The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-05-29
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knock the props from under his own
boom.
Hence sundry Republican politt.
clans OF the old school hereabuut arc
hoping Hughes will stay In tho rice
until Roosevelt Is disposed OF, AaA
then, II Hughes will not docentlv
withdraw. the old guard Will accept
him with appropriate relief In cscap-
ing Roosevelt. but with mlBgivIngs Of
the future.
Dispute Over Hughes Intentions
There has been good deal Of gcs-
alp hero in the last day or two to tho
effect that Justice HuEes does not
intend to allow HIS name to 60 b.
fore the convention and has oonfidod
to friends that no regards Colonel
Roosevelt tho logical nominee. AN
Of these tales arc emphatically do
MED by the Hughes boomers.
It Is asserted by Republicans who
profoss to know the attitude Of Mr.,
Hughes that he Will not withdraw
his name from consideration by tn
convention unless there should de-
veiop an unseeufly struggle FOR dsic-
gates in which a Justice Of the SUI
preme court would be madc appear
as a contestant for the honor.
According to the Hughes men tho
justice will utter no word before tho
convention meets to indicate whether
no will or WILL not accept tho nomt-
nation. His silence will be interpret
ed as acquiescence in the program to
hand him the nomination by an over.
wheimins vote.
Want Hughes or Roosevelt.
Hughes Is still far and away the
leading possible nominee with Roose-
volt second. Reports from all over
the country disclose that Hughes and
Roosevelt arc tho only men SER
iously considered by the Republicans
The Hughes boomers are more cor.
fident than ever that the justice will
be nominated on the second or third
ballot and they even arc talking now
OF tho chance on putting him over
on the first ballot. Frank Hitchcock
has n bunch Of southern delegates
and It IL said that he inten,'s TO throw
them to Hughes OIL the FIRST ballet.
beginning with Alabai1n AMI Arizona
That Is to be tbs sisESi for the rush
TO Il1c:c,
Root 70 the first :GSr c: The old
;uardsmnI ThoEa easic:s leaders
who occasionally g,I'hte wes, Of tho
Ai,"sh.r :. opine TINY . you'd he
s;r:y 8 ,'de to name Fact. But
II - ~ Tnes and rs following are In
.ig.taR OF 1t.
Ri 81 Big Fund tor Root
rrh'n sew York co 80 u" account
Of recent conference of war bride
milltonaires with several old guard
leaders at which the munition fnau-
ciers subscribed a fund Of 100000
900 to be expended in nominating
and electing Root.
1t Is alleged that some of this fund
already has been expended in buying
up purchaseable delegates, chiefly
from southern states. There appears
to have been some complaint that the
delegates so purchased were mol
Staying bought" One block OF dele
gates 1t has been necessary to pur-
chase three times. With the fund
raised to 5000, 900 however, price
mas Deen put Uu uelc6dlVs thot ~
other buyer in the market can top.
These particular schemers to put
over Root are talking OF Burton for
his running mate. They think Burton
would add that tinge OF progressive
ness, without dangerous radicalism, to
the ticket which Mr.. Root cannot con-
tribute.
Report Burton VIII Withdraw.
There were rumors today that ono
OF the trio composed of CJimmins,
Weeks, and Burton will withdraw from
the contest before the convention.
Burton is believed to be the one re-.
ferred TO. 1t is known that he con-
siders himself out of serious consider
alton and his friends are booming him
now chiefly as vice presidential pos
sibility,
Senator pegsOse Of Pennsylvania