Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-17

Chicago. June 1I-The fspuhlicAn
national convention win not proceed tos
business tomorrow until every e6orG
has been made to purge tho temporary
roll of the Taft delegates fraudulsntlH,
seated by the republican national come
mittee.
The fight Of the Roosevelt men 10
obtain q roll OF delegates free frosn,
any taint OF hand picking" will bssiu'
the moment the convention has been
called to order by Victor Rosewatee oe
Nebraska, chairman Of tho national
committee.
1t will be a fight that may lead To
a deadlock. with the Roosevelt men.
determined to prevent tho recognition.
OF delegates seated by fraud. and tha'
Taft representatives working eners
getically to force their recognition. In,
volvcd in the battle will be the control
Of the convention. and its outcome wiz,
have an important bearing upon tho,
platform and. to less extent. the
nomination.
Roosevelt Against '9trona ARM
There Is no bolt contemplated by
Colonel Roosevelt or desired by him.
But 1t Is his deliberate view that tho
will of the people should find express
sion and not be thwarted by the ma
jority Of voluntary committee. which
by strong armed methods has trans-
formed into delegates men who arc
without title to seats
The colonel's attitude was best cxs
pressed perhaps by what he said to
Governor Charles S. Dencen on Sat-
urday night. 1t developed yesterday
that during n conversation with tho
candidate. the governor had said there
We're twenty-five members Of the Illi-
nois delegation who might vote for
Senator Root as temporary chairman.
Asked as to the reason. the governor
explained that some of Colonel Roose-
velt's friends. thru their course In cons
nection with local factional differences.
had mt.de this defectfep possible
Insists Roll Must Ne Purped.
"Is 1t possible" asked the colonel.
"tha; there are twenty-five men In tho
Illinois delegation to whom you can not
appeal on a question of fundamental
honesty and who would disobey the In
struction OF the state expressed thru q
pluTanty OF Itt,OpO!
The governor. according to the infor-
nation obtained. answered irrelevant.
ly that some OF them feared two nom-
nations.
Governor" the colonel is said to
have stated with emphasis, "the only
way the Illinois delegation can pre-
vent two nominations Is to purge the
roll OF that convention and vote against
Root so that one nomination may be
made honestly. And, moreover. IL there
are two nominations. there will be not
only two national nominations. but two
state tickets in every state In the un-
ion"
Issue SquareIy Up to Convention.
Thus the issue is to be put squarcly
up to the convention when 1t meets.
Just what course the Roosevelt tacti.
clans will follow has not been mado
public. but this much Is certain: Men
fraudulently seated as delegates will
not be permitted TO take part in the
deliberations OF the convention either
on the temporary or the permanent
roll.
This does not mean the Roosevelt
forces Will insist upon the seating OF
Roosevelt; contestants. irrespective OF
tit iiitIits biN'iNSu III tHclT respective
cases What they will want Is that
fair tribunal or the convention itseIi
hear the contests and give decision.
The colonel would not have the nom-
ination for an instant IL he thought he
were not entitled to 1t, or IL II were
given to him by n single tainted vote.
Ho is merely insisting that whoever
may be the nomirtee he shall be named
J,,- I,1, t.S hn hniI shatr ftft, Ht
out flaw.
Will Insist on Fair Hearing.
The colonel examined with great care
the evidence presented TO the national
In his Judgment the facts
and the law which back up the claims
of many of the Roosevelt contestants
are so strong as to hold good in any
court of law in the land. There are
severity or eighty of these cases. which
he desires rcconaidered. ana he be-
lieves an unbiased decision VIII show
the delegates in question should be
seated.
But whether they are recognized or
not. he will insist they are entitled to
hearing and Judgment In which
partlsanship shall play no part. In 9TH
er words, he Is demanding that the
pressed by the men they themselves
named and not perverted by men
whom they rejected.
The Taft managers are relying upon
the men admitted upon the convention
floor TO vote on the contests. Naturally.
those seated by tho national committee
will support each others claims.
rast ractiea Are Outlined.
II was assumed the convention woulo
vote upon the contests by states TINS
would mean the delegates in . contess
from state conid not vote upon thS
ouestion Of their own seating. The 1
TAFT managers promptly realized. how
ever. that such procedure would be
ru,nous, for the reason that when the
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