Show adai holds A lead ONE FACT WAS established positively po at the democratic party rally in chicago adial stevenson is far in the lead for the democratic i om mation for president most per sons believed that mr stevenson was ahead but probably even his most followers were surprised wh ei ell t tiey aey discovered the extent of his backing at chicago the talk quickly fell away vay from debate about the ce ahe talk turned to adlai steven son and his thinking to his position oi the various issues two other men wait and hope loti averell harriman and estes kefauver want the nomination they rire ire willing to fight and to trade to et it both are prominent men in political circles both have influence and some backing besides these two who intensely desue the nomination there are others who are standing by not agg dessive but perfectly willing there is no lack of dark horses none of th em particularly likely at the mom ent but several who might move up forward in case of any deadlock at the convention curiously though it is none of ti ese neither harriman Harn roan nor defau ver nor any dark horse that is ste challenge his bensons venson s greatest prune prime risk comes from tune time from the months that stretch away through the winter and on into the su amer on to the convention in july it will be difficult for any man to hold the front position for eight mon this is particularly true since the other aspirants constantly will be maneuvering to gain gam advantages positions seeking to take the lead from stevenson and win the aaion for themselves yet admitting the difficulty most of the experienced observers be lieve that mr stevenson will hold his hi present lead he may increase it As others see the strong ability of his winning the nomma tion they may join up with him to oe on the winning side political predictions always are risky and at this time tune in novem ber no one dares say what will hap pen next july but the signs of the moment undoubtedly point to adlai adial stevenson and they now are clearer and more emphatic signs than be fore the chicago meeting it was in chicago that stevenson s strength and the extent of his lead were fully discovered |