The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-06-06

Progresstves In Pickle
Nor are the Progressives having
smooth sailing over the waters of the
political sea. The arrangement com
mittee of that party yesterday an.
nounced that it &, had decided to defer
the nomination OF Progressive eandi-
date until Saturday, in the hope that
the Republicans would have nominated
man upon whom 2 the Progressiyes
eonid agree and endorse. Tins aeti4n
was taken Immediately after a speech
by former Congressman Victor MD
tiock of hansus, in which the Kansdn
ueILlred that he is for Roosevelt and
would undeT no circumstances ''agree
to n non -committal candidate at this
time. - -. ..,.. ~ ,..-
Hardly was the statement announc-
ing the plan generally known, when
protests against it began 10 make them
selves heard in the Progressive ranks.
May Porce Nomination
The Progressive delegates here, with
instructions to vote for Roosevelt
through thick and thin, could not see
the use Of waiting for the action of
the G. o. P. convention. no matter
what that might be-. he was going
to "vote for Teddy and that ended
it so far as he is concerned. These
men soon got together and their weight
is making itself felt at the Progressive
headquarters. 1t is, indeed, becoming
more and more evident that they are
determined to force the nomination of
Colonel Roosevelt tomorrow, no matter
what the Republicans may decide''upoa
doing -..... ,.
The predicament of the supporters of
the "favorite sons'' who were trying
to. use Justice Hughes as stalking
the nomination, is creating a deal Of
amusement on all sides here. v
Hughes Boom Is Growing $
Certain of them, who have been loud
in their approval of the justice are now
working with all their might TO undo
what they, have helped to do, for the
Hughes boom undoubtedly is assuming
large proportions, sufficiently large to
delight Hughes supporters and ehrm
the supporters of all other candidates,
At tie same time there can be no
doubt regarding the strength of ROose-
vel. 1t also appears TO have been grow
ing in several quarters where such
growth was least to be expected and
in others where the political wise ones
looked for it. Senator Lodge, always
more or less of Roosevelt supporter,
| in a formal statement given out to the
press late last night, declared thatIAe
will support the former President - just
l
pledge to support Senator Weeks
| A number of other Weeks and Fair
banks men are in the same state of
mind.
Confusion Is COMPOUNDED
All Of this tends to confound the
confusion that is always to be found on
the eve of a big national political con,
vention. The efforts of the Republi'
can leaders to reach an understa nding
with the Progressive party continue to
be sincere, but there is evidently a
snag somewhere. This became ap'
parent when the boilers from the
Hughes camp declared that their rea'
son for opposing the justice is because
of the well-defned antipathy to him IL
the Progressive ranks. His well
known judicial temperament, it is as
serted, is the chief objection to him II
the Bull Moose camp, and is being made
much Of by the men who are now op
posing him.
Chairmans Hilles of the Republican
national committee, which yesterday
finished hearing and disposing Of sixty
1 two contests, and George w. Perkins
the Progressive party leader, held &
long private conference but both re
mained mute when asked to make pub
| lie the nature of their talk
"There is absolutely nothing tn b.
said ut this time, " said Mr. HiArs