Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1916 — NAME HUGHES AND COL. WILL RUN AS MOOSE [ARTICLE]

NAME HUGHES AND COL. WILL RUN AS MOOSE

Roosevelt’s Answer to Old Guard Ultimatum Startles Republicans —His Friends Jubilant.

Chicago, June 6. —Unexpected developments in the political situation last night brought the selection of a republican candidate for president close to a crisis and produced sensations in the camps of both the old party leaders and the progressives. Following were the principal happenings: Theodore Roosevelt toox a hand in the maneuvers to eliminate Justice Hughes, sending word to his managers that he will accept the nomination on a third ticket if the republican convention should name the jurist. Progressive leaders, who welcomed the colonel’s declaration, proclaimed that the result will be the elimination of Hughes, who is expected to withdraw from the contest in the face of the prospect of another party split meaning probable party defeat in the election. With Hughes eliminated and Roosevelt leading a Ibolt, said the progressive leaders, the republican convention will be compelled to nominate the colonel in order to obtain a leader capable of defeating President Wilson. Progressive leaders expressed dissatisfaction with the uttAances of Justice Hughes on Americanism and preparedness in Washington yesterday and asserted that the statement does not meet their demands for an adequate statement of views on the issues of the hour. Following up the ultimatum to Roosevelt to eliminate himself or suffer the nomination of Hughes, Old Guard leaders submitted to George W. Perkins of the progressive forces a list of favorite sons and dark horses as possible coalition candidates. Perkins rejected all of them. Roosevelt’s assertion that he stands ready to bolt the nomination of Hughes and lead a third ticket as he did in 1912 was regarded as the most sensational development of the entire preconvention campaign. The Old Guard realized at once that the colonel had replied in no uncertain manner to its ultimatum to get out of the race.