Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-06-28
TEDDY'S FOLLOWERS
REMAIN WITH PARTY
RADICALS WILL NOMINATE COL.
ONEL AFTER ADJOURNMENT.
WILL PROBABLY NOT VOTE
Roosevelt Camp Divided, those Having
Control of Their State Organiza.
lions Being Unwilling to
Quit the Party.

Chicago.-"Absolutely no bolt" wa
the declaration of scores of the delegate
and leaders of the ROosevelt. forces whe
they left the night caucus, which Co
Roosevelt addressed briefly.
I'VE will 60 into the convention an
night 1T out, and to this end Col. Roose
welt will be nominated" said Gov. Stubb
OF Kansas, after the night caucus wa.
over.
While events of the last twenty-foul
hours have done much to diminish talk
OF a third candidate, there still is som
compromise talk.
Taft Won't Compromise.
This compromise talk was the text of
a statement given out by William
Barnes, Jr., which stated without equiv.
ocation that the Taft people were not
considering now, and would not consider
any compromise. The statement says:
There was a meeting of the chairmen
OF all of the Taft delegations from the
various states and of the representatives
OF those states where the Taft delegates
are in a minority. 1t was unanimously
agreed that the line shall remain intact
for the denomination of Mr.. Taft and
that no suggestion of compromise would
be entertained.
1T was made clear that the delegates
represented by these chairmen of dele
cations are thoroughly alive to the mean
ing OF the battle which has been fought
out and won in this convention; that this
government is a self-controlled democ-
racy; that progress can only be made
through orderly procedure and that the
constitutional rights of each citizen shall
be preserved"
Col. Theodore Roosevelt indicated that
under certain conditions he might with
draw from the Republican party to take
the lead in the formation of a new party.
III the people want a progressive
party, I'll be in it," he said.
Remain Without Voting.
Some of the colonel's supporters urged
their associates to precipitate the crisis
n the Republican national convention
vt the earliest opportunity. More con-
sentative counsel prevailed, however, and
t was decided there should be no "bolt"
rom the regular convention.
1t was the plan of the Roosevelt dele
'ates to make their last stand on the
eport of the credentials committee. If
he rs delegates claimed by them to be
fraudulent are seated, the Roosevelt
orces will remain in the convention
until the end, but will not vote
1t is the plan of a part to proceed to
ne nomination of the colonel in the
'oliseum, and claim regularity for him. :
Col. Roosevelt has not definitely COM
litted himself to the latter part of the -,
Ian. He is considering the advisability
t delaying action for several weeks and
hen to summon an entirely new conven ,
ion. This would not be held until after !
he Democrats have acted in Baltimore. {
Col. Roosevelt said emphatically that !
e would make the independent fight for d
he presidency if he was convinced there
as a popular demand for him. I
81 shall have to see if there is a pop +
lar demand for mt to rum" he said. 7
lie added that the situation was such Il
kaleidoscope one that it would be i'm a
ossible for him to outline what he o
ould do. 1t might take some time,
/, said, to ascertain the sentiment of
lie people and learn whether there was p
reasonable basis for the formation of n
he termed a progressive party" II
Talk of New Party. CO
Col. Roosevelt said there had been
me difference of opinion among mis- II
lppotrers as to the ACCESSIBILITY of bolt Il
g. The Ohio delegates, he said, felt s'
at under their instructions they should :,
main in the convention until after the .
animation. Other delegates, including ',
me of those from California, were i'll 81
of withdrawing at once. r"
Agreement at Caucus. y,
The agreement finally arrived at was y,
III
ached at a caucus in which were two al
representatives. from each of the states .;
wing Roosevelt delegates as well as in
ose states from which the Roosevelt Of
ndidates for seats in the convention p,
We been excluded. -,
The caucus passes unanimously a res III
ltion introduced by Henry Allen OF or
Insas," said Col. Roosevelt, in explain. ia
!, the situation. This resolution was to
the effect that the Republican party ii,
uld not submit to having the nominal he
n for president determined by theft, di,
4 if the convention declined to seat Br
delegates fraudulently unseated by pa
national committee, the Roosevelt A,
egates would decline to be bound by in
Y action of the convention. DO
"A second resolution was passed later me
that the Roosevelt delegates ms
uld take part in the convention if the on
enty-eight delegates to which We are RAJ
tiled were seated, and if they were me
seated they would remain in the ma
~vention and not participate in it." da.