The Washington herald., 1916-06-07
Old Guard Men Frown on
Roosevelt, Causing Hopes of
Amalgamation to Dwindle.
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that notice to the delegates that Col.
| Roosevelt was on the way would in
fiuence them to hold back until he put
In his appearance.
Numerous conferences were held TODAY
| by Progressive and Republican leaders.
but when night rolled around It brought
with 1t the sad news that nothing definite
had been accomplished for Col. Roose-
welt. The best that George w. Perkins
could say on the subject was in answer
| to a suggestion that he had made no
progress towards bringing about the OBJ
ject he SO much desired-the nominate
Of Roosevelt by the Republicans.
Il would not say that" was his re-
ply.
Confers with Leaders.
Mr.. Perkins also felt disinclined to
make known the identity of the Repubu-
can leaders with whom he had conferred
| during the day, on the ground that II
might lead to a misunderstanding. The
facts are that up to o'clock none of
the Republicans had Travelled to his
apartments.
| During the early hours of the dav Mr.,
| Perkins reached some Of them on the
telephone. In the afternoon, when the
rain was pouring down, Mr.. Perkins felt
Unnecessary to see a few in person, so
he plodded up to the Congress and was
lost TO sight for some time in the maze
| of corridors.
Pending the contamination of a sat
| lsfactory arrangement with the Renub-
licans, Mr. Perkins addressed few
words to the Progressive committee.
| He said they were not here for the
purpose of being against any one, but
to accomplish the nomination of Theo-
dore Roosevelt He said:
"Hsve No Second Choice"
I'VE haven't got It in for anybody or
anything. We are out for a matchless
man and an Incompatible cause. You
know that no one else has such a man
and that he is the cause Therefore
we have no second choice.
60 to it,"
By way of further boIstering up the
hopes of the Progressive delegates
Bainbridge Colby, who is to place Mr.
Roosevelt in nomination at the Pro
gressive convention when the time
comes to take such action, made a
| statement against the candidacy OF
Justice Hughes. He said:
Justice Hughes is on record in
words that are unqualified as to the
| absolute unavsilability of a justice OF
the Supreme Court for elective office
/ He has called attention TO the fact that
i judicial office is a disqualification for
j any candidacy for electoral office from
the moment judicial office is accepted
i Admission is the highest form OF
proof. Justice Hughes has already ex-
! hausted the power of grave expression
in pronouncing adverse judgment upon
any party which would seek to nomi-
i nate him and upon himself, should he
deviate from the standard of judicial
duty which he has defined as his own
Impropriety Is Charged.
When in the course OF the campaign
as would inevitably happen. the impro
priety of Justice Hughes becoming a po
liticaI candidate Is raised by the Demo
Gratis, all that Justice Hughes or tbs
party which might nominate him could
do in the face of this criticism would ht
| to confess its destroying truth and iti
crushing application TO him as the can
didate and the party that nominated hin
both of whom would share the blame. >
The New York State delegation to tht
Progressive convention gave proof of tht
strength of the radical sentiment in the
party when 1t held a meeting and adopted
by a vote of 50 to q resolution fayorins
the immediate nomination OF Roosevelt.
| Gov. Hiram Johnson, of California, stir
red everything up when he made a speech
to the convention in behalf of Col
Roosevelt.