TIIE MORNING OTiEGOXIAX, SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1920 POLL OF OKLAHOMA T Wood Second While Johnson and Coolidge Are Third. LEAGUE LEADING ISSUE Prevailing Opinion Among Chair men Is That Oil State IKes Not Want Versailles-Pact. (Copjrighf by the Sun and New Tork Her ald. Published by arrangement.) NCW YORK. April 9. Governor Lowden or Illinois is the first choice of the republicans of .Oklahoma for the presidential - nomination. The second choice is Major-General Leon ard Wood, who got 22.5 per cent of the first choices in the poll of county chairmen. Senator Johnson and Gov ernor Coolidge split the remaining 10 per cent between them. Although the delegates to the na tional convention were not instructed,' their 20 votes will be cast for Lowden, according to special reports from Owen of Oklahoma is the first choice of the democrats of that elate, having received the indorse ment of the state convention for the presidential nomination, but the re publican chairmen report that senti ment for William Jennings Bryan is growing rapidly. Lraitie Leading lunar. In the oil state, as in the greater number of others already handled in. this series, the league of nations is the paramount issue. The prevailing impression is, as stated by the county chairmen, that they don't want it either with or without reservations. ' There has been a bitter fight for control of the republican organization In Oklahoma between James J. McGraw, national committeeman for -the last four years, and Jake L. Hamon, who is to succeed him. While the name of Herbert Hoover was not mentioned by the county chairman in connection with the feel ing for him either among the repub licans or the democrats, special correspondents-in last minute rtports said that considerable sentiment had de vefoped among the democrats prior to the time that the former food ad ministrator had declared himself an independent republican. One of the republican chairmen ex pressed his idea of Hoover by heavily scoring out the California engineer's name in the list of republican possi bilities on the printed ballot and pen ciling alongside the blank smudge the word "Unthinkable." The name of former President Taft was scored out less heavily with the notation, "Noth ing doing." Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler was eliminated as "Not con sidered." Wood's name was crossed out with no comment. Lowden was named as the county's choice, with Johnson second, while the chairman at the same time indicated that his personal favorite was Senator Watson of Indiana. Bryan Sentiment Grown. While Senator Owen was declared to be the choice of the democratic voters by four to one over Bryan in the replies of the republican county chairmen, many of them Indicated that the Bryan sentiment is develop ing rapidly. One county, it seems, has indorsed President Wilson, but that is all. No other mention of him was made. "The people of this county are strong on Americanism," wrote one chairman. "While this is a repub lican county there are a large num ber of democrats who have renounced their allegiance to their party and say they will vote for any republican nominated. "Extravagant waste of the people's money, incompetency in every branch of the government, autocratic rule or one-man power as demonstrated by the dismissal of Lansing," these are some of the issues as conceived in the mirAl of one county as "reported by its chairmen. Oklahoma is against military train ing, as indicated in the reports. SOUTH CAROLI-VA FOR WOOD Poll Shows Xo Very Decided Choice In Southern State. NEW TORK, April 9. According to the returns from the republican coun ty chairmen of South Carolina Major General Wood is the first choice of the members of the party there for the presidential nomination. Governor Lowden of Illinois is the second choice. Neither the first nor the second choice was as outstanding in South Carolina as in most of the states. Of all the first choices received Wood polled 33.3 per cent, with Hiram W. Johnson, Governor Lowden, Sen ator Harding and Charles E. Hughes receiving 16 per cent. each. The strength of Wood's position there lies in the fact that he is strong in "second choice" votes as well as first. In the "second choice" column he received 33.3 per cent. ' There seems to be no clear cut sentiment for any one man for the democratic nomination among the members of that faith in South Caro lina, according to reports made by the republican leaders. There was about equal mention of President 'Wilson, William G. McAdoo, Senator Reed of Missouri and Herbert Hoover. A row developed at the state con vention, which was held in Columbia, the result of which will be that twn contesting delegations, of 11 dele gates each, will be sent to Chicago. The contest did not develop over the personality or any presidential ran didate, and each delegation will be eent to the national convention un instructed. For some years Joseph W. Tnih.rt of Greenwood has been the dominat ing personality in the republican or ganization of South Carolina. Ho h held the position both of national committeeman and -chairman of the etate committee. At the convention there was a .determined effort to wrest control from Mr. Tolbert on the part of a faction header) hv .T Duncan Adams of Spartanburg, a u n i tea states marshal. Mr. Adams frankly stated that he sought to eliminate Mr. Tolbert from any iij- nuciiwc in tne organization. ILLEGAL STRIKE BREAKS (Continued From First Pa se. extent, in order that the public may be not seriously inconvenienced," the letter said. . "We appreciate, however, that owing to present economic conditions over which we have no control and the fact that the situation has been grossly misrepresented by irrespon sible persons who have assumed die tatoDahip of an unorganized body of men, that it will be difficult for us to relieve entirely the situation until we have had further opportunity to PUTS LOWDEN FIRS We believe the railroads will co operate with us to that end.1' Gneruieat tm lnvrutlgmte. Important developments were the ordering- of an investigation of the strike by the United States and an nouncement by W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men, that the brotherhood would op pose any attempt to settle tha walk out by mediation. Six railroads delivered 172 cars of livestock to. packing- houses today. This was the largest amount received in any one day this week. The re ceipts were 2500 cattle, 4000 hogs and 1000 sheep. About 25,000 men were idle at the stockyards for lack of livestock to slaughter. A list compiled by the Chicago As sociation of Commerce showed that THOUSANDS WALK OUT OJT UNAUTHORIZED RAIL STRJKE. The following conditions were reported in the cities affected by the switchmen's atrike: City Men Out. Portland 80 Chicago 8000 New York and Jersey City. 3400 St Louis 5000 Toledo . .4000 Detroit 1500 Los Angeles 1400 Buffalo .- 2000 San Francisco 440 Pittsburg ......1000 Kansas City ' 440 Gary 300 Syracuse 250 Salt Lake City 200 Saginaw, Mich 200 Ogden, Utah ; 160 Decatur. Ill 107 Pueblo, Colo 102 Springfield, 111 50 Joliet- ; 60 Scranton, Pa 60 Pqcatello, Idaho 100 Fort Wayne, Ind 45 One thousand switchmen . at Omaha and Council Bluffs vot ed to support the striking switchmen. Railroad employes of the val ley junction yards of the Rock Island, near Des Moines, voted not to strike. Three thousand employes of the Pennsylvania railroad shops at Fort Wayne, Ind., on etrike since April 1, returned to work. 12 railroads were receiving dead freight for shipment. Most of the lines still had a ban against perish able shipments. Express was taken by the American Railway Express company for all but 13 states. Blast Fnriat Are Banked. Nine of 12 blast furnaces at Gary, Ind.. have been banked because of lack of raw materials, and 12,000 workers are idle. "All indications were that the crisis of the strike of switchmen in the Chicago yards is definitely past," a statement issued tonight by railroads affected by the walkout said. Vice-President Whitney of the trainmen's brotherhood announced to night that a group of switchmen re turned to work on the Chicago, Bur lington & Quincy railroad. Switch men on the Wabash and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul also returned to work, union heads said. Switchtrnder In Expelled. E. S. Estey, a switchtender, was expelled from the Chicago Yardmen's association tonight. Officers of the new union said he demanded radical strike methods at a meeting last night. The strike kad become a clear- cut fight between the recognized rail road organizations and the radical element among the rail workers. brotherhood officers said. The broth erhoods' assertion that freight traffic in Chicago was 50 pre cent of nor mal was countered by the rebels' as sertion that the tieup had become more nearly complete. The question of wages and hours had become a secondary importance, according io John Grunau, president of the Chicago Yardmen's association. which called the original walkout. "The fight has become one of supremacy between the new and the old unions," Grunau said. "We rail road men are tired of receiving noth ing but promises from our leaders. We demand results." An optimistic statement was issued today by the Western General Man agers' association, composed of man agers of all roads entering Chicago. Train Move an Unnnl. v "The strike in Chicago showed fur ther improvement today," said the statement. "All the railroads are handling all their passenger and sub urban trains as usual. On several roads there was a further increase in the number of switching crews working, and on none of the roads was there a decrease. Labor brother hoods continue to bring in members of their organizations from outside points to fill the places of the strik ers, and there is good reason to be lieve conditions in the Chicago dis trict will continue to improve rap idly within the next few days. In the Kiew lorx area rauroaa oi- ficers and union leaders were making efforts to break the strike, and, al though conditions were reported to bo improving, the situation was still considered serious. In. the St. Louis district, including East St. Louis- and Madison, 111., an embargo on all incoming and out going freight traffic was ordered. Yardmen on 27 roads were on strike. All railroads In Kansas City oper ating under contracts with the Broth erhood of Railroad Trainmen were affected. An embargo was declared on incoming freight and packing plants curtailed their output from 50 to 7o per cent. Peace Advocate Shot. One switchman was shot and sev eral slugged at meetings of the strik ing, railroad men last night, police learned today. , John Krlntz, a striker, who pro posed that the men return to work, was shot, it was reported. He wa3 spirited away in an automobile by friends. Sabotage and violence were advo cated by one of the speakers, E. C. Esty, an organizer who participated in the Gary steel strike and several labor disturbances- here. "They call me a rebel," he told the strikers. "I'm proud to be a rebel. In 1910 I had "charge of a railroad strike in the Twin cities Minneapolis and St. Paul. The men all went out and stayed out. Trntn Wrecking Admitted. "I went down to the I. W. W. head quarters and got some help. Then one day four passenger trains were wrecked. The next day seven freight trains were wrecked. Then we sent word to the railroads that if they didn't come across, we d tear down the roundhouse. They didn't answer we did. The roundhouse was torn down "Then the railroads begged for mercy and asked to meet us. We told them to come to us. There .was a meeting. The union drew up a con tract and the railroad refused it. The next day we blew up a bridge. That night an ice jam formed in the river and ton down the rest of the bridge, bo they don't know to this day who did the job. But we won the strike. "I did 90 days in jail for blocking the mails. I got off light because 1 Pric List American In a. i f at L but of course I knew it then as well as I do now." PKOSECUTIOX IS SUGGESTED Union Officials Admit Strike Is Be yond Their Control. WASHINGTON', April 9. Virtually admitting that, the strike of trainmen and switchmen over the country had gotten beyond the control of union officials, W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. telegraphed Representative Cooper, republican of Ohio, today asking whether present laws "apply to rene gade organizations or those inciting illegal strikes." Mr. Cooper, who is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi neers, took the matter up with acting Attorney-General Ames and was told that while the depart ment of justice was watching the sit uation, it had no statement to make. Before this telegram was received the senate had adopted without a record vote Senator McCormlck'3 resolution directing the interstate commerce committee to ' investigate all strikes of railroad employes not sanctioned by the responsible officers of the unions. 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