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Show CONTEST OVER - I Planks on League of Nations I and Industrial Relations Cause of Much Worry I c NOBODY KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN WEEK I , Old Time Politician Amazed at Modern Method of Naming I Standard BearSr H CHICAGO, June 5. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The contest between I tno varIous aspirants for the Republi- yv?6 can presidential nomination- Is mo-1 mo-1 1 mentarlly obscured by preliminary contests over tho platform. One is the league of nations plank and the other is tho Industrial rela- IWKf tions plank. The latter, is acknowl- SiJiJ I edged to be loaded with dynamite and WVM- tho former is so surrounded by counter claims that it has been arranged, and that it has not been arranged, that 1 the real truth of the situation is not I apparent. . Morft of all the practical politicians ' however, were predicting today thai any coalition of party leaders which presents the successful wolution for the league of nations plank will bo able to nominate their canidatc for the presidency. Indiana Points Way. The league of nations plank In the' Indiana state Republican platform brought hero by Senator Watson, who is tho foremost candidate for chairman chair-man of the resolutions committee.) scorns to be the nucleus around which j the descuEsIon is centering and it may provide tho basis for the agreement. It declares in effect that the Rcpub-f Rcpub-f lican party denounces tho league of national covenant as It was brought from Versailles by Pres. Wilson, but it j iV docs not close the door of Its accept-, stP anccs with reservations. j ' At ttiot nnlnt Ilia rraf r'a i 1 nn t?tft of r It various degrees and the Irreconclla- blcs appear as the elements to be brought Into harmony. .Most Qf uie party whips seem to be agreed that the convention cannot take any action which could be construed as a repudiation repu-diation of the Republican leaders In the senate. Compromise seems to be inevitable and tho. predictions of the field marshals Is that the compromise will develop the candidate. To Much To Hay. On tho side Hues of the big fight thore is a scrimmage going on between the leaders of the party in congress and the leaders of the party through-, through-, out the country- Many of the latter have come to Chicago openly express- ing the feeling that senators and rop- l resentatives have had too much to say ( in the divisions of the party's affairs c and that some consideration must be I; given to thePhicftains from the pro vinces. Tho statement by Gov. Beeck-rj Beeck-rj man, of Rhode Island, that he was not ii sure whether he was going to "a Re- ul publican convention or a senatorial l caucus," has ben construed as a notice co from the governors and state leaders "n that they will demand to be heard. "Big Three" Confident- tlol Judging by their degre of pre- the convention activity. Wood. Lowden and eon, Johnson might properly be designated dai the "big three." On one proposition tho their managers are fully agreed. They day all claim victory. They differ on how uoj it is to be achieved or on what bal- ner lot it Is to be hut they assure all hi ll quirers there is no doubt about It. eoj Seventy-two hours bpfore Senator I'alj L.odge's gavel drops In th big coliseum Ifej a composite talking machine record of f ( the expressions of the managers would anl say: "We are perfectly satisfied with M, the situation. The strength of our can- lio' didatc la steadily Increasing." rci The sentiment expressed ' on the ,rcl street, presumably reflecting the vf(evs of the men up the tree are 1 jc as many and as varied an the number "? of candidates. One hears with the. mm greatest degree of finality "J-owden or H a dark horso." and "Johnson after , mmm! the tpird ballot," or "Wood after all Wj the others have been eliminated." .H Army of Writers..' - H Convention time brings to Chicago HI a small army of political writers who JH " feel that by analysing tho cross cur-J.'l cur-J.'l rents in the muddy and turbulent f (H stream which swirls about the hotel H lobbies and in and out of the inner i,,H coves of the campaign managers' of- lH fices, Ihoy can discern 'the course of. Hi the tides and predict with certainty BHi . , to the folks back home what is going W-mtfs Q happen. A Any predictions boing madaa'.' ffl JSincarc the results of analysLQctjS- liV l!oh and opinion rather than In forma-. iHH tion. If there Is a single man in Chi- JH cago who knows what .the Republican BllH national convention i3 going to do, he f-fll hasn't appeared -with any proof of his knowledge. jH t Ono straw which would sliow the H way the wind blows would be a cau- H cus of unlnstructcd delegates. About ""fflj the only place In Chicago largo J--- enough in which to hold it is in the fH Coliseum itself and the indications are H that the first caucus of unlnstructcd .''-flf ones would be held there some day lfH next week whon preliminary business IH leaving been disposod of, the clerk be- fH (Tins to call the roll. jH Nothing DlBcIoacd. H A" seeker after information made It a point today to ask each of tho H personal managers what tho week of U preliminaries had brouglft forth. They ll all gavo the same anpwer. It wan: B' "There are some tilings going on un- dor the surface but they haven't been' disclosed yet." . H And, according to tho best indica- lions, what has been going on has.becn un attempt to get all elemonts togeth- or on a harmonious platform and at H j the same time estimate the real LjT A ctrength and stayinsr qualities of the HT (Continued Tac .1) , 1 .v.-v.;,... CONTEST OVER PLKISBfl ; Old Timers in Politics Amazed at Modern Methods at Convention j (Continued From Pace it I various forces so that plans might bo made accordingly. AVhat Will ITnpicn. I Monday and Tuesday and probably Wednesday will be exhibition days at I convention hall. Organization will I have to be perfected as a matter of I course and while the delegates are being entertained by the big brass band up In the balcony, and by keynote key-note speeches, and the best orators and entertainers the party hah, the resolutions committee, working night and day at one of the hotels, will be striving to bring out the basis of an acceptable agreement and tho various whips will have their scouts out recording re-cording the preferences and leanings of the unlnstructcd delegates. They will also bo keeping a close eye on the Instructed delegations to make I sure that they do Not break away. 'In some cases ' already the Johnson. ) Wood and Lowden forces among themselves are claiming the same dcle- gations. do Over the Top. The adjournment thut follows the 1 second or third ballot probably will j find the convention ready to go over ! the tbp and noon of the next day will be the zero hour. That will be tho ; time lo be prepared for surprises. 7v lhrn It in osiipftpcl Hint tbn larrro ' delegations from the most -populous i states will have assessed the strength l of the candidates, the sticking qualifies quali-fies of their delegations and be ready ' to come In with an agreement among .themselves on some one of the eandl-J eandl-J dales or possibly a dark horse, who can bo put over. , Tonight while the boards Of strategy i are pouring over their plans and tho fighting forces are undergoing a last minute Inspection, the convention swirl around the hotels and on the streets Is gathering momentum. The delegates and visitors are pouring in on every train. Equipped with cheer leaders, song leaders and almost every other contrivance human and otherwise, that is likely to appeal to the emotions of an assembly of ten thousand people, they all hope that at the psychological moment they will be tho center of a winning wave. Old Timers Amazed. Old time convention habitues wag tholr heads at tho modern ideas that go nowadays with boosting a presidential presi-dential boom. There used to be spellbinders, spell-binders, flag wavers and torchlight parades. Now there are brigades of ballad singers, piano players, rhymesters, rhymes-ters, glad handevs, social seVvice work-orn work-orn and any number of persons who might bo found desirable under Webster's Web-ster's definition of "factotum extraordinary." extraor-dinary." I Senator Johnson announced that he-had he-had no intention of leaving Chicago I during the convention. I i Johnson Grows Happy. I "1 will be on hand every minute of! tho timo and J hope to make my pro-sence pro-sence fell," said the senator. "I am growing happier and more hopctul with the pasmg of the hours. When asked concerning his idea of. the length of the convention, Senator, Johnson said: "I can see no- obstacle that would 1 prevent the finish by Saturday night, j The only fight that I anticipate Is on ' the platform and the only plunk in ' the platform thai there probably win ' be a fight on, Is that concerning the1 attitude of the convention on the I league of nations. I do not anticipate . that that will last long." When asked If he would accept the nomination with a platform endorsing tho league of nations covenant with reservations. Senator Johnson said: "1 will cross that bridge when I come lo it." It was explained lo the senator that during his morning conference lie was understood to have said that ho would accept the nomination on a platform containing tho endorsement of the league of nations covenant, but with the Lodge reservations attached. His answer wns: "I will cross that bridge when I como to it." Term of President. A platform plank pledging the party to a constitutional amendment limiting limit-ing the president to one term of four years will be offered to the resolutions! committee by-Gov. Lowden. The plank! prepared by the governor also proposes pro-poses that cabinet officers who scok the presidency must first resign from the cabinet. A president, the governor said today, could accomplish more good in one four year term, if he were not considering consid-ering political expediency and measures mea-sures to win renomlnation, than in eight years under the present system. There would be no objection, he aaucu, to an cx-prosident seeking a second term after being out of offices a term or longer, as there could bo no suspicion sus-picion that a political machine, built up while in office, was being used to perpetuate his administration. A single term for the president was particularly desirable at this time, the governor said, for the reason that "tho men elected this year, if ho docs his full duly, will have to do things up-popular up-popular with the pcoplo in politics and others." Gov. Lowden said he had nothing further to say in the Missouri case, where delegates were charged with taking money from his campaign managers. man-agers. He said the case now was a closed incident. He mndo no comment on Senator G. 1-1. Moses' charges that the Republican national committee was using a "steam roller" In his behalf. be-half. General Wood expressed as being General Wood expressed himself as being thoroughly satisfied with tho situation. "I am thoroughly satisfied," said Gen. Wood. "We have a hard working harmonious staff and reports are good. I will stay here until Monday night, and then retire to a near but Invisible spot. I have nothing to complain of at the present time." |
