Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-06
Roosevelt May
 Have Veto Power
IF IF WILL AGREE TO ELiMI-
 NATE HIMSELF
MAY NAME CANDIDATE
Republican Leaders Willing to Con cede Power if Roosevelt Will Select One or Two Men Who Would bs Ae- eeptabIe to Him.

Chicago, June Representative of the several candidates for the repub- dcan presidential nomination are in a perplexing preddcament tonight. Hav- ing fostered sentiment in favor of Justice Hughes until they felt sure Colonel Roosevelt was definitely elimi- mated, they now fear they cannot con- trol the Hughes movement
 During the day 1t grew to the pro- portions of a boom. Effort is being against it and the indications are that 1he veto of the progressive party, which, of course, means Colonel Roosevelt's disapprovaI of Hughes, may be sought as a check.
 Harmony Desire of Leaders.
 Harmony above everything else is the desire of the leaders. Without it any nominee would not answer the purpose, because it is recognized that unless the republicans and progress, sives get together their chance of suc- cess at the polls is very slim To ob- tain harmony, the republican leaders are willing to concede to Colonel Roosevelt the veto power in some form. Some of the leaders say he should be willing to select one or two men who would be acceptable to him from the list of candidates in the field Others think he should suggest men for consideration by convention lead-
 
 chiefs are willing to admit that any of the candidates definitely rejected by Colonel Roosevelt could not be nomi- mated.
 Unexpected Growth of Hughes Boom.
 Impartial observers within the re- publican ranks do not consider that the unexpected growth of the Hughes boom is necessarily an indication of personal popularity of the justice among the delegates. Those who pro noted it in opposition to what proved to be an exaggerated estimate of the expected demand for the nomination of Roosevelt were surprised at it's growth. The individual candidates were work l ing independently and therefore there was no canvass of the extent to which Hughes was the second choice of their supporters. This was found to be far more general than had been antici- pated-
 Hughes Sentiment Reaches High Tide. With the arrival of hundreds of del- egates today the sentiment in favor of Hughes reached high tide and in spite of the concentration upon him Of the opposition forces he appears to be far in the lead. Managers of the \ favorite son candidates have made no headwap to combine against Hughes because he is the second choice of many of the instructed delegates and 1 trading is dangerous. Every attempt ed transfer, it is feared, would result in spilling some delegates into the ] Hughes basket. Unless the situation changes very soon, these delegates are almost certain to flop to him should there be more than two or three bal lots without a nomination.
 No Pre-convention Statement
 All thought of getting a pre-conven. I ton statement from Justice Hughes was abandoned during the day. The so-called smoking -out processes were unsuccessful. Similar efforts were di. rected tonight against the Roosevelt lpeople and demand was made thai the colonel either should come hert and take part in the councils or place his spokesman in a position where they could answer questions of the so. called allies as to what candidate ol candidates would be acceptable tt flieved that any of these demands would be met
 Rooseveit's Presence Desired.
 Many of the Roosevelt adherentl T themselves believed the colonel shoulC come to Chicago. His presence, the! thought, would obviate all danger o sl the progressive national convention getting beyond control. Strangel.
 welcome Colonel Roosevelt at thi
 time, as they would prefer to dea
 with him directly rather than througl representatives and some of them ar
 gued that if he could be induced t come here a union of the republican l and progressives would be assured. |