The Washington times., 1916-06-05
FAVOR|TE SONS HOPE
TOSTAVE OFF VOTE
BY Pooling They Might Stop
Nomination Of Hughes or 7.
r., Say Politicians.
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the favorite sons cannot keep their
forces lined up long enough. But In
this regard chances are about even;
some OF the instructed favorite son
to Roosevelt. others to Hughes; and il
these twain OF the dangerous leaders,
as they are called. gained about equally,
neither OF them will get In sight OF a
nomination onnns,,n g long as any rsasenable
their strength.
This is the game that looks obvious
for the allies to play. II Is their one
chance to hold OF Hughes and Roose-
Welt. try out their strength carefully,
develop the exact location OF elements.
and get time to make dlckers among
! themselves.
No T. r. Vote For Hughes.
Nobody assumes that there is danger
| Of many Of the Roosevelt votes break
ing over to Hughes. or the reverse.
The balloting probably will begin FRI
| day, and there Is talk that IL II can be
continued long enough to carry the con-
vention over an adjournment until Sat
\ urdey. new deal may result from the
conferences during adjournment.
| Politicians have been dividing their
time between planning such a combina.
| ton Of allies as this and projecting
methods to smoke out Hughes" II is
probable now. on the very eve of the
markedly like what It was many week,
| ago. At that time the Old Guard crowd
got behind Hughes, hoping that they
could use Hughes to kill of Roose.
velt;" then with Roosevelt comfortabl,
dead. they would expect him with hi,
last gasp to produce a slaughter OF
: Hughes. and thereafter. with the stag,
cleared OF both these central figures
the old leadership would be able to talk,
its elegant leisure about picking tn,
I v1a 10
! mated.
/ For II must at all times be borne II
mind that the old political elemen
doesn't want either Hughes or Roose
Hughes as the lesser evil; others would
esteem Roosevelt less Objectionable; bu
almost none would prefer either al
against the field. But this plan wal
baked by the fact that Roosevelt
wasn't promptly destroyed by Hughes
and also that Roosevelt didn't choos,
to accommodate by issuing "A blast tina
would make the nomination OF Hughe
impossible. II is now known that sew
eral months ago the former Presiden
| that II he. Hughes, would resign from
the Supreme Bench and declare the plat
form on principles on which he stood
and and = that platform should meet viii
case. Roosevelt would give his supper
, to Hughes.
But there was not a convincing
answer. Justice Hughes was non
! committal as he was, at that period
| in replying to other efforts to fee
! out his sentiments: and more recent
1y II has developed that he is gettinl
powerful support from the German
been highly palatable to n good man,
, OF the thick-and-thin Roosevelt
! men the last few days. Nor, indeed
! TO some others who are not for Roose'
, Welt
There Ia another element in the sit.
uation that has been causing some
: comment In the last twenty-foui
4 hours. Hughes will probably have ths
largest vote on first ballot but II
] is being observed that his initial sup.
port will be largely from the South,
ern States. Some people are inquir.
ing Just how palatable II will be tc
have the same old block OF Southern
votes, a little pruned down In mum
I bers. II is true, come up at the bacl