Show TERRIBLE E TEDDY'S POWER PLANT PUNT PLANTES I BUSTED S ES Engineers of G. G O. O P. P Steam SteamRoller SteamRoller SteamRoller Roller Dont Don't Like Bull Moos Moosers r s. s Machine WASHINGTON W ASi- ASi N May 6 6 Plenty of fight once the convention convention conven conven- convention tion st starts but few if any of them before before battle battle co contests Ite ts which furnished furnished thrills four Jour years ago was predicted by Republican leaders lead lead- lead leaders leaders ers with th the Chicago meeting eting Just a amont month mont away Of the delegates who will vote have been sei selected In the list are what leaders consider an almost negligible neg- neg prospective of prospective contests Of at the men still to be el elected those f from om five states five stat states s will will will-be be by maries aries r 4 To these primaries leaders are at attaching attaching attaching at- at taching an Importance exceeding what might night be expected from the number of delegates to 1 be e chosen Texas chosen Texas and Pennsylvania being the only two two big big delegations The sentiment disclosed sed by their votes is regarded as as th the best indication of the country's real desires because the latest to be expressed Pennsylvania's six seventy-six vot votes s was expected to show the opinion of In Industrial industrial industrial in- in United States and Oregon Vermont and and- South Dakota Dakota- the posItion position position tion of agricultural states In widely separated sections West Vest Virginias Virginia's primarIes lia large largely ly been discounted by a convention choice of a aa state which the primaries are expected to ratify Should Oregon Vermont and South Dakota exhibit the same SaIne lukewarm feeling on pr preparedness as as did ld Nebraska Nebraska Ne Ne- bras braska Iowa Illinois and Michigan And should Pennsylvania PennsYl take an an opposite op op- op polite view as now expected the leaders leaders lead lead- ers era admit they Will be ha hard d put to bring the Chicago convention to toa a harmonious harmonious harmonious har har- agreement on Atri Americanism Indications increase here that Justice Justice Justice Jus Jus- tice Hughes intends no f further statement statement statement state state- ment as to his candidacy Many politicians polIticians politicians poli polI- whose views are professional be believe believe be- be lieve that if the convention brings a a. united party J Justice Hughes will a accept ac ac accept I an offer of the nomination An opportunity to smoke him out is seen after the t e Oregon Oregon- primaries l Ia May 18 19 There he Is candidate the a a. su supreme supreme supreme su- su preme preme court having ruled that he could not withdraw his I name am once once a a sufficIent sufficient sufficient number of voters had filed it Should he win politicians believe belleve they can argue effectively with him t to make a public statement The view of ot the men In present control control control con con- of the the- party machinery is that Roosevelt has lost strength in the last two weeks and is unlikely to be the candidate Coming primary dates are II May 16 Pennsylvania 76 votes and Vermont 8 May 19 Oregon 10 May 23 South Dakota 10 June 6 West Virginia Virginia Vir Vir- ginia 16 Conventions will be held May held May 8 S by Wyoming with 6 votes May 17 by Alabama with 16 and May 23 by Texas with 26 So far tar there are instructed instruct d and uninstructed delegates |