Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-06-07
WHO'S WHO IN
 C.. o. P. CONTEST

ular support of any of those under | consideration. MT. Hughes is A years old and served as governor of New l York before his appointment to his present position as associate justice of the supreme court of the United States. '. 1 Theodore Roosevelt of New York, generally considered "the candidate to be reckoned with" Colonel Roose- welt is 5S years old and has filled many high public offices. including the highest-that of president of the United States.
 Elihu Root of New York. who is big party leaders. MT. Root is 71 years old and is famous as lawyer. He was secretary of war under Me- kinley. secretary of state under ] Roosevelt, and United States senator from New York, 1909-15. Charles w. Fairbanks of Indlana, who has been indorsed by the Repub- licans of his own and several other 1 states. Mir Fairbanks is in his 65th year. MT. Fairbanks was United States senator from Indiana from
 1897 to 1905 and vice president from
 1865 to 1909.
 Theodore E. Burton of Chic. who
 is the unanimous choice of the Repub licans of his own state. Mir. Burton
 is 65 years old. He served nearly 9
 years in congress, divided between
 nine terms in the house and one term
 as United States senator.
 Albert B. Cummins of Iowa, for
 whom the delegates from his own and
 several other Western states have
 been instructed. Senator Cummins is
 66 years old. He was elected United
 States senator in 1908. after having
 served three terms in the governor
 ship.
 John w. Weeks of Massachusetts. who may secure one-half the dele
 gates from his own state and a few
 from other states. MT. Weeks is 56
 years old He began his career as a
 midshipman in the navy. from which he resigned to engage in the banking
 business. His public service embraces four terms in the house and one term
 as United States senator.
 Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illinois, to whom 56 delegates from his state } have been pledged. Mir. Sherman is
 5S years old His activities were
 confined to Illinois state politics be- fore his selection to his present posi- ton of United States senator.
 Warren G. Harding of Ohio, who is
 regarded as possibility in certain
 contingencies. Mir. Harding is 51 years old and a journalist by profes- sion. He has long been prominent , in Ohio politics and served as lieu ,l@ United States senator to succeed D Theodore F. Burton.
 I Samuel w. Mccall of Massachu- setts. who might come to the front in , case of a deadlock. Mir. Mccall is , 65 years old and served nine consecu- 9 tive terms in congress before being : elected to the governorship of Massa- q chusetts last November.
 . Robert NJ. LaFo!lette of Wisconsin
 who is not considered so prominently
 as he was four years ago, though he
 has number of delegates pledged te
 him. Mir. LaFollette is 61 years old 0 and one of the original progressive r Republicans. He made his first repu- 1 tation in the house of representatives and was subsequently, elected govern 2 or of Wisconsin and since 1905 has been United States senator. Henry Ford of Michigan, for whom e the 30 votes of that state have been :" pledged, but who is not seriously con z sidered as factor. MT. Ford is 53 Q years old and owes his reputation tc f his success as nautomobile manu d facturer and his advocacy of interna- l. tional peace,
 f Major General Leonard Wood U. $
 A., in whose behalf there has been
 conducted a rather active propagan-
 da of late. General Wood is 56 years
 old and surgeon by profession. He has been in military service since 1886 and has never taken an active Il Il part in politics.
 'Ss J. Coleman du Pont of Delaware = for. Whoni thes six avotess off his istat, ss have been pledged and who calls him ,t selfa"the business mans candidate. v General Du Pont is 53 years old ant e a member of the famous family o :" powder makers of Delaware He oc e cupies a high position in hnancia s- circles and has served as the Dela If ware member of the Republican na
 tional committee.