The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-06-06

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Chicago, June 6.-Delegates to the
progressive convention from Is states
in the south and southwest have unit
ed in a demand that Roosevelt be
nominated on the first ballot.
Chicago, June 6.-George w. Per
kins, chairman of the national pro-
pressive committee, issued manifes-
to today in which he declared that
the convention would nominate Roose-
welt or no one. I'VE have no second
choice the manifesto concluded
Chicago, June 6.-Representatives OF
the several candidates for the republi-
can presidential nomination we're in
perpleXing predicament last night.
Having fostered sentiment in favor OF
Justice Hughes until they felt sure
Col Roosevelt was definitely elminat-
ed, they now fear they cannot control
the Hughes movement. During the day
it grew to the proportions Of a boom.
Effort is being made to concentrate all
elements against it, and the indica-
tions are that the veto Of the progress
| siye party, which, of course, means
Col. Roosevelt's disapproyal of Hughes
may be sought as a check.
Harmony above everything else is
| the desire of the leaders Without it
any nominee would answer the pur-
| pose, because il is recognized that un.
less the republicans and progressives
get together, their chance of success
at the polls is very slim. To obtain
harmony the republican leaders are
willing to concede to Col. Roosevelt
the veto power in some form. Some OF
the leaders say he should be willing
to select one or two men who would
be acceptable to him from the list of
candidates in the. field. Others think
he should suggest men for considera.
tion by convention leaders and virtual
ly all of the party chiefs are willing
to admit that any of the candidates
definitely rejected by Col. Roosevelt
could not be nominated.
With the arrival of hundreds OF dele
| SuNNo NtoANihigt AIt oNlAililtHl III ldN
or of Hughes reached high tide, and in
spite CT the concentration upon him of
, the opposition forces, he appears to be
far in the lead Managers of the
J favorite son candidates have made nc
: headway to combine against Hughes
= because he is the second choice oi
many of the instructed delegates and
: trading is dangerous. Every attempted
= transfer, it is feared, would result in
T. spilling some delegates into the
! / Hughes basket. Unless the situation
a changes very soon, these delegates ar,
0 almost certain to flop to him, SHOULD
there be more than two or three bal
{ lots without nomination.
{ On every hand there seems to hl
4 sentiment to avoid making the nomi
h nee the campaign issue and to selec
G some one on whom republicans an,
s progressives can agree so the wor
p will go out to the country that tn
II party has been rehabilitated by tn
e uniting of factions which split Il fou
d years ago. 1t is realized that of a
If the possibilities Col, Roosevelt has tn
d, greatest personal following, but at tn
Is same time he has the most enemie
Of The republican leaders charged ths
n. many voters would be allenated fC
N one or more of several reasons I'll
lr conviction that Col Roosevelt woul
le not be able to unite the party has lie
to general declarations in favor
the nomination of some strong ma
who may not have the popularity
,ir Col. Roosevelt, but whose nominate
m. would be a signal to the country th
of the factional strife has been ended