Arizona republican., 1916-06-08
The Republican Convention

What will happen at Chicago, and when, mat ters of great uncertainty but this convention is by means the first that clouded by uncertainty. In fact most republican conventions have been ob- scured, and it has frequently happened that the most astute politicians at the time when the ballotng actually begun made predictions of results that not attained Newspapers which have stake than individuals when it prophesying, have frequently been wide of the mark
 The Providence Journal has been consulting it's files for more than fifty past and finds that it has frequently been very much in the dark. In it's issue oh the morning of May 16 S60 it said: There to be doubt that MT. Seward will receive more votes than anybody else the first ballot. His most ardent supporters claim that his nomination is certain. We shall not waste time space in fruit less task speculang upon the probability of the nomination of this that one" It pre- dcted yesterday morning quite generally that Justice Hughes would receive the first ballot and the early ballots than any other candidate and his ardent supporters claiming his nomina- tion It is clear that he is at present the strongest candidate just evident that Seward the strongest candidate in the beginning, of the convention ffty-six years ago.
 The day before the convention of 1880 assembled, the Journal said: "The feeling in behalf of the prominent candidates is intense The contest is likely to be heated It is too late for speculation A dispatch from Chicago that day said "The Grant men are confident that they will se- the generals nomination but it is impossible predict with any certainty what will be done"
 The experience of those two conventions should teach that forecasts today are they then, only forecasts A dozen or more names will be pre- sened today for the nomination previous to the baoting which may take place as early as to- Saturday and it is impossible to say. which if any of them will be selected The ultimate m- inee may be Colonel Roosevelt Justice Hughes who are just the conspicuous of the candidates The nominee may be "favorte son" but that hardly probable since there which the progressive and republicans able to agree and n is highly improbable that the republicans will candidate whom the progressive will not prom ise support. There is though always the possibl- ity of the dark horse"
 There moreover, d time when the lead CTS of a party had little control a convention us at the present time and that fact to the certainty. The instructed candidates firmly bound for rule the instructions were given with out much enthusiasm the part of those who tended state primaries and conventions. The most noticeable popular enthusiasm is for Colonel Roose- welt and has been developed largely since the dele gates chosen It may be assumed that many of
 the delegates at time in the of the bal oting. especially if it should be prolonged, will yield
 to the popular sentiment for Roosevelt in their own states
 But what is going to be done at Chicago, we probably know much here do the leaders who have been the ground for a week feeling the various delegations on their arrival