The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-12-13

WASHINGTON, Dec. Is. = As a re
suit of conferences among prominent
committeeman last night a strong
probability exists that the Republican
national convention will be held prior |
20 the Democratic national convention |
1t seems to have been settled that this
course will be followed
The Democratic national committee /
last week decided that the national |
convention should assemble on June IA |
in St. Louis. According to tradition, |
the party in national power holds its ma |
tional convention first. In accordance |
with this practice, the Republicans have |
been holding their national conventions |
in June for many years, while the Dem |
ocratS have not assembled until July.
Republican leaders have decided that |
they will not follow the precedent and
it Is expected that the national commit
tee will fix the convention for early in
| June, perhaps as much as ten days be-
fore the opening of the Democratic con
vention at St. Louis.
| Chicago appears to have the inside
! track in the contest over the selection
| of the city where the Republican ma
tional convention of 1916 viii be held.
| The national committee will hold its
! first session on Tuesday and decide the
| didates for the convention are St. Louis
! Philadelphia and San Francisco. There
are several arguments advanced against
! Chicago s claims. One is that it was IN
Chicago that the Republican party was
split in 1912, and the psychological eff
feet of holding the next national con
vention there will not be happy. 1t is
urged also that danger of stampedine
the convention for Colonel Roosevelt
will be confronted if Chicago is chosen
as the ex-president is very popular
there.
Some of the critics of Chicago are
n asserting that the local managers of
the Chicago convention did not act
fairly with regard to the surplus fund
collected III Chicago four years ago as
a guarantee for the payment of ex
Il pehses if that city was chosen by tn
: Republicans This surplus was return
: cd to subscribers, it is said, when il
should have been turned over TO the
Republican national committee. In spite
| of these arguments, the sentiment il
! favor of the selection of Chicago Is
s strong among men prominent in tn
p committee, and the opinion is expressed
that Chicago will be chosen.
Expressions by incoming committee
men indicate that there has been n
: crvstallization of sentiment among Re
, publican leaders in favor of any partic
!. ular man mentioned as a possibilit
for the Republican nomination 70.
!. president. A strong feeling for Eth
: Root of New York prevails in man.
parts of the country, and this is espe
ciaIlv marked in Minnesota. 1t is ar
: parent that many Republicans woulf
: like to have Justice Charles E. Hughe'
= of the United States supreme cour
!, chosen, and one opinion is that in spit
: Of Justice Hughes S squelching Of til.
= effort to place his name on the pres;
= Dental ballot in the Nebraska direc
! primary election, the Hughes movement
! is bound to grow and will take suc'
" form that he viii be stronger than an
= declared candidate when the eonven
" ton meets
Sentiment for Theodore f. Burton o
, Ohio and Albert B. Cummins of low;
/ is strong in the Middle West, where ex
Vice President Fairbanks of Indian;
- also has some following. New England
ers are looking after the interests o
Y John w Weeks of Massachusetts, an,
- icontend that he is strong in other part
: OF the country.
$, One British airman at the front al
IS ways carries a tiger s whisker wit
! l.