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Il NEW YORK June 1.-THE frs.
party OF New y ork delegates 70 the
Republican national convention in
Chicago will leave tomorrow. and vii,
be followed on Saturday by & second
party for upstate delegates. Little
enthusiasm for Hughes Is manifested
by the delegates. Astute politicians
OF the Empire State look upon the
selection OF Taft as a certainty, and
consider Hughes only as a rice-presi.
dental possibility. Hughes does not
want the Office which s,know. as "the
tail of the ticket" and has declared
that, II nominated and elected, he
woud not serve. 4 With all probability
Of securing presidential honors for
New Workers removed, the Empire
State delegation goes to Chicago shorn
of any vital interest in the action OF
the convention and content to play
second fiddle. 4 5si. 4 s 5.3 I,
There Is a confirmed belief among
some Republican politicias here
that Fairbanks will be selected as the
tail OF the Taft kite. "a hunk Of fat
and streak Of lean." one delegate
has described the prospective ticket.
It is likely that Fairbanks would be
acceptable to a majority OF the Nav
York delegates, although they will at:
tempt to boom Secretary OF tf,e Treas.
ury Cortelyou for the. second place.
and If he can be prominently brought
before the convention, he will most
certainly receive the solid support OF
the New York delegation.
Taking all things into cnnsidera.
tion. a good many persons are com.
Ing to the belief that Secretary Cortel.
you stands as good, II not better
chance, than almost any of the others
who have so far been given consIdera.
ton. This conclusion is based largely
on the assumption that MIR. Taft will
be nominated. II the Presidential
nominee Is to come from the West,
his associate. It lis argued must come
from the East. This year, New York
Is the most important of the Eastern
States for the Republicans to con
slider, and 1t iE. pointed ont that Mr..
Cortelyou. after Hughes. could poll in
all probability a larger vote in this
state than any other man who has
been thought OF for the vice presI.
dency. Mr.. Cortlyou undoubtedly, has
many strong friends in New York,
particularly In New York city. While
there was chance in the early pre-
convention canvass. many Of them urg-
ed Mr.. Cortelyou to make an effort to
head the Republican ticket. Those.
who urged Mr.. Cortelyou point out
also that he Is strong where Mr.. Taft
is notably weak, that is, with the
labor element among the electorate.
It is perhaps not generally known that
the secretary Of the treasury has to an
unusual degree the confidence and
esteem OF the labor leaders through
out the United States. He knows
nearly all of them personally, and they
like him.
1t Is still a mooted question wheth-
er the PROPOSAL that Fairbanks
should be renominated as vice pres-,
dent came from his friends or the
Taft managers. There are circum.
giving both versions. One thing seems
certain. II the Taft people feel cer-
tain when they get to Chicago that
they can nominate the Secretary of
War, they will not put Mr.. Fairbanks
on the ticket. They don't wunt the
1nlianian except as matter OF po.
litical expcdiency. Two precldents
will be broken II Mr.. Fairbanks
should be renominated. No vice
president has ever. been renomlnated
to succeed himself, and no vice prest.
dental candidate has ever been taken
from the same geographical section OF
the country as the head of the ticket.
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