The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-31

for President, under certain ,restrfc- tions as to individuals
 He may even have all the tickets he wants to the big show, and no oth-' CT candidate can hope for more than 10, which may explain the motive of some of them for entering the race.
 The atmosphere is not at all un- friendly to the colonel, at present writing. Of course, it may merely indicate a calm before the storm. But certain it is that there is no ten dency on the part of the managers of the other aspirants for the chief hon. ors to throw unkind adjectives at the Progressive leader.
 This fact was emphasized, when National Chairman EIilles emerged from his retirement of four years to grant interview. MT. >Hil1es was secretary to former President Taft. The latter wished the National Chair manship on his secretary and nobody has ever tried to take it away from. him.
 MT. Hil1es, dodging the ticket raid CTS, expressed the hope that there might be complete harmony in the Republican party at the coming con- vention." He declared that there would be room for Republicans of all affiliations of the past. The National Chairman pronounced the outlook for harmony to be 'very bright
 'FWe will meet without prejudice against any man who has the welfare Of the country at heart said MT. Hil1es, land I have every reason to believe that there will be a fair fight for the honor of heading the ticket, and that the man who develops the greatest strength will be nominated.
 we are also sure that he will com mand the support of every Republi- can,. irrespective of his former a1li- ance. With a good candidate and a, sweep the country in November. do not entertain the slightest doubt that the friendly contest for the nornina- ton that seems already assured will result in the selections of a man that all Republicans can support The supporters of the Colonel, cap tained by Herbert Satterlee, brother in-law of J. P. Morgan, and O. K. Davis, declined to make any comment or prediction as to what effect the bid for peace from MT. Hilles will have on their star.
 of the National Chairman were refer red to the Colonel. As he is to spend a couple of hours in town, on his way to Kansas City tomorrow, he may | have some comment to make about it, but the chances are he will not One of his spokesmen soliloquized the oth- CT night: Soft words break no bones but we'll wait and see if they're on the list. FIi11es isl not fooIing any one but | himself. We're going to put over the IColoneI, and that's all there is to it. | The German Publishers Association | in conjunction with the German-Ann- erican Alliance, provided a mild sensa- ton in the afternoon, by adopting res< olutions protesting against the npmi- nation for President of Col. Roosevelt or Elihu Root.
 | Both were declared to be antagonis- tic to the interests represented at the gathering, which was attended by pub 1 fishers representing newspapers pub 1 1ished in the German tongue in most | of the large cities of the country. The | speeches indicated the determination of the editors and the representatives of the German-American Alliance to l oppose the Colonel and MT. Root | through spokesmen who, it was said, would sit in the Republican convention as delegates.
 The gathering also resolved to/ offer | the draft of a so-called flair neutral .ity plank to be incorporated in the platform, censuring the Wilson Admin istration for its policy toward German Interests. ->As