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Show II v 9 w w s 8 v y v v I-EACH CANDIDATE BOASTS OF VICTORY1 "II A A A A . A A A A A A A I WOOD HAS MORE I DELEGATES THAN I ANY 1HLS But No Candidate Has Enough to Insure His Victory at j . Chicago Convention j EACH MANAGER IS MAKING BIG CLAIMS 1 T One Big Factor Is Great Num- ffl .her of Contests Which Must j Be Decided j I CHICAGO. May 27. Candidates fori i f (he Republican nomination for -the! presidency today opened their final R : drive to capture the 493 votes that ffl I spell victory In the convention which I II ;j opens here one week from next Tues-i Pi ' dav 4 ; . The last of the 9S4. delegates who I wUi sit m tho convention were selecl- II ed vesterday when Vermont Rcpubll- ' cans chose eight delegates. jjl i Major General Leonard Wood, pres- I " cnt returns show, will enter the con-1 I I voution Hvith more instructed votes I I than any other candidate but I I his total of 153 is less than one-third j I ' of the number necessary to win thei 5 f nomination. I , Five or Six Ballots 3 The division of strength among tho i1 ,1 large field of "favorite sons" practical- I' lv preludes any possibility of a uoaii-i uoaii-i ; nation on the first ballot. Even the 1 most optimistic campaign managers , if. lierc arc" not claiming victoiy beiore ; tho third ballot and the more jsonserv-JUL jsonserv-JUL -";tivarby'lertders' -predict the break I f .' not como bofore the fifth or sixth I - at tho earliest. j . Jk One big factor which may upset 'M campaign managers' predictions is yet to bo dealt with. One hundred and forty-five contests have been or will V be filled, more than one-seventh of all I the seats at the convention being at M stako when the national committeo I I meets here- next Monday to decide the I contests and prepare the temporary 1 roll. This may materially alter the W prOSpeClB OL SCMJII umunmuo, ' I Principal Contests ' The principal contests are between j J . supporters of Major General Wood j ; , and Governor Frank O. owden. Sena- , tor Johnson and other candidates are J not directly interested in these con- tests but may raise questions regard- ? j ing primary contests in South Dakota, 1 J New Jersey, Indiana, Michigan, Neb- i 1 raska and other states. Wam , In addition to the 1-15 contests, G4 WE ' surplus delegates, with fractional JH votes, have ben chosen from ten Aftet1 states and tho Republican national ( committee's rules provide that their I right to scats shall also be contested. J The convention ' call stated that no I oversized delegations should bo seated I and no seats have been provided for I these 61. I . Senator Hii-am Johnson and Senator I T- Howard Sutherland of West Virginia, I J were tho principal gainers in primaries I ll ' and conventions held in four states I during tho past week. Senator John-1 John-1 ., son, returns indicate, "will get nine of f Oregon's 10 votes and Senator Suthcr- r' T land 1G from West Virginia, 'ine of- tf .Sr flclal count has not been completed in rcgon and west Virginia. Texas wh, Republicans split into two factions, each of which elected an uninstructcd f " delegation with 23 votes. H' Hov They Stand i I Figures compiled here show th fol-,r fol-,r lowing division o the convention ' i vole: " Major General Leonard Wood 153. i . - Senator Hiram Johnson 109. j Governor Frank O. Lowden 74. j Favorito sons and uninstructed, 64S. 1 In the favorite son list Senator War- ff ren G- Hnr(linE nas 39 votes from njfi&K Ohio; Senator Sutherland 16 from V West Virginia; Senator Miles Poin- 1 dexter is expected to receive Washlng-ton's Washlng-ton's 1'4; and Judge Prltchard, of Wm North Carolina, is expected to get H 17 of his state's votes. Campaign managers hero of tho H three leading candidates all claim vlc-H vlc-H tory in statementsi asued last night Tho Wood and Johnson camps make I. definite predictions as to their first Hi ballot vote, the supporters of the gen-Hjl gen-Hjl cral claiming 3S5 votes and thoso of H the senator 236. The Lowden forces, H while professing their confidence nre H f not prepared to quote exact figures. ' Wood Victory Predicted H "Leonard Wood,'r says a statement from his headquarters, "has so In- i creased his votes in tho last week that a first ballot prediction of 385 votes was made today at Wood headquarters here. This is more than tho combined V instructed voto of all other candidates, On tho first ballot he will be a big fl leader and this total win increase flr steadily until nomination is assured." Tho Johnson headquarters which H. are now in charge of Hiram Johnson, H,' . ir., the senator's son, announced "with ir-"1 Vial posltiveness that: VSenator Hiram W. Johnson already (Continued on Page Three) Wood Has More Delegates Tkn Rivals H H (Continued from page 1.) has 23G pledged delegates who will vote for him on the first balot and will H stick with, him to the last ditch. His voto on the first ballot will be equal j if not greater than that of any other candidate and by the fifth or sixth bab IH , lot he will be nominated." H I Lowden Also Positive ' H "We arc going to win," said tho ! statement from tho Lowden camp. ;H j"We have had no time to sum up and MH figures therefore are unavailable, but 'IH we are going to win and the situation IH looks even better than it did last ll Work on the convention hall is pro H grossing rapidly and Charles R. Hall, 'IH superintendent of the coliseum, has as IH sured the convention committee' that ll the more than 13.000 seats will be in 'H place 2-1 hours before the convention Is called to order by Chairman Will H. Hays, of the national committee. ! Extra balconies arc being erected to IH ; provide nearly 1,000 more seats than ilH were available at any previous con- iH The speaker's platform and seats for ;H 2,000 distinguished visitors already have been erected. jH National committeemen began arlv-ing arlv-ing early this week and a majority of the 53 members arc expected to be on hand by Monday. Chairman Hays will arrive Sunday. 1 |