The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-05

The progressives have not yet
started to fight-the other fellow. In
fact they are displaying rather obvi-
Gus act OF preparedness" That there
/ is a wide divergence of plan of ac-
| ton is admitted by the leaders. The
line Of division is marked by those
who are insistently placing adher
i enoe to progressive principals ahead
Of interest in united republican pa1
| ty and to victory. To date there has
been an unusual calm about the
| opening headquarters. The progress
sives admit that the old guard abb
solutely dominate the convention and
can nominate whom they please. They
! are unworried by this contingency.
however, as the old guard frankly ad-
nit 1t doesn't dare exercise its abil.
| ity.
Up to this afternoon the progress
! sives have been equally serene in the
belief that they held the only cand,
date on whom 1t was possible to unite
tegratfon as the Hughes prospects
frightened.
Favorite son sentiment and talk Of.
dark horse possibilities was at low
ebb this afternoon. It was generally
conceded that the fight had narrowed
down to Hughes and Roosevelt For
the moment the advantage was ad-
mittedly with the Justice but the re-
sourcefulness Of T. R., combined with
the unwillingness Of Hughes to as
sumo the aggressive, forestalled any
chance OF the Hughes boom taking on
the ear marks Of certainty.
Highly 0ratihsd.
OYSTER BAY, l. l., June 5.-Col-
onel Roosevelt was highly gratified"
today with letter he received from
w. F. Zierath Of Sheboygan, Wis,
saying: II hope to have the pleasure
OF voting for you either as the nomi-
nee OF the republican party or as the
head Of another party-an American
party. If anyone believes the Ger
man-Amencan alliance (hostile to
Roosevelt) is spokesman Of Germans
OF American birth they are misin-
formed" Zierath identified himself
as an American OF German descent
and of much Teuton blood.
George B. Cortelyou, Roosevelt's
! former secretary and cabinet member.
called on the colonel and left fmme-
maintained absolute silence on politi-
cal topics.
Cannon Might Accept It.
| CHICAGO, June 5.-His usual cigar
| tilted at its usual skyward angle.
Uncle Joe Cannon came into town to-
| day, skirmtshed about for convention
tickets for his friends. and then gave
! utterance to the sentiment:
Il don't know who the convention'l II
nominate, but it could do a blamed
sight worse than to pick me-"
| Missouri Divided.
| CHICAGO, June 5.-Missouri senti.
ment is fairly evenly divided between
Weeks and Fairbanks, with scat
tering touch OF Hughes sentiment evi.
dent, according to Charles Nagel, sec.
rotary of the interior Of the Taft
cabinet who arrived in Chicago today.
Nagel Is not delegate. but &C.
companied some Of the members OF
the Missouri delegation.
/ President or Nothing.
| CHICAGO, June 5.-Nothing short
Of presidential nomination will do for
Charles W. Fairbanks, Hoosier ia.
vorite son, his headquarters an
/ nounced today. Indeed, said state
/
| stances would seek nor accept the
second string honor.
Indiana republicans" the an
nouncement declared, ARE here for
but one purpose and that is to nomi.
nate Mr.. Fairbanks for president as
| the logical solution Of the problem
that confronts the convention"
A Drive on Hughes
OYSTER BAY, L. l., June 5-A
Roosevelt drive on Hughes was seer
today in statement by Lucien Bon
heur, progressive leader Of Long
Island, calling upon the justice for q
statement and raising a question re-
garding German-American support.
"Mr. Hughes can keep silent on
many things, but when faced with the
German-American alliance issue he
has no business to be silent. Bon
teur's statement, issued with the
| Otherwise he is the candidate Of
the German-American alliance"
Iowa Delegation Organized.
CHICAGO, June 5.-Members Of
the Iowa delegation here to push the
candidacy Of Senator Albert B. Cum
minis for the presidency permanently
organized Sunday night.
The following officers were chosen:
Resolutions. Howard Clark, Des
| Moines; permanent organization.
Gardner Cowles, Des Moines; creden-
tails. H. E. Tomlinson, New Market.
Senator W. S. Kenyon was named
chairman. The steering committee is
composed of Reed Lane, Davenport,
George Call, Sioux City, and Charles
Rawson, Des Moines.
Rawson, who is managing the Cum
n:ns campaign from the Oaks room
at the Congress hotel. today claimed
eighty-six instructed delegates and
twenty-four other delegates pledged,
after the first ballot. These dele
gates will probably be from North
Dakota and Wisconsin. who are in
structed for LaFollette on the first
ballot