The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-04
ROOSEVELT AND
FAIRBANKS TO
Be PROPOSED
Root for Secretary Of State and
Burton for Treasury lob,
is Offer.

CHICAGO. June 3-Tcrms on which
the Roosevelt managers are ready to
decker with the old line Republicans.
predicated on Rooscvolt's nomination.
for president. have been put out along
convention row. The tentative slate
IL:
For President Theodore RooSC.
welt.
For Vice PrcSIdCnt-C Charles War.
rem Fairbanks.
For SCCrctar, Of State-ElIhu Root.
For Secretary Of the Treasury
Theodore Burton.
Moose for Cabinet Jobs.
To bring PrOgrCssiveS into line. in
the event Of the Republicans accepting
T. r.. it Ia proposed that the other cab
met positions. or secretary Of the in
terror az least. be reserved for some
prominent Moose leaders who would
carry ont the social Justice" covenant
proposed to the American people In
1912.
Colncident with this inside" gossip
which was not credited to Col. RUOsc.
welt directly, but held to he possible Of
!ulRllmCn;. George W, Perkins. speak
Ing for tho ProgTcssivCs, announced
that the Progressive convention will
hold off tho nomination Of Col Rooae-
Welt until after they ascertain Ia
reasonable certainty" what the Rc-
publicans intend to do.
BUSINESS Men Busy for 7. u.
Al the same hour there gathered in
tho Roosevelt Nun-Partisan League
Headquarters at the Hotel Congress
several captains Of industry" among
whom were some ~ the biggest bank
crs and manufacturers Of the country
George Si Reynolds. president Of the
Continental and Commercial National
bnnk. and John S. Miller. the Standard
OIL attorney took prominent parts.
They whOopcd II up for T, r.. and
rnsRcd formal resolutions indOrsing
him and h!H policies
Tho delegates are to be given nnoth-
CT ocular demonstration Of the plan TO
swing into line tho biz husincSs lead
crs NJ the country next Tuesday at
the Gnrrick thcntcr. Tho tentative
MANS carry the name Of ]. Ogden Ar
mour for chairman.
McGratIi Siirs Things Up.
Tho putting NJ tho pep into tho
Roosevelt campaign on convention row
followed the arrival IN Chicago Of John
w. McGrath. RooGcvclts secretary. He
left the colonel in ST Louis the night
before after receiving ilnal instruc-
lions rs 10 what he should say 10 any
trlrnda In Chicago who might speak
with authority.
What. II nn". message MIR. MCGrnth
delivered to Republican chiefs already
OIL the GROUND could not be ASCERTAIN.
cd That hC brought important It'd
inGa. however. was the gossip in hotel
corridors
Hc held long conference with NJ.
Perkins. who MISC moved into the con
vCnt'on city at about the same hour,
and II was following this conference
that Mr. Perkins decided tho Progress.
Rivcg would abandon their plan to nom.
mate T. r. right at the start and uso
the nomination az a club suspended
over the Republican convention.
Get Together Spirit RuIeS.
The whole program. MS mapped on
the part OF the Roosevelt men. Ia now
one OF Cancellation and get together
with the Republican leaders who four
years ago Nnttened out the colonel nm.
der the national committees steam
roller.
How long this olive branch will
stand the heated atmosphere is con,
lecture. but until II Is definitely made
certain. II It is that the Republican
chIeftains do not propose to nominate
Roosevelt under any circumstances.
there will he much mild and "prodIgal
son" talk on the part Of the Oyster
Bay candidates authorized spokcs
men.