The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-04-16
BIC POL lCS
TO BE P ED
BY the Republic an Party Of the
Country within the Next
Eleven Months.
NtEPEctA- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WASHINGTON, April II Do you
Il know that eleven months from now
the first batch Of delegates to the Re
II publican national convention will be
lchosen and when April. 191 exact
lly one year on gives way to May
lone-third Of the delegates to that
great gathering will have been select
\ ed II you do not. you know 1t now.
and by the same token you know
why It is that there is so much activ-
4 itys among the leaders and committees
(which shape the destinies OF that
4 party. and why the passing months Of
the coming SUNNI ertime will witness
4 some big politics played earlier be-
fore q national convention than ever
in the history of the dominant parties
After all it is not too early to be
lgtn, say the leaders. circumstances
Eare unusual and conditions unique
4 There is nothing settled as to who
will be the Republican party's nomi-
Inee. No definite sentiment has crys-
tailed on any one man. Many are
\ mentioned and the tape measure is
Ibeing stretched on them by the pub
lie. It's a free-for-all with many to
ENTER; a long list-as presidential
candidates ga wealth OF rich tim
Der available such as hasn't presented
itself to any party in quarter OF a
century. And it is in the very air
\ that the Repu blican nominee is going.
10 sweep into the White House, ac-.
Icording to a practically unanimous
4 Opinion held by mem bers OF that party
at any rate.
Another reason why 1t is held that
/ it isn't too soon to begin is that many
Of the delegates are to be chosen
under state primary laws, many or
them at variance as to details but
Essentially the same in their funda-#
lmentals. And the selecting Of them
is to begin very early in next year
/ Then too, In the time preceding the
beginning Of that, the public must be
aroused to curious interest in tbs
claims Of the candidates, or the claims
| their hackers make for them, so that
tsome guage may be had as to the par
4 ty sentiment with regard to the men
jofered
Sentiment for Hughes.
It cannot be said that party senti-a
ment has settled Weightily on any Of
the men now being discussed as likely
candidates. Doubtless there Is more
of a sentiment for Justice Hughes.
than for any of the Tiers at the pres.
/ ent time. West Virginians who have
visited this city recently, and who
&have talked the subject, seem pretty
well taken with the Empire States
ex-governor and the present mem Der
| of the supreme court. But they like
others realize the difficulty Of nomi-
mating him unless there is a deadlock
/ in convention and an Overwhelming
sentiment for him. AS mem Der Of
the highest court he wouldn't If he
could, SO high is his sense of the ju di-
tcial fitness Of things. do anything to-
forward his fortunes. On the con
trary. his friends are fearful lest hel
stop l.is boom by a formal, emphatic
and decisive mo" Nobody has any
| idea that he would resign to enter
the race, but on the other hand no-
body has any idea that he would not
accept the nomination if it came to
him through an overwhelming party
demand and without solicItat ton u pom
his part. vi
The boom Of Senator Weeks. or
Massachusetts, is growing. He is
travelling in the west making speeches
Business men think well OF him and
EColonel Roosevelt is said to like his
style. Senator Burton,s candidacy is
an important factor, and that Of Fair
banks, Of Indiana, is perking up.
There isn't much to the booml cts of
Borah, Cummins, Herrick, Willis and
Whitman at the present wri ting. SEN
ator Root is sitting tight on his hold
| ing It down. He has uttered a mega
tive more than once, but still there is
talk Of him.
BY the end Of the coming summer
1.-THE situation ought to begin to clear