The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-06-01
RUMORTHTW WILL !
LEAD PARTY bolt
# COLONEL WINS
On Other Hand Bull Moose Talk
Of Separate Ticket If R00se-
welt Is Not Given the
Nomination.
SITUATION UP IN THE AR
Hilles Optimistic, But Non
Committal as to Real Plans
Of the Old Guard at
Chicago.
SITUATION UP IN TIE AIR
[From The Tribune Bureau.

From The Tribune Bureau.1
Washington. d. C., May 30.--Two inn
bortant phases OF the republican and
bull moose situation are commanding
notice as the time for the conventions
in Chicago draws nearer.
One concerns a threatened bolt and
formation of a third party IL Roosevelt
is the republican nominee.
The other concerns the threatened
nomination of a separate u moose
ticket IL Roosevelt is n o the republt-
can nominee.
While there has been a vast amount
of talk about the ease of getting to-
gether 1t begins to appear that the diff
ffculties in h way are serious. They
may be overcome but again they may
not be.
Not only are the more aggressive bull
moose In q temper to put up q third
there is growing talk among anti
Roosevelt men in the republican party
that II Roosevelt is nominated they will
bolt and put up a ticket Of their own.
This talk is emanating from intimate
friends OF orme president Taft and
men who We're close to his campaign In
1912 and is not all bluff.
Cummins Swats Plan.
Efforts of some OF the eastern old
guard republicans to put Senator
Cummtns IN the ticket as candidate for
vice president will not succeed, ecaus
Cummins has no intention OF running
for vice president and will not allow
his name to be put before the cofven-
tion for second place.
Tina the strenuous efforts of the
Roosevelt men to eliminate Hughes and
the strong efforts OF the anti-Roose-
welt men to climate the colonel are
weakening the cause of both men raj
asserted today by some of the CumminS
leaders. They predicted that Cummins
would be n Of the two or three men
In at the close Of the fight for the
chances were never. brighter.
Du POINT FIRST ON GROUNDS;
HUGHES BOOSTERS ARRIVE
Chicago, May 2s.-Two additional
booms Of candidates for the republican
nomination for president were opened
in Chicago today. They were Charles
Coleman Du Pont, of Delaware. Frank
H. Hitchcock. accompanied by William
Laird, former national committeeman
from New York, launched the pre-
convention campaign in the interest OF
Justice Hughes.
Governor Whitman will place Mr..
Hughes in nomination in the
ton, according to present plans. When
the roll OF the states Is called for nom
nations, 1T has been arranged to have
so that Hughes name may be the first
presented.
Headquarters for Hughes will not be
opened In Chicago, according to a
statement made by Mr.. Hitchcock.
Says Hughes Is Willing.
mi. Hughes is not an active can
didate for the presidential nomination.
nrCl o~~ ~ .. rs--
will be opened here, but his friends
who are urging his nomination. will
work in his interest as Individuals
said Mr.. Hitchcock. His Views on
Americanism, preparedness and other
important public questions are SCUM
and were frequently stated by him in
public addresses before he became a
member Of the supreme court. There
Is no question where he stand on any
OF these questions. While / nave had
no communication with Justice Hughes
for several months, I believe there is
no question that il he is nominated
he will accept"
Colonel Du Pont, Of Delaware. and
q party of friends arrived early in the
day.
He is the first presidential candidate
to arrive.
Colonel Du Pont said: 81 am here
primarily as a member Of the repub-
lican national committee, although
my friends have placed ny name in
the field as a presidential candidate
No definite claims were put forward
by friends Of Mr.. Du Pont except tina
he would receive the six votes from
Delaware and a number of other dele
gates on the first BALLOT.
Suffrage Hot Issue.
Indications are that the questions
Of national woman suffrage viii. be one
of the most holly debated questions
hnfn~o fl,r ri - ~ =
of the convention when that body
meets to consider the party platform.
The National Congressional union
Will urge the adoption Of a plank fa-
voring national suffrage.
A telegram was received by Chair
tee, from Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge, of
New York, president of the National
Anti-Suffrage association, requesting
that the organization be permitted to
present the other side of the question.
Chairman Hilles said that both sides
would be given a full hearing by the
committee on resolutions.
M. II. De Young, of San Francisco,
who was acting chairman of the re-
publican national committee from
1891 to 1892, will occupy a front seat
on the platform at the convention
with h former chairman Of that body
IN accordance with a decision made by
Chairman Hilles today.
In speaking of the probable action
of the progressive national convention.
to be held June Z in Chicago ~siysftsl-
taneousiy with the republican conven-
ton, Chairman Hilles said:
Il Imagine everybody assumes tisat
the progressipes will nominate Ro9se-
selt for president. If the republican
convention adopts a straightforward 4.
sincere, ringing declaration on the Vital
public questions now being a~iseosssa.
and names q man clearly ea9al to the
important tasks which wiil eells.ant
the next president, Roosevelt r,issnt
no think there would he any nce2 &c
his being defeated. If the reg tirfas,s
nominate n man -rI,oYs, RI - .A&Nssra&r,s-