The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21

80" ".ateS VI SOlorHuO, wyoming,
New Mexico and Utah; three out OF
seven In Kansas. Nebraska, North
Dakota and South Dakota; one In
Minnesota, three In Wisconsin, eight
out Of ten In the border states OF
Virginia, North Carolina. Tennessee.
Kentucky, Oklahoma, Maryland. and
Missouri. three In Illinois, ten out OF
eleventh Michigan. fifteen In Penn
sylvania. fourteen In New York. six
In New Jersey. four In Connecticut.
four In Massachusetts,. and four In
Rhode Island. Vermont, New Hamp-
shire and Maine. In two OF the last
named states Hughes received no
vote.
Favorite Sons.
Former Senator Burton was given
threevotes west OF the Mississippi and
thirteen In Ohio; Weeks three west Of
the Mississippi, seven In Massachu-
sits; and two in other states OF New
England: Fairbanks. one In Illinois
and two In Indiana; Sherman. eleven
In Illinois: Root one in Minnesota.
one In New Jersey and FIVE In New
York: Knox seven In Pennsylvania:
La Toilette. two in North Dakota and
one In Wisconsin: Roosevelt. one in
Massachusetts,. one In Minnesota, one
In Nebraska. two in New York. one
In Pennsylvania. and another in an
eastern seaboard state: Borah. two In
Idaho; Mann. one In Wisconsin. Sew
eral more said they would have voted
for the Republican floor leader had he
been prominently mentioned as can-
didate.
In the Senate Hughes received five
votes in New England, four in the
middle states and six west of the Mis-
slssippi; Burton one in Ohio and one
in New England; Weeks. two in New
England: Root. two west of the
Mississippi and one in New York:
Cummins. two In Iowa and one west
of the Mississippi; La Toilette. one
In Wisconsin and one west of the
Mississippi: Roosevelt. three west of
the Mississippi; and Borah. one in the
same locality. Avowed candidates
were counted as voting for themselves
without the Formally of an inter
view. Borah is an exception because
not an avowed candidate. His one
vote was not his own.
Vote on Second Choice.
To the question, who is your sec
opd choice as the nominee of the Re-
publican party for the president. the
response in both Senate and House
was as follows:
Hughes. IA; Burton. 49,; Roosevelt,
IL; Root, IA: Weeks. 13; Cummins.
10: Fairbanks. s; Mann, q; Borah, 2;
Harding 4; Mccall. L; Hadley. 1.
neither Sherman nor La Toilette was
given any votes. The ballot in the
Senate alone was as follows:
Hughes, 4; Burton. 8; Weeks. 2;
Fairbanks. /: Root. 5; Cummins. 3.
Widely Differ on Roosevelt.
The strength of the last named
was confined almost entirely TO the
states west of the Mississippi. The
reason for the falling off in the total
figures on Ssecond choice is that
large number confined themselves to
the first preference.
During the entire poll nearly ev-
cry member was seen personally. Sc
crecy as to names and districts was
promised. The short interviews de-
veloped great bitterness among n
large number against Roosevelt and
few enthusiastic encomiums. So ac-
centuated was the feeling in opposi-
ton to the former president in some
quarters that another Republican
ticket was promised in the event he
were nominated in the regular con-
vention of the party in Chicago. 9th
ers declared that he would be certain
to be the standard bearer.
Both senators and representatives
indicated that with both Hughes and
Roosevelt eliminated. Burton would
loom up as large figure. And as a
dark horse in the ofIlng there doomed
Senator Warren G. Harding. depend
ent always upon his making great
speech as temporary chairman of the
convention.
Hughes Good Points.
The arguments given in favor of
the nomination of Justice Hughes
may be summed up as follows:
That he is a great campaigner and
has personality which arouseG the
moral enthusiasm of his hearers in
favor of his cause: that he is the
most popular man among all classes
at the present time: that the people
want him. because he does not want
to run: that he proved himself a
highly efficient executive and an in
trepid leader while governor OF New
York; that he has an analytical and
constructive mind. as shown by his
conduct of the insurance investisa-
ton and the remedial legislation then
proposed by him. which. II turned
against President Wilson in the dia-
letic Of the campaign would result in
the demolition Of the Intellectual po-
sition of the Democrats: that he is
the one man who could be nominated
who would be certain to make the