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Show B11 - j PWITHO RIDE "NO BARK HORSE' HERT "piOSES (,)r.ThcT"Wltt'.bi:no dark horeo Can-dldat Can-dldat noilnsl(cd'for president b th.o'irRetublleaJilnrttlonal convention.' OftflJqf(ie genilehien who have bwn Otfefd itcc-the-! nation as1 a "possible" nqtpljlii(?' will -.twf.-.thi cbnVenll,!'! cholcj' ,.-! :S .' Thls.JSas 'l)t".'statcmenV without strings attached. made tho other jiIkIiC bjr. Alviij T..,;Hert' of Kentucky, tho tlrstof ((hq-.blg national I'ea'ders to arrive in Chicago for4 tho" conven tion. Mr. Ilerl), aside, trbni" bclb the nfctonar' co'mmlttectiian trorn' Kentucky is 'Chairman of the coin mlUee',on'"4rrangemcnts for the con-ventlqn. con-ventlqn. In 1914 he was the western)' west-ern)' manager 'of tfi'e' Hughes campaign, cam-paign, following tho nomination. He-has He-has just; cnded..a..'trip that took' hi in Into nearly cyeyy '.eefern 'slate: "and Into maay. of the etfiitcrn states. HV Is a recognized leader in the. groufi of '-'unlnslructed aild . unpledged" delegates:-. -.' i . - '- THINKS ;lpWDWX fcTIWKfG -"WhatVdd you -.think of the sltuii tton Bcnvfal7";Mis'Hert wssaBked. "There, can be little doubl"he an-awered. an-awered. "tha't during the past two years sedttment Has "been crystalling crystall-ing around governor Lowden 9f Illinois. Illi-nois. There, is unquestionably n belief be-lief that 'It nominated .Governor Low-den Low-den would grow continuously as' a presidential candidate until the No-vesaber No-vesaber election." ' '-'What has been the effect of the senatorial iavesttgat!oi ot campaign espesdftures " ha was aaked. .- la-my; Judgment. Governor Low dca'a-strength"has bee tncreasel since his eampalgn'manager took the sUnd at Washington." Mr. Hort replied. re-plied. "My advices are to the e fleet that the feeling is that the Lowde-i managers told tho truth and tho whole truth which naturally reacts In Lowden'rf favor." KENTUCKY NOT TIED Mr. Hert said he wanted It understood un-derstood that 'he Is not committed to 'any candldate.'for tho presidency "The Kentucky delegation is uc Instructed and has Make n no action and bo maa'la'ln ponliloh to speak 'for.it. Illinois Is our neighbor, how-everf'and how-everf'and there 4s a .'strong. Lowden 'sentiment In thestate' - Mr. Hert wasahked, aa'to.the potential po-tential candldacy'.of Gov, .E.. P. Mo v. . "" 4-ow, tho new -Republican, governor ot Kentucky. ". ' "Governor Morrow is not a candidate candi-date or president or vice president," Mr. Hert said. "His single ambltipu W.to sorve out 'his term as governn-. His name will not be presented to.tbi convention as a candidate Kentucky on the first ballot, will not havo t. candidate- ot itfl own. For whom It wilt cast Its twenty-Six votes will ba I determined when delegation reach; e Chicago." . |