New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-02
Lieut.. Gov. O'Hara OF llll-
nois Sizes Up Repub-
Iican COntenOers.
HE SAYS HUGHES
CAN'T BE ELECTED
Democrat Also Declares Ills
Candidate" Is of the
Heroic Mould.

John Hays Hammond is riding the
dark horse which the Middle West dis
Germs as it looks five weeks ahead 10
the Republican National Convention, in
Chicago
This news was brought to New York
yesterday by Barrett O'Hara, Demo
crat and Lieutenant Governor o. Hi
nois. who has been observing political
developments in his home state.
Here is the way Republicans in Hi
nois size up the situation" he said, at
the Hotel knickerbocker. Roosevelt
can't be nominated Hughes cant be
elected. There must be compromise
candidate, so why not run John Hays
Hammond. a regular Republican, who
is as strong for preparedness. IN his
own way. as Colonel Roosevelt"
81 200 Bet on Hammond.
An offer to wager $1,000 on Mr..
Hammond against $4,000 on President
Wilson's reelection was made within a
week in one Of the leading Republican
clubs Of Chicago, Mr.. O'Hsrs has been
informed. He tells the story as fol
lows:
when talk in this club turned TO
Presidential possibilities. one Of the
members, Republican we'll known in
Chicago, said: Let's eliminate Roose-
Welt He can't win the nomination, be-
cause the cards are stacked. You might
as we'll leave out Hughes, because a
stand-patter cannot be elected this
year any more than Taft could be elect
ed in 1912. Furthermore, II the Colo
mel gets bad deal he will have 10
bolt lust as he did four years ago.
Then eliminate the modest pussy-foot-
ing favorite sons, more than a dozen
Of whom are frittering away their time
m an effort 10 offer themselves 20 the
G. o. p. After you have eliminated
all these. TIT offer 10 ! odds on VII
sons reelection
Taken" replied one Of the club
members in the group. I'll put up
81 900 on John Hays Hammond. "
After tour from coast to coast in
the preparedness campaign. carried on
by the United Spanish War Veterans,
Mr.. O'Hara has decided that Mr.. Ham
mond is the only man for whom Colo
mel Roosevelt can step aside.
Hammond Of Heroic Mould.
1.-THE Republicans have been told by
Mr.. Roosevelt that their candidate
must be a man of the heroic mould II
he expects 70 be elected" he continued.
Preparedness. preached with a punch
straight from the shoulder, is to be the
issue of the campaign.
John HAYS Hammond is for pre-
paredness. his friends in Chicago say.
They tell me that he has contributed
large sums OF money in the prepared
ness campaign which is now IN full
swing. He has made speeches IN favor
Of preparedness. There are Republic
cans in the Middle West who honestly
believe that Colonel Roosevelt could
strap his policies on the back Of John
Hays Hammond and retire from the
race without feeling that he had sacrl-
feed any of his Americanlsm.,
People in my district are also Won
dering vino the man is behi2d the So
called Business Man for President
League which has opened headquar-
tiers in New York. II is said that Cen
eral T. Coleman du Pont will be the
candidate. But will he? Why is it
not possible that a progressive com
promise candidate of the type of Ham
mond Is being grOomed for the race
in the shadow Of the du Point boom?
81 am Informed that Mr.. Hammond
is going TO Chicago and other cities in
the Middle West 10 make speeches on
preparedness within the next few
weeks He is before the public this
week as president of the World Court
Congress. which opens tomorrow at
the Hotel Biltmore, 10 consider not
peace at any price. but an international
tribunal, backed up by force enough TO
enforce its DEGREES. To me-. the in
cipicnt boom for Hammond in Chicago
has a serious significance, in spite OF
the apparent conquest by Colonel
Roosevelt IN that city last Saturday"