Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-09


W.'so,,on met this morning. Their out
~, was incredible in quantity ana equally
,aoredible in quality. Tue convention
n.orrds including the professional element
rnode up OF leaders and delegates tne VOL
ee,s.,, and authorized advisers and STRAIT
49,, the seers, prophets OWNERS and
e.Isinatorz the fringe skirters and by
t.ndArs was in such n highly comoustlble
ssndI,ion because of the days and days OF
,.conoluslye speculation that preceded this
last orgy of authority that mere spark
70 conjecture developed almost instantly
~, prairie fire of absolute, airtight in
.ISo information as to exactly what Is to
happen.
Tho rumors ranged in fantastic process.
.ior from the definite statement on the
alleged authority Of the close Roosevelt con-
.Invsnt that the Colonel would be in Chi.
caro on Saturday morning TO advocate tne
oroinaton of william III. Taft on the
hroadly sympathetic ground of forgving
snd forpetting, to the determination on the
mart of the Republican convention con
iroiiars to name r Coleman du Pont because
hs looks so distinguished in plug hat.
M SITUATION BUILT TO ORDER.
rverv polltical "Citizen FiXit' of the
thousands now in Chicago had hand In It,
end the thing resolved itself finally into n
sort of saturnalia of surmise that grew
r,,idsr and wilder as the convention hour
an
b,,iIt to order for excited hypothesis, elab-
grated suspicion and just plain. ordinary
noltIcal living Every man desired to APP
near wiser than his fellows, and II he had
none of the inside information that was so
easy to procure made up little inside in
formatIon for himself and peddled that.
/ Meantime the leaders the near-leaders
and a few of the exalted, led, fused back
4 ,nd forth, in and out of conference and
he result of It all was, and is, that the
eonyention reached the nominating stage
today with the situation intrinsically
Unchanged 1t is still Hughes against the
Aeld and will be unless Mr.. Hughes does or
says something to make himself an inn
possibility.
ift COLONEL ALWAYS IN.THE RACE
u. It has been Hughes against the field
since the start, and Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt has been always in the field. The
prominence the Colonel attained in the
conjectures and the crowd conclusions has
Z been due to his own distinguished charac-
teristics not to his demonstrated superior
ity in the fight. So far as this Republican
convention Is concerned, the Colonel has al
ways been in the ruck trailing with the
favorite sons and Hughes has always been
the favorite.
There is to be an oratorical debauch at
\ the convention today A few favorite sons
are TO be placed in nomination by few
sver-tongued orators and seconded by
orators who are similarly argentferous in
lingual way Then. perchance, a ballot
will be taken. If the Hughes people have
their 320 votes on the first ballot they
have enough, no doubt, to prevent an ad-
journment afterwards, and can force the
Convention to succeeding and successive
ballots Wherefore, there may be result.
MANIPULAToRs BUSY.
Or If an adjustment is taken tonight
there will be more manipulating and
maneuvers Meantime the Weeks men say
they will show a surprising strength so do
the Fairbanks men, and the Burton men,
the Root men and the men of various other
aspirants. There was talk that even the
Honorable Henry Cabot Lodge would be
the compromise candidate. And so it went
There is but one fact in the wilderness of
fancy, That one fact is that Charles Evans
Hughes is the leading candidate as the
spellbjnders begin to snatch mighty pines
from the forested sides of the eternal hills,
and dipping them in the liquid fire of the
everlasting stars, write the names of their
Rvorlte ones across whatever in the way
OF enipyrean has been provided the local
committee at the Coliseum on Wabash
avenue.
CONFERENCE MAY BLOW UP.
No loophole is left. for the issue was
equarey presented, A substitute platform,
declaring for neutrality in German terms
ana against the export of munitions with
no declaration for preparedness, was Of
Tered and put to vote 1t received the same
three votes one that of it's proposer
Ia Toilette Government-ownership man
from Wisconsin, one that of a negro, and
one unidentified.
Harmony Is still unreached and the con-
ference may blow up. The signs, however,
arc the other way. The chief obstacles are
Il2tous insistence OF the extreme Progress
sves on nominating Roosevelt and the
silence OF Justice Hughes, from whom the
sAuens and moderate Progressives alike
aemand statement ~ where he stands on
Amerioanism and preparedness.
But the temper Of both parties is mlder;
sns proposal for conference was received
oy the Republicans with unmtstakable low
eespite all the trucuent talk in which they
nave lndulged, and this Joy was reflected
sNong the Progressives when at last they
essan 70 be convinced that the Republicans
ssie not trying to trick them into bogus
eenlsrenee The misunderstanding on both
ss ass al along has been of incredible ex-
ROOSEVELT ENDS STORM.
II was the Colonel himself who brought
me progressive storm to an end The dis
s-sSh from oyster Bay, in which he ex-
snti.s tisa ms Willingness to address the Re-
sspncan convention, was announced Just
shsn me fury Of suspicion and hatred was
tA height. The storm was stilled il
eEsooseseit himself had enough confidence In
tApHeah tair play to make such a state-
Aenr a.e might 1t not be that Perkins and the
sslss ~ Eoossvelt lieutenants were not. after
= aqen blind guides? And the Invitation
sAs republicans was extended
sseh then the Progressive extremists and
~ ol the moderates were still inhamed
- gspieions; they expected a humiliating
es-aai sosi OF counter proposition that would
<sal trick. Then came over the tele-
ss1+ me news that the Republicans had
and enthusiastically accepted the
ks1al kzs1srM ~ and IN that moment kindIer and
- feeling began 70 prevail
49, Ffogressiyes are still convinced,
ssfa4tsr' that there Is danger the Re-
4.s may turn some trick on them.
49, 'ney are saying that il the Re.
+ s4s would consent to the nomination
ssnes Tor President and Governor
Hzsss johnson, OF California, for vice
= Asnt h they would begin to believe in
-'nesty OF the Republican side Of the
@s, seen . suggestion would drive the
81 ne ~ republicans wild. but that IS
s ssPtoftant The Republican convention
49, ntte no qualrns at running 4 sream
- I'VE the California deleeation. if
Heia accessory
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