New Britain herald., 1916-01-05
HUGHES LIKELY ID
 BE i. Q. P. NOMINEE
Senator Gore Believes Justice Will
 Oppose Wilson Next Fall
T hear no dark

New Ork, Jan. 5-'l hear no dark horse neighing in the democratic paddock just now,'' Thomas Pryor Gore the blind United States Senator from Oklahoma said yesterday, a smile lighting up his sightless face for the nome ent ,at the Waldorf. That was about all that Senator Gore would say in answer to ques- hons about the coming political fes- tivities at St. Louis. As to what will happen about the same time at Chi cago Senator Gore was more com municatlve. And when asked con- corning the attitude of his own peo- pie on preparedness or his views on submarine destructiveness and the effect of the German situation at the coming conventions Senator Gore was always ready with replies The Senator arrived at the Waldorf yesterday. When the visitor entered Senator Cores rooms yesterday at dusk the Senator was sitting alone in the center of a big, brilliantly lighted sitting room of the suite, his unseeing eyes seeming to star into the-for him darkness that engulf- ed him.
 Most Likely Nominee
 "Whoever defeats Roosevelt will get the republican nomination at Chi cago," Senator Gore, democrat, said promptly when the possibilities of the next republican convention were up.
 Justice Hughes is, in my opinion, the most likely nominee at Chicago" he went on Accept? Yes, I think Hughes will accept I don't want it understood that I doubt the sincerity of Justice Hughes in past statements that he would not run for the presi- dency: l like to take a mans word TOT thing, of course, and I do, but l think Justice Hughes probably will conclude that as he has refrained from seeking the nomination he is re- leased from obligation to decline an honor unsought by him.
 Hughes Acceptable to Both. The progressives prefer Hughes to , any standpatter and the standpatters prefer Hughes to Roosevelt Colonel Roosevelt's recent interview black listing the other candidates will result ] believe, in their forming a coalition against him. AS for dark horses at Chicago the dark horse never thrives in republican conventions, where the majority rules, as where the two- thirds vote holds forth. After Hughes
 
 | has next best chance.
 '"The vast majority of the progress sives are trekking Or will trek back to the republican party fold. A few l progressives, to whom progressvism 1 IS principle, who are not merely in l Iatuated with the personality of Col. | roosevelt, will transfer their alle- glance to the dem ocratic party" No Dark Horse. Senator Gore was asked, following | his remark that he heard mo dark horse neighing in the democratic pad dock,'' about the effect of the one term plank of the Baltimore platform on MT. Wilson's candidacy for re- l election.
 l T suppose" he answered with an- | other smile, that the power which made that plank can break it. The ] democratic prospects for success next l fall are, think, satisfactory from this | distance. There are several factors 1 however, the behavior of which I am | not able to speculate upon now. | There are elements, for instance who i are dissatisfied With the presidents policy in the European and Mexican wars, and these are now unknown quantities.
 INc<tCIon on preparedness.
 As for preparedness problems the l att1tude or the so-called hyphenated l citizens and the effect on the coming nominations of similar questions grow ing out of the great war abroad, should not attempt to make any fore casts. As for preparedness itself, on that subject think a reaction already | has set in.
 There are four classes cIamorine for preparedness as the word is how understood. First there are the mu- milton manufacturers, who think that thrift will follow armament; secondly. there is the class of militarists by in- stinct, who favor a strong centralized government, who distrust and despise | dem Ocracy.
 Then there are many prudent men, thirdly, who believe that we ought to provide in advance those martial es- sentials that cannot be improvised over night. And finally, there is the most numerous class of all, those ef- fected by and infected with hysteria The present fight of this last class will pass when the war is ended. is already passing. A year after the war they will be surprised at their own frenzy.
 No Great Outcry.
 "Out in Oklahoma, where crops are l abundant and prices good just now 1 there is no great outcry for prepared I ness, just as I believe there is none in the rural districts generally. Person. | ally I am for an adequate navy and for powerful coast defence guns and
 proper coast defences, but I do not | believe in a mad programme of pre- 1 paredness being accepted before even