Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-29
PRESIDENTIAL RACE
IN G. 0. ?. IS ONE
Of FAV0R|TE SONS
Secretary Reynolds, Back From
West, Tells Hilles He Found
Many Aspirants
SENTIMENT FAVORABLE
TO HUGHES AND ROOT

New York, Oct. 2S.-According to
reports that James B. Peynolds, secre'
tary of the Republican national com
mittee, has brought from the west to
Chairman Charles D. Hilles, there
will be anywhere from a dozen to nj
teen booms for "fayorite sons" at the
Republican national convention next
year, and anything is likely to hap
pen"
"Mr. Reynolds tell me-" said Mr..
Hilles yesterday, that in all proDa-
bility Gov. Hiram Johnson Of Cali
fornia, who ran for vice president
with Roosevelt on the Progressive
ticket in 1912, will head the delega-
ton from the Golden State to the
Republican national convention, and
try to be the Republican candidate
for president. You know Johnson is
a sort of a h%yphenated Republican"
Plenty Of Optimism.
Mr.. Reynolds tour covered twenty
two states. According to Mr.. Hilles,
Secretary Reynolds found the kepub,
licans optimistic and the Progress.
sives returning to the fold" particu-
larly, in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky
Montana, Michigan, Iowa and Mime.
sofa. In California, however, he
found the P~regressives "stancing
pat" a.....
Ex-senator Joseph NJ. Dixon, once
Progressive National chairman, is,
MI. Reynolds reported, doing all he
can to get the Progressives back into
the Republican camp, and so is Sena-
tor Poindexter Of Washington, and
Henry Allen of Kansas.
Mr.. Reynolds found very strong
Hughes sentiment in Oregon and
Washington" said Mr.. Hilles. "The
Oregon state chairman made a poll
of all the precinct committeeman and
the majority were for Hughes"
Senator Borah will have the Idaho
delegation, Mr.. Reynolds reported,
and Senator Cummins will have that
of Iowa, and possibly Nebraska.
Indiana will be behind Charles w.
Fairbanks, while. ex-senator Burton
will have the Ohio delegation. Mich.
gan is expected to put forward Sena.
tor William Alden Smith, and while
Illinois had been looked to to get in
behind Republican Leader Mann, Mr..
Reynolds brought the information
that Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman
is to be the choice of that state.
Many Want Root.
"Whoms do the Far western Re-
publicans expect New York to pre-
sent?" Mr.. Hilles; was asked.
Assuming that Charles E. Hughes
that he is not to be consid-
cred, they rather look to New York
to present the name of Elihu Root.
Mr.. Reynolds found a great deal of
Root sentiment scattered about, but
none for Whitman. II
Il have heard the report that Pro.
gressives are enrolling by the thou
sands with the purpose of forcing the
of Mr.. Roosevelt, but 1
believe that nearly every Progressive
who returns to the Republican party
will abide by the decisions OF the con-
vention. What Mr.. Reynolds tells me
confirms what l have always known,
that Mr.. Roosevelt was the Progress
siye party"
Mr. Hilles will shortly issue the call
for the meeting of the National Com
mittee, in Washington, to fix the date
and place of the convention. Chi
cago, Dallas, Tex; st. Louis and San
are among the cities con-
tending, with Chicago likely to be
chosen.