The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-04
HUGHES WILL LEAD ON EARLY BALLOTS:
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strength which Mr Root can bring to It. lie IS pre-emnently the man to nomi- nate"
 During the day and evening the po- litical leaders found time ts pay some attention to Chicago's great preparedness pa rade
 All day long the blare of brass bands almost drowned the voices of campaign managers. The spirit of the day invaded the various headquarters.
 Managers of all the avowed candidates made it plain that their respective can dldates were with the paraders in spirit and with any movement that would ade- quately prepare the country for any eventuality.
 George W. Perkins of New York. in formal statement on the demonstration, said:
 Far be it from me in any way to try to make capital for Colonel Roosevelt out or what l have seen today, but I cannot help repeating what everyone has been saying to me as they witness this pa- iade, Vlz. That it was his courage. his foresight, his great patriotic spirit that started the hearts and the minds of our people throbbing, moving in the direction they are now taking The chief difficulty of ca mnaipn rpan agers to make more definite claim is because only a minority of the dele gates had arrived up to tonight The great influx will begin tomorrow and Monday night will find virtually all delegates and others who expect to attend the convention on the ground numerous state caucuses will be held on Monday night and Tuesday for or gan1zation of delegates and assign ments of members of committees. Eugene Oberdorfer and H. S. Chubb arrived in advance of the Florida dele. sation, which is expected to reach Chi cago tomorrow
 Friends of former Congressman Charles N. Fowler of New Jersey an- nounced today that he is a candidate Tor the republican presidential nom- ination and would open headquarters here in few days. CONTESTS UNSETTLED Efforts to bring about a settlement or the Louisiana contests in which 12 delegates to the republican national convention are involved failed today The republican national committee heard the evidence last night, but post poned taking a vote In the hope that an amicable settlement might he reached
 Throughout the day members of the regular delegation and of the contest ing delegation, which claims to merit
 
 barred from New Orleans hotel in which the state convention was held. were c1oseted with conciliators To- night representatives of the contest ants declared they had been offered half of the delegation and other con- cessions but had refused to accept the proposition. They demanded the seat ing of their entire delegat tion
 This contest has given the nationa! committee more concern than any oth- CT. Early in the hearings 1t was inti- mated that to discourage contesting delegations from the south, the com mittee would seat one delegation or the other unless an amicable agree ment to divide the seats was reached In other years two delegations from Louisiana have been seated, but both the inclination of the committee and the refusal of the contetants stands in the way of such a settlement this year.
 TO TRY FOR AGREEMENT When the committee adjourned at o:3o o'clock tonight to meet at g o'clock Monday morning, it was under stood that the Louisiana dispute would be one of the first taken up. In the meantime members of the committee will attempt to formulate a plan on which both delegations can agree In three days hearing of contests the republican national committee dis posed of 34 delegate contests in seven states. leaving 2S contests yet to be settled.
 The contests heard and determined were:
 Alabama. six delegates a large and ! ? district delegates: Mississippi, one district deleeate: Missouri two district delegates; Oklahoma. four district dele rates; South Carolina, three district delegates: Texas, one district settled by agreement.
 Tn addition to the contests heard and disposed of the committee has heard the evidence and arguments in the Louisiana contests covering four dele gates at large and eight congression- al district delegates.
 The contests vet to be heard are.
 District of Columbia. two delegates al large Florida. one district delegate: Georgia, one district delegate; Texas eight delegates at large and three dis trict delegates.
 Virginia. one district delegate