New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-05
Leaders See Menace
to Their Plans in
Third Ticket.
SURE OF GRIP
ON DELEGATES
But Far from Certain They
Can Name the Man
They Really Want.

iF,,r- sts- Correspondent Of IN. Trhun,l
Chicago. June 4.-The danger
that the Republican National Con-
yention will end without a reunion
Of the parties, that Roosevelt will
head a third ticket again and that
as a result Wilson will have four
more years in the White House in
creased greatly to-day. The "old
guard" leaders became more con-
vinced that they could put through
the convention the nomination Of
Root or some favorite son while the
Progressive leaders let it be known
that if this were done a third ticket
was assured, and that Roosevelt
would be willing to head it.
The Progressive position was out
lined by some of the biggest leaders,
and il is that they feel strongly
that the principles OF Americanism
and preparedness must be put be-
fore the people straight out and
under a fighting candidate, and that
they must be kept there, not only
during the campaign but afterward.
To accept any other candidate than
Roosevelt-or Hughes, if his views
prove straight-out when he states
tbem-they believe would be to give
m the campaign which Roosevelt
has been making. They know the
weakness of the "old guard" on these
issues. the hesitancy with which the
leaders finally adopted them and the
onposition which remains IN the
party. and they expect that If a
weak candidate is named he would,
in the improbable event Of election,
fail to put the policies into effect
The Progressives are convinced. how
ever that such a nominee would be de-
fested. even with Progressive support
and that the Republican party would
,ber 20 back entirely TO its old habits.
third ticket, they believe, would run
ahead Of the Republican, and they
would be in a position during WILSON,
next term TO keep the issues alive and
bring public sentiment 10 them. Also,
they feel that il they came back TO the
Republican party under any reaction
cry candidate they would be absorbed
without accomplishing any Of the
things which caused their bolt.
UItimatum to "Old Guard"
THIS ultimAtum was really re-
sponse 10 the increasingly defiant atti-
tude taken by the "old guard Leaders
Of the latter are loudly proelaimlng
that they have made no plans and eX-
pect 70 reach no conclusions until after
the last of the delegates arrive, which
will be Tuesday. They make no secret
however. Of their belief that they have
stopped Roosevelt" and those con-
rected with the allies declare that they
have also stopped Hughes.
The "old guard" leaders point out
that there is mo Roosevelt sentiment
among the delegates and very little for
Hughes" They are quite right They
nave taken pains that IL should be so,
and the public can be utterly disre-
gardcd in their calculations.
Rumors which question the sincerity
o. even the most vocal of the Hughes
workers circulated strongly to-day.
There have been reports for some time
that Hitchcock was really working un-
Ger cover for some one else. Even
Roosevelt has been suggested as his
Principal. Whitman is known TO favor
Hughes for purely personal reasons,
and IL was observed that he was much
less rigorous in his claims after he
got here than on the tSain coming out.
senator Smoot has become the real
read Of the Hughes boom here, and
here are complaints from other
Hughes men because in the national
committee ne voted TO unseat some
Hughes delegates in favor of Root
i1en. He explains that the evidence
~ the case showed that the men seated
we're right. Others point out that the
o'ganization delegates we're seated IN
almost every case, and deny that there
i anv ground for suspecting the SEN
s'ors loyalty TO Hughes.
Plans Of the Root Men.
Plans Of the Root men, so Tar as can
De learned. contemplate keeping the
Hughes boom to the front until the
time comes 20 make sudden drive TO
put over their man. In spite OF the
cypress statement that the whole SIT
0s,iOn is still up in the air there were
a considerable number OF small con
;:ersnees to-day. and there are evi-
denees that somo OF them were impor-
unt
The Root plan has several weak
hssses some OF which the Hughes boom
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