Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-06
NEWSPAPER STAND GIRL
FOR WILSON AND HUGHES
10th Live In Washington and Would
Not Have to Travel Far to
Be Inaugurated.
SITUATION AMAZINGLY SIMPLE
Only 2,87S Candidates in Race for
Nomination, of Whom About Two
Are Well KnOwn-One Boss From
Each State Studies Developments.
BY BRUNO LEssING.

BY BRUNO LESSING.
CHICAGO. June 5.-Thc political sit
uaton here is amazingly simple. l
nave thus far been unable to obtain n
ticket for the convention. and don't
cnre whether ! ever got or not.
the real work of selecting the Repub-
iican candidate Will not be done In
the convention. To-day It Is being
election day all the saloons are closed.
ana there is no place to go but Il hotel
All day long the delegates from all
over the country have been analysing
the situation They have not the slight
est idea who will be nominated, and
for that matter. the majority Of them
have not the slightest idea whom they
would like to vote for. Thut. however.
mas nothing to do with the situation.
This. as said. Is very simple, and Il
seems quite strange that SO much time
and newspaper space is being devoted
10 Analysing 1t.
Thore are 2.67s candidates. of whom
about two are we'll known. Tho prin-
clpal question in the mind OF most OF
these candidates is whether there IL
any likelihood Of anybody dropping
6ead over night. This is not a pleas
ant thought, but then. nobody thinks
this is a pleasant situation. 1t Is mere
- simple one. If anybody should be
eliminated. tho whole situation would
become very complex l hope ! mako
The situation in the Hotel Blackstone
Is very interesting. Sam Koenis and
Comptroller Prcndcrgast and Bill
Harnes Of New York. have IL we'll in
hand. They we're seen standing against
post in the lobby this morning.
WHITMAN AND ROOSEVELT
Is THEIR SLOGAN
Charles $. Whitman is their choice.
trst. last and all the time. They have
the f9infpgt nation that nc Will he
uominated-they wouldn't even vote
for hiT--but he is their choice. Their
slogan is Whitman and Roosevelt.
To be anything more than a specta-
tor at convention, you have got TO
have choice and a slogan. III the va
rious pariors of the Blackstone. other
choices and other slogans all held
meetings all day long and analysed
the situation.
There was a great deal Of talk about
q the Brumbaugh and Roosevelt ticket
and II IL possible that something may
come Of 1t, but II cannot possibly be
nominated
At the Hotel LaSalle the situation Is
rather more interesting. Here the only
candidates whom you hear mentioned
are Root. Hughes. Du Pont. Wood. Ford,
Knox. Weeks. Cummins. Burton. Had
ley Jones. Smith and Admiral Won
Tirpitz. The slogan is Root and
Hughes and victory.
me SlFi Denlnu Ine newspaper SlEHO
has been In touch with the situation
from the beginning, and is firmly con-
WINGED that the matter Will be decided
on the first ballot. Her slogan is
Wilson and Hughes. AZ long as they
both live in Washington she thinks
they would not have TO travel far
10 be inaugurated.
II is at the Hotel Virginia. how
ever. that the battle RACES hottest. This
is headquarters OF the Hughes and
Roosevelt boom.
There arc only two delegates in the
hotel. and each is dark horse But
they are enthusiastic for Hughes and
Roosevelt and their slogan is victory
They intend 10 vote once for Root: as
often as they can FOR themselves, and
'thcn 60 back home and work for
Wilson. If either of them gets rho
nomination by accident he intends to
cast one complimentary vote for the
other and they both want Roosevelt
10 get something.
Never before in the history OF Re-
publican politics has there been such
simple dried and cut convention All
the delegates are united IN tho bona
mat roosevelt gets something A great
many OF them want TO give souetbinp
"a Hughes too.
N"nony seems at all anxious to de-
ae iiSon' The convention may even
nominate him. II Is the delirhtfuI
simplicity of the situation thar com,
inends II to ones admiration. All is
harmony. There are 9S5 delegates. and
each one is a dark horse and wants n
be nominated.
There is one boss from every State
who studies the situation all day ,ono
ana comes 10 the conclusion that he
would like TO give something to Roosc-
welt and Hughes. Everybody has n slo-
gan and nobody is worried. The police
are very lenient. because for all they
know II is the next Presiden; whom
they have asked to move on. The only
rift In the lutte ia the feeling of un-
certainty that exists as to what Roose-
Welt and Hughes will get. Should there
he any new developments. 1 shall, OF
course. analyze them as They como
along.
p. S. q a. M.)-Clarcnce Ghenninr-
ford, or South Carolina, has withdrawn
from the race. He has Just received :,
telegram from home that his daughter
has married an actor, and Is compelled
to leave at once for his native State
lie was unable to find any one to un-
dertake the management OF his boom,
all his friends having booms Of their
own.
P. S. e a. M.)-There has been
secret conference OF the supporters of
Brumbaugh and Roosevelt ut the STRAIT
ford Hotel for tho purpose OF prepar-
ing platform that will conciliate The
American vote. 1t Is rumored that
Roosevelt Is to be eliminated from this
combination In favor OF n dark horse