The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-03
ELIMINATE HUGHES,
lSPLAN or MOOSE
Progressives Working TO Drop
Jurist and Force Republicans
to Accept Roosevelt.
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know whether to turn to Hughes or
Down under the surface one of the
big questions the leaders in the vari-
Gus camps are discussing 10 this:
"To what extent will the drive Of
big business for Roosevelt material
ize into delegatesT'
ers here say big business is for the
Colonel They are not "pussyfooting"
Then the practical political problem
throw in the Roosevelt direction.
1t is impossible tbday to get a def
mite answer to the problem. Rumors
were again current, however. that the
whole Pennsylvania delegation might
be thrown TO Roosevelt.
nti-Roosevelt chiefs have begun
trying to turn Roosevelt Republicans
away from him by stressing the argu-
ment that III big business is for him
he cannot really be progressive. The
answer the Roosevelt admirers make
to this Is that the Colonel is the one
man who IL put into the White House
| can cope with big business.
Must Stand for Americanism.
Progressives have renewed their asser-
lions that no man Will get their sup
on Americanism and preparedness. This
Is fully recognized as aimed at Hughes.
| For the present, they are being held
| back by George w. Perkins and others
OF the more moderate leaders. The
Colonel himself. 10 said to be exercising
q restraining hand. The proposal tho
radical elements OF the Progressive
party make is the one they have urged
from the beginning to have the third
party convention nominate the Colonel
at the outset without waiting for the
successful patching UP Of negotiations
with the Republicans.
Would Force Out Hughes.
The effect Of such action. they insist,
would be to force Justice Hughes to
| eliminate himself. A one OF the Bull
| Moose bSlligerents. put II today.
Justice Hughes will never leave the
certainty of the Supreme Court for the
uncertainty Of campaign for the
! Presidency II he knows a third party
ticket headed by Roosevelt will be in
For the rest. II is argued that once
Justice Hughes Is out OF the way. the
nomination OF Roosevelt by the Re-
publican convention will follow.
This plan OF the more warlike OF the
Progressive party leaders may or may
not materialize but they are insistently
talking II. Mr.. Perkins plus the Colonel.
may succeed in diverting them to more
pacific paths. And then again they may
not
Men prominent in the Bull Moose
camp today did not hesitate to say they
were having difficulty holding back
their radicals. On the other hand. the
more embittercd OF the old Guard KEEP,
up their talk of boiling the Colonel II
he were nominated
Up to date. regardless OF vas,
amount OF talk OF eliminating Hughes
and Roosevelt. and Of the Old Guard
planning to kill them both of. the fac,
remains that they are still the fore
mos: figures in the field. The battering
against Hughes has not crushed him
and Roosevelt stock Is Internationally
higher than II was few days ago. The
favorite sons are having much to say
about combinations, but the skepticisn
concerning the ability OF any one of the
favorite sons to throw his vote to an
other candidate continues.
Hughes Statement Aids Him.
Instead Of the. statement from Justice
Hughes secretary TO the effect no one
was authorized to represent him at Chi.
cago. having the effect OF eliminating
him as some of the anti-Hughes nan al
first insisted II would have. nothing oil
the sort has come to pass.
AS a matter of fact II liz perfectly
plain that when Justice Hughes wants
10 eliminate himself he will select sue.
elimination. He Is understood to be
quite CO pable of using words which ar,
perfectly to the point
What has happened since the state
ment that no one Is authorized 70
represent the Justice, is that Hughes
boomers here have sought to turn II
to account by saying that gentlemen
who have feared Hitchcock would be
In the saddle II Hughes were nom
mated and elected. need have no mp
prehcn sions.
j Though the radical Bull Moose and
the more rRncorous of the Old Iuard
are on each side threatening trou-
BILE. II Is palpable that the most OF the
Republicans here and the most Of the
Bull Moose who are on the ground
would like to see peace and harmony
restored. And II Is Il hopeful sign
that there has been come preliminary
parleying between the two camps.
George w. Perkins hns seen q mum.
ter of tho @. o. =. chiefs. There have
been other informal confabs but ne
plan OF action has been determined.