The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-12
HUGHES LEADS THE COLONEL BY
 LARGE MARGIN
New York Evening Sun Puts
 Justice Ahead of Roose- welt for Nomination


 the situation left to elect delegates, there are at least sixteen men whose names have been ''mentioned'} in coIl4 nection with the nomination., and Re- publican leaders to-day say that any thing may happen. It cannot be said at this time says the N. Y. Evening Sun that all of the sixteen men are candi- dates, but with the exception of Jus tice Hughes and Henry Ford, it is safe to assume that none of the others would turn down the nomination.
 A survey of the 811 delegates al- ready chosen, and estimating the po- litical 1eanings of those that will be selected between now and June shows that Justice Hughes appears to be we'll in the lead. Anything in the nature of an exact forecast is impos- sible, however, at this time, because of the known fact that political lead CTS are fostering the Hughes <senti-
 ment in order to kill off the Roose- welt boom, and then plan to distribute the Hughes votes among certain fla vorite'' sons after Roosevelt has been eliminated. In that way in few bal lots they expect to develop some cam didate who will show greater strength and availability than the others.
 Alignment of Delegates.
 As near as can be estimated now the alignment of delegates is about as follows: Hughes 32O, Roosevelt 21O, Root 163, with Fairbanks, Cummins, Sherman, Weeks, La Toilette, Burton, Ford and Du Pont trailing along with anywhere from six to sixty-six votes each. Then >ex-Secretary of State Knox, Senator Harding of Ohio, Gov. Mccall of Massachusetts, Senator Wadsworth of New York and Major Gen. Leonard Wood remain as pos abilities who may at any time after the first few ballots loom up with the greater percentage for the Hughes, Root and Roosevelt support.
 Pennsylvania has still to elect sev- enty-six delegates. The regular Re publican faction, headed by Senator Boise Penrose, is fighting for the elec- tion.o an uninstructed delegation. The Roosevelt men in the Keystone State are supporting the candidacy of 3Eov. Brumbaugl. The regular leaders say that Penr0se will swamp the Brpfn- baugh faction when the time comes and that the delegation will be oppos-# ed to Roosevelt, thus throwing control of the convention to the anti-Roosevelt forces. Penrose has been quoted as saying that such thing might occur as would make the nomination of Roosevelt desirable, but the Brunn- baugh men say that he has not and never had any intention of supporting Roosevelt.
 Plans of ssFavorite Sons.''
 The individual candidates-sfavor- ite sons''-area taking more or less pleasantly to the plan to kill off Root, Roosevelt and Hughes. With those three out of the way the chances for one of their number to land the nomi- nation will be immensely increased. But there is one other thing to be considered. Those who are familiar with the working of the Roosevelt mind and with the Co1one1's political strategy believe. that before he will consent to throw his support to the ( l., I@O lI lowed to name man for the nomina- ton who will prove acceptable to the Progressives, and furtherS that he will have a big say in the writing of the platform on which the Republicans will appeal to the country in the effort to defeat President Wilson.
 The Root boom, which a week ago received some impetus through the opening of headquarters at-the Man haitian Hotel in this city, is not re- garded as serious in some quarters, particularly in Washington. Despite the announcement that the boom was bona fide and that headquarters W ould shortly be opened in various other cities, MT. Root has been repeatedly quoted as saying that he is not a can didate and does not desire the nomi- i nation. Experts in the game of prac- ticaI politics think they see Senator Wadsworth in the back ground of the Root movement and that at the proper time he will be brought forward as a desirable candidate with ready made | organization.
 1T. R. Setback in Arizona.
 Officials at the Root headquarters at the Manhattan Hotel were. busy di- | gesting te1egrap aphic information re- ceived since Saturday night, telling of | political conditib bns in the West Re- ports had been received from Wash ington and from Arizonal where dele fn m were elected last Saturday. The Root supporters appear highly gratified with the complexion of the slate of delegates from each commonwealth, and official statements concerning the results in both States were issued | from the Root headquarters. Refer ring to the Arizona situation the Root workers had the following to say:
 ''Encouraging news was received at the Root headquarters in regard to the delegation elected in Arizona last Sat urday. On account of it's contiguity to Mexico and the interests of it's peo- pie in the Mexican situation the state had been practically conceded to Col. His forces there were un- der the leadership of Rudolph Came rnittee who was formerly a delegate in Congress. >
 ''The conservative forces followed the lead of Judge Richard B. Sloan and Judge Edward Kent The Roose- velt candidate met Q decisive defeat The delegates elected are: Judge Ed ward Kent, c. A. Overlook, John B. Wright, LeRoy Anderson, F. S. Breen and P. FreudenthaL''
 The Root people were not so op- -imistic with regard to the State of They profess satisfac- ion with the delegation elected and alIege that MT. Root will have some in the group. With re- gard to Washington the following Itatenent was given out recently:
 Definite word received from the State of Washington concerning the delegation elected last Saturday was luite satisfactory to the Root man rgers. It was to the effect that while he delegation was unpledged MT. Root