The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-09
A Rumor Reached Chicago
That Col. Roosevelt Would
Withdraw His Name from
Progressive Convention,
and Radicals Said They
Would Nominate Him
Anyway

Chicago, June 9.-The delegates to the
Republican and the Progressive national
conventions reassembled at the Coliseum
and the Auditorium to-day facing sit
uation unprecedented in recent American
political party history. The Progressives
met at 10 o'clock and the Republicans re-
sumed their deliberations at IL central
time).
The day was ushered in by midnight
conference, that will become historic, OF
the peace committee from the two con
yentions, authorized yesterday afternoon.
When the conference adjourned after
two hour session it was announced that
progress had been made and a statement
was made that the conference would not
get together again until after to-day's
convention sessions.
The men who are advocating the nom
ination of Hughes asserted this morning
that nothing had occurred to weaken
their position and they believed Hughes
could be nominated by the Republicans.
Chairman Harding of the Republican
convention said that he would follow the
regular precedent and that balloting
probably would be reached by A o'clock
this afternoon.
The Republican delegates were prompt
in assembling and it was only l5 minutes
after the appointed time when Chairman
Harding raped for order. Bishop Will |
liam Mcdowell made the opening prayer.
The report of the conference commit |
tee which conferred with the Progress |
sives was presented by Senator Smoot |
and was as follows:
Your committee appointed pursu
ant to resolutions adopted at yester-
days session met in conference with
the committee representing the ma
tional Progressive convention last
evening. The conference was frank,
free and most friendly. The con-
ferees were of one mind in believing
that the good of the country and
perhaps its repute and influence in
years to come depends upon the com
plete defeat of the present Demo
cratic administration and the res
toration of the control of the execu-
tive and legislative branches of the
government to the hands of those
who firmly believe in and will exc
cute the policies that are so heartily
supported by the Republican and
Progressive parties alike. The Pro-
gressive conferees were unanimous
in urging with temperatures and
fairness the opinion that Theodore
Roosevelt of New York had so large
a personal following and such close
personal relation to the issues of the
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most desirable candidate upon which
to unite. IL was agreed that your
conferees would report this fact to
this convention.
The conference report was received
with enthusiasm. At the mention of
Roosevelt's name there was moderate ,
applause, rising in volume but chiefly !.
in by the galleries. 1t last :
ID three minutes. :
Chairman Harding announced that the
conference committee would be contin-
led and then Governor Whitman of New
York took the platform to nominate
Justice Hughes.
During Whitmans speech he men
Toned the name of Taft and there was
IN immediate outburst of applause last !
ng six minutes.
vermonters Got Excited. x
As Whitman concluded by mentioning c
hughes name there was demonstration c
n which apparently half the delegates
oined. The demonstration lasted 20lN
minutes. During the tumult the Yer r
mont delegates joined in a procession 3
round the hall shouting: "We want {
hughes and we want Charlie"
At the end of the demonstration Elihu
loot OF New York was placed in nomina-
ION by DIR. Nicholas Murray Butler. :, :
NOMINATE TEDDY b
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