The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-06-05
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REPUBLICANS MAY
UNITE ON HUGHES
Old Guard Makes First Definite Offer
= to the Third
Party.
CHICAGO PREPARED
FOR WEEK OF NOISE
Hughes Refuses to Issue Statement;
Roosevelt's Power is
Increased.
CHICAGO PREPARED
FOR WEEK OF NOISE

today made the first definite offer to
the Progressives. The Republicans
want Hughes and believe that he can
be winner next fall.
Want Hughes.
| They would be willing to put
Hughes at the head of a amalgama-
ton ticket. Some of the Old Guard
doubt if Roosevelt could be elected
even on an amalgamated ticket
against Wilson. The Old Guards
plan is to let the Progressives nomin-
ate Hughes early Wednesday. Then
the Republicans will nominate
Hughes Thursday. Thus the Pro-
gressives would brag that they forced
the Republicans to accept the same
leader.
LaFollette in Again. .
Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin
will be third-time candidate He
| will be placed in nomination as Wis
consin's favorite son. Four years ago
he had spectacular pre-convention
fight, broke with Roosevelt and steam
,, rollered out for Taft.
The Progressive convention sud-
denly doomed up big today when it
was learned that Roosevelt was given
the power to veto any Old Guard
candidate.
80 Women Progressives.
Thirty-three women delegates will
be here for the Progressive conven-
ton. Twelve come from the. state Of
Washington.
A Roosevelt drive on Hughes was
seen today at Oyster Bay in state
ment by Lucian Bonheur, Progressive
leader, calling upon Hughes for a
statement and asking Hughes to tell
how he stands on various questions.
The statement said that he must
state. how he stands OF. admit that
! he is the German-American candidate.
Hughes secretary at Washington
today announced that no statement
was forthcoming.
| John McGrath, Roosevelt's secre-
tary, today stated that Roosevelt
! would be absent from Chicago dur
| ing the convention.
Noisiest Spot.
Chicago started today to make good
on the prediction that for the next
| week it will be the noisiest spot in
| the world-unless it be Verdun. Ger
tainly it will be the spot where more
words are spilled thary anywhere
else.
All of which is by way of preface
to the fact that the convention
crowds began arriving today. They
came chaperoned by bands, mega
phoned assistants, singers and just
plain noise-makers.
BY Wednesday,, Chicago will be
swollen with people to nearly twice
it's normal size.
There are 9S5 delegates to the Re-
publican national convention, to ar
rive, 985 alternates to the same;
nearly 1000 delegates and alternates
to the Progressive national conven-
ton; 10000 women workers for the
ballot, mostly out-of-town boosters;
to say nothing of just plain specta-
tors to the various affairs.
Lobbies Clicked.
| Already the lobbies of Chicago's
loop hotels seem as choked with hui
mainly as they did at the height OF
the Republican convention sessions
four years ago.
All the hotels, incidentally, began
removing furniture from their lob
bies. =.
No flower pots, vases or chairs will
clutter up space where enthusiasts
may gossip, nor be near at hand for
weapons in case arguments wax too
hot.
One we'll known hotel, which sports
a fountain in the middle of one of its
dining rooms, began today to en-
close this spot of water. It Is a