The Topeka state journal., 1916-06-06
FOUND AT LAST!
Bruno LesSing Discovers Key to
Chicago Convention.
Everything Is as Simple as
Homemade Pie.
ONLY 2,670 CANDIDATES NOW
Hemingford's Daughter Mar
ries; He Quits the Race.
Some Chance That Wilson VIII
Get Nomination.
BY BRUNO LEssING.

r-bica1o Ill. June 6.-The pol1tlcal
situation here is amazingly simple
-, tbus far been unable to obtain a
+ic1-e+ for the convention and I don't
care whether ] ever get one or not
The real work of selecting the Repub-
lican candidate will not be done in the
convention. Today it is being done in
the holcls. e -,
All dav long the delegates from all
over the country have been anaiS
tbc situation They have not the
slightest idea who viii be nominated;
and, for that matter, the majority ol
them have not the slightest idea WnoIn
they would like to vote for Ahdt
however. has nothing to DO Win INC
situation. This, as I said, is very SIM
uIe and it seems quite strange that SO
much time ard newspaper space Is
being devoted to analyzing IT.
2,67S Candidates.
There are 2,67S candidates. of whom
about two are well known The prlh-
cipal question in the mind OF most
of these candidates is whether thete Is
any likelihood of anybody dropping
dead over night This is not pleas
ant thought. but then nobody thinks
this is a pleasant situation. IL Is
merely a simple one. If anybody
should be eliminated, the whole sltu-
alton would become very complex L
hone 7
To be anything more than specta-
tor at a convention you have got to
have a choice and a slogan. IN the
"a rious parIors of the Blackstone
choices and slogans held meetings an
dav long and analyzed the situation.
There was a great deaf of talk about
the Brumbaugh and Roosevelt ticket
and it IS possible something may
come of it. but it cannot possibly be
nominated
At the LaSalIe.
At the Hotel LaSalle the situation
is more interesting. Here the only
candidates who you hear mentioned
are Root, Hughes, DUPONT, Wood
Ford Knox, Weeks, Cummins, Burton,
Hadley, Jones, Smith and Admiral Won
Tirpitz. The slogan is Root and
Hughes and victory.
The girl behind the newspaper
stand has been in touch with the sit
ua .ion from the beginning and is firm
" convinced that the matter will be
decided On the first ballot Her slogan
is Wilson and Hughes AS long a.
they both live in Washington, she
thinks they would not have to travel
so far to be inaugurated.
1t is ut the Hotel Virginia, how
ever. that the battle RACES hottest. This
is the headquarters Of the Hughes anc
Roosevelt boom. There are only two
delegates IN the hotel and each is
dark horse But they are enthusiastic
for Hughes and Roosevelt and their
slogan is victory. They intend to vote
once for Root, as often as they can for
themselves and then go back home
and work for Wilson. If either of
them gets the nomination by accident
he intends 10 cast one complimentary
vote for the other. And they both
want Roosevelt to get something.
It's All So Simple.
Never before in the history of Re-
publican politics has there been such
a simple cut and dried convention. All
the delegates are united, in the hope
that Roosevelt will get something.
something to Hughes. too.
Nobody seems at all anxious to de-
feat Wilson. The convention may
even nominate him. 1t is the delight
full simplicity of the situation that
commends it to ones admiration. All
and each one is dark horse and
wants to be nominated.
There is one boss from every state
who studies the situation all day long
and comes to the conclusion that he
would like to give something to Roose-
welt and Hughes. Everybody has a
slogan and nobody is worried The
police are very lenient because for all
they know, it is the next president who
they have asked to move on. The
only rift in the lutte is the feeling of
uncertainty that exists as to what
Roosevelt and Hughes will get. Should
there be any new developments, 1
shall, of course, analyZe them as they
come along.
Hemingford Out of Race.
Clarence G. Hemingford, of South
Carolina, has withdrawn from the
race He has just received a telegram
from home announcing his daughter
has married an actor and is compelled
to leave at once for his native state.
He was unable to find anyone to un-
dertake the management of his boom
as all of his friends have booms of
their own
There has been a secret conference
of the supporters of Bill Burg and
Roosevelt at the Stratford hotel for
the purpose of preparing a platform
that will conciliate the Armenian vote,
II Is rumored that Roosevelt is to be
eliminated from this combination in
favor of a dark horse.
Lawn mowers at Forbes'.-Adv.