The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-08
Mckinley Hears That Boss
Finn Comes to Chicago
For the Purpose of Organizing
a Roosevelt Demonstration.
PERKINS CALLED TO STOP IT
The Scheme Is to OVeraWe the
National Committee.
Taft Makes Clean Sweep in
Alabama Contests.

Chicago, June s.-George w. Per
kins of New York arrived Friday. Mr.
Perkins said he was confident tha
Colonel Roosevelt would be nominate
ed. 1.-THE convention will be too wise
to nominate a man certain to be de-
feated and Colonel Roosevelt will be
their choice" he said. 81 am very
enthusiastic over the outlook"
Possibility of a demonstration de-
signed to 0verawe the national COM
mitteemen who favor the Taft side of
the controversy was discussed at the
Taft headquarters today in explana-
ton of the coming of W. F. Finn of
Pennsylvania. Director Mckinley said
he was reliably informed that the pur-
pose OF Mr.. Firms presence IN chi
cago was an attempt to intimidate the
committee by demonstration of
Roosevelt leaders while the committee
was in session. He added G. w. Per-
kins had been summoned to stop such
a project A member of the national
committee said his understanding
agreed with the expressed belief Of
Congressman Mckinley: No confir-
nation of the information was given
at the Roosevelt headquarters.
Dixon Sends for Norden.
Newark, June S.-Norden d. Whit
ing, the newly elected national COM
mitteeman from New Jersey and
chairman of the Roosevelt league, will
depart for Chicago Sunday night at
the request of Senator Dixon.
Clean Sweep for Taft.
Chicago, June S.-The entire Ala
bama delegation. "a votes, is now
credited to the Taft column of dele
gates for the Republican national con-
vention, the national committee decid-
ed against all the Roosevelt contests
from that state.
The Taft men won the, Alabama
Second, Fifth and Sixth district dele
gates in rapid succession In the Fifth
the contest was decided in favor of
the Taft men without a roll CALL In
the sixth the Roosevelt contesting
delegates did not appear.
Committeeman Barker moved this
contest be considered as withdrawn
and the Taft men placed on the roll. |
This carried without opposition.
The committee agreed without de-
bate to placing on the temporary roll |
of the committee the uncontested dele |
gates from the Third, Fourth, Seventh |
and Eighth Alabama districts.
The contest in the Ninth district was |
then called Judge Hundley, one of
the Roosevelt delegates from the Ninth !
district, declared the Taft delegates |
were elected in this by a boiling con-
vention.
This was a bolt pure and simple
said Mr.. Hundley. ,
They said to me: we are going to
leave YOU and walked out of the
hall"
Mr.. Hundley presented what he said
was stenographic report of the Ninth
district convention to show that the
Long or Taft forces walked out of
the hall.
The Taft delegates from the Ninth
district were represented by A. c.
Birch of Alabama. He charged that
men not legally members of the dis
trict committee had participated in its
February Is, 1912, that the
legal committee at that time, owing to
and absences, numbered
81 and that Is men participated in the
II was elected chairman by Is men,
said Birch. I'VE did not leave the hall
I presided over the meeting in the hall
in which it had been called
Judge Hundley declared vacancies ON
by appointment but Birch declared the
appointment of new members by which
the Roosevelt people claimed to control
were not legal.
The only dissention of the committee
vas in the decision in the Ninth In
that case the vote was thirty eight to
fifteen.
The vote on the Ninth district con-
lest, the first real test of the day '
showed the following Is votes for I
he Roosevelt contestants: Knight, {
California; Dupont, Delaware; Borah, I
Idaho; Lowden, Illinois; Burnham.
kentucky; Kellogg, Minnesota; Wight, {
louisiana; Rosewater, Nebraska; Lit '
:auer, for Flanagan, Nevada; Ward
capers, South Carolina; Loose Utah; {
9ieber, District of Columbia; Thersen t
south Dakota; Monday, Tennessee :