The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-06-09
SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE GAINS
At CONVENTION
Predictions Last Night Were
That Both Parties Will
Nominate Today.
NO COMPROMISE REACHED
Republicans Seem ENCOURAGED
Over Information Supposed
to Come From Oyster Bay
Progressives May Not Sup
port Supreme Court Justice.
NO COMPROMISE REACHED

CHICAGO, June S.-While only rou-
tine matters have been up for action
before the Republican convention to-
day, number of conferences have
been held, and tonight Republican
leaders were claiming that their par
ty and the Progressives were nearer
compromise than at any time during
the week. On the ether hand Progress
sive leaders claimed that there had
been absolutely no change in the sit
uatlon, that their party had given the
Republicans every opportunity to
unite the two parties and present
solid front, and that they had, in a
manner. refused, and that the Pro-
gressives would proceed to nominate
ticket for president and vice pres
ident
Republican leaders. who have been
using every effort to perfect COM
promise, whereby the same candi-
dates would be nominated by Republi-
cans and Progressives, intimated to-
night that private messages received
during the afternoon from Col. Roose-
welt, who is at Oyster Bay, were very
encouraging. 1t was even stated that
it is not at all UNLIKELY that Roose-
welt will leave at once for Chicago ar
irving here before either the Republi-
cans or Progressives nominate a tick
et Though it did not come officially,
1t was stated, information from Oys-
ter Bay was to the effect that Col.
Roosevelt, in discussing the urgent ap-
peal sent to him yesterday from Chi
cago to attend the convention, stated
that if the Republican convention de-
sired him to address them, then he
would go to Chicago.
Progressive leaders, however. were
free to state tonight that. with the
Hughes boom still gaining strength,
there was no possible chance for
compromise, as the Progressives
would never agree to support the
supreme court justice, and that Roose-
velt and Johnson would be nominal
ed by the Prgressives. Efforts are
being made to delay the nomination
by the Progressives but it was gen
orally predicted tonight that the con-
vention would proceed to balloting to-
morrow, and that on the first ballot
Roosevelt would be nominated. Moth
ing can stop his nomination, it is
claimed, except the leader himself,
and it is not believed that he will
interfere.
That Hughes has been gaining
steadily since the convention con-
vened yesterday there is no doubt,
and tonight it is believed that it will
take only two or three ballots to NOM
mate him. Some of his supporters
claim that he will receive the nomina-
ton on the second ballot. A Hughes
caucus was held early tonight, and
the leaders, after the conference, ap-
peared sanguine of the success of
their candidate. These leaders also
expressed the belief that Roosevelt
would finally consent to his nomina-
tion and that, unless the Progressives
nominated before the Republicans,
that Hughes would also be the NOM
inee of that party.
This has ben a day of rumors and
reports. While the two conventions
were in session this afternoon vari-
Gus political reports flew around Chi
cago like wildfre. One was to the
effect that Roosevelt had wired the
Republican convention that he was
anxious for a compromise desiring to
present a solid front against the Dem
ocrats in November. Bull Moose
leaders, however branded such re-
ports as false, and announced that it
was more than probable that Roose-
welt would be nominated tomor-
row.
1t was stated tonight that the Re
publican convention would begin bal
loting tomorrow afternoon, but no
definite hour was fxAd. 1t is known
that the convention. in a way is de-
laying the bslloting in the hopes of
satisfactory agreement with the Pro-
gressives However, in many quar-
ters tonight it was being freely pre-
dicted that both parties would nomi-
nate before midnight Friday and that
two tickets would be in the field