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THE VERSATILE COLONEL WILL
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THE RAGEAEVERYEGL0sE ONE
Hoth Sides Fesi THAT the Fight is a
cl6se one-The5 Questions Will Be
Fouahs Out In the Convention
There VIII BE No Compromise.


SARAToC GA, Sept 26.-Lou Yayn,
an old guard veteran, will be the first
caller on Roosey Welt. He arrives this
afternoon. He will ask the Colonel to
have mercy on the old guard, which
admits rIyately is Licked to fraz.
zle's but outWaTdly insist that, 1t is in
control. Yayn will ask the Colonel
not to fcrce the issue On the Tempo
rary chairmanship. He declared that
q majority 8 OF the upstate delegates
want SheTnanS and that turning down
Sherman will harm the party more
than an thing inserted or omitted in
the plat form. Roosevelt and Sherman
are expected to stand. pat on the re-
suit OF the test vote of the convention.
I The delegates are flocking to Sara
toga and all declare here that there
VIII be q fight.
SARATOGA, N. Sept. 26.-The
battle between the old guard Repub-
licans and the Progressiyes for con-
troll of the party through the state
convention Which conyenes here on
5ruesday continues ,inabated to-day;
hut interest has shifted from the
Z Sherman: r Rooseyelt fight for tempo.
rary craftsmanship to the. manner OF
platform that will be adopted, with
special emphasis on the direct nomi.
nation plank. 1 4 d.
: The fist real skirmish Is looked
for when the state committee meets
tonight. Although 1T has been an.
nonncad by the progressive leaders
that In NIL probability the committee
wonld NOT be asked to reconsider its
vote by which Vice Presld dent Sherman
was selected over Theodo Roosevelt
fof temporary chairman, 1T was said
last night that The sold; guard would
take the bull by the horns and force
the Issue on their own account, This
indicates that the old guard regards
itself fSas stlll safely entrenched in the
committee. While the reason advanced
4 Is that fhe committee owes itself a
formal yindication for its action in
yiewsof he aspersions that have been
cast on II by. Colonel Roosevelt's
friendsy the latter say the real ,pur-
pose Is to harass and embarrass the
: colonel by placing the committee on
4 record foraa second time that he is
mot the choice for temporary chair
man.
Roosevelt Safe.
Though indications last night point.
h ed to d safe control Of the convention
by the Roosevelt forces, a report from
old guard Headquarters was to the ef.
I feet that only forty votes were needed
To swing the convention into a Sher-
man line.
s sIt Ii Tumored that trouble is likely
4 to- arise over the Taft endorsement,
I No Opposition has developed to an en-
dorsement of the Presidents admins
tration, but there are hints that the
old guard may attempt to put the Re
publicans of New York state through
The convention on record as endorsing
the denomination Of Taft two years
I hence. Il L !. q Il
Representative Bennett, OF New
!, york one OF the three men whom Mr.
Griscom has named as measuring III
to- the Roosevelt standard OF guber
natorial timber arrived yesterday and
stated that his name positively would
be presented to the convention.