The Arvada enterprise., 1916-06-15

ton was out of the way, conferences
were begun to fix upon the running
mate of the Supreme court justice.
Roosevelt Offers Lodge.
The Roosevelt proposal to select
his friend. Henry Cabot Lodge, as
compromise candidate was never TAX
en- seriously by the Republicans.
Lodges name was not even for
mally placed In nomination before the
Republican convention.
The report of the peace confer
ence committees showing that the
Progressive peace committee had
agreed to put the name of Hughes
before that convention hardly caused
stir, nor did the news that came
few minutes later that the report hau
been tabled by the Progressives.
Meanwhile Hughes was In the air,
on every tongue. Delegates were I'M
patient to get to balloting. The feel
ing was everywhere that the third bal
! lot of the convention for president
would be the last-and it was.
Harding Is Chairman.
The Republican convention opened
at the Coliseum at II a. m, June l.
! Senator Warren G. Harding OF OHIO
was elected temporary chairman, and
! he delivered speech setting forth
| conservative Republican principles.
| Following this the regular committees
were appointed and organized and rou'
| tine convention business went for
ward. There was only moderate eN-
preston of enthusiasm at any time.
With the hope OF agreeing an presi.
Dental candidate whom both parties
might support, tho Progressiyes. in
convention at the Auditorium, and the
| Republicans appointed "A Joint confer
| cnCe committee Thursday and this
committee met at the Chicago club.
| Shortly after midnight 1t was an
| nOunCcd that no progress had been
| made toward fusion OF the two parties.
The Republican members of this
committee were Senator Reed Smoot
Of Utah. W. Murray Crane, ex-senator
from Massachusetts; Senator william
/ T.. norah OF Idaho, Nicholas Murray
| Butler of New York, president OF Co
! lumbia university, A, r. Johnson OF
/ Ohio. former congressman. The Pro.
/ grcssiyc members were Gov. Hiram
| Johnson of California. Horace S. Wi.
! kiusuu OF New York. Charles ]. Bona.
parto OF Maryland. former attorney
general. John NJ Parker o! Louisiana,
| George W. Perkins OF New York.
Nominating speeches began In the
/ Republican convention about three
O'Clock Friday afternoon, and nomina.
| lions were closed before eight O'Clock.
| Bnlloting began at once. Two ballots
were taken before adjournment for tho
/ night
propressives In Session.
Tho Progressive convention opened
/ NJ exactly the same time the Rcpuhli.
| cans started their meeting, Tempo.
/ rary Chairman Raymond Robins dcliv'
| cred tho Progressive policy speech
/ Routine business followed-hut Il
wasn't routine In the same way ms tho
/ Republican session was. The Progress.
/ riycs. with such men ~ William Allen
/ White. Victor Murdock aud Hiram
| Johnson, were loudly enthusiastic
This convention was really AN oNplo.
! Flyr affair cheers, table pounding
radical talk and all that,
Il In said that George W. Perkins
and some others OF the Progressive
group had hard time keeping the
radical element from nominating
/ Colonel Roosevelt shortly after the
show started, The conservatives lived
In the hope OF n fusion with tho Re
publicans. The radicals said they
I didn't care what the Republicans did.
They wanted Teddy" and they want,
cd him quick There was no dickcr'
lnr spirit in these fellows,
Most OF tho entertainment during
the week vas furnished by favori,c
sons delegations and boomlcts around
tha ho,ol Hobbies and on tho streets