The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06
IT'S EITHER HUGHES OR
ROOSEVELT
So a Capitalization of Senti-
ment in Republican Ranks
Would Indicate

Washington widespread feel
ing in Republican ranks over the Ma
ton that is becoming more intense
and crystallized every day as the Chi
cago convention draws nearer that the
nomination is to go either to Justice
Hughes or Colonel Roosevelt with
Root as a 'last gasp" chance, has
cast deep gloom over the camp of the
several favorite son candidates who
have their headquarters here. No
one gives the avowed favorite sons
even look in and hardly honorable
mention.
This sentiment-that it is Hughes
or Roosevelt-has been coming from
every where. 1t has been coming
from practically every convention
that has been held, be it in the North.
the South, the East or the West. 1t
has come even from the states and the
delegates chosen at conventions
pledged to favorite son candidates. In
fact, it is said of one convention which:
pledged it's delegates to "stand to the
last ditch for its favorite son" that the
delegation had hardly got instructed
before it began to feel the situation
out as to where to land after the
complimentary first ballot mad been
cast.
The last two weeks, there is no
question that the reports of Hughes
sentiment coming into Washington
from over the country have predomin-
ated everything else-even the Ma
tion-wide sentiment for Roosevelt. In
fact, there has been more than a mild
stampede for Hughes under way over
the country, emanating largely from
here and New York, but which has
certainly struck a responsive echo in
Republican ranks at many places.
At any rate, the effect of this Ma
tion-wide propaganda wnicn is being
expressed everywhere Republican con-
ventions are meeting-and they are in
full swing now-has resulted in al
most totally eclipsing the favorIte
sons candidates.
A Republican who has taken a
prominent part in the campaign of a
certain favorita son candidate, admit
ted as much. In fact, he said that the
beginning of the campaign of the
favorite sons to "smoke out" Hughes
already was under way. But whether
the supreme court justice viii pay any
attention to it or not is another mat
ter.
In spite of the several letters JUS
tice Hughes has written that he is
not a candidate and desires no one to
run as a delegate lii his name-a
sentiment that he has repeated-the
movement for him and the talk for
him has not ceased.
The supreme court justice could end
the worries of the favorite sons by
one sentence: 81 would not accept the
nomination if it were offered me-"
But Justice Hughes's friends point !
out that even if he felt that way he
could not decline a nomination that
had not been offered him-that it
would be presumption to do so. At
any rate, he hasn't done so and pro-
baby will not do so even though the
favorite sons have started campaign |
to "smoke him out"
Here is the plant of the favorite
son candidates: They say that Hughes
has this unusal sentiment for him be-
cause he has not taken position and /
cannot while he is on the supreme
bench on the many troublesome is
sues before the country-the pre-
paredness advocates are for him and
so are the ants. And so it is on all
questions. Nobody knows where he
stands, hence everybody can figure
out how he would make an available
candidate. Wherefore, say the favor
lite sons, unless Mr.. Hughes is go
ing to refuse the nomination, even if
it were offered him, he should step
down from his position and take some
of the brickbats that are coming their
way and get on record.