Show REPUBLICAN PARTY PITY HAS BIG IE LIST OF PROSPECTS Eighteen of f Those M Mentioned Men Men- n. n tion tinned d Makin Making Ready e dY y r Jor for Conventions MO MOOSERS FOR TED TEDDY Y G. G O. O P. P P. P and Progressives Will Meet Month Hence to Select Candidates B By PERRY PERRY ARNOLD ARNOLD NEW YORK May 6 One One month from tomorrow will come the Cheers t the blare of bands the tumult of shouting the thes s scheming heming of I leaders ders heralding heralding- K the opening of ot that and the the n national U al conventions The Republican and Progressive conclaves will come to order on W Wednesday June Tune 7 1 In Chicago the ChicagO the i former at the Coliseum the latter at the auditorium A week later will come the Democratic convention at St. St Louis I In the Republican and Progressive camp not nota a leader is making any thir thir- ty day predictions as to what may happen The Progressives are practically practically practically a unit f for r Roosevelt but they are standing pat awaiting developments developments develop develop- ments before making any admissions as to their return to the Republican fold The Republicans ns are are hopeful of smoking out Justice Hughes when the Oregon primaries of May 19 shall shan have established a line Une on his strength His name will wiIl be before primary voters voters voters voters' vot vot- ers ers' in that state because of or a court ruling and despite the Justices Justice's own protest In the meantime eighteen candidates receptive or not are looking looking looking look look- ing conscious when the presidential nomination is mentioned in their presence pres pres- ence the ence the eighteen include Hughes Root R Roosevelt os velt Burton Weeks Cummins Cummins Cummins Cum Cum- mins Borah Ford Fairbanks Estabrook Estabrook Esta- Esta brook General Du Pont General Leonard Leonard Leonard Leon Leon- ard Wood Governor Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania Governor ex Hadley of Missouri Governor Johnson of California Cali Call fornia P. P C C. Knox Senator Sherman and Senator Harding National Chairman Hilles expects to call the subcommittee subcommittee- on n arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments menta for the national c committee to meet here about June 3 This commIttee committee com com- will wiIl discuss permanent or organization organization organization or- or as will a meeting of the full fuU national committee pr probably bably June 6 There will wiIl be an utter absence of the the bItterness bitterness and strife which marked the pr convention days of 1912 But Judging from gossip of political leaders the convention Itself will wiIl de develop de- de a first cla class i. i time old time n e free-for- free all anybody's fight sort of a it battle of the ballots The very fact that there is is an almost unprecedented number of those mentioned for the nomination indicates the politicians here say considerable considerable considerable con con- Jockeying and probably several sev several several sev sev- eral ballots In all probability all the an convention will do on June 7 1 Is to meet organize and l listen sten to the openIng opening open open- ing speech of National Chairman Hilles Then adjournment will be taken taken taken tak tak- en until Thursday when Senator Harding of Ohio temporary chairman will deliver his keynote speech |