Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-02-28
ROOSEVELT, ROOT or HUGHES.


Little more than three months re
mains before the national convention
OF the republican party. and nevei
was there more uncertainty as to til,
nominee. The republican leaders ~
most states are still feeling around
for the right man, but there Is nc
capitalization Of sentiment. TO BE-
sure there are half dozen states
whose delegates viii begin voting IN
the convention for favorlte sons.
Just now Burton, of Ohio. seems
to have the best preconvcntIon or
ganization. cummins. OF Iowa. VIII
have his and probably some ncighbor-
ing states. Sherman Will have the
Illinois delegation behind him, and
Idaho will present the name of Bo-
rah. The big New York delegation
will 20 uninstructcd and the indivld.
ual delegates will favor Root
Hughes. or possibly whitman. but
when the time comes TO vote serious
~ may fail IN with tho Roosevelt SEN
timent Weeks may have Massacliu-
setts on the first ballot, or he may
not. Mccall Is opposed to him and
80 are most Of the active leaders
Fairbanks has Indiana and Kentucky
La Toilette may have Michigan ana
North Dakota. and he may have MOTH
ing His own state is tired of him.
of fayorite sons. with some mention
ed who are scarcely fnyortes In their
own states We might add here that
There Is a distinct move In New Mex
leo TO have this state present the
name of Albert bacon Fan rs It's fl
voritc son. Fall has made something
of reputation In the east as an au-
thorlty On Mexican affairs, and It
can not be doubted that he represents
the attitude OF some powerful bust
ness interests who would like to see
his policies advertised In the nation
al convention.
Fall would have just as much
chance for the nomination as Borah,
Cumming, Fairbanks. Weeks, sher-
man, Whitman or La Follette-~whioh
of course means none of them has
a show.
There are three nomination posi-
bllitieH that stand In a class By them
selyes~-Theodor Roosevelt Elihu
Root and Justice Hughes. From one
end OF the country TO the other the
reports come In that Hughes would
suit all kinds OF republicans and all
kinds Of gressives---although thore
Is no enthusiasm for hia nomination
by ansbody--and that he could be
nominated If anybody knew no would
accept.
Root would suit the standpat re-
publicans. and Is far aud away the
greatest statesman of the three. There
Is no other man in tho country who
has the range Of foreign affairs that
he has, or the experience in dealing
with them But his cause WAS hurt
rather than helped by his New York !
convention speech and tho DELEGATES |
refused to endorse him as the Empire
states favorite son. Root Is not aB
strong as he was six months ago. Age
is showing ON him whenever he ap.
pears in public.
a large measure OF Rooseyclts old
popularity has returned TO him, be-
cause OF his aggressive Amcriennlsm,
though the fact that he has 80 often
declared for war, during the past
year and a half causes many thoueht-
ful people TO believe that 20 elect
him president would be equivalent TO
a declaration Of war on some nation
---Gcrmany Japan or Mexico, or pos
slbly on all three o. them,
Everybody knows what kind OF
president Roosevelt would make. His
record has passed into the history Of
presidents Without doubt he is tho
most consummate politician this
country ever has produced In any
party, not even excepting Tllden aud
Hill, Quay. platt and Hanna. Furth-
ermore. he has shown that he knows
how 20 handle congress. lie is a /
great campaigner, He can sing in
bass and falsetto at the same time. II |
necessary. He breaches righteous
ness always. and acts with singular
disregard OF conscientious scrupie |
most OF the time.
Roots ability Is admired by every |
body. A very large number Of voters. |
however, believe that his strength At
the polls would be diluted by his rec
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