South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-03
WhirIWind Eleventh Hour
Fight to Force ROoSevelt'S
Nomination is Now
Contemplated.
OLD GUARD LAYS PLANS
TO AVERT a STAMPEDE
Delegates Will Arrive Sunday
With Real Key to Whole
SituatiOn-BOOmerS
Add to Claims.
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CHICAGO. june ".-A hiElwiud
eleventh hour" tight FOR Theodore
Roosevelt. including if necessary a
"hurrah visit 20 Chicago To person
ally explain his views i'm an effort 20
force his nomination by the repub-
lican national convention is planned
by the Roosevelt men now i'm Chi
Cago. These men believe that the
rank and file Of the delegates to the
convention are willing 10 be inn
pressed. And To impress them. re-
Inducements from the big business
ilterests Of the east have been sent
for. Even the colonel himself Will
be available although his personal
representative. George W. Perkins.
said today that there was as yet no
real reason why he should come TO
Chicago and that no plans cor his
coming had been discussed yet.
old Guard Counts Noses.
While the Roosevelt men are get
ting ready for the assault upon the
trenches Of the delegates. old Guard
leaders are very quietly counting
noses. They are determined to pre-
vent the naming of Roosevelt at any
cost and are prepared at the last
moment 10 swing 10 Hughes if ne is
the only man who can head of the
FIRST citizen OF Oyster BAY.
But before that action is taken
they will carefully 20 over the situ-
alton and will try 10 determine
the convention. At present that
control is certain through the COM
hiuation OF "favorite son" delegates
and the unjnstructed delegates who
are responsive TO the voice of their
state national committeeman But
when the question of trading and
uniting upon single candidate is
considered many of the leaders are
fearful that the bulk of the delegates
cannot be delivered
Delegates Hold Key.
The existing situation here Will
remain unchanged until tomorrow
night. The leaders ON the ground
continue 70 ampufy and add To their
claims. but they are powerless To
change the situation until the dele
gates arrive. A large portion of the
men who viii express the sentiment
of the county are EN- route and the
special trains are scheduled 20 begin
arriving Sunday morning.
There have been several confer
cnces between the managers for the
aVowed cand dates and the progress
s.ve leaders to date. but not "a single
direct offer of bargain has been
made Whether real effort Will be
made TO do business before the con
vention actually meets will depend
upon circumstances. The methods
o; the Roosevelt boosters are char
acteristicaIly Roosevelt Each man
ager is assured how well the Roose-
Welt men think OF their candidate
and how sorry they are that the fact
that the colonel and the real ISSUES
OF the campaign are SO closely united
that ne cannot retire In favor of that
particular presidential aspirant. And
despite the fact that these managers
include in their ranks some of The
most experienced politicians in the
pited States. they have all fallen
for the "salVc For a while ycster-
Iay the Weeks men were insistent
That they would get the ,olone1s
support when he realized that ne
could not he nominated and il was
not until this claim collided with
similar one on behalf Of Charles w.
Fairbanks that the leaders began to-
set wise that they had fallen for
old stuff"
Bad Blood Wiped Out
But the fact that this was part of
plan OF campaign did not cause
unprejudiced outsiders to lose sight
of the fact that the bad blood and
bitter animos. Ties of four wears ago
have been wiped out. While pro-
sressiNe leaders are publicly insistent
that Col. Roosevelt has made the
issues with which Pres't Wilson can
he defeated for reelection and that
fEe ISSUES cannot ice taken and their
creator ignored the Few delegates
Goa the ground feel confident that it
Roosevelt FINALLY Isl turned down bv
che republicans tht progressive cone
N,nu.u WIl ne found NIUu- 40
accept She republican candidate.