Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-15


brook. Burton and Henry ord are on
the ballot subject to withdrawal. the
names OF Roosevelt and Hughes having
already been withdrawn. Efforts to ar
range an uncontested delegation have
failed and the competition will be per.
sonal and fractional. Most Of the candi-
dates for delegates have publicly an
nounced their preference for Hughes
after discharging any obligation to the
winner OF the preference vote. The
Hughes sentiment is very strong through
out the state
New Hampshire.
The four delegates-at-IarEe and the four
district delegates have already been Sc
lected by mutual agreement, which win.
without doubt. be ratified by the primary
March 10 II these men are elected they
VIII all go as unpledged delegates. II is
said two OF them favor the nomination Of
Senator Weeks and the other six favor
Governor Mccall should he become
candidate.
New York.
Delegates-at-large are TO be suggested
at state convention, to be held at Car
negie hall. February Is. and both district
delegates and deleEates-at-larRe will he
elected at the official primary April
Governor Whitman and Senator Wads-
worth will head the state delegation. the
other two places not yet being assigned.
Governor whitman has declared his
choice for president to be Hughes Whit
man himself is still kept In reserve and
there is also continued talk of EIihu
Root. should a favorable opening
present. Roosevelt Is again a factor. or
rather will ka ~ -
candidate
Ohio.
The delegates are to be selected AT
primaries TO be held May 9. and each
candidate for delegate is required Ia
name his first and second choice for
president and vice president. and to have
the written consent of his first and sec
ond choice for president. The delegates
will be for Senator Burton and the dele
gates-at-large will probably be Governor
Willis. Senator Harding and former Am
bassador Myron T. Herrick. and Mr.
Proctor OF Cincinnati.
OkaIahOma.
The state convention at which dele
gates-at-large will be chosen Is called
for March Fl at Oklahoma City One dis
triot. the second. has already chosen it's
delegates without instruction. Some work
has been done here for Senator Weeks
and also for Senator Fairbanks. and
there is noticeable sentiment for Hughes
and some talk for Roosevelt.
Pennsylvania.
The entire Pennsylvania delegation will
be elected at a statewide primary May
le for which two tentative states Of
misunderstanding have been submitted
one by Governor Brumbaugh's asso-
ciates, and the other by Senator PEN
rose and his friends. Eight names ap-
pear on both states and 1t is doubtful
II there will be an agreement on the
other four, and in the interval. district
delegates-at-large have been slow in an
nouncing. The state delegation will
probably include Governor Brumbaugh.
Senators Penrose and Oliver. Mayor
Smith OF Philadelphia and Mayor Arm
strong OF Pittsburgh Should there be
any possibility of nominating Philander
c. Knox. the Pennsylvania delegation,
whether elected by agreement or as re-
suit of contest, would unanimously sup
port him. There is a bare possibility
that Governor Brumbaugh's name will
be presented to the convention "a presi-
utntld1 Chnuluhte. SOflo Oh the uSlcbhlSo
will be Roosevelt men at heart. other
wise IL IL impossible now TO figure that
the delegation will unite for anyone of
the candidates presented by other states.
south Carolina.
Delegates-at-iarge will be chosen by
state convention March Z. two district
conventions that elect one delegate each
will be held March 6. and the other con-
ventions afterwards. There is no I'M
deratanding as to who the delegates will
be. and It Ia not probable they will be
instructed for anyone. but will favor the
best man who looks like a winner at
the election.
south Dakota.
South Dakota presidential politics have
been badly mixed. because the old pri-
mary law provided for a district primary
on June s. too late to secure the ad-
mission OF delegates II contested. and all
efforts TO arrange delegation by agree
ment had failed. A special session of
the legislature has decided to move up
the primary to the last Tuesday in May
Hughes is the real favorite of the re-