South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-08
HUGHES ON THE
THIRD BALLOT
IS CRY TODAY
South Bend Has Good-SiZed
Squad Boosting Fairbanks
Candidacy = Believed
Ready For Switch.
Iews-Times Special Wire.

News-Times Special Wire.
CONVENTION HALL, Chicago.
June S.-With the opening OF the
second day of the republican nation
al convention. the cOncensus OF
opinion among newspaper men in
the press section based upon night
of rambling about the various head
quarters and hotels, is that Charles
Evans Hughes Will be the repub-
lican nominee for president. and the
ballot that will do the work, it is
guessed, will be the third.
Roosevelt is scheduled. at least
by the newspaper men, for an awful
disappointment. that is, if he is
taking his candidacy seriously and
allows his name 10 be presented in
any anticipation of winning.
Notwithstanding "Keynoter" Hard
ing's plea yesterday for forgetful-
ness of the past both the stand
patters and socalled progressives
seem 10 have remembered il very
wildly throughout the night, nu-
merous quarrels, even as late as
gathering at the Coliseum today.
proving that the 1872 affair is still
fresh in a great many memories.
The quarrels occasionally reached
the point Of near riots, so anxious
do some bull mOosers seem to get
back into the republican fold and
receive T.. r. as a sort Of fatted calf
In celebration of their return.
Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
IN i
enlist the support of Indiana for
Roosevelt on a Roosevelt and Fair
banks ticket like that of 1904. was
revived again last night. but fell
fat as before, according to reports
early today. The vice presidency it
appears does not carry with il any
powers of appointment of ambassa-
dorships, etc, and the standpat In
dianians who have been promised
certain posts could see nothing in
such an arrangement.
Among those from South Bend,
prominent in Fairbanks boosting,
| not for second, but first place on the
list, are a. G.. Graham, Albert Slick,
| Gilbert A. Elliott, John CT. Yeagley,
Frank Boone, Fred A. Bryan. Capt.
Charles Calvert and Clarence Sedg-
: wick. The major portion of the
South Bend aggregation did not ar
rive until late yesterday. At the
Fairbanks headquarters-thre in
nLmber-at the Congress hotel, the
presence of south Bend men began
10 make things appear very home
| like early today; quite like the Oliver
hotel did for a week or so before
the March primary.
Tickets for visitors, a constant
demand on County Chairman Elliott,
| have driven him almost tit for the
scarce article, being for sale by
! scalpers at as high as $40 for a ses-
sion. and this has caused a lot of
| i'll feeling among people who con-
slider they should be cared for by
their county or district chairman.
or local boss. 1t keeps Chairman
Elliott busy explaining that he
hasn't got the tickets and what he
hasn't got he cannot we'll give away
/ 1t appears that District Chairman
| Murphy has been much more gen.
erous with County Chairman Small
Of LapOrte, and one of two others,
! than he has with st. Joseph county.
1t looks as though the convention
would not be over before late Fri
! day, at the earliest. The talk of an
! effort to stampede the convention
To Sen. Harding of Ohio, as a dark
| horse" candidate, seems to have
| subsidized somewhat following his
keynote speech yesterday and il is
| this. it is believed, that started the
Hughes stock booming. Something
| about the speech seemed to discount
| the speaker as a candidate for pres
ident, but there are still those who
talk Harding in case the Hughes
boom should explode - following
/ that of Roosevelt.
AS 10 Fairbanks. however. the
sentiment for him seems to be con-
| fined 10 Indiana and a few votes
from kentucky. and it is said that
| even at the Indiana headquarters.
things are set for a break to someone
| else at the psychological moment.
| The break will probably be TO the
most prospective winner, Burton OF
ohio. Root Of New York and Hard
| ing of Ohio. being the favorites 4