The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-09
PLAN TO OBTAIN PEACE IN COP.
 RANKS T0TTERS
Conferees Have Long Session and at Adjournment Re-
 port Progress"
FEAR OF STAMPEDE
 WORRYING BOSSES
Despite Carefully Planned Pro gram, Conventions May
 Be Upset.

Chicago, June 9.-Delegates to the Republican and Progressive national conventions re-assembled at the coli scum and the auditorium here today facing a, situation unprecedented in re- cent American political party history. The Progressives met at 10 o'clock and the Republicans resumed their del1b- erations at Il o'clock.
 Uncertainty as thick and obdurate as the murky weather that has hung over Chicago for three days prevailed and all eyes were strained to catch the first possible clearing of the political clouds.
 For two hours conference members discussed points of issue between the Progressives and Republicans and took up details of the peace plans pro- ventions when the conference commit tee on harmony had been appointed When adjournment came it was~an- nounced that i've report progress and the statement was made that the members of the two committees would not get together again until after the sessions of the convention today.
 There is considerable doubt as to just how the conference reports would be received by the delegates and whether 1eaderslin the convention can hold the body of delegates under con- LrO1 while TurChor del1D0raI1OnS are O0- ing held. ffIt is understood said Sen ator Borah, after last nights confer ence> concluded, that while nominat- ing speeches will be made in each convention today, no norinination will be made.''
 And said another member of the committee, i've will resume negotia- tions in the afternoon or evening" But herein enter various phases of the situation which combine to make it so delicate as to invite the unex- pected and the uncertain. Leaders of both parties sat up most of the night discussing numerous possibilities that might develop and making plans to handle the situation should efforts be made to stampede either convention for particular candidate or against furthey delay in making nominations.
 Many of the Progressives hoped that Col. Roosevelt at Oyster Bay would send a message to the harmony con ferees> or to the Progressive conven- ton that would have a bearing on the situation
 The men advocating the nomination by the Republican convention of Jus tice Charles B. Hughes, of the su- prene court, declared this morning that nothing had occurred to weaken their position, stated that they be- lieved their candidate would be nom mated today and prepared to press for acC1On on nomination without de- day.
 Managers for the various "favorite sons'' candidatey insisted the harmony conference program had greatly i'm proved the chances for their man and predicted early today that neither the name of Hughes nor of Roosevelt would appear upon the Republican l ticket.
 l But in the absence of any definite report of what happened at the peace conference at the Chicago club not
 many people were sanguine of definite results. Many expressed the opfnior that the two conventions would gc ahead regardless of each other, make their nominations and adjourn. IT this connection one of the mem bers O. last nights conference declared: | ''The conference has not changed tht situation in respect to the probable
 nomination of Justice Hughes by th' Republican convention. A situation
 has been created by which the Progress lsives in all probability will be willing
 to postpone the desire of radical mem
 bers to rush into a nomination of Col
 oneI Roosevelt for the sole purpose o
 being the first to put a ticket in tn field. I believe the conference mad
 for good feeling regardless of whethe
 we accomplished the main purposeN o
 coming together or not.'''