Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-05

national committeeman, said that the
delegation was Instructed for Cum
minis as fist choice for the presi-
dency and r.. J. Burkett, OF Lincoln,
Neb., former senator, for the vice
presidency. Second choice. he SAID,
would be about evenly divided be-
tween Roosevelt and Hughes. phe
: delegate, he said was for Burton as
second choice.
| Fourteen delegates from the state
! OF Washington with their aternatcs,
arrived today accompanied by ). A.,
, Perkins, national committeeman
from that state
Az informal meeting Of the dole-
CATION was held and IT was 10 hold
q caucus tomorrow
The delegation Is uninstructed and
none OF the delegates would express
n preference for any presidential
candidate.
Montana Delegates Arrive.
-Four Of the light Montana dele
gates arrived today The state dele
gate caucus was sci for tomorrow,
when the rest OF the delegates ana
Thomas A. Marlew. national commit
teoman, are TO arrive, The dclega-
ton Is instructed for Senator Cum
Minis
The oregon delegation, consisting
OF ten delegates and ten alternates,
registered today AZ state hcadquar-
ters and conferred with Ralph l..
Williams. national committeeman.
The delegation IS instructed for jug
tee Hughes. II WAS planned to ean-
Gus tomorrow morning.
Campaign headquarters win be
opened here tomorrow for Senator
Robert NJ. l.aFolletie, Hughes and
Roosevelt
CumIpins' Men on Field.
Senator w. =. Kenyon, Of Iowa,
arrived today and took charge OF the
campaign in behalf Of Senator Cum
minis, who II was stated, will not Mt
tend the convention. Senator Ken
yon was chosen chairman Of the
delegation. Most Of the Iowa. dele
gates and alternates arrived today
ana at conference this afternoon
the following steering com mittee'
for the Cummns campaign was APP
pointed:
Charles A. Rawson OF Des Moines,
chairman Of the state central com
mittee; j. Reed Lane of Davenport,
and George G. Cnll OF Sioux City
MIR. Rawson has had active charge
OF the preliminary Cummins cam
paign.
Former Congressman n. H.. Ken
dpll OF Abba. has been chosen to
place Senator Cummins In nomina-
ton. Seconding speeches will be
made by delegates from other states
pledged 10 the Iowan
Penrose Busy Man.
Senator Penrose was one OF the
busiest men around convention
j headquarters today. He said he was
still of an open mind" regarding q
choice for president. The Texas del (
eRation, about half of whom were
here today and the others due to-
morrow, will caucus Monday morn
ing with III. i. MacGregor of Hous-
ton scheduled for reelection az ma
tional committeeman. Texas has
twenty-six votes with forty delegates.
the voting being divided. All are re-
ported uninstructod
Instructed for Senator I.aIollette,
the ten North Dakota delegates will
Monday.
Ardent supporters OF Colonel
Roosevelt delved into political his
tory again today to find material
with which To combat the Hughes
sentiment A delegate who visited
me headquarters OF the Roosevelt
republican committee, left a memoir
.indum which set out that in 1905
MR.. Hughes was nominated for may
pr OF New York and that he de-
eiined the nomination and the mum
lcipal convention had To be recon
Nened II Justice Hughes should be
me successful candidate in this
weeks convention II was suggested
~ the Roosevelt headquarters that
history might repeat itself, and JUS
tco Hughes decline the nomination.