Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-10
PENNSYLVANIANS
BREAK TOWARD
HUGHES TODAY
Delegation Expected to
"Trail Along" Until the
Justice Is Named
PENROSE FOR FAIRBANKS
BY EDMUND C. TAYLOR

Evening Ledger stag Correspondent
CHICAGO, June t0.-The Pennsylvania
delegation to the Republican National Con.
venton will start to break toward Justice
Hughes on the first ballot today, and will
he trailing along" until the Justice is nom
mated by the Republicans.
Under the tutelagc of Senator Penrose
and because of the fact that Pennsylvania
was one OF three of the As States which
carried their factional fights onto the floor
of the national convention the delegation
voted almost absurdly on the second ballot
last night. after showing n Cleancut lineup
of factional strength on the first ballot,
The Brumbaugh followers who voted for
Theodore Roosevelt on the second ballot are
expected to swing to Hughes before the
Penrose adherents are forced into line
Senator Penrose has been n firm believer
In Charles w. Fairbanks since the conven
ton opened In fact. II Is whispered around
the Congress Hotel and the Coliseum today
that he has personally assured" Fair
banks that lndiana's candidate will be the
final and harmony choice of the two con-
ventions.
The strength and influence of the senior
Senator was shown last night however,
when, after PenrOse had figured he could
swing Senator Harding and the other Of
ficials of the convention into acquiesing
in anything he wanted. was suddenly con-
fronted by a ruling of Senator Harding
that no more rolcall OF States would be
permitted unless the votes of some member
of the state delegation were challengd.
RESULT OF FIRST BALLOT
on the first ballot last night. the roll
call resulted in favor of Senator Penrose.
Governor Brumbaugh received only 29 OF
the rs votes from Pennsylvania, after
Emerson Collins, of Wllliamsport, had pre-
sented the Governors name to the conven-
tion in a manner which gave the Cover
nor respectful and sincere applause when
his candidacy was launched, That was
victory for Senator Penrose.
on the second ballot. however. Governor
Brumbaugh beat Penrose to it," by with
drawing in favor of Roosevelt. Penrose
had figured that the Governor would swing
whatever votes he could control to Knox
on the second ballot. 1t was the agreement
made between the Attorney General, Fran
els Skunk Brown, and Senator McNichol.
at the Philadelphia Ball Park just week
ago
Most of the Penrose men stuck to Knox.
After the second ballot had been counted,
however, and a recess was taken until this
morning, 1t developed that Penroses entire
plan was to try TO swing the Pennsylvania
delegation to Fairbanks as the first move in
what he hoped would be sort of stampede
to the Indianan.
The fact that the Brumbaugh men are to
line behind Hughes eventually, however. has
taken the wind out of the sails of the senior
Senator, as many os his followers. secretly
at least favor the Justice, and will vote
for him at the first opportunity.
Thus the "Penrose victory" over yester.
day. has been turned into a depreciation
of Penroses value as leader by the
Hughes sentiment that Is sweeping the Re.
publican Convention.
Word that Theodore Roosevelt would give
his approval to Hughes after the Progress
sives nominate him today and would force
his followers in the Progressive convention
70 dn uhateVer they can to suDDOrt him
added to the Hughes following in the Penn
sylvania delegation of Republicans,
The Pennsylvania delegation. as a result
of a factional fight that was carried on 10
the floor of the convention has been placed
in the position of trailing along" AL
though the second largest delegation at
tending the convention, only a unanimous
vote for some candidate could help the
delegation to have any influence in the con-
Venton