The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-06-13
Tentatively Refuses To Accept
Progressive Leadership Until
His Possible Rival Has Made
His Stand On Vital Question
WILL AWAIT STATEMENT
FROM NEW G. o. P. LEADER
Party Heads Dazed BY Develop
ments Following On Heels Of
Adjournment Find Themselves
Without Political Compass
tA,sOciatsd Pres, BY Federal wir.lo..1


- HICAGO, June l1.-Justice Char
~ les E. Hughes and former Pre-.
sident Theodore Roosevelt face
each other across a political chasm. as
potential rivals for White House hon.
ors. With Hughes stands Charles War.
rem Fairbanks, Of Indiana, and with
Roosevelt, as his possible running mate,
stands John NJ. Parker, Progressive
national committeeman, and one of the
richest citizens of Louisiana.
That is the situation as the two big
national conventions left it when, hay.
ing finished their work, they adjourned
sine die yesterday afternoon and the
delegates began to scatter to their
homes. #-F.
But Roosevelt has injected a most
important element into the tangled DO.
litical problem. He has tentativeIy,r
refused to accept the Progressive no
mination, pending n clear declaration
of principles and attitude from Hughes,
the Republican nominee.
Situation Is Unparalleled
Never before in the history of the
country has the United Status faced
such a political situation as il is facing
today. Never before, even old ,poIiti.
clans agree, has 1t, been so difieuIt 10
estimate the developments of n single
hour.
1t is certain that Roosevelt = state.
ment issued from Oyster Bay on the
heels OF the receipt of word of his no.
mination by the Progressive party, has
left the door ajar, II not widely open,
for his eventual withdrawal from the
Progressive ticket, should develop
ments show that Hughes stands for the
issue which the Progressive party re.
In other words, friends Of the Oyster
Bay statesman point out that he Is
making this fight, IL he should decide
to make it at all, on the firm ground
Of principle, and will not allow person
alities to intervene to obscure those
s,. mo,p,ss' .u., A., ~
To this extent the leaders who strur.
gled hard to secure harmony between
the two parties feel that their work
has not been lost entirely, and looR
hopefully forward to the possibility of
yet winning their object, Indirectly II
not as they planned. 4. a. ~.
The announcement of Roosevelt q de.
termination to withdraw IL the Republi.
can candidate, in his coming statement
If principles, meets the demands of the
Progressive party, preeipitated that
party's national committee into a sire
nuous three hour session. during which
the body reorganized the convention,
which had adjourned sine die, with Vic.
tor Murdoch of Kansas, as chairman;
Oscar King Davis, as secretary; Mat
thew Hale, of Massachusetts,, as treas
urer, in the place Of +. H. Hook of
New York. The conventions then nam.
ed the national committee, which i'm
mediatcly decided to hold q meeting
June % in this city, to take any ac-
ti"n which may have become neces-
sary through the developments in the
situation.
The Republican convention, which
wound up its weeks session yesterday
after nominating Hughes, was one Of
the most remarkable in the history of
the country. In many ways IL stands
out as unique among political conven-
tions of the past.
In the first place il selected as the
standard bearer Of the Republican par.
ty man who steadfastly refused to lift
a hand to secure the nomination. At
any time during the week Hughes could
have ended the deadlock and brought
about his own nomination by state.
ment of his position, in line with the
letter he made public Immediately after
the action of the convention became
known. He preferred to remain in the
sccluson of his study, saying nothing
one way or the other, until the die was
cast for him. @
In another way the Republican "-Av
Vention left Il mile stone on the sloiiL-
zeal pathway of the Nation. For the
first time since 1883 the Republican
conN entiOn found it necessary to cast
'""re th"n one ballot for its choice.
This in itself is unique, for, as a rule,
the candidate is pretty well known be.
fore the chairman 1""r' r'~oa me
signal for the opening session to begin.
This convention was left in doubt to
the very last minute of strenuous
week, as to what its own action was
to be, and although the followers of
H"rh"s were confident of his nomina.
ton from the first, the other delegates
to the convention did not know how
the pendulum would swing, and stood
prepared to swing with IL.
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