chief duty and name a presidential candidate I o woud receive this highest honor in the party party's s gift was as much lap of ot the gods as ev ever r. r Field Fled marshals for tor the big bis three Wood Jand and Lowden expressed confidence They made no specific claims I Ethan than the votes otes pledged to their candidates by primary action e balance of power still sUB lay with the more than BOO uninstructed tes es I Despite days of t missionary a y work among them lieutenants of ot the t I candidates had learned little littler r I-r r state slate of ot mind It remained ef first ballot baBot to reveal any anye e drift of sentiment among the id d' d file tUe of ot the party MINATE Jon on the program came the thet t ng speeches ches To get these tout out of ot the way the convention 19 9 o'clock instead of 11 as on on- I Further s steps eps toward circuiting useless and often oratory were in con- con f. f with ith seconding speeches t the rule adopted each can can- may be seconded In two five five- addresses He He may have as II l as he hee likes Ikes but If Ift is t to have more than two none Iwho speak for him may talk than han two minutes I f BALLOT C r this s1 ruthless curb on sub eulo- J. J the first ballot should be e 1 by Indications ns My t it will show the instructed p hof of the major candidates candidates' lined solidly as the mandates Iii I P rill rill- bring out too the fullI full I telson el son strength It will for for- for I enter a whole string of dark Plain U in ri the but the race rape overs over over- s ing Interest In this tirs first direct direct I toward Howard ward the nomination lies Ies in int I t Imay inay may disclose as to a current i S i the tho uninstructed toward one m big three to supplement his I ed strength 1 FY SITUATION the first ballot baIlot recorded and tAI and quarter quade Votes votes' tabulated for the various candidates 1 on which to work ork I On the next vote rote fason fa- fa Json son strength will begin to tor tor tor r the delegations their duty I tesy esy done done being free to Join fight on candidates tes possible 1 stion allon Then will hill begin the floor conferences theand the theand and dickering that oils the theof theof I. I of a political convention the ultimate cho choice ce eec second nd ballot Js is certain to sh show w changes From the second on J step tep strength of f the leading mates tes may be expected to TV wax ax either a deadlock occurs i of of the trio emerges as master SItuation HORSES k It kl horse movements spring out locks Up to the time the theIon idOCks tion Ion assembled today there ther was indication that a triangular Wood Johnson and be shown on the first sli ot of noses For that reason eras promoters had b been ben en busy h the night planning and work work- order to too be prepared to ata ata at- at ih a coup when an opportunity these activities ties and also of maneuvering of leaders of the leading candi- candi candi- candi came a new crop of reports orts ht 1 ii i- i i CLAIMS CLAIMS 1 1 affirmed affirmed that he show strength in ex excess excess' essof of 00 first ballot baIlot Some placed it it i and it Requires to nominateS nominate Wood claims s 's had not eX exceed exceed- eed- eed l S The The so lr source e of the expected aT aT fifty or or- l votes otes was not by the claimants ri ni supporters Supporter also were a t they y needed only the ce cc cei of oI h strong Eastern d dele dele- l t jih Illinois s' s governors governor's stand stand- st nd- nd put J. J over ver over It was an an Open open that at t th they y were flirting with I New rork York r representation pr I to Nicholas Butler ou Outset s t and with witti comp m known Strength in its ranks but the eJ of the the- majority as yet edi son sont supporters were wore very ac- ac enly during the ev evening hours ay treating the the- convention tola to o a taste Of r time old methods iB way of bands and banners stump orator at the curb they were doing otherwise t rival booms with with- ing aas as aa not so clear They beyond asserting that would show a stead stead- wing strength as the balloting Red cd horse activity was very deep the surface Workers for Governors Governor s Sproul r of t Pennsylvania for I Butler Butter and darkest darest of ot them all for I Charles E ans Hughes were reported as conferring sand negotiating but there was was no outward evidence of labors One report had it that thata a group of men who hold important nl places ces In Ih the party councils had caucused caucused cau cau- in preparation for putting Judge Hughes Hushes forWard at the right moment with sufficient initial strength to give the movement a winning impetus If so they were careful to obliterate the traces of ot their operations There was was a marked quiet among the avowed adherents of Herbert Hoover In fact doubt seemed to prevail that he would be placed in nomination at atall all but plans plana of his I supporters were not hot revealed I THE PLATFORM I II I Delegates were busy today with I press copies of ot the platform as it was wasi i adopted The great majority had hadI I caught only its general drift when I Senator Watson chairman of ot the there re resolutions committee presented the draft that was uproariously approved Relief over the fact tact that an open rupture on the league of nations issue had been averted and party harmony I restored outweighed all other considerations considerations consid consid- at that time then J I Undoubtedly the struggle on the league issue has had an effect on the thel I candidacy of the chief aspirants to I Ithe the nomination It brought the party I to the brink of disaster and the aftermath aftermath aftermath after after- math the chips and shavings and discarded die dis I carded league planks left by the platform platform plat plat- plat plat-I form torm framers when they finished the job has not all been swept up but none of the candidates professed to tobe tobe tobe be anything but elat elated d by the result I radically differing as their views on the league question may be Th There re was no means of assessing the strength of any of ot the chief trio may I have gained or lost because of that outstanding clash of ot the convention I I IVICE VICE PRESIDENT Senator Lodge chairman of ot the convention did not expect t the presidential presidential presidential nominee would be selected in time to permit balloting on the vice presidency before Saturday There are aro almost as many vice presidential I booms as there are presidential candidates candidates candidates can can- but they have received only I passing attention in convention circles circles circles cir cir- cles at large thus far The question of naming a candidate for vice president is interwoven with the result of ot the thEl presidential race Political Political Po Po- considerations based on the part of ot the country from which the two candidates hall han and the party's strength therein always influence the vice presidential selection As a rule it has been iKe e custom of ot all parties I to pick a man a for the strength n he be ir l-a l would add to the ticket at a crucial r i point so leaders generally were were not I inclined to attempt to cross the vice presidential bridge until they came cameto i ito I to it and knew what river they wanted want want- wantI I ed to cross I |