The Washington times., 1912-06-12
ALL HOPE IS LOST
FOR SQUARE DEALS
BEFORE COMMITTEE
Taft Now Seems Assured of
I. Taking All Contests
ItA He Desires.

ton of the Kentucky contests In favor
OF Taft, In the face Of uncontradioted
testimony of wholesale vote buying and
farcical conventions controlled by Taft
appointees, all hope that the road roller
will stop this side Of deciding every con-
test for Taft, no matter what the mer-
Its OF the case, has been abandoned.
The Republican national committee Is
holding sessions not to hear contests,
but to create, and clothe with all the
authority II can vest them with, Taft
delegates. There is no longer any pre-
tense about the matter.
All sides to The Republican fight have
accepted this as fact and turned their
attention to other angles of the situa-
ton. The first one is, the temporary
chairmanship. He will have within his
power to make rulings that will vir-
tually clinch the steal Of the Republican
national committee or give a square
deal to both sides.
For example, the Roosevelt managers
are preparing to challenge the right of
any contested delegate to vote upon the
report Of the committee of credentials,
which committee will consider and re-
port upon all the contests that are now
taking the time of the national COM
mittee.
The delegates seated by the national
committee will form the roll call OF the
temporary convention, which will in
turn elect the permanent officers and
pass upon the report Of the credentials
committee as to those entitled to be list
90 as permanent delegates, which shall
De the body that nominates the ticket,
aoopts the platform, and performs other
work. All Of the Taft delegates seated
Wy the national committee will be on
,he temporary roll CALL they will also
We asking for right to be on the
permanent roll call; the credentials
committee report will decide the valid
lty OF their request Should they be
permitted to vote upon this report,
aHectlng their own seats?
The Roosevelt men say not. Theu IN
slst that all delegates whose seats ere
contested, no matter by which side,
should not be allowed to pass upon the
credentials committee report The Taft
men say they should. They insist the
delegates seated by the national COM
mittee are the temporary convention,
ana all Of them have a right to vote
upon all questions brought before them
Fight Over Chairman.
Upon the temporary chairman Of the
convention will depend the answer.
However he rules. will settle 1t. Hence,
the struggle to have a chairman who
Ii either a road roller devotee or a
man who is disposed to be fair. While
the Roosevelt managers prefer Govern
or Hadley Of Missouri for this job, there
Is growing evidence that they will agree
to support Governor McGovern of Wis
T. hio
manner the Roosevelt and La Toilette
votes could be combined, and McGov-
ern is that sort of a man who would,
as chairman, hold his own in the face
Of any and all attempts of the Taft
organization to overrule him. He has a
road roller Of his own. manufactured
while he was fighting graft in Milwau-
kee in the capacity of prosecutor. and
again while seeking the nomination and
election for governor in the face of the
combination Of the Republican and
Democratic machines of that State.
The Taft forces have centered upon
Senator Elihu Root of New York. They
believe Senator Root would rule in ac-
cordance with their wishes regarding
the right of contested delegates on the
temporary roll call to vote upon their
own cases. But they have another rea-
son than this for wishing Root as tenn
one.
Should 1t develop before the national
convention meets one week from today
that President Taft cannot be renomi-
mated, another candidate may be pre-
cipitated into the limelight in the per.
son of United states Senator Root OF
New York. Barnes has been ordered
to see that Root Is chosen temporary
chairman. He already claims that In
this, at least. the task Is accomplished
The New York chairman quietly insists
that he has the pledges of more than a
majority of the regular delegates to the
convention to vote Tor Root.
Root a Dark Horse.
As temporary chairman. Root will
make the keynote speech of the con-
vention. Friends OF the New York
Senator declare the opening speech
at the convention will be the supreme
effort of Roots life. He Is admitted
ly one Of the ablest men in public
life and until recently was one Of
Colonel Roosevelt's best friends, hav
ing aided the colonel on many occa
sions. 1t was reported today tina
Root would try to force harmony be
tween the opposing factions, in so IA
as the platform was concerned. l
was reported that he would urge, IL
his most eloquent manner, policy o
conciliation everywhere and that h
was framing his speech to off set an!
bolt by the Roosevelt following. AM
many Of the men who are recorded II
the Taft camp, but who are fearful
that as the result of the animositie
struggle the President might not b.
elected II he were nominated. wer'
hopeful today that in his speech a.
temporary chairman OF the conVen
tiun, Root would sound keynote 70
harmony that would receive instan
response