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Show I' , AT THE CHICAGO CONVENTION ( nifj .j . , . Senator Lodge has not been mentioned as a prospective caudi- date for the Republican nomination at Chicago, yet he would be a II nominee of great ability. Of course, he was a standpatter and that V' fact might keep from him the progressives i Looking over the field, it begins to look as though both "Wood , ; and Johnson had so battered each other that neither is presentable. Wood's scandal, and Johnson's- radicalism arc barring them from success. But whoever is nominated, he must be capable of placating ' Hiram Johnson, or Of at least offering the Calif ornian no valid excuse i for denunciation. V" The Standard-Examiner commented some days ago on the fac-(I fac-(I tors which were weakening the Wood and Johnson campaigns. Now Lowclen of Ilinois seems to have been caught in the whirlpool that drew Wood down, as he is accused of having bought and paid for the ; Missouri -delegation. ' There's a promise of discord in the making of the platform. Late yesterday the decision was reached to favor the treaty of peace and j ;die league of nations, while commending the Republican senators for opposing adoptiou in the form in which President "Wilson submitted u iMa document. I What will Hiram do when he is called to get on a platform so I ...framed? What will Borah say? Those rampant oppents of the league In. "any form must gulp down their indignation or burst forth in a I or'rcnt of condemnation. Will they stultify themselves, as does the I - average politician when it is policy to do so, or will they bolt and by i I 'bolting become recognized as chronicallv afflicted 1 C v |