Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-06-11 | Page 36 | Hughes Wins He [Illegible] Blame it on Hitchcock

WINS HE BLAME BLAME lION IrON Plays Part in Get Get- I I Justice Ex-Justice Justice Before DP OP Convention If F ROBERT J. J BENDER June There r are un- un ns In Jn Chicago go tonight Ghere here Frank Hitchcock of se ts is got his hunch hUl on ono onor five ty-five o or five ory-five five y-five years o of age age gen gen gen- king younger but appearing finds himself victora victor victor- Ia a spectacular fight waged and against s 8 s and an 1 Judgment of ot some of off P powerful ti figures res In the G. G 0 O 0 to la er ej ejof of fact that hat there was no hunch affair He Tie turned i they declare only after a of at the political r situation s In the he country and a scientific analysis of at conditions locally in the stated He lIe then fought persistently to put through his conclusion Felt Out the Country Hitchcock's coup may well be de described described de- de scribed as an audacious and successful attempt to create sentiment for a man mal who was not a a. candidate did not wish the nomination and was not supported support d by many of ot the tho m most moat st prominent and able leaders of ot the party He lIe took a trip through the heart of the West conferring with Republicans everywhere ere When h he ha returned he sent out thousands of ot letters asking information mation on sentiment sel in varl various ms parts of ot the country As a result of ot these two steps he concluded that tho the Republican nomInation nom nom- nation this year lay between Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt Hughes and former Senator Bur Burton tonof ton ton of Ohio After a a. few tew months he took another trip f and wrote more letters from these lad led him to conclude that Burton could not win and he wes was faced laced with a a. choice between the Uto colonel and Hughes Created Sentiment After analyzing the attributed of ot each the personal persona appeal appell the political and strategic position and the psychology psychology psychology of at the impending fight light in Chicago Hitchcock pl picked ked Hughes and went vent to work Extending his efforts even to to elections dice elec tons of precinct committeemen he managed to slowly but surely create a a. sentiment all over t the e country countr much of ot It friendly and none of it violently unfriendly to Hughes He won some gome positive supporters man many passive sup sup- porter and no enemy It was a tire tireless less effort to crystallize sentiment toward Hughes and have this ment meat reflected by tho the delegates delegates' to the convention W Worked ked 21 Hours Dally weeks ago he hl came to Chicago He had not even seen much less talked with Hughes for tor months His only only- hunch was that Hughes would accept accept accept ac ac- the nomination If successful lIe He h has s. s worked since reaching ChiI- ChiI I cago cage on an an average of twenty-one twenty i hours a a. day his friends say Tonight he Is a a. winner inner and a mighty tired man Hitchcock is no new n new w hand at winning political fights He was S secretary under under un un- der Cortelyou who i managed d Colonel Roosevelt's campaign In 1904 In 1908 he was chosen by Roosevelt to to run Tafts Taft's campaign He I may be the next next ch chairman irman of ot the Republican national committee