The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-07

 withdrawn, the indications are that sixteen will go to Hughes and four teen to Roosevelt. The situation is complicated over the efforts of many leaders to have Fairbanks nominated for Vice President, no matter wheth- CT Hughes or Roosevelt is nominated. If this occurs, the entire Fairbanks delegation may go to the man head ing the ticket.
 The Idaho contingent of eight was also among yesterdays arrivals These eight will vote for their favorlte son, Senator Borah, on the first bal lot. MT. Borah, who is the state leader was a staunch Roosevelt sup porter in 1912, but remained regular as a Republic can. It is expected that if the opportunity presents itself about half of the Idaho delegates will shift to '"T. R." The remaining four are said>to favor Hughes.
 The twenty-six Iowa delegates are instructed for Senator A. B. Cummins and are expected to vote for him until his name is withdrawn. When that happens, the votes probably will be evenly divided between Hughes and Roosevelt The sentiment in the Iowa delegation for Roosevelt is growing, and he may get eighteen votes when the delegates are releasd from Gum mins.
 Tn Kansas delegation held a eau GUS this morning, at which eighteen of the twenty uninstructed members voted their first choice to be Senator Root Two voted for Senator Weeks. On the second ballot the entire dele gation is likely to go to Hughes. There is scarcely any Roosevelt sentiment among the delegates.
 The Kentucky delegation of twenty six is pretty well split up. Ten are instructed for Fairbanks and eight of the others are favora b1e to his candi- dacy. Roosevelt may get four of the remaining eight and Hughes four on the first ballot. On the second bal lot it is predicted, Roosevelt will get nineteen, with seven going to Hughes.
 Claimed for Hughes.
 Louisiana has twelve uninstructed
 delegates. The sentiment among them is uncertain. A few have Roosevelt
 leanings, but the indications are that the twelve will be divided among sew
 eral candidates. The Hughes people claim them all on the final ballot.
 MAines twelve delegates are unin- structed, but they were elected on a platform urging preparedness and a
 permanent tariff com mission. The outlook is that all twelve will vote for
 Hughes on the first ballot
 The Minnesota delegates, mum bering twenty-four, would be satisfied with
 
 to one of the leaders. This delegate
 said that they had discussed prefer ences and that he believed more than half of them would be ready to jump
 to Roosevelt at the first opportunity. His estimate was that Roosevelt could poll about seventeen of the Min
 nesota votes, and that Root would get the rest, after the favorite sons had been disposed of. Other delegates put the Root figures som ewhat lighter and the Roosevelt support lower, but of all the candidates these two scene I'd the real favorites.
 The Minnesota delegates held 8, eau GUS yesterday morning and elected | their former governor, s. R. Van Sant | temporary chairman.
 | Hughes is very popular with the l tIlirty-six Missouri delegates, though i it is expected that on early ballots l some of the votes will g9 to Weeks
 Fairbanks and Root. Roosevelt seems i to have no chance with this group. Of Massa chusetts' thirty-six unin- 1 structed delegates, it is predicted thai | twenty-eight will vote for Senator
 Weeks on the first ballot, four fol | Governor Mccall, and four for Co1one Roosevelt. The Mccall people, how ever, are claiming six votes- There ! the delegates ,and when Senator
 Weeks name is withdrawn Hughe. | may get twenty-five votes, the re
 mainder going to Roosevelt. Some O the Weeks boosters are flirting witt l the Progressives to help kill of 1 Hughes, thereby increasing Weeks 1 chances.
 Michigan's thirty delegates are in
 structed for Henry Ford, but afte
 discharging it's obligations to him tn majority will swing to Hughes
 Hughes will get at fewest twenty ) eight votes when Ford's name i withdrawn, the other two going t Mississippi has twelve uninstructe delegates, and their votes probabl
 will be scattering on the first fe7
 ballots. The negro delegates are ia : vorab1e to Roosevelt, and the fina Il ballot is likely to show almost an eve ls division between Hughes and }Roose l welt.
 Instructed for Cummins : Montana's eight delegates are ir s structed for Senator Cummins. Tn final line up probably will show fou votes for Hughes, two for ROose = welt, and two for Root, but it is cor = ceded that Roosevelt's chances in tn delegation are improving.
 Nebraska's sixteen delegates also al ' instructed for Cummins. The dele | gates look favorably on Hughes. an
 if Cummins's, name is withdraw Hughes probably will get ten vote r Roosevelt four, and Root 2. d New Jersey has twenty-eight del s gates, and two of them are instruc e ed for Roosevelt. The Hughes SCI
 l timent is gaining among the delegate e and the outlook is that on the fir e ballot Hughes will get twenty vote e Root five, and Roosevelt three. Il Nevada's six delegates are unil 5, structed. Four of them are Hugh It men and two are uncertain, but il q cIined to Hughes. > New Mexico has six uninstructC It delegates. Four will vote for Hug y es on the first ballot and two f Roosevelt. On succeeding ballo is Roosevelt may get four and Hugh |, two.
 II New vorlx,s eiehtv-seven deIegat d ara ,,ninstructad The delegation w ,S