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Show r BANDS By SCORE ' READY TO BLARE CAM A! TUNE Miles of Bunting Waves in Breeze Along Chicago's Principal Streets MANY LITTLE BOOMS RISE AND THEN FALL Candidates for Vice President Bring Their Own Nominating Nomi-nating Speeches to Convention fefc CHICAGO June 4. Lines of action I among the presidential candidate are ftTH beginning for the first time to come out of the nebulous atmosphere of the preliminary period and move toward saSSf" definite form. The arrival of Senator Johnson or j i California to Lake personal charge of, his oandldaev ,:md the agreement among Wood leaders to have Frank H. Hitchcock act as their field marshal, mar-shal, nre the two outstanding develop-nionts develop-nionts which indicate that within the next forty-eight hours the situation -'jwj among the Republicans will move into EH . the stage where the leaders will begin to do things Bg' X."p until todav none of the conven- P" tlon forces had reached the stage' where one manager was prepared to f J determine upon a line of action with an) degree of certainty of what might I be expected from his opponm's. But I the Bounding which have heen taken i during' the lost day or two. coupled -M with the approach of the convention irseif h:ivr advanced to the point xv here, politicians say. things are about I mjm ready to moe. , WorxJ Force-. ( onflclont. i The Wood forces profess to be well jw - viiii in'- a 1 in ihclr own ranks, and la) emphasis on the statement that the hopes of their opponents for a contest of lead-, lead-, crsHlp between William Cooper Proc- tim - ., ..nd Mi HitcHcock have gone ag- mm llmmering. Mr Proctor, they say. will continue In his present capacity with the Wood forces and the present agreement to haVe Mr. Hitchcock act as aeneralllslmo of the forces on the convention floor was unanimous and agreeable all round. iM Convention Atmosphere. 'Mwj After five day of sporadic activity flf and Jockeying, things are beginning to H take on a real convention atmosphere S Bv the time the crowds of delegates B begin pouring In and with the coming of Political leaders from Washington, things are expected to be going lull I blasl The first cheers and the fir. songs of the boosters are beginning to be heard In the hotel lobbies and on the streets. Pianos are tinkling In f . many of the campaign headquarters, 1 i an( "the sunt: leaders and cheer had- f i eri are on the Job beginning to drill 1 the choruses of willing workers that always gather to participate In the I r noisy demonstrations which accom- I ii pany a convention. 'i Two Dally Interviews, , l Publicity plans have had an Impe- ej tus too, and beginning today. Wood, "t Lowdcn and Johnson will begin giving two dally interviews to newspapermen, tlo Other candidates will join the plan as I he they arrive. Senator Polndexler, of ' on x - Washington, arrives today from Wash-dai Wash-dai hington and on Saturday nls special thn train of boomers and d g Is due daj n fmm the wesl From today on cav- "oi loads of delegates will oe arriving big from all parts of the country, to gu through the quadrlennlal preliminaries lc of caucusing, electing their delegation ivoj officers, members of the various con- life ventioQ committees ami choosing the f state representatives on the Republl- 1 un can national committee. Bl .Many little Booms. ,vho There are also many little booms, not BO well defined or belntT Supported or4 with such enthusiasm as tiie principal 11 ones. These are candidates for presi- "Hc dcn and vice-president, who have ar- rlv d With nominating speeches al-flH al-flH ready prepared, and now they arc busy canvassing the various delegations trying to induce some one to deliver JjV -them. Vice-President Marshall is going to 'H have a look at the Republican con- test and possibly som of the conven- I lion on his way west. He is due to ai- ; I rive today. mw By all comparison of previous con- H ventlons. all the scenery and props H are on hand for thlb year s big show There are miles of hunting flapping and fluttering in the late spring brfS-wmm brfS-wmm zeS of Lake Michigan; there are but tons, badges and souvenirs bj top hoKh-- hoKh-- head, there are hands by the score AH all ready to begin blaring the cam- paign anthems; there are rooters und lioosters, preparing lhelr v. dees for the uproar, there are enthusiasts ready io parade at a moment's notice and to cheer with the winners and mourn with the los rs. |