The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-05

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| The Boies Penrose delegation from
Pittsburgh landed today, some OF
them decorated with Knox relagia.
Women Get Busy.
CHICAGO, June 5.-Thirteen hum
\ dred determined suffragists. dele
gates TO the womans party conven-
| ton, today descended upon candidates
row and the downtown hotels. where
delegates to the republican and pro-
gressive conventions are quartered
demanding immediate and decisive
action toward submission OF fed
eral equal suffrage amendment
Each woman worked under specific
instructions to get flat yes" or
mo" statement from the delegates
she was listed to see. No evasion was
to be allowed and every delegate was
down on the visiting list OF some
one OF the. suffrage workers. ].
The first and only flat rejection OF
the woman's cause reported, came
from Senator Weeks, of Massachus-
etts, delegate and candidate for pres
idental nomination. Weeks name at
once went on the pa1y's blacklist.
Weeks was told that four million
voters of suffrage states-hold1ng the
balance of the power between the
republican and democratic parties,
would cut him cold In the event he
should win his fight for the republi-
can nomination.
Suffrage workers are not surprised
with promises that party platforms
contain endorsement of equal suf-
frage or even that they pledge the
party to submit the federal amend
ment in the event of its return to
power. The fight is for immediate
action by which the republican party
would pledge support for such amend
ment at the present session OF con-
gress, there being sufficient democrat
ic support for suffrage, il the minority
in congress should be lined up solid
ly to meet the party's pledge to in
sure its adoption.
Among today's arrivals TO the con-
vention was Helen Keller, the won
derful blind girl of Massachusetts,.
Miss Keller will speak at a luncheon
of delegates Wednesday. Incidentally
tickets to the luncheon. originally
offered at 81 each are now bid at So
with no more to be had.
Hitchcock Gives Figures.
CHICAGO, June 5.-JuStice Hughes
nomination ON an early ballot is in
evitable, Frank Hitchcock, unofficial
Hughes boomer, declared in state
ment this afternoon.
Justice Hughes will receive more
votes on the first ballot than the
com bined strength of the favorite
sons candidates and his nomination
on an early ballot is inevitable" the
announcement concluded.
While heralded in advance as
Hitchcock's claims of Hughes exact
strength, the statement proved
tabulation Of what he regards to be
the favoriie sons strength, with the
added blanket claim Of Hughes sue
cess.
THE maximum strength Of the fav-
orite sons states" the statement
said, lis as follows: Delaware, 6 for
So for Sherman: Indiana, 80 for
| Fairbanks; Iowa. 2s for Cummins:
Massachusetts, s6 for Weeks; Ohio.
| 4s for Burton: Wisconsin, Is for
| LaFoIlette, total 227.
"In the remaining states. delegates
are instructed for the favorite sons
candidates as follows: Kentucky, 8
for Fairbanks; Michigan, 80 for
Ford; Minnesota, "a for Cumm1ns;
Montana, 8 for Cummins; Nebraska.
| is Tor Cummins: North Dakota, 10
! for LaFollette; South Dakota, 10 for
| C.1nnmins; total LOG. Scattering, IL.
This makes total OF 345 In
structed for favorite sons candidates.
| II will require ASP to nomirste."
Then followed the prediction OF
Hughes success.
! Hitchcock's statement was the first
giving a line on what he expects to
develop: it went further than prev
ious estimates for it meant that the
Hughesites are expecting better than
345 on the first ballot with only l4s
more required to swing things Hughes
| way.
! The inference was plain that
Hitchcock expects the favorite sons
boosters to play into the Hughes
hand after delivering their dutiful
| and complimentary votes for their
own statesmen
Hughes In the Lead.
| LBy Perry Arnold, United Press stan
| Correspondent
! CHICAGO, June BY mid after
moon the boom of Justice Hughes had
achieved a commanding lead.
Progressive leaders privately adj
NIT a decided slump in the Roosevelt
/ boom. but predict a revival later The
fact that Frank Hitchcock considered
i the chances OF the chief justice good
| enough to warrant his dealing in
| actual figures, was looked upon as
significant Hitchcock is not given to
exaggerated claims.
/ Organization leaders continued to.
day to put forward gentle feelers for
various less likely candidates, In an
effort to attract progressive support.
| Their main efforts however. are d.
rected toward decorating the Hughes
band wagon to suit progressive
tastes. Nowhere is there any or
sanized opposition to Hughes. Even
the Root supporters IN the New YORK
delegation state frankly that they are
for Root. but are not against Hughes.
Gradually the idea is becoming para