South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-07

the seats in the alternates section.
just behind the delegates section. be-
gan TO nn mp. The gallery crowd
began 10 come and the front rows
of the spectators seats showed a rim
Of women. some of them in rainy
day attire. but many Of them in fin
cry which had suffered from the
driving rain.
Photographers Busy.
A squad of ushers added To the
general hubbub and the efforts OF
the band by hawking official pro-
grams'' in raucuous tones. a group
OF photographers overran the hall
taking pictures from all accessible
and inaccessible points of vantage.
A few of the Indiana delegates.
brave in an assortment Of Fairbanks
badges. took scattered seats in their
section They were the first dele
gates 10 appear and they brought
with them the dampening effect of
the weather. They took their places
without enthusiasm and talked in
differently together.
The temporary hospital equipped
behind the big platform was early
in demand.
The first emergency case was that
of Policeman Sweeney, who injured
his arm on one of the grandstand
supports. Or. Arthur b. Rankin
and Or. Thomas Gritfiths bandaged
the bruise and sent the officer about
his duties once more.
None Come in Body.
As indicating the lack of unanimi-
~ among the delegates very few Of
the state delegations came in
body. They struggled in by twos'
and threes, wet and ready for any
thing
At 1915 there were more than
800 delegates in their seats, but
there was not a single state delega-
ton complete at that hour.
The leaders were slow in coming
In. They held conference after con-
ference trying to find a way out that
would reunite the party.
There is much that can be brought
to the front to occupy the attention
Of the delegates while the leaders
get together on candidate that
will meet the views of both parties.
But their agreeing on a candidate
must come if there is not TO be
duplication of the third party move
ment of four years ago. The pro-
Sressives stood today. so far as their
public utterances, squarely where
they stood yesterday. Their slo-
gan was Roosevelt or nothing"
But their leaders who must shape
the policy realized that in the last
analysis they could hardly bring the
republican managers to their way
of thinking and were wondering
whether at the last it would he
necessary to accept Justice Hughes
| 10 make the race on their own plat
4 form.
| EaVOrite Sons Out.
The favOrite sons were out of the
race. Possibly one or two had a
! fighting chance to get the nomina-
ton should Col. Roosevelt issue an
ultimatum that under no circum-
| stances would he accept Hughes or
any one that was not recognized as
friend of the policies that the
/ colonel stood for. But the Hughes
movement within the ranks of the
republican party had obtained such
an impetus that it was going TO be
real task TO head it off and this
was a fact that the party managers
| recognized. But there was a wealth
of material in the dark horse" line
available and many of these men
I TTnf+aI nnd gta 40
governors-were quietly adjusting
their lightning rods here in the con-
vention hall while waiting for the
developments of the day.
Reports that Justice Hughes had
sent a telegram 10 Frank Hitchcock
and another to Sen. Borah announc-
ing that unless he was the choice of
both the republican and progressive
conventions ne would not accept the
nomination. were circulated in the
hotel corridors as the delegates
started out through the rain for the
halls. There was no foundation for
these reports. although there was no
doubt in the minds of anyone that
the justice would not participate in
a three-cornered contest.
Same Old Guard Hopeful.
But Hitchcock and Gov. Whitman
of New York, called attention to the
fact that there was no necessity Of
Hughes acting until Col Roosevelt
had exercised mis- right of veto and
that this had not been done The
Old Guard leaders with the excep-
ton of men like Murray Crane and
Sen. Reed Smoot were hopeful that
Roosevelt would eliminate Hughes
and thus pave the way for the nom
inatiOn of an organization man. But
Crane, Smoot and their lieutenants
insisted that there were only two
heads which showed above the
clouds that covered the dual con-
ventIon proceedings, those of Roose-
welt and Hughes; that Roosevelt
simply was out of the question and
that the man 10 win must therefore
be Hughes.
A st. Louis woman gave an elab-