The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-01

the surface Of things, the selection Of q
nominee from the membership Of the
Supreme Court looks rather improbable
unless II should become desperate
matter TO defeat Rooakvelt. To norni.
nate Hughes, as many view II, would
be to drag the stirtenie Court into nat.
ional politics and this would be resent.
ed by the, great body Of public opinion
represented By lawyer AZ the bar
Hughes II the only man mentioned at
all ssti6nsly for the Presidehtiai, office,
who Is not working to attract the light
ming his way New York state dele
gales who win probably 20 TO Chi.
cago uninstrueted, are expelled to have
the thought Of Huehes firmly 10 the
back Of their heads. More may depend
on the manner in which thik develops
than on the current enterprises Of the
divers candidates.
cahdidate Glasses
For purposes Of classificati6r, there
are Eastern eandidates, Western gandf
dates, and Middle Western candidates.
The habit Of stccess stands out In the
history Of Middle western candidates
and for that reason, as well as others,
keep an eye upon the boom Of Ex.Sen-
ator Theodore Burton, Of Ohio Wash
ineton has been hearing less OF him
lately but the Buckeye State has lined
up behind him quite soIidly and that
means something in a nomination
fight His lieutenanis have been
threading their way into numerous
states up and down the Mississippi
Valley, although the Burton boom has
mot yet become conspienopsly formids
able Perhaps in time he can take
over the Illinois delegates whose sup,
port Of senator Lawrence Y. Sherman
is bound TO be ephemefaI, ana the1Dai.
ana and Kentucky delegates who will
ibe for Ex.Viee President Fairbanks;
and the Michigan delegates, twho, pos
sibly, will be for senator William Al.
den Smith.
The weeks' Campaign
There are other eastern candidates,
but ehiefest among them IS Senator
Weeks, Of Massachusetts. There has
been more activity for Weeks recently,
as Washington sees IL, than for any
others except Roosevelt Governor Ne.
Call appears TO be encouraging dissent
from Weeks in the Bay State but Wig,
orous steps have been taken in the
last few days to gain for him the title
of I" favorite son for the North eastern
States.' This may succeed, in spite
of some lukewarmness in New England,
and two or three pninstrueted, delega-
tions including Maine, Massac husetts
cessful business man, New York Republi-
cans are supposed to be sympathetic,
Maryland Republicans may be for him,
and there IL said to be some Weeks
sentiment in Kansas, Washington. and
other transsM ississippi territory.
Cuthr.ins After II - \
Senator cnmmins has his own state
Of Iowa solidly. behind him, 80 politi'
clans here aver, and there is great az.
tiyity TO bring Minnesota, the Dakotas,
and Nebraska to his camp. The ont:
look for him in that regard is fairly.
hopeful. One Of the earliest tests OF
Cummihs strength will come in Min
nesota where, the Cummins men say,
Ex-senator Root s, recent refusal to be
candidate was disappointing. Re
verting to eastern candidates for mo-
ment IL might be added that Root is
still talked Of as a nominee but what
ever boom he ever had seems waning
rapidly. IL Cummins could get a start
in States adjacent to his home, his
propaganda might spread into the. In,
termountain States, particularly to wy
oming. " EEt 4gE. tsE G : =. ,.4g- Il
There are lesser candidates. or
would-be candidates, Juggling and
straining. Some OF these reside for the
winter az Washington and others are
rarely seen here. Possibly none of
them should be erased entirely from
the list for, unless all signs fail, the 4
state conventions and primaries, soon
to begin, will result in nothing like a
majority of delegates for any candi-
date and the next Republican stand
ard bearer win probably be made, in
reality by the National Convention.