The Washington times., 1911-12-10
GO. ?. CH|EFTAINS
HERE TO PLAN FOR
COMING STRUGGLE
Movement for Unrestricted
Delegates to Convention
Gains Force.
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each 10 more or less surprised to
learn that the other States are sc
much like his own. The Western
OF the unrest and disaifection in the
East, and the Eastern people have
been extremely interested to know
s Wnst TIE tie HWestsrners have to say
for Roosevelt. Two Southern com,
mtttecmen have said to me this morn
ing something like this:
we southern people know what II
that the North docs not want we
saw the effects of. that in 1892. and we
Don't want II again. We prefer to
nave our States hold ,3ff, leave their
Northern states that have electoral
votes s, for the party decide whom they
Looks. Like Chicago.
Indications today are that the ma.
tional convention will go to Chicago
without serious opposition. Southern
forces have been to some extent or.
gantzed for st. Louis. and Presiden,
TAFT was reported to have a leaning In
that direction, because, 1t was alleged
ne wants Secretary Nagel nominated
Tor Vice President. But these corsidera.
tion' II, indeed any basis exists 70,
the report Of them. are not likely to
weight against the general desire TO,
chicago, and the President Is REPRESENT.
60 as altogether willing to leave The
~ IrW2nmittee lis own course in tho matter
Inc last ten days Of June Will likel,
cover the convention dates.
.,t tmeIe was an interesting story of the
situation OF North Dakota. Senator
tM N was named as an aspiranl
70 the Vice Presidency. in whose behalf
Is proposed to obtain the States
delegation, with the Presidential Issue
IN the background. The La Toilette
people have said confidently that theS
would get the State, and the McCumbei
move Is In erect a confession of the
weakness of Taft in a straight-out fighI
against La Toilette.
McCumber made bitter fight against
the reciprocity measure, which brough,
him the hostility of the Administra.
ton; SO he is reputed willing to assis,
through this Vice Presidential move.
ment In getting delegation that will
acquiesce In the general anti-Taft
ing for La Toilette. In South Dakota
the anti-La Toilette, anti-Taft people
hope to get a delegation for Roosevelt
whose name retains all Its magic
Indeed, the plans to eliminate La
Toilette and yet get the benefit Of the
opposition to Taft which the La Fol.
lette people have worked up, are crop.
ping out In many places.
The national committee is certainly
not related to the house of La Fol.
1ette's friends. AS whole, 1t has nc
CONVICTION deeper than that Of the utter
Of e o sn
The most bearish estimates Of the Ii
Toilette vote were in circulation.
On the other hand. the Roosevelt
situation is painted in strong colors
Omaha Bee. and national committee
man from Nebraska, said:
Nebraska Situation.
'tOh, our delegation will be for Taf
an right, with contests In one or two
districts perhaps. But we have the
Oregon primary law, and twenty-five
names can put Roosevelt on the ticket
II he's on; why, there's no telling
II the wa F FaResn force has sss
organizing In the State. and what may
happen after that nobody wants te
Mr.. Rosewater left it perfectly clear
that II he had to guess he would guess
That the New England and New
York and New Jersey delegations
will all or nearly all go Ininstructed
cautious element in the COMMITTEES
On the other hand the Taft people in
sisted that everything was all right
for them. and that the situation would
clear up and Taft be. renominated
ton save from tile insurgents. They
insist that Roosevelt will not let his
name be used.
managers are keeping their weather
eye. and also the leward one. glued
firmly to tn Ohio. situation. They
know that that's where the dynamite
T. and n,Sst that u Il goes ;, on there; al
and the watsr-tight compartments
will never be closed In time.
That National Committeeman Vory'
asfington at this time. in an effort
to smooth over the opposition to TAT
in Ohio. came to the surface today.
The Administra ton IL proceeding Oh
the theory that Brown is out of
ed that he has not been shown Ger
tain favors as to patronage. But
friends of Brown say this Is absurd
that that brown has out for
cannot carry Ohio, and that Vory'
change his course. He has no griev
nss ts ssst say ane he % s9
whereby the Ohio voters can express
Brown is one Of the ablest politician
in Ohio. He is an expert on primar
Dental primary can be arranged. H
is counseling with members of the Stat
committee about such a primary. Tn
Administration is hostile to the plan
to sidetrack Brown and get him int
the Taft bapdwagon.
Brown looked like the man of destin