The Washington herald., 1912-06-14


tests. definitely retired from the race for
temporary chairman against Root.
Instead the Roosevelt men advanced
Borah. The Idaho Senator says he does
not want TO make the race, and believes
that II would be better politics TO get
behind Gov. McGovern. Of Wisconsin. the
La Toilette candidate. He will run. how
ever, II the majority OF the Roosevelt men
ask him to.
Taft stIn Has Majority.
The admission Of Missouri to the Roose-
welt column viii give the Roosevelt, La
Toilette. and Cummins forces twenty-four
votes on the committee on credentials
which viii make up the temporary roll OF
the convention. The Taft men will have
twenty-nine votes, but while they can put
machine men IN control Of the committee,
a minority report signed by twenty-four
members will be a dangerous thing TO
send to the floor OF the convention.
Everywhere two or three Roosevelt
people were gathered together to-day
they were jubilating. None Of them
could say definitely that the colonel
would be nominated upon the first bal
lot, but they feel now that unless some
thing unforeseen happens they have Taft
beaten on the first. And after the first
ballot they figure that the nomination
Of the colonel will be easy. A Roose-
welt meeting was held In the Florentine
room Of the Congress, which has been
opened by the Roosevelt forces. Cows.
Stubbs and Glasscock, Senator Dixon,
former Senator Beveridge; Alexander
Moore. who has just married Lillian
Russell, and Francis J. Heney all spoke
and all loudly proclaimed victory. In
another room the Idaho delegation of
eight members, which has been figured
as half for Taft and half for Roosevelt,
got together and decided to vote solldly
for Roosevelt.
Drop Bribery Charges.
Downstairs George W. Perkins went
about among the Taft men telling them
that they might as well withdraw, as the
game was all over with them.
The Taft headquarters made no at
tempt to follow up the accusations Of
bribery the day before.
The fact that Barnes, Penrose, and
others Of the really big guns Of the Taft
camp deprecated this charge had a de-
pressing effect on Mckinley, who made
II. and he refrained from giving out any
statement through the day.
The expected arrival Of Root had the
Taft men interested through the morning.
but at noon Secretary Hilles notified
headquarters that the Senator would not
arrive until Friday.
President Taft Just told me over the
telephone" said HiIles. that he had bid
gOod-by to Root, who had a bad cold.
but, nevertheless, was coming to Chicago.
The Senator went from Washington to
New York, and will not reach here until
Friday"
Talk of COmprOmse.
Talk OF a compromise candidate was
still going about this evening. Senator
Crane. who has of late weakened on the
programme Of take everything" has
been intimating that even Cummins would
be acceptable TO him.
One phase Of the situation. when devel-
oped tonight, was the possibility that
rather than let Roosevelt have the nomi-
nation the entire Taft force would turn to
LaFollette or Cummins- Cummins has al
ready opened headquarters here, with a
view to just such an emergency as this.
is in Madison. where he can be
ready to give instructions. IL things hap
pen to come his way.
All efforts Of the Roosevelt people to
dicker with the Wisconsin Senator have
failed. In their Overtures to get him to
help them elect temporary chairman. he
sees only an attempt to shake out Taft in
order to nominate Roosevelt. To this plan
LaFollette, who hates Roosevelt far more
than he hates Taft, utterly refused to