Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-05-24
OLD GUARD PLANS
TO NAME O0T|N
EARLY BA[[O7|NG
Hope to Put New Yorker Across
Before Sentiment For Hughes
CrystaIIizes, or 7. R.
Stampedes EN-.
MAY HAVE TO COMPROMISE
Cummins Forces Hope to Be
Able to Profit BY Deadlock
Situation Clear as Mud
as Convention Nears.
MAY HAVE TO COMPROMISE

Washington. ID. c.. May 22.-Evi-
| guard eaders are planning to rush the
voting in the Chicago convention. They
want to put Root across on the second
or third ballot if they car. If they
fail in that they will be in a position
to compromise.
The idea of the old guard leaders is
to head off Hughes n prevent a
stampede to Teddy. They are believed
to be concentrating all of their efforts
on Root, hoping to put him across be-
crystalizes.
The statement issue yesterday by
Frederick W.. Upham in Chicago. upon
his return from New York, is regarded
as prophetic. The Root forces are
claiming that the east is for their cam
didate. Root is said to be the first
choice Of the monied interests. The
New York World says that Root has
an enormous campaign fund.
Seek to Make Impression.
If it is true that Root can command
the united backing of the solid east,
the old guard may be able to put 1t
over. They do not claim the solid east,
however, but would nave 1t indicated
that the preponderence OF sentiment is
for Root. That will look impressive in
the south. The southern delegates are
only waiting to get aboard the band
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has been all through the south prom
Using the republicans their old jobs
back in the name of Hughes, the south
erners will not stand hitched to Hughes
if it is apparent that Root is the
stronger.
The old guard leaders hope to head
off Hughes in the early voting. 1t is
necessary for them to nominate Root
without delay, because Hughes is the
second choice of Il lot of their dele
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formidable in the early balloting there
might be a break in the hand picked
delegations.
But, Then, There's Teddy.
But all this is contingent upon what
Roosevelt is willing to do or not willing
to do. Would Roosevelt support Root
if he were nominated? Political dopes-
tiers are unable to get much sa%tisfac-
ton on that point from the events that
tranSpired at and have tranSpired since
the famous Observation-Disclosures
Bacon dinner. Some say he would ac-
cept Root; others say he would not.
The same thing applies to Hughes.
If it is apparent that Root cannot be
nominated and Roosevelt cannot be
nominated, would the colonel accept
Hughes? Nobody but the colonel
knows, apparently. and he is saying
absolutely nothing.
Apparently the old guard are pro-
ceeding on the theory that Roosevelt
canno be nominated unless they say
so. They have c~anvassed and recan-
vassed their hand picked delegations
until they are convinced in their own
minds that they are stampede proof.
They wan to keep Roosevelt's friend
ship but they want to beat him.
Backfirins Mr.. Hughes.
The back fire started against Hughes
because he had an interview Monday
with eX-President Taft, who was rep-
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reactionaries, is said by Taft's friends
to be an adroit move to make it appear
tllat Hughes should be eliminated be-
cause he is in league with the in
%fluences Taft commonly is supposed to
represent. That might work boil
ways. it is pointed out. and could just
as we'll be an old guard move to elm
mate Hughes, who is something Of an
quantity for Root who is a
known quantity.
If Root cannot be nominated without
the support OF the ROOSEVELT Hughes
factions, and if Roosevelt cannot be
nominated without the support of the
Root-Hughes factions, and If Hughes
cannot be agreed upon as a COM
promise candidate, all factions will be
didate. 1t is this contingency that the
COmmins forces are waiting for and
expecting to develop.
Objections to Hughes.
Here are the objections which will
be offered to the nomination of Asso-
ciate Justice Hughes when the nation
al republican convention assemblies a;
Chicago:
1. That his nomination would tend
to drag the supreme court into poll
tics.
2. That southern delegates annot ex
pect considerate treatment in the mat
ter of patronage.
8. HI NJ; Hughes would have nc
issues himself and must rely upon the
issues made by the republican party.
a. That the republican party. having
divided upon the important questions
which i've arisen during the Wilson
administration. some of it's representa-
tives in the Senate and House support
ing the president, a candidate of the
party, UGH as Mr.. Hughes would lack
effective issues.
Old Guard Can't See Him.
It is commended by those opposed to
Mr.. Hughes that he will not be nearly
the strong candidate which he Is
claimed to be by his hackers, particu.
larly among the old guard"
They say-and the fact is known II
Washington-that the democrats will
make a great deal OF capital out Of his
withdrawal from the bench in order
to run for the presidential office, par.
ticularly should he receive the nom
ination by a majority vote, which 10 al
that IL looked for on the nominating
ballot by the men who expect him to b.
named.