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elic Mhmta Sfottmal VOL. XXII. NO. 87. PENROSE AND AIDES TAKE CHARGE OF CONVENTION Convention Adjourns After Adopting Reports SENATOR LODGE IS CHOSEN PERMANENT CONVENTION HEAD Platform Committee Not Ready With Report, Chauncey Depew Makes Short Speech to Delegates COLISEUM, CHICAGO, June 9. The Republican national convention was in session only an hour today and devoted itself entirely to routine preliminaries. The temporary organ ization was made permanent, the re port of the credentials committee was approved with the changes made last night, some of which reversed previous decisions of the national committee. For its second day sensation the convention heard a woman speaker, Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter, of Kan sas, the first woman to address a _pational convention. The platform committee was not ready to report and only sent word that it was making progress. Chauncey M. Depew entertained the convention with a brief address and apparently the convention manage ment had decided to do away with the string of speakers who in pre vious years have entertained the con vention while the committees -tfere working, for there were no other “en tertainment” speakers on hand. The next session will be at 11 o’clock tomorrow morning. Platform Delay The rank and file of convention visitors always likes a lot of music and oratory and this year they are certain to get it. “Saturday noon, at the earliest.” Jis the estimate of leaders when adjournment may come. The delay is more attributable to platform differences than to uncer tainty over a nomination. The word has gone out to give the radicals ev ery Cfcance to present their views and stop any possibility of a charge of . steam rolling, or as some call it, an "excuse for a bolt.” And until the platform is built there will be no one named to stand on it. The fact that more than half of the delegates are uninstructed has added to the list of nominating sepeeches. There are three or more for some and in a few instances six or more speeches r-iix sight for each candidate. Between these spech es and the platform contest it carried over till Saturday. The reply to inquiries as to “what is in the air” on vice president, are met with unanimous response: “Nothing; it depends on who is put over to head the ticket.” But there are a lot of budding candidates for second place with all of the lead ing figures for first place dodging. To those who flatly say they “will not take it,” the reply is that “we heard that from Theodore Roose velt, Charles Warren Fairbanks and other and we’ll see.” Ideal convention weather contin ued today. A cool, crisp breeze blew off Lake Michigan and the sun was shining. It was the remark of ev eryone that the convention hall was unusually comfortable. Penrose Takes Hand The Republican national conven tion assembled today for its Second session today with little more than routine in prospect. A brief sessioff to perfect the permanent organiza tion was forecast. During the first hour before the opening the convention hall was giv en over to the usual entertainment preliminaries which are counted on to amuse and hold delegates while the convention is getting ready to get down to business. The big band up in the balcony blared popular airs, q" male quartet took a turn at a little jazz and a talking machine was attached to the electric amplifiers ■ which have been installed to carry 'the voices <of the speakers to the farthest galleries. Delegates and alternates were slow in arriving and there was a marked absence of notables in the prelimi ’nary moments. The “drift to Lowden” and the “growing strength of Wood”«and the "turn of the delegates to Johnson,” which one heard so much talk about downtown, were little in evidence in the convention hall. The delegates who arrived early seemed to be talk ing anything but politics and even the visitors’ galleries were slow 'n filling up. Most of the women delegates were on hand early and as they scattered about the floor photographers sought them. There was no fashion dis play. It was too warm. One wom an, with furs wrapped close about her neck, finally had to shake them. Governor Sproul was up early to day and resumed conferences with party leaders after a series of meet ings with delegates from different parts of the country last night. The special telegraph wire from Pennsylvania headquarters to Sena tor Penrose’s home in Philadelphia, continues to carry the doings of the party leaders here to the Pennsyl vania senator. Lodge Takes Chair At 11 o’clock, the opening time, the convention hall was not half full. ✓lt looked as if tne convention would * get away at least a half hour late, as it did yesteraay. The principal (Continued o Page 6, Column 4) Convention Enthusiasm Generally Arranged in Advance, States Cobb BY IRVIN S. COBB (Copyright, 1920 for The Atlanta Journal) CHICAGO, June 9.—One of the chief joys of covering a story such as this is, that I, having been hired by the job an<J not by ’the month, i may say what I please regarding the I merits of the proposition as they ap- IL it peal to me, doing so with an abso lute disregard for private convic tions and the po-' litical slants of the paper which prints my little pieces. It, there fore, results that I, as the reporter, may let my fancy rove wild and free, on the news page saying things about the affair which the editor on the editor ial page may coincidentally or sub- < sequently take deep joy in refuting j as utter heresy. At the same time, , one advantage remains to'me —the, stuff I write goes to the reader be fore the stuff he writes does. I shall now procedd for a brief space to make full use of that advantage. Let us take, for example, the sub ject of a national convention. You may take almost any national con vention of almost any party, practi cally all of them share certain com mon characteristics. Personall I pre- > fer to ..ake the one whir’- 1 started here < today as offering a present and a timely and a typical case. Take the delegates. Most of them have traveled long distances, defying en route the well-known Pullman or canned ptomaine of the dining car and the rigors of the Pullman berth, in order to get here. They have come freighted with a sense of re sponsibility. They are wearing their best clothes. Their bosoms bravely gleam with grand badges. A favor-- ed few among them will get places as dummy members of hand-picked committees. Whisper But Have No Voice They are weighted beneath the burden of the obligation which rests upon their shoulders. They confer in grave whispers. They manifest a portentous and concerned demeanor And yet not one delegate in fifty act ually has any voice, however puny and piping, in the real deliberations, unless, following a deadlock the con vention should be swept off its feet by a burst of oratory from some un expected source; unless some un broken and unbranded Maverick colt of a prevalent darkish complexion should lead a stampede, the pros pects are that not one delegate in fifty will have an opportunity to ex press and to record his individual preference for any candidate other than the candidate selected by some one else and for whom, by order from on high, he will obediently cast his vote. He is here to sit in the show win dow with the rest of the wax works. He is not expected to do anything on his own personal account. To permit him individually to indulge in any miscellaneous and independent thinking would be dangerous to the plans of the hidden powers and might entail a perilous strain upon his mentality. The thinking is in the hands of competent experts and does not concern him. I inscribe these words on the subject of the Republican national convention. With equal truth I may pen them three weeks hence with re gard to the Democratic national con* vention. Let us take the dramatic aspects of the matter. The carefully pre pared and rehearsed theatricalism which the spectator beholds spread before his vision in a convention city is merely a standard device of the concealed stage managers. Planned beforehand to furnish a popular spectacle, any national convention run on isiness priciples would do its work ad name its ticket and, barring unforeseen and unlikely con tingencies, could adjourn in eighteen hours. Behind the Scenes The real drama goes on behind the scenes. It is going on now behind th© scenes where Uncle Murray Crane, the most noiseless thing that has come out of New England since the Maxim silencer was invented, was conferring with Senator Reed Smooth, who taugh the tabby cats of Utah, how to stalk mice, and where over the long distance telephone wires, the cautious voice of Senator Boies Penrose is at intervals- saying, “Hush, hush.” So far as the public ear is con cerned the audible effects of these invisible and unpicturesque of coun cillings is about as noisy as the sound produced by a streak of moon light. Falling upon the surface of a cup custard, and yet therefrom, sooner or later, the actual fruitage of the convention will almost inevitably issue. Take the scene when a convention gets under way for its opening ses sion. Pursuing my right of choice I shall take the scene presented to day at the coliseum. There was comedy aplenty but it was of the unconscious variety main ly. To some it may have appeared that the humor struck when the solo cornetist of the official brass band struck such a sour note that four bars of “America, the Gem of the Ocean,” clabbered as solid as a smearkase. Some may think that the funniest spectacle was unwittingly offered by a long line of suff ladies, who stood on the sunny side of a hot street patiently cooking their complexions to a rich golden oak tone. But to my way of speaking Mr. William Jennings Bryan’s little boy’s hat struck the first and fore most note of hilarity. Bryan’s Boy-Size Hat Mr. Bryan must have been pass ing a place where they were adver tising a cut sale of seasonable wear ing apparel for the tiny tots and having an eye ever for a bargain he dropped in and picked himself out a rollo lid that had been left over from last season. Perhaps he was trying to recall the happy days when he was a boy orator of the Platte, or was it the boy profligate? Other wise his costume, as is customary with him, was chastely that of a prosperous peasant. Constant wear ing of a halo has worn his back hair away somewhat: Otherwise he looks just as he did four years ago when I last saw him sitting in the same press row where today he sat. Mr. Bryan, as you know, goes to all national conventions. He goes to Republican conventions as a re porter and to Democratic conventions as a candidate. It is believed by his friends that he may eventually succeed at one of these two profes sions. But if I were him I should drop candidating as a calling and be tween Chautauqua seasons, go in>en- EFFORTS MADE TO KEEP TREATY FROM COM FLOOR Platform Committee Believes That Compromise Agree ment With the Irreconcil ables Can Be Reached CHICAGO, June 9.—The league of nations plank still was undefined today, twenty-four hours before the Republican platform was to be pre sented to the national convention. Members of the subcommittee of thirteen when they went into session to smooth out th'e remaining plat form troubles, expressed confidence that they could agree, but all of them were somewhat hazy on how it was to be done. Senator Watson, of Indiana, head of the subcommittee, maintained that in the end the Indiana plank, with some modifications, would get the support of all Republican ele ments. Senators Borah, of Idaho and McCormick, of Illinois thought there would have to be material modifications to pacify the irrecon ■ cilables. The mild reservation group also' wanted changes made, but in the opposite direction. Bolstering the predictions of an agreement, however, was a feeling in many quarters that the league question must not be permitted to reach the convention floor, where everyone realized it might set off fireworks of a destructive nature. Aside from the treaty issue, most of the platform material was in such shape that; only, the finishing touches had to be added by the subcommit tee. There still remained to be de termined, however, some details of the Mexican declaration and some questions of policy regarding indus trial relations. While the thirteen were in deliber ation the remainder of the resolu tions committee, of 53, were receiv ing in open hearings the advice of labor leaders and others on a wide diversity of subjects. Committee in Action Demands that the Republican party take an “unequivocal” stand for en forcement of the fourteenth amend ment and against continuation of the “reign of lynch law” were made by a delegation headed by William H. Lewis, negro, former assistant Unit ed States attorney general, He urged a congressional investigation looking to a reduction in the national repre sentation in congress from states where full enfranchisement has not been allowed the'negro. Edward H. Wright, Chicago negro, who spoke on the demands, also de clared that none of the claims had come "from us as supplicants, for we come as your brothers and your equals.” Realizing that it had serious party history to write, the subcommittee moved away from the swirl of dele gates. took up quarters in a se cluded hotel bedroom, left orders that it was not to be disturbed for any one or for any reason, took off their coats literally as welL as fig-- uratively, and settled down to its job. Members predicted it would not be ready to quit before midnight, at the earliest. Senator Borah was on hand from the start, although the league plank was not to be taken up for several hours. He picked <Mit a comfortable berth on a bed and waited. At the outset of its meeting, the subcommittee read through the re port of Chairman Hays’ committee of 171 as it had been revised in pre convention conferences. It dealt with virtually no controverted sub jects and most of it was written into the platform without extended dis cussion. Labor Problem The labor question also arose to vex the resolutions committee to day. Samuel Gompers, heading a delegation from the American Fed eration of Labor, appeared at a public hearing before the full committee to demand that the party go on record as indorsing the doc trine that workers have the right to strike, and that no public inter est is higher than the right of the mass of the toilers to protect them selves against capitalistic exploita tion. Inasmuch as there is much sentiment in the party and the reso lutions committee for an anti-strike plank modeled on the anti-strike provisions of the Esch-Cummins rail road law, Mr. Gompers appearance was the signal for argument on the general proposition of the para mountcy of public or class interest. Mr. Gompers came prepared to assail also the suggestion of Gov ernor Allen, of Kansas, that the party indorse his industrial court idea. A decision is expected on the Mexican plank without much contro versy. Many committee members fa vor Henry Lane Wilson’s blanket declaration for a firm policy to wards Mexico, with protection of American lives and property, with out committing the party to inter-' vention or any other definite step, as the plank drafted by Senator Fall would do. The range of subjects on which the committee was urged to report planks was very wide. Representa tives of the League of Women Voters, headed by Mrs. Maud Wood (Continued on Page 6, Column 5) tirely for reportorial work, somehow he seems to have better luck in that field than in the other. When the New York outfit appear ed, Boss Bill Barnes, who weighs 240 on the scales and nearly 200 When he is telling you what his weight is, was closely followed by Sam Koenig, the half portion leader of Manhattan, suggesting the famous wild life picture, “Mother hippo with the young.” It was noted that a colored dele gate acquires added merit by wearing a white vest. If, in addition to a white vest, h? has on gold-rimmed spectacles and carries a cane, it him six for game and gives him a chance to turn jack and go out. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1920. First Woman Minister in United States Acting for Greece | 1 OB * ’ w Mfr «*** I I I hh. || ffl I! tt S II i llrl fl I I JB I k a | m. 'TAAMr/xcxys WASHINGTON. —Mrs. M. Tsamados is the first woman to repre sent a foreign government here as minister. She is counselor of the Greek legation, and in the absence of George Roussos is acting minister. VEHICLE LAW IS HELD INVALID BY JUDGE PENDLETON Judge John T. Pendleton, of Ful ton superior court, on Wednesday morning held that the Georgia Motor Vehicle law is unconstitutional by reason of the fact that it was pass ed without a roll call in the house of the senate. The constitution of Georgia re quires that all bills in the nature of appropriations shall be passed by j a roll call vote. The motor vehicle law imposes a license upon motor vehicles and appropriates the re ceipts to the state highway depart ment. To this extent, therefore, it was an appropriation bill. Judge Pendleton’s decision was rendered in the test case brought by Governor Dorsey to determine the constitutionality of the law. At torney General Denny recently held that the law is unconstitutional for the reason above stated. In order to settle the question, Governor Dor sey drew his warrant upon the state highway fund for $30,000 to cover a voucher from the highway depart ment. ‘Acting upon the attorney general’s ruling Comptroller General Wright declined to approve the warrant. Gov ernor Dorsey then petitioned the Ful ton superior court for the issuance of a mandamus requiring the comp troller to show cause why he should not be ordered to approve the war rant. This petition was argued be fore Judge Pendleton on Tuesday and his decision was rendered on Wed nesday morning. • , Judge H. J. Quincey, attorney to the highway board, who represented Governor Dorsey in the proceedings, will immediately appeal the case to the supreme court on a fast bill of exceptions ’to get a final decision at the earliest possible date. Comp troller General Wright is represnt ed in the proceedings by Attorney General Denny. / Taunted Woman Suicides ROCIIESTEK, England. Taunted by neighbors because she bad been sent to jail for cruelty to one of her children, Mrs. Edith Mary Kelly committed suicide by cut ting her throat with a razor. CURED HER FITS Mrs. Paul Gram, residing at 916 Fourth street, Milwaukee. Wis., re cently gave out the following state ment: “1 had suffered with Fits (Epilepsy) for over 14 years. Doctors and medicine did me no good. It seemed that I was beyond all hope of relief, when at last I secured a preparation that cured me sound and well. Over 10 years have passed and the attacks have not returned. I wish every one who suffers from this terrible disease would write R. P. N. Lepso. 13 Island avenue, Milwaukee Wis., and ask for a feottie of the same kind of medicine which he gave me. He has generously promised to send it prepaid, free to any one who writes him.”—(Advt.) 13 KILLED AND 21 INJURED IN N.Y.C. RAILROAD WRECK SCHENECTADY, N. Y„ June 9. — Thirteen persons were killed and twent-one injured today when a train of express cars crashed into the rear end of a passenger train which had stopped about two miles from Schenectady because of engine trou ble. All but one of those killed were asleep in two Pullmans at the rear of the passenger train. Martin Doyle, of Albany, engineer of the express, died at his post, one hand being fast to the throttle when his body was found in the wreckage. The pas sengers killed were: Mrs. Nellie Crouse, Utica, N. Y., her twelve-year-old son and her in fant daughter. Seven unidentified rrfen. One unidentified woman. Train No. 34. a Michigan Central special with ten cars carrying ex press matter, disregarded signals and went at high speed into train No. 28, a New York Central passenger train, bound from Buffalo to New York, according to the story of C. 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Here is 50c enclosed, for which send me THE TRi-WEEKLY JOURNAL from now until November 10, 1920. Name R F. D P. 0 State, Ring Wants Next Keynote Put on Phonograph Record; Penrose Hasn’t Phoned Yet FLORIDA REBUKES GOVERNOR CATTSi RETURIffiFLETGHER Carey Hardee, Speaker of House, Nominated Govern or Over Van C. Sweringer, Catts’ Aide TALLAHASSEE, Fla.. June 9. — Florida has returned United States Senator Duncan U. Fletcher to the senate and rebuked Governor Sidney J. Catts by a veritabe landslide, early returns from yesterday’s Democratic primary indicate. Carey D. Hardee, former speaker of the Florida house of representa tives, apparently has been swept into the governor’s chair by the same tidal wave, leading his nearest op ponent, Van C. Swearingen, Catts' at torney general, by a vote of three to one. Owing to rain yesterday through out the state an unusually light vote was cast. Returns from one-fourth of the precincts show: Fletcher, 11,- 467; Catts, 2,357; Hardee, 10,469; Swearingen, 3.472. FLETCSER POLLS THREE TO CATTS’ ONE, TABLE SHOWS JACKSONVILLE. Fla., June 9. Democratic primary returns from ,335. of .the 977 precincts in the state as tabulated by the Florida Metropolis give: ' For senator: Fletcher, 18,630; Catts, 6,239. For governor: Hardee, 15,983; Swearingen, 8,307; Hulley, 1,629. Hoke Smith Comments On Mr. Stovall’s Card WASHINGTON, June’ 9. —After reading the recent article addressed “To the Public” and signed by Pleas ant A. Stovall, editor of the Savan nah Press, the same being published in the Atlanta Constitution and other Georgia papers, Senator Hoke Smith issued the following statement: “Mr. Stoval] has ben using his pa per to viciously slander me ever since his name has been suggested for the senate. An ingrate is the meanest sort of an enemy.” Robinson, brakeman of No. 28. He said he waved a red lantern in vain and finally threw it into the cab as the express dashed by. The Pullman at the rear of the train had twelve passengers and was demolished. Its passengers were bound for New York. Next to it was a Pullman with twenty-two passen gers destined for Boston. Robinson gave the following ver sion of the accident: “I went back thirty car lengths and saw No. 34 coming toward me, and I stayed in the middle of the track as long as I dared. She kept coming and did not blow her whis tle. I waved my red lantern and threw the red fuse into the cab as it whizzed by, but I didn’t see the engineer do anything.” BY RING W. LABDNEB CHICAGO, 111., June 9. —The con vention opened today with a prayer by the Episcopal bishop of Louis ville, where they sometimes have races, so I guess I bettar open this story with a prayer, which is that I hope you like it. Well, if the Republican nominee lasts as long as the prayer we will ? jflfl JMBbbl, be in office at least four years and maybe longer. But speaking about length. I refer you to the key note speech of Henry Cabot Lodge, and I don’t know what key it was in, but 1 would say it was a sustained note, as it started about noon and when we walked—out of the convention at 1 o’clock, he was just getting warmed 1 up. The trouble with having Mr. • Lodge make a speech is that he is probably the only delegate to the convention that can speak English, and, of course, the rest of the dele gates couldn’t understand him, and besides they wanted to sleep, so Harry’s keynote speech will go down in history as a speech that was never heard, and if it was heard, it wasn’t understood. But, speaking about Senator Lodge, he got up there garbed in a A. M. coat like he was usher at a wed ding, and I looked around at several other delegates and three of them had on A. M. coats and fancy vests. But Harry’s looked like the only one that the wearer owned and hadn’t rented from a one-day tailor. Like Six-Day Race But I will try and describe the first day of the convention in alpha bet order. In the first place we got there about 11 o’clock and got to our seat by knocking down a lot of ! good reporters and then Mr. Hays introduced the secretary of the na tional committee and he read the official summons to the convention out of a book, and if that part of the program had of been left out we would of all thought it was > six-day bicycle race. So then come the prayer and then the band played “Dixie,” and as usual the crowd thought it was “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and stood up with their heads bared, and then Mr. Hays said he wanted to intrdopce the temporary chairman, Mr. Lodge, and it took two gents and one lady, including Chaun cey Depew, to escort the speaker to the platform. But Mr. Hays pulled a boner by not having any committee to get him off of there. So, as I say, he was still talking at 1 o’clock and didn’t seem to be getting anywhere, and you can probably read his speech in some paper that has got a surplus of white print paper, so I will not repeat it Well when' we got in our places who should loom up in front of us but William J. Bryan and the man setting next to me said this is the first time I ever went slumming m the day. , Far be it from me to tell the Re publicans how to run their conven tions,, but I want to say that the next time they have a keynote speech that they put' it on a Victtola so you can listen to it in your room and smoke at the same time. And anoth er suggestion I want to make here was a poor stenographer probably getting $100,090 per week. And Iw had to stand behind Harry and take the whole speech down for publica tion where as if they would make Cabot put in a carbon sheet they could save the stenographer’s salary to say nothing about his self respect because the poor gtiy had to laugh at every gag Harry sprung ad none ot the rqst of us could hear it. Walting on Penrose They was no candidates names mentioned in this* session for the reason that everybody knows the names of I and Johnson and Hoover and Wood and Lowden and etc., and nobodv knows how to pronounce the name of Sproul, or whether its animal, vegetable or mineral. When boys or girls Penrose finely calls UP maybe I will tell you who this bird is, but anyway I got a huach from the Pennsylvania delegation last night was that they are all going to vote for Sproul on the first bal lot and as soon as tliey see how far he is sunk they will switch to Philanderer C. Knox, and nobody knows what his middle initial stands for. Personally I think I have still got a sweet chance and the minute th? bovs start comparing my war ord to Joe Hoovers and Jack John son and Harry Lowden and etc why I can make them look like a monkey. Hoover got to Belgium but I am the only one in the party tha.t got to Label!, France (Copyright,. 1920, Bell Syndicate Inc.) Recess Appointments Made by Wilson for Commerce Contmission WASHINGTON. June 9. —President Wilson today made recess appoint ments of Henry Jones Ford, of New Jersey; Mark W. Potter, of New York, and James Duncan, of Massa chusetts, to be members of the in terstate commerce cemmission. Marston Taylor Bogert. of New JTork, and Samuel W. McCall, of Mas sachusetts, were named members of the United States tariff commission. Nicholas Kelley, of New York, was appointed assistant secretary of the treasury. The appointees to the interstate commerce commission were nomi nated some weeks ago. but the sen ate failed to act on them. .When they take office all vancies on the commission will have been filled, in cluding the two new places created by the transportation act, which in creased the membership from nine to eleven. he a iTlTroivi ac:h ~t ro u - BLE AND TAPE WORM AT HOME A sample home treatment which gives quick and lasting relief in all forms of stomach trouble, including tape worms or other worms, is being supplied to sufferers by Walter A. Reisner, Box C-64, Milwaukee. Wis. He is so confident of results that he guarantees absolute satisfaction in every case or there is no charge for the treatment. If you suffer from stomach trouble or any kind of worms, send him your name and address today, as this notice may not appear again.—(Advt.) Scents a copy. 81-50 A YEAB. PMDERKNOXIS "OB HORSE” OF . REAL WOO" Governor Sproul Likely to Get Nomination If Senator Johnson Refuses to Take Second Place / BY DAVID LAWKirCE (Copyright, 1920, for The Atlnnla Joaraal.) * COLISEUM, CHICAGO, Juu* I The inside story of what is happen ing at the Republican national Con vention Is a fascinating battle be tween masterful politicians. The candidates are only pawns. And the most striking development is that the real “old guard,” namely Sen ator Boies Penrose and his asso ciates in the senatorial group, in cluding former Senator Murray Crane, of Massachusetts, have quiet ly taken charge of the whole situa tion. ; The key to it all lies in the hands of the New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts delegations and the various moves of the last twenty- • 'four hours indicate that Leonard Wood will be eliminated by a com bination of Johnson and Lowden strategists, then Lowden will be eliminated by a coalition of the same forces assisted to some ex tent by the defeated Wood lieuten ants and the final effort to put Hiram ,Jdhnson over will be made in all sincerity by the senatorial group with the full expectation that the rank and file or the New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts delegations will decline to accept the California senator, leaving ths field to a dark horse, who at this writing would appear to be Philan der Knox, if Senator Johnson will agree to run as vice president and Governor Sproul, of Pennsylvania, if Senator Johnson refuses to agree. Considerable of a flurry has fol- Ipwed the brilliant move by which Frank Hitchcock, leader of the Wood forces, secured control of the credentials coAimittee. This veteran politician quietly went to work in each delegation three days ago and saw to it that one of his own men was selected by each state to sit on that credentials committee. With a majority of thirty out of forty eight members, Mr. Hitchcock, would be able to unseat many Lowdpn delegates who had been previously seated by the national committee But while he is worrying Tobias Hert, the Lowden general, the lat ter will surely carry the fight to the floor of the convention if Hitch cock does attempt rudely to throw ' out Lowden delegates. Neverthe less a blow has been suffered by Messrs. Hert and Will Hays which may affect their prestige in the convention and correspondingly Mr. Hitchcock’s stock as a leader has gone up. Spanked Via Long Distance Parallel with the strategy whereby the Wood forces routed the Lowden , managers in the credentials commit tee is another move, the significance of which will be apparent as it is un folded. Will Hays, who is suspected by the Wood forces of being too friend ly to Lowden, was deserted at the last moment in his attempt to make State Senator Ogden Mills chairman of the resolutions committee, which drafts the platform. That old guard veteran, Senator Jim Watson, of In diana, took a fall out of his rival. Will Hays, by rolling Mills over- a vote of 40 to 3. Now where did Mr. Watson get such an overwhelming majority and how did Will Hays come to have so little in fluence in the choice of a chairman of resolutions committee? The answer is simply that Frank Hitchcock threw the support of all . the Wood delegates on the resolutions committee to Senator Watson. Mr. Mills had counted on the help of Leonard Wood delegates, but he was beaten by the old guard without trouble. For back of Senator Wat son, indeed, back of every senator in his fight, is Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, who. through the me dium of a long distance wire and trusted lieutenants, is simply spank ing the new "old guard” and teach ing them lessons in practical poli tics which they will not soon forget. Now, as .to the nominee, again one must turn to the senior senator from Pennsylvania for the answer. His statement that the Republicans must nominate a man who can win and only one who is sure to win was, of course, being construed by the sup porters of each candidate to mean their own man, but the writer has the highest authority for the state ment that Senator Penrose believes the following men could win if nom inated : Senator Hiram Johnson—but he can’t be nominated. Herbert Hoover—but he can’t be nominated. Philander C. Knox, and he can be nominated, only if Senator Johnson agrees to accept him and run as vice president. Governor Sproul, of Pennsylvania. Penrose in Control There is no doubt in my mind that the “old guard” is very friendly to Johnson and believe him a remark able vote-getter, but they know that the delegates from eastern states and the business men in other dele gations are absolutely opposed to him. Even if the “old guard” wanted to do it, they are powerless without the assent of the conservative busi ness men <who are the backbone of the Republican party. Big business is represented here. The most f«»- (Continued on Page 6, Column 3)