The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-17
ALLIES Line UP
TO DEFEAT 7. R.
AT CONVENTION
Bartering in g. o. P. Delega-
tons Is Brisk at Present..
Allies Are Weeks, Burton, Fair
banks, Cummins, Sherman.
COMBINE OF FAVORITE SONS
Already Talk of Dark Horse
Candidate as Compromise.
Roosevelt and Hughes Stand
Out Against Merger.
Allies Are Weeks, Burton, Fair.
banks, Cummins, Sherman.
COMBINE OF FAvORITE SONS
Already Talk of Dark Horse
Candidate as Compromise.
Roosevelt and Hughes Stand
Out Against Merger.

Washington. May 1.-THE Repub-
lican presidential fight has reached
the stage where the frantic bartering
and dealing has begun.
Delegates back home who believe
they are "uninstructed" and are going
to the convention to calmly deliberate
over who the nominee shall be, are
being pledged and delivered to this
candidate and that First choices, sec
ond choices. even third choices are be-
ing bartered by politicians of certain
states who can convince the managers
of the various candidates they can de-
liver their delegations in a block.
Parallel Situation in 1908.
Out of this last-hour scramble is
emerging a new factor in the coming
gathering at Chicago com bination
of the allies" a situation almost par
allel to that in 1908, when the allied
favorite sons attempted to block, by
pooling their interests the nomination
of Mr. Taft.
The ''allies''-Weeks, Burton, Fair
banks, Sherman and even the Cum
minis candidacy is being pulled into it
are planning to make common field
against the two outstanding figures in
the nomination fight-Hughes and
Roosevelt. They hope to draw into
this alliance the Root campaign, be-
lieving that if the Root managers join
the combination with the instructed
and uninstructed delegates each of the
favorite sons control, the convention
can be controlled.
Block T. II. First Is Plan.
Then the nomination of either
Hughes or Roosevelt would be block
ed, and they could settle down to a
deadlock which would result in the
coveted honor of the nomination fall
ing either to one of the allies or
else give them hackers of the various
candidates to make deals and get
promises from the prospectice dark
horse candidate that eventually would
come out of such a situation.
A manipulative convention, which
the Chicago gathering would turn out
to be if the allies can muster
strength enough to control it, is when
the political spokesman reaps his rich
and lucrative reward, and they are
looking forward with covetous hopes
to such a situation at Chicago.
But two men and the sentiment for
them stand in the way-Roosevelt and
Hughes.
Root, Choice of Old Guard.
Every time one of the old guard
statesmen makes the claim that
Roosevelt is out of it, nearly always a
few minutes later he will be telling
some one else:
well, if we have to, to beat Roose-
welt, we can certainly put Hughes
over
And that is followed by grimace of
one taking medicine most unpalatable.
And with Hughes eliminated, it is the
field against Roosevelt, with Root as
the first choice of the old guard, Bur-
ton second. Knox third.
Missouri has selected an entirely I'M
instructed delegation. 1t may be news
to some of the aforesaid thirty-six
gentlemen who are going to cast Mis-
souri, votes IN the convention to know
of the talk of the solid twenty-seven''
from that state who can be delivered
from any candidate to the other as
the men who say they control the sol
id twenty-seven' desire and fine it op-
perfume to do.
Who Arc the %?
But MisSouri's "twenty-seven' who
are going to be delivered solid are the
cause of much comment and specula-
ton around the various camps here
The other nine members of the dele
CATION, headed by Ex-Governor Had
ley, are classed as mot tradea BILE" and
not regarded as a marketable GUAM
tity.
Not so much is heard of the Kansas
delegation. For the most part they are
considered out of the trading and
pledging, because the managers of the
candidates are dubious who can deliv-
er them If they can be delivered at all
The Texas delegation of twenty-six
is practically conceded to Roosevelt,
as are the six from New Mexico al
ready chosen. 1t is the way these
states line up for Roosevelt when he
won't let fight be made for him and
when he is supposed to be counted out
who would deal the cards at the Coli
scum in Chicago