Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-20
HUGHES OREGON VICTORY
AIDS HIM AS CANDIDATE

Continued from Pare One ~tfr
eiven Cummfns and Burton IN OREGON, was
Colonel Roosevelt
Because Of the failure OF the. forces
friendly to Roosevelt in Pennsylvania TO dc
better than break even, II that well, with
| Penrose, the Justice was declared leader
over the Colonel
BURTON AND cUMMINs LOSE.
In the face of returns from oregon.
/ Cummins and Burton followers made
no fornta statements II is known, how
| ever, both had determined to stake almost
/ all on a chance of becoming a national,
rather than a local candidate. by a defeat
| of Justice Hughes in contest where pop
ular sentiment had full play.
What appealed to the party leaders here
| was that the voters Of Oregon had plainly
| preferred Hughes to either the Progressive
| Cummins or the Conservative Burton. They
regarded this symptom as bearing out their
own convictions that Hughes Is the most
available middle-sround candidate,
Hughes strength In the Vermont pri-
maries, where his name was written In on
ballots more than twice as often as any
other candidate, indicated to these leaders,
too, that his strength Is not confined TO the
Progressive States of the West '7'
Evidence that the Roosevelt faction plans
TO make tho friends of Justice Hughes fight
for the nomination became apparent this
week This was seen in the formation
of the Roosevelt League, headed by Former
Secretary Of the Navy Meyer. The plan of
the friends of Roosevelt is to work sealously
for his nomination, and IL not successful the
result of such activities will be that the
Colonel will be recognized as factor when
the leaders get ready to agree on candi-
date, IL Hughes does not sweep the conven-
ton before there is any dIckerinE between
the Old Guard and Progressive leaders.
FAIRBANKS AS RUNNING MATE.
This element wants to force the nomina-
tlon of Roosevelt and Fairbanks The first
move to come before the convention will
be half-concealed attempt to force Justice
Hughes to make n declaration on political
issues and give some indication that he
VIII accept the nomination IL Il Is offered
by the convention. II they can force a
political uterance from Justice Hughes his
opponents would Immediately set up the
cry that he was playing politics while on
the bench and try to ruin him.
Against the activity OF friends of Roose.
welt is the desertion of his former friends
who, while not opposed to him, do not be-
lieve he could defeat Wilson IL nominated
by the Republicans. The most notable Of
these men to declare for Hughes is former
Governor Hadley, of Missouri Senator
Lodge, of Massachusetts, friend of Roose- |
velt is quoted as expressing the opinion
that Justice Hughes should be the Republi- |
can nominee Former Senator Murray |
Crane, of Massachusetts,, an Old Guard
leader, is classed as In the Hughes camp.
SENTIMENT FOR JURIsT.
With the Republican convention less than |
two weeks and a half away, sentiment |
among the masses is for Hughes his back
ers assert. There is no denying the fact. |
however. that the Old Guard leaders In |
with Roosevelt, can defeat
Hughes. But If they do this the question
confronting them is whom shall they nomi-
top II
opinion of the far-seeing politicians the
iefeat of the Republican party, as primary
elections have shown that the country Is |
strongly opposed TO the military policy. of
Roosevelt. -
OF the 9S5 delegates to the Republican
943 have been elected Frank
VI. Hitchcock, former Republican national
'hairman, who has volunteered to direct the
hughes boom, while here this week prepar-
ng TO leave for Chicago, announced that
hughes had more than n majority of the
delegates favorable to him and that he
ould not be defeated for the nomination.
ESTIMATE OF STRENGTH ''.
One conservative leader, while claiming
o regard the first ballot in the coming
onVention as among the least consequential
vents, gave out this estimate of strength:
Cummlns, 30; Burton, 40; Fairbanks
4Oi Root 12O; Weeks 40; Borah, 8; du
ont 8; Sherman, 80; Hughes, 90; Roose-
elt, 65; La Toilette %: Ford 30; Brtirn.
augh. 80. and the other SO miscellaneous.
In this computation, however are in.
uded many uninstructed delegates of
HON the men who claim them are uncer-
lin. Senator Weeks, for instance! believes.
e will have ia on the first ballot but one
his friends qualities this IF we can hold
lem" He complained that of the Southern .
elegates, as quick as a Weeks worker left |
the front door, somebody else came in
'om behind" II
Only one more primary remains. South
akota, May 23. West Virginia has a pri.
ary formally, but the State convention,
as agreed upon a slate OF candidates for
hom general support is said to have de-
oloped. Senator Cummins is expected
nong politicians to show his normal
'airie-State strength in the South Dakota
sht.
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