The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-08

l ferences. at one of which, held at the Union League club Thursday night, MT. Root was present and, so it is said, agreed to make the race. MT. Root was not in town yesterday after | noon, having gone to Washington. The 1 conferences continued, however. Sen ator Wadsworth and Mr. Sheffield be- l ing the most active members of the 1 Old Guard
 It was freely reported yesterday 1 that the Old Guard would attempt to put through the state committee today a resolution indorsing MT. Roots can dfdacy. The more progressive leaders 1 stated that such a resolution would be opposed and defeated on the ground that it is unwise, untimely and be- yond the functions of the state com
 mittee. It may be, therefore, that no l resolution will be put in. A count of noses will be made be- fore the meeting which is to be held at noon at state headquarters. La
 fayette B. Gleason and others has been busy gathering proxies, and if they have sufficient strength in the meeting the resolution will be offered. Will Try to Defeat Chairman. Coupled with the effort to put through the resolution will be an at tempt to defeat State Chairman Fred erick c. Tanner for reelection. The opposition to MT. Tanner has grown to substantial proportions within two days, the Old Guard believing he is for Hughes una1terab1y. Support in the fight against Tanner is expected from the. Kings county contingent, but it was stated last night by some of MT. Tanners friends that this would not be forthcoming to the ex- tent expected and that MT. Tanner would be reelected. The choice of the opposition, if it could defeat MT. Tanner, would lie between MT. G1ea- son and M. Jesse Brayton of Utica. According to one of the Hughes leaders, the most the Old Guard can hope for in the New York delegation to the national convention is 20 votes. The rest of the delegates are Hughes men and will remain so, according to this authority. It is acknowledged however, that if the opponents of the Justice succeeded in crysta11izing the sentiment against him, the Hughes followers will be at, disadvantage until the Justice declares his position. Sentiment as Wadsworth Finds It. Senator Wadsworth declared yester- day that he had come to town to get a line on the sentiment here through the meeting of the state committee. Sentim lent as he had found it, he said, was very httle'' for Theodore Roose- welt, "a great deaI' for EIihu Root and some" for Justice Hughes.
 IT. R. Silent on Root Report.
 Col. Roosevelt, spending a very busy day at the offices of the Metro politan Magazine, was told about the report that Mir. Root had agreed to figure as a candidate for the nonin- ation. He refused to comment. Nev- erthe1ess there was a distinct senti- nent among his camp followers that the movement was aimed primarily, to eliminate Hughes from the race.
 LL sLT- cal visitors that the magazine offices looked like a political headquarters on the eve of a convention. Roosevelt allies from a. dozen different states called during the day. One of the most prominent was Alexander P.
 Moore of Pittsburgh, husband of Lil- Han Russell. who had g, long talk with the colonel.
 'I believe that Col Roosevelt will have a majority .of the vote from Pennsylvania on the first ballot" said MT. Moore, referring to the Republf- can convention 'Tt is possible he may have a solid delegation
 How about Penrose 2"
 Senator Penrose is a wiser man than MT. Barnes. He will not op pose the coIonel,'' said MT. Moore, who has the reputation of being very close to the boss of Pennsylvania.i MT. Moore also said he believed Gov. BFuInOaugh would W1CadraW ana that if Pennsylvania. had a. favorite son, it would be Philander c. Knox. He also believed MT. Knox would be for MT. Roosevelt
 T. J. sherrard, of West Virginia, was another caller. He reported
 complete lack of Hughes sentiment in
 his section of the country but said
 Senator Burton, of Ohio, had great
 deal of strength. However, if West Virginia was shown that the people wanted Col. Roosevelt, said MT. NSher- rard, West Virginia would be for Virginia delegates are not elected un- til the day of the convention, there
 won't be any delegation seated if l there is contest. as there might be l if the delegation opposing the colonel appeared to- be chosen.
 "Jimmie'' Garfield, who was Secre- | tary of the Interior under Roosevelt,
 was another visitor to the colo1ieTs 1 office He reported amazing sen
 timent for the colonel on the Pacific
 coast. 1 Robert Bacon also called. This | was some eight hours before he is-
 sued his statement favoring MT. Root for the Republican nomination. Other
 visitors were Victir Murdock, Chair
 man of the Progressive National 1 Committee; Horace s. Wilkinson of
 Syracuse George w. Perkins, the port. John J. O'Connel, Victor M. Locke of Oklahoma, chief of the l Choctaw Indians; P. J. Hurley, coun- 1 sel for the same tribe. and D. C.. 1 Collier, head of the San Diego Expo sition, who, when asked about the nomination of the Colonel by the Re i pubHcans, declared:
 1 "All hell couldn't stop it''
 i The Colonel, who refused to com
 ment on the selection of Senator [ Harding as temporary chairman of
 the Republican National convention,
 motored back to Sagamore Hill in the | late afternoon.
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