Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-02
Slate PREPARED
SATISFACTORY TO
ROOSEVELT WING
Willing to Com
promise with Roosevelt
Leading Ticket
FAIRBANKS WOULD Be
UlVEIV OECUIVD FLALE
AT the Same Time 1t Is Under
stood Root Would Be
Secretary Of State
BY Perry Arnold.

Omitted Press staff correspondent
Chicago, June 2.-The mightiest pre-
convention log jam of presidential pos
sibihty timber that has clogged up the
smooth running of republican waters in
score of quadrienniel conclaves was
on today.
Although the Roosevelt Geutenants
refused to stand sponsor for the slate,
it was fairly definitely established
along Candidates. Row today that they
had let the allies and Old Guard know
of the compromise which will be most
acceptable as the basis for the marching
back into the fold of the progressive
host. That slate was Roosevelt for
president; Fairbanks for vice-president; {;
with the taeit understanding that Root
was to be secretary of state and Burton
secretary of the treasury.
Slate Not Pleasing.
Judging from the hotel lobby gossip
such slate is far from pleasing just
now to the allies or Old Guard hosts
But they had no counter proposal to
make which would take care of the va
rious favorite SONS and intimations that
they viii be willing to trade the plat
form for the nominee-that is, accept
Roosevelt's Americanism in their en-
unciation Of principles, but name some
other leader as the standard bearer
was known to be entirely satisfactory
to the Roosevelt leaders.
United Press dispatches from New
York 10 days ago told of the inception
of the compromise slate suggested
above. 1t was said at that time, on au-
thority close TO Roosevelt, that he
would flatIy refuse an olive branch
which merely proposed adoption Of his
AmeTicanism as platform without
granting voice as to the nominee.
Say It Is Feeler.
The Roosevelt Fairbanks slate was
the first concrete compromise suggestion
to be heard along Candidates Row. 1t
was frankly accepted by the boosters
of all the presidential booms as pre-
liminary, but it was welcomed as some
relief from the insistant demands of
other camps that their candidates be
nominated without any provision for
taking care of the aspirations of 9th
er fayorite sons.
The allies today maintained Roose-
welt would be able to command not
more than 1872 votes on the first roll
call. The Roosevelt forces were not
making claims. The Cummins boosters
issued formal claim of 121 delegates.
The Hughes camp simply stood pat on
previous declaration that the justice
would be nominated. The Brumbaugh
boom formally blossomed out in the
convention air today from headquar-
ters established in the auditorium. This
is the last Of the headquarters " ia
voribe sons to be opened here
Progressives Plan Rush Order"
There was a movement discussed
among progressive delegates here today
to rush the proceedings at the bull
moose meeting, cut out the usual first
day oratory and Immediately nominate
Roosevelt for president. Those who
discussed the scheme, then had in mind
a series of reeesses simply waiting to
see what happened down at the Coli
scum. The idea would be to get the
jump on the republicans and also to
make a third party ghost a little more
palpable, while at the same time give
an imitation that the same third party
might "come back" again.