Bisbee daily review., 1916-06-04
Roosevelt Drops To Third Place In Probable Opening Vote At Chicago Republi- can Convention
ROOT FIGURED
 TO RUN SECOND
Convention Machinery Ex- poets T. R. To Get Favorite Sons Support After First Vote, However
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June lO DTluS about a settlement of the Louisiana contests on which F delegates to the Republican national convention are involved failed today.
 This contest has given the national committee more concern than any other On the three days of hearing of contests. the national committee has disposed of 34 delegates contests, in seven states, leaving 2S contests yet to be settled.
 The contests heard and determined were from the following states:
 Alabama, Georgia. Mississippi, Mis- souri, Oklahoma. South Carolina and Texas
 In addition to the contests heard and disposed of the committee has heard the evidence and arguments in the Louisiana contest covering four delegates at large and eight congress sional district delegates.
 The contests yet to bea heard are:
 District of Columbia delegates at large; Florida. one district delegate: Georgia one district delegate; Texss, eight delegates at large and three dis trict delegates; Virginia, one district delegate.
 CHICAGO, June 3.-Republican O, sanization leaders admitted tonight that Chas E. Hughes would get more votes or the first ballot for the presi- dential nomination than any of his competitors. They estimate his streneth on the initial ballot at be- tween 175 and 225.
 The irganization forces estimate Roosevelt's first ballot strength at less than 150 but admit that his vote s'ill grow when the favorite son can didates begin to drop out of the race
 This situation it is said. may lead to a temporary combination between the organization and friends of Roose- welt to fight Hughes in the early hours of voting. sr1tf
 What will happen after tie first ballots are taken and the favorite can candidates begin quitting the race nobody seems able to predict at this time
 Republican leaders are paving the way for possible harmony later by nu- Iler0us talks of an informal charac- ter between representatives of each group. While no definite understand ing regarding program has been reached. both sides express the hope that some kind Of an agreement may be consumnated later The organi- zation leaders are said to be counting on the assistance of the Roosevelt delegates to defeat Hughes and later to have the Hughes men aid them in preventing Roosevelt from obtaining the nomination.
 Dark Horse Talked.
 In this way they believe they may succeed in their plan to nominate either one Of the favorite sons or a dark horse who will be acceptable to the Progressives.
 Following is statement of the number of votes clamed by the diff ferent candidates:
 Hughes, 292; Weeks, 200: Roose welt. 175; Burton, 112: Cummins. 106: Fairbanks. 93; Root, 75; Sherman. 65; Knox. 56; Brumbaugh. Al; Ford. 30: LaFollette.. 26: General Wood. 10: Dupont. 14; Borah. 3.
 There was some talk today of a plan to adopt the party platform be- fore nominating the candidate for president but this suggestion brought a vigorous protest from the friends of the hughes men, who processed to see in the move a scheme to injure the chances Of their candidate.
 Suggests Penrose.
 One of the developments which aroused interest during the day was a suggestion made by Alexander P Moore of Pennsylvania who Is a dele gate and an arden Roosevelt support CT MT Moore said he thought it would be fine thing if Boies Uenrose of Pennsylvania could be induced to support Colonel Roosevelt for the presidential nomination and then have the Roosevelt element throw its strength to the Pennsylvania senator for the ehairmanship of the Republi- can national committee. It would be the best evidence, he said. of a re- united party. It was understood ear Tier in the day that MT. Moore had made definite proposition to Mir.
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