New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-25
Seven Candidates File Pc
titions -3 "Irregulars"
Declare for Burton.
UNITY IN BAY STATE
DELEGATION URGED
Republican Club Asks Agreement
TO Prevent Defeat-McCall
Would Defer Pledging.

Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 24.-Three can
didates for delegstes-at-large to the
Republican National Convention filed
candidacy declarations with Secretary
Of State Hildebrant to-day to oppose
four other candidates who had been
selected by so-called regular" Repub-
lican leaders.
The list of regular" candidates was
completed this afternoon. when John j..
Sullivan, Of Cleveland, filed his decla-
ration. The other regular candidates
are United States Senator Warren &.
Harding, Governor Frank b. Willis and
William Cooper Proctor, of Cincinnati.
Their opponents in the primary cleo
ton on April rs will be Dr. S. o. Gift
fin. of Columbus; Matt Glashir. Of Gin
cinnati, and Ralph W. Tyler, colored,
Of Columbus.
All declared for eI-United States
Senator Theodore +. Burton az their
first choice for the Presidential nomi-
nation and Representative Paul
Rowland, of Cleveland. as second
choice. Mr.. Rowland was entered a.
an honorary candidate for President IN
order to comply with the Ohio primary
law.
Boston. Feb. PA suggestion that
the opposing candidates i'm this state
for delegates -at-large 10 the Republl-
can National Convention try TO reach
i s.gf IN
primaries was made tonight in let
ter sent to each of the candidates by
Lewis Parkhurst in behalf Of the Re
publican Club OF Massachusetts, Of
which he is president.
unless something of this kind ~
DONE" says Mr.. Parkhurst, 81 very
much fear that we shall in the fall lose
the state not only for President but
for Governor as well, and jcopardlze
the reelection Of Mr.. Lodge in the Sen
ate"
The letter was addressed to Governor
Mccall, Senators Lodge and Weeks and
ex-senator Crane, who have announced
that if elected as delegates they would
20 10 Chicago unpledged, and TO Graf
ton y. Cushing, Charles s. Bird, Repre-
sentative A. p. Gardner and Robert VI.
Washburn, who have declared their in
tention Of entering the Presidential
primary as favoring the nomination Of
Theodore Roosevelt.
The letter urges that these men get
together and decide on four candidates
for large and then join in
a request 20 the Legislature that "a
new act be passed which will enable the
voters TO express their preference COR
Presidential candidates at the prl-
maries.'
The House agreed with the Senate
to-day IN passing a bill modifying the
Presidential primary act so that the
names of cand dates for the party nom
nations for President may not appear
on the ballot for convention delegates
unless the consent Of such candidates
is obtained in writing.
Now Bedford, Mass, Feb. q. Cover
nor Mccall told the diners al the Bris-
tol County Republicans banquet to-
night that he believed the present TO be
no time for pledging a delegation from
this state TO the Chicago convention.
THE man who seems a strong can
didate to-day" he added, may be
weak in June, the times are so kaleido-
scopic. Each day new international
crisis is likely to come up and doubt
If we. as individual Republicans. should
want at this time TO commit the con
vention in June to any particular can
didate. Whatever our personal wish
may be, it must be treated merely a
an aspiration. for not the wish of
March but the judgment OF June is
demanded"