The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-04
TAfT-ROOSEVELT
DELEGATE ROW IS
TAKENTOCHICACO
Opposing Forces Line Up, Prepa.
tory to National Committee
Session Tomorrow
T.R. CONTEST LEADER ARRIVES
Coloneps Plan is to Get New Com
mitteemen in, Before Con.
tests are Settled
T.R. CONTEST LEADER ARRIVES

Chicago, June 3.--The vanguard
of the political hosts who are to
make Chicago their camping ground
until the nomination OF Republi-
can candidate for President arrived
today and hotel corridors and Re-
publican National Committee head
quarters were thronged with the
skirmish line. Joseph B. Kealing
Of Indiana opened the Taft head
quarters in readiness for the arrival
of Congressman William B. McKin-
ley, the head of the Taft forces, who
is expected at any time.
Healing announced that the Taft
headquarters staff would include
William Barnes, Jr., of New York.
Newall Saunders of Tennessee. SEN
and Murray Crane of Massachusetts,
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania,
Former Senator Hemingway of In
diana, J. T. Adams of Iowa, G.. j.
Diekema of Michigan, Charles D.
Hllles, secretary to the President, is
expected, although the time Of his
arrival Is not now known
Revell Talks Of Plans,
Alexander H. Reyell, head of the
Illinois Roosevelt League, arrived
from the Oyster Bay conference He
said that the general Roosevelt Com
mittee was appointed to watch the
progress of affairs, and declined to
discuss the question Of the tempo
rary chairmanship, which had been
proffered to Senator Ellhu Root by
the subcommittee on arrangements.
"The great thing which we are
working for" said Reveli, rs the
nomination of Theodore Roosevelt.
We shall stick to that great idea
and pay little attention to nones-
sentials."
Ormsby McIIarg, who is to repre-
sent the Roosevelt men in contests,
also arrived with a batch of briefs
to be submitted to the committee in
the hearings,
Cecil Lyon, National Committee
man from Texas, arrived with the
claim of the Texas Roosevelt dele
CATION for seats in the convention
and confidently assorted that the
National Committee would uphold |
his contentious.
Plans to Ignore Root.
Col. Roosevelt has dropped his
war on his old ally, Elihu Root, and
purposes to raid the National Com
mittee. That is simply another
way of accomplishing the same re-
suit If he succeeds it will not be
necessary for the militant Colonel
to care what Root as temporary
chairman says, one way or the other.
That the Colonel intends to turn
his heaviest artillery on the commit
tee for the purpose of dragooning a
majority of its members over to his
side was established this morning
when X. B. Howell of Nebraska ar
rived in Chicago with a paper sign
ed by the Nebraska State officers
certifying he had been elected Ma
tional Committeeman. This Is to
be served on the members of the
committee when they meet Thurs
day to dispose of the 220 contests.
Howell was elected National Com
mitteeman at the recent primaries
to succeed Victor Rosewater, acting
chairman of the committee, and is
not due to take his seat until the
nominations are made. But acting
in accordance with the Roosevelt
plan, he will demand the right to
sit at once and half a dozen other
"progressives" who are supporting
the Colonel will present similar de-
mands. No one has ever done 1t be-
fore but that apparently does not
make any difference this time.
BY compelling the seating OF
enough new progressive commit
teeman who side with him, 1t is
manifestly the >plan Of Roosevelt to
raise rumpus before contest has
been considered on its merits. With
the committee under his. control,
Root can talk his head off for all
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