Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-30


pubcans and progressves Hughes and Roosevelt men,
protectionss and advocates of real American
Great Britain the SEAS vncaton of national
sovereignty in the face of Mechanism can all get ogeter
under the slogan of genuine Amercansm . ~,
That is the trend of political sentiment to-day in the
camps of opponents of wisconsin With speed almost I'm
conceivable of real naonasm is sweeping over tns
country and demanding the placing at the head of our nation
of who will embody the sentiment OF genuine protec
the possibility of war; $500
Under the persuasive and apervadng influence of this
public necessity socaed avorite sons being compee
eclpsed. The of who exemplfy the spirit OF
progressive naonasm alone loom large on the political nor
zon To-day Hughes and Roosevelt are the only men VINO
beside Wilson in the sweep OF the national eye
The champions of genuine d are IN
developments and select the candidate who h into the s
Only few weeks ago Massachusetts shouting for
Weeks the New England candidate At the present time
the erd ou nd aasuv the pubhrs
of the Congressional Record and with as little general read
ing on the part of the great public :,
and to-day all Massachusetts is really mobizing in two
camps under the Hughes and Roosevelt respective
y That in effect is what is transpirng throughout the ma
The action taken by the Maine republicans progress
sives this direction is bound to have arreachng effect
and especially in Massachusetts, The Maine republican
represented both republicans and progessves The
spirit of harmony pervaded the whole gathering. All in
stinctvey placed the above mere question of cand
dates In the selection of delegates we'll in the formu
aton Of declaration of principles there was manifest
spirit of give and take which promises well for the coming
Sewa of Bath Congressman John A. Peters of Ellsworth
and Judge Charles j. Dunn of Orono the deegaesa
large.
The Maine delegates not instructed for any cand
date for the presidency They for Hughes but in view
of the uncertainty of securing his consent to become the
standardbearer of the party would not be wise to tie
any delegation absolutely to his nomination..
At the time better evidence of the very general
belief in the eligibility and availability Of Mr.. Hughes
be cited than the haste with which nearly all the candidates
for State offices careful their preference for
the nomination of the former of New York The
man who was first to identify himself with the Hughes move
the Maine member of the republican national committee he
had made of the situation in various parts of the
country for the last six months. Considerably than
month he the conclusion that Mr. Hughes ought
to be nominated because he could be elected most surely
and by larger majority than other of the candidates
mentioned Of the available He declared in speech
before the Portland club which promptly him recogni
ton in part of the State
The Boston Transcript in seeking to apply the lessons Of
the Maine result to Massachusetts The reunion of
republicans and progressve in Maine has been accomplish
ed largely by restoration of the leadership of liberal
VINO beeve that the conditions under which the men ana
of America live and work be made constantly bet
ter That conviction inspires enthusiasm and attracts
cruits The nondemocrac and controlling part of the cleo
torate of Maine have again together within the Rpub
can party under progressive leadership the stronger in
ways for their division and resultant defeat four years
ana eager to test the merits OF their common cause at the
"The twelve delegates elected yesterday at Portland
will go to Chicago uninstructed but they will well
informed and confessedy in sympathy with the desire of
camaton as possible We Should not be- SURPRISED to see
Massachusetts and other New England States emuatng the
example of Maine by elecng unnsruced delegates of the
Some little while ago the Hughes movement in Massa-
stamped 10 get Roosevelt delegates
in the of Hughes 1t is significant that to-day the
supporters of Congressman Gardner Gushing and their fell
low candidates for Roosevelt delegates profess the
Hughes championship part of great movement throughout
the country to make that Roosevelt shall not have
controlling number of delegates The remarkable thing about
all this that both sides charged the other with hoping that
Hughes would not accept and thus leave in charge of the
convention
The democratic New York World thinks that Roosevelt
should be the republican candidate that there could be
ceancut issue between the parties foreign poll
ces and two vital principles of argues that
the way to determine all this is to have referendum the
American people Whether the World is seeking prevent
Roosevets nomination the theory that republicans would
not choose favored by the democrats their candidate
is question.
If we look to Pennsylvania the other hand we find the
forces of Governor Brambaugh and the Wares uniting
their Statewide fight against Penrose. Brumbaugh is
nominal candidate for the presidency but his followers are
openly for Roosevelt if the latter develops strength at Chi
Penrose is nomnally for exSecreary Knox the
presidency but he seeking to get strength by saying that
if majority leaned that way he would throw his delegates
to Roosevelt.
The New York Post says that in Massachusetts neither
faction Pennsylvania is dead set upon it's candidate for
the presidency but both sides determined control
run the party in the State There have the
half of this whole presidential struggle.
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