The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-10

Suppose the colonel expresses the
desire not to be nominated?" the
Californian was asked.
"He will be nominated this morn
Ing" johnson responded, emphat-
tcally.
Asked what the course of action
would be in case, after nomination,
Colonel Roosevelt refused leader
ship, the governor said he had no
opinion to give. Others of the radi-
cal group in the progressive party,
however, were freely expressing a
determination to make every effort
to hold the progressive organization
together, even If Roosevelt advised
fusion or endorsement OF any can
didate outside the party. These rad
icals, determined to go on with their
progressive organization, were prac-
tically united DIN their opinion that
they will ask Governor Johnson to
become the new leader and their
candidate for a third party fight.
The Die Was Cast.
by H. l.. Rennick, United Press StaE
Correspondent
AUDITORIUM, CHICAGO, June 10.
delegates poured into
the Auditorium today primed to nomi.
nate Theo. Roosevelt for president
before noon. Many leaders considered
the die cast and that they were
through with dickering. Governor
Hiram Johnson of California and John
to go into the conference with the
republicans We're ready to start the
fireworks at once.
Tho Vantinn ra11ah fn Nr6ars
at 1O:42 with an air of suppressed
excitement.
Robins announced the convention
would go ahead deliberately with the
proper order OF business. There will
be no more stalling, he said.
Monsignor Fitzsimmons of Chicago
delivered the invocation.
Chester Rowell Of California took
the platform and told the convention
the state chairmen were waiting at
the Blackstone for a conference with
Perkins and had asked the convention
to wait until they arrived at the
Auditorium.
How soon will they be here?" ths
delegate yelled impatiently.
Five or ten minutes"
The conference committee reached
the Auditorium at 11:10.
Perkins went direct to the plat
form. "If the chair recognizes ns
that is more than l can do myself,
said Perkins.
I'VE met the republican conferees,
and remained in conference last night
until one o'clock. We were again
asked to state our second choice i7r
a candidate for president. We maill-
tanned our position that we had pre-
sented a candidate and they had not.
We advanced our arguments. The
conferees returned and
asked us what we thought of Justice
We asked if each one
of them desired to sign a staten en-.
on Hughes and they replied no. Then
we adjourned and met again this
AS soon as we entered the
conference today they told us they
had all five agreed on Justice Hughes.
We took that into consideration and
put it before our state chairman.
I'VE decided to present their COM
to this convention The
question of a second choice on our
part has been deeply discussed.
I'VE laid the whole matter befo1
Colonel Roosevelt last night and Col
onel Roosevelt sent a telegram.
The telegram said in part:
Roosevelt's Telegram.
81 understand you are to have vour
asst conference today with the repub.
ican conferees, but that your COM
mittee has not settled on second
choice. For months l have Thought
Of this matter and tried to find
standing ground Can we
aot forget our past differences aId