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Show I ILL FACTIONS' I CONFIDENT OF I y.pjcw H Senators Johnson and Harding Arrive in Chicago to Get Ring Side Seats PLATFORM BUILDERS GET MUCH ADVICE I 'Campaign Managers Ooze A- I Reasons Why Their Men ' " ! Wiii Get Nomination x ! ' , CHICAGO, June 3. Two Republl- Ican prcsldontI.il candidates Senator Johnson, of California, and Senator Harding of Ohio arrive in Chicago today and their comln? marks the beginning oC the active days of the pro-convention period. ffpr Five days remain before the Re- ' publican party assembles in the co- i llsoum to pick its candidate and those J five days are expected to contain fl crowded hours of conferences, last minute alignment of forces and final I decisions among the cxmpaign man- I agers. Everyone of -the candidates except Herbert Hoover Is expected hero at some time. Delegates Arrlvlnc The advance guards of the delegates dele-gates are beginning to arrive and by Sunday they will be coming in a steady stream. The majority of them, to be sure, arc technically unpledged, but most of them have their leanings I and very few of them ate claimed by less than throe campaign managers. man-agers. Some of the chairmen of the incoming delegations arc announcing their preferences in prepared statements state-ments which breathe confidence, of success, but the political managers .inniinc mi fVir stiin linns and making I up their slates have found no reason for changing their opinion that while some of the candidates have enough delegates to give tlm.71 formidable i fighting strength in the convention, It Is going to take nviro than two or three ballots to show where tho forces of conciliation" and conVnvomLse might kA be applied to bring forth a candldato J who will command a majority. Much Speculation. K If the realm of speculation were M to be entered it would bo necessary m to 'mention practically every candl- M date who announced h'.mfplf thus far I because every ono o' those candi- dates has a manager who advances I a set of reasons why his principal is the logical choice for a convention which will not be prepared to give H a majority of Its voles to anyone at H thp outset H As the delegates bo'jrin to gather H there is a forerunner of discussion of H the convention issues which will find 9 expression in the party platform and those who arc Interested in having the party take a position on various sub- jects arc btfsy lining up Influences- fl which thoy expect to be effective- In the deiberatlon. of tho resolutions' committee. Mattcjs to Speed Up. A3 soon as tho members of tho national committee are freed from Hv.' consideration of the claims of .dolo-" .dolo-" gatlons contesting for scats, things are expected to move along with more speed. The committeemen will JIBrt' then be free to give their attention BS; to the convention issues. While the contests arc one topic of discussion, Pj platform prospects are to them left W)? hand work. HaV-j The committee still had before it SKfl awaiting decision the Florida and fm Georgia cases and the Hght cuscr Tdfi tvom Mississippi. The indications aro im that the timc consuming eon-'s have been passed and that with ' ittS Georgia and Florida caea out of ejg 'vay tllc remainder will be more 'Scl quickly disposed of. mft Tne "ational committee's sub-com- brSl mittoc to consider the part women are 'v"a to play In the government of this fpart held a pro-breakfast session today to-day but failed failed to reach definite conclusions, Victor Heiutz, of Cincinnati, Cin-cinnati, mid-west regional director for the national committee, was commissioned commis-sioned to present views to leading Republican Re-publican women and to advise the TF3 sub-committee so that a definite plan ififfd may be recommended to the full na- iiT!?a tional committee next Monday. inaj Two Women Factions, mail Tno committee is confronted with jojia the Las'c of harmonizing the views of 'Hon! two schools of thought among the wo- oVc2 . men. One asks dual control of the awsp-" parly with parallel organization of rjaj, men and women. The other said that .ai,-ci . ."adequate representation" of thjv-wo- nerc' -jnen on the governing bodies tfrnhc lCV- ' Parties would be wiser. ;"HH A meeting of women has been called -H for Sunday afternoon and all femln- H Ino delegates and alternates; to' the iH convention as well as other leading Hl Republican women havo beep Invited to attend. About 300 are expected to lake part In tho deliberations. Tho sub-committee which metthis morning consists of Coleman Dupont, Dolawaro; Rudolph Hynlcka, Ohio; John T. Adams. Iowa, R. B. Howoll, Nebraska; Ralph E. Williams, Ore- l Taft for Hoover. Robert Taft, aon of former Prcsl-dpnt Prcsl-dpnt William Howard Taft and a Hoover worker, was among tho early arrivals today. Mr. Taft has been paying particular attention to tho Ohio situation as it concerns the 'Hoover movement and reports that he finds nlj of the delegates from that state, with "ono exception. In a favora-ble favora-ble frame of mind toward Hoover B after Wood and Harding have ceased to be contenders. Bk Another arrival was II. II. Mottcro, Flute chairman of the party ,in Kan-HP Kan-HP r. Mottcro applauded yester- T day's decision of the national ' com-H com-H mittec to oust all delegates from tho Kansas City, Mo. district. |
