The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-07
REPUBLICANS SEE
 HOPES FOR PEACE AS TANGIBLE NOW
Senator Borah Talks to Col onel and Lodge and
 Perkins Meet

Chicago, June 7.-The Republican and Progressive national conventions the first at the coliseum and the second at the auditoriun1-opened here today hour apart with grow ing hopes of harmony and a possibility that this week may see the end of the bitter Republican strife born in this city four years ago. Leaders of the two parties who sought their beds at dawn for brief maps after night of conferences, did so with the almost settled conviction that incidents which would become historic in American political annals were impending.
 This hoped-for program of peace between the Progressives and Repub- hcans, however, may go g1immerinS but the men who early today made the lend of the war; prediction, as- serted their faith was founded upon a tangible sequence of events of more than ordinary. significance and impor- tance.
 Here is what led to the "peace sight, report which was served with breakfast today:
 Senator William B. Borahs of Idaho, and other Repu bIicans who have been working hard for harmony for several days, yesterday. afternoon completed their canvasses of heretofore uncer- tain western delegates, including those from California, Washington and Ore gon. He believes as a, champion of Justice Hughes, that nobody but Hughes could win against Wilson,
 After several hours of work among the delegates, Senator Borah went into conference with George w. Perkins, of New York, the Progressive leader. While at MT. Perkins rooms, the Senator held telephone talk with Col onel Roosevelt and the conference with MT. Perkins, the Idahoan ad nitted that he was better satisf1ed'' with the prospects for harmony than he had been at any time since he ar rived in Chicago.
 Some time later MT. Perkins emerg- ed from a conference with Senator Lodge, of Massac achusetts and said that the outlook for harmony between the two conventions was brighter
 These incidents were followed by the announcement that MT. Perkins had vetoed the Progressive plan to print full page advertisements throughout the country in behalf of Col. Roosevelt. Coincident with the statement that aband onment of the advertising campaign had been order ed came the conviction that the conference committees would lar range for harm monious action between the two factions.
 That is the basis for the peace talk which swept through hotel Hobbies, conference rooms and the assemblage places of the two conventions this morning. Leaders declared that as soon as the conference committees were appointed the conventions would mark time while the conferees at tempted to develop a plan competent to reduce friction to a minimum and prevent dual nominations
 To the world outside of Chicago. the keen interest in the bal1oting with preliminaries out of the way, can not be satisfied for at least 48 hours with possible exception of the Pro- gressive convention. Events in the next 24 hours may show striking de- veIopments and indicate strongly the probable selection of a man for the Republican nomination, but as yet there is no certainty what the dele gates will do once they get under way on roll calls.