The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-06
Leader is Amazed
That Persons Are Taking
Advantage Of Speech.
ROOSEVELT YET SILENT
Former President When He
Does Speak Will Do So over
His Own Signature.


conferences today bctwCOn the no.
publican and Progressive leaders
INV" '"iied {" reveal tho much sought
common ground upon which they can
agree upon candidates and issues, and
with Tho assembling OF two separate
conventions less thnn twenty.fou-
hours on, the two forces seem 20 be ne
TAR apart nS cvOr.
Justice Hughes remains tho load
ing figure In point of strcngth when
hrNt and second choices were consrid.
of,N' ana Col. Roosevelt still was CON.
N'"crod veto power In tho RepubIi.
o"n convention. WhOther he IyouId
exercise Il against Hughes In advance
Oh IN" bn1otinR WINS a question IN the
minds of the leaders.
CHICAGO. Juno Gin strenuoua A.
Forts TO bring harmony before the
opening OF tho national political con-
'entionS here tomorrow, Republicans
ana PrOBressiv0R OF prominence held
repeated conferences today aftOr sDend-
IhS most Of the night discussing VAR
ious plans for a possible agreement.
Ihero were as many different opin-
joins ON tho questions as there were
men discussing 1t apparently, and the
day opened with slOep bOroft leaders
scekinE some solution Of the di6icul-
tIcS barring tho way to amity ana n
reunited party.
No man on tho ground seemed big
enough or powerful enough to take
the complex situation In hand and
drive through the confusion OF oupos.
ms factions to decisive conclusion.
Again and again the task was attempt-
cd but no definite results were appar-
ent this morning.
Immediately before he went into
conference with Republican leaders.
George W. Pekins. leader Of tho Rooge.
welt adherents. today gave out n state
ment declaring that Colonel Roosevelt
had not said be would refuse TO sup
port Justice Hughes or any other man.
aud assaulted Hughos's supporters for
making capital of his preparedness
speech" in Washington last night.
Colonel Roosevelt has neither said
no was for or against any man, Mr..
Perkins said. When he does speak II
viii be over his own signature"
Il am amazed no continued. "that
persons are taking advantage OF Jus
tico HugheB's speech before a girls
college to get him nomination for
president II was not statement. II
was Just little address. II 10 a gross
injustice to him. II Is unbelievable
that he would do this for such a pur-
pose. Whoever tries 10 use this state
ment for tho purpose Of getting him the
places him in an insincere
position and does him n gross injus-
tlcc.
Il wish you would be so good as
to have your newspapers ask the peo-
pie" he said, If VIC are not in dan
ger Of letting this little puddle in
which we nre splashlng around OBJ
scure events OF unprecedented mag
nitude aud menace.
Every day for two years we have
been drawing nearer to worldwide
THE United Statcs now has a
opportunity 10 render
worldwide service for providing IL
leader in whom the world has conf
denee. That man is Theodore
Roosevelt"
Later Mr.. Perkins issued a state
ment to the Progressive delegates
them they are not In Chiea-
go against anybody. He said: "Let
mo remind you we arc not here for
the avowed purpose Of being against
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