New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-01
800 DELEGATES
CONCEDED TOT.R.
Old Guard May Seek to
Nominate Dark Horse"
to Stop Colonel.

Five weeks from Wednesday the Re
publican National Convention will
meet at Chicago, and yet the name Of
the candidate who will be nominated
for President is a matter Of dispute.
On the surface the contest appears to
have simmered down to a fight between
the friends Of Colonel Roosevelt and
Justice Hughes. Underneath, how
ever, things assume a different hue, for
there are almost dozen favorite sons,
and each believes that he is the one
the lightning is going to strike.
There is an air Of uncertainty about
what the convention will do that has
led shrewd political observers to refuse
TO predict. This Is because the can
didatc will be chosen by the delegates
when they get to Chicago.
old Guard Ready to Fight.
The old guard, which is fighting the
nomination Of Colonel Roosevelt, do
not want Justice Hughes any more than
they want Mr.. Roosevelt. but in many
instances they are willing 70 take the
Justice 20 beat the Colonel, if neces-
sgry. Under these circumstances, it is
not entirely improbable that the old
guardsmen Will try to nominate a dark
horse or some one Of the many candi-
dates who is i'm sympathy with them.
OF the 9S5 delegates who will sit in
the convention 1872 have already been
chosen. OF this number, AL are unin-
structed, the remainder being split
among fayorite sons. Strange as it may
seem, comparatively few OF the dele
gates are pledged to the nomination OF
either one OF the two men now consid-
cred in the lead for the Presidential
nomination.
Senator Albert B. Cummins, of Iowa,
has seventy-four delegates in his col
umn, comprising those from Iowa. Min
ncsota, Nebraska and Montana. Senator
Lawrence Y. Sherman, Of Illinois, has
ffty-four Of the ffty-eight delegates
from his state behind his candidacy.
Ex-senator Theodore Burton, Of Ohio,
has the forty-eight delegates from his
state soldly for him. Former Vice
President Fairbanks has the thirty
votes from his state and ten IN Ken
lucky, while La Toilette has fifteen out
Of the twenty-six from Wisconsin aud
the ten from North Dakota. Ford has
thirty from Michigan and du Pont six
from Delaware.
Concede 800 to Roosevelt.
Colonel Roosevelt has four delegates
in Massachusetts,. two IN New Jersey
and one i'm Oklahoma. but these ran IN
the primaries contrary TO the OK
pressed wish Of the Colonel. OF course,
he will have many more delegates when
the voting begins al the convention.
"Old Guard" leaders concede him at
least 800. The successful candidate will
have TO get 493 votes.
The big time in the convention VIII
he when the break comes when favor
lite sons give up the battle and release
the pledged delegates. Mr.. ROoseyelts
opponents fear this because there Is
nothing TO prevent him from getting
In the van and sweeping everything be
fore him. The "Old Guardsmen' think
they have their fences made strong
enough to prevent a stampede, but
they are not what one might call GER
tain in their private talks about the
situation. In a crisis they are pre-
pared to turn 10 Hughes, but it may be
too late.
Pick 10 Delegates This Week.
or the 253 delegates that remain TO
be selected seventy-nnc will be chosen
this week. Maryland will nick sixteen
az the primaries to-day and Utah eight.
California will name twenty-siX at its
primaries and Colorado twelve at its
convention tomorrow On Wednesday
Tennessee will choose the remaining
eleven OF It's twenty-one delegates al
its convention, and on Saturday the
Arizona convention STA. BY the end of
this month the entire number of dele
gates will have been named. with the
exception Of West Virginia. They will
not he selected until June 6. the day
before the convention begins ~ Chi
cagO
While there is no doubt Of the sin
ccrity OF the men beh nd the boom for
Senator Root. there is little doubt
that ITS main purposD IS 20 give the
old Guard delegates from New York
3 candidate on which to mite. The