The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-07
FAVORITE SONS
 STILL HOLDING MANY DELEGATES
Canvass of c. o. F. Convention Shows That BOOmletS Are
 Still Working.

Chicago, June 7-After many days of waiting for the Republican inside clique to decide what they want to do about the presidential nomination. all that is known positively is that on the first ballot the various favorite sons wiM get certain votes; beyond that, forecasting becomes more or less guess work.
 It was possible today, however, to round up individual opinions and few definite predictions among most of the state delegations and to get unofficial indications about the prob able attitude of the fewFstragglers who had not yet arrived in Chicago Cor respondents talked to delegates from nearly all of the states In several cases shifts in favor of Hughes were indicated.
 There had been evidence also of little shifting for or against Roose- velt and a few votes were put in the Root column that had not been there before. On the whole, however, the predictions were too conditional on future happenings or machine orders to make possible an accurate sum mary. A survey of more than two thirds of the delegations follows:
 The Alabama delegation, sixteen l1nembers, is expected to scatter at the outset, probably giving Hughes three or four votes on the first ballot, and 4 Root and Weeks several apiece.
 Drift from Roosevelt. The Arizona delegation, uninstruct- i ed, was elected after a fight in which Roosevelt was the issue, the Roose- welt forces being led by National Committeeman Ralph H. Cameron and the organization forces by Judge V Richard F. Sloan and Judge Edward Kent. Recently Judge Kent joined the Roosevelt Republican committed eE fv-r,-, welt seems to have set in, and though the delegation will not hold it's caucus until tomorrow night, one of the dele gates, Frank R. Stewart, of Phoenix, -Ariz-. said:
 .I don't see how under any cir cumstances the convention could pos sibly vote for Theodore Roosevelt. The Arizona. delegation will hold its eau GUS tonight at the Great Northern hotel. It's six delegates are unin- , structed, but four will probably vote on the first ballot for Burton, one for Hughes and one for Sherman of H. 1inois. But as between Hughes and Roosevelt, the delegates will all vote solidly for Hughes. feel, however, that the Republicans should nominate some western man, and Burton most nearly meets our views"
 The fifteen Arkansas delegates are expected to scatter at first among Hughes, Root, Fairbanks and oth- CTS.
 California's twenty-six delegates ar rived yesterday. They declared that their action in the convention would depend entirely on developments. There was only one thing that most of them seemed positively agreed on, and that was that they would not vote for Roosevelt. One of their mum Der who said that events of the short time now intervening before the convention a1j sled that Hughes would get about ten yi sof the California votes at. the outset, Root seven, Burton three and that the rest would be divided as compliment ary ballots among other candidates, ltexcepting Roosevelt.
 CaIifoFnians to Caucus
 This delegation is composed of ts.regulars." In California, there was lanother set of delegates in the, field }composed of strong Roosevelt adher- ents, who were defeated, by the reg Nlars now on the scene for the con- Vention. The delegates will hold g caucus tomorrow night.
 The Colorado delegation of twelve l is expected to reach Chicago tomor 1 TOW. Western politicians acqua1nt Ultimate that Fairbanks, Hughes, Root and Sherman will share the delegates ballots on the first vote.
 The Connecticut delegation of four teen uninstructed members is divid ed. Its only pledge was to vote for Ee'tried and true Republican, whicl Twas meant to eliminate Roosevelt Awhile a visitor was discussing the at titude of the Connecticut delegate kyxith one of them in their headquar ters at the Congress Hotel today an other came in with a little placard He tackled it on the wall The pla card bore a slogan kidnapped fror the Burton camp-originally kidnap tped from a flour manufacturers ad yertisement- It read: "RooseVel teventually-whyn not now ?'
 Another delegate stro1led in an store the placard down. Three or fou minutes later. after several more ha been walking about the room, it wa Hound to be in place again on tn wall.
 Some of them are beginning to talk more interest in T. R." laughed tn sdeIegate who had been discussing tn situation. Our bunch probably wi divide at first among Burton, Hughe Root and Weeks, Burton getting abol .six votes, Hughes probably six, an the others a vote apiece But bt 1ieve practically all the ConnecticI delegates would line up behind an Eman who seemed able to beat Wilson
 The Delaware delegation of six l1nstructed for T. Coleman du Pon kand it is likely that he will get a Ion the first ballot. On the secon ebaIlot it is probable that four vot' will go to Roosevelt and two EWeeks. There is no Hughes sent xnent among the delegates The s I may swing to Weeks finally.
 The District of Columbia, has fol delegates at large and they are Ill
 instructed No one professes to kno
 how they will vote
 Florida has eight uninstructed "Li
 White' delegates. The indications a i that all eight will cast their first ba
 lot for Hughes
 Two Hawaiians Delegates
 Hawaii has two delegates, but thu will not be permitted to- vote for ca | dfdafes 11n1ess the convention rule