Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-25
TELLS ADVISERS NEW PARTY
MUST CUT AWAY FROM ALL
OLD ALLIANCES.
WAS OFFERED NOMINATION
eY TAFT CONVENTION
Refused Il Because Tainted Delegates
Were Not Removed Speculation
Over Effect Of New Movement in
4 Various statss-convsntion Date Not
Vet Fixed.

| Cleveland. O., June ga new party
from the sround up is the Roosevelt
program After series Of discussions
/ with his lieutenants yesterday before
! leaving Chicago, in which there were
several sharp clashes, Colonel Roose-
welt decided to cut entirely away from
I! the party with which his whole public
career has been Identified.
| His decision was disappointment
Ito those who favored the organization
| of what might be considered an lnoe-
pendent republican party, with wh'ch
various state orga nizations might CO.
| operate and still maintain, 1T was
hoped, nominal regularity.
! There must be no compromise. no
straddle," Colonel Roosevelt replied.
| AS an indication Of his determination
he said that when he returned 70
oyster Bay he would communicate
with a number Of democrats VINO, ne
| thought, might wish to join the new
party.
Gets Offers Of Support.
! When he left Chicago, with the nrst
| mans completed and his leaders scat-
terine to all parts of the country, the
| co1one, expressed himself as pleased
with the outcome of convention Week.
altho il was unexpected to him. he
! said the way in which his actloh hau
| been received was encouraging. aiu
that he had a mass of letters ana teie-
| grams from all parts Of the country
| from both democrats and repupiicaii'
offering support.
The republican nomination for pres
| ident. Colonel Roosevelt asser'eo -
night. was his for the asking on 'ns
| day President Taft was renomlia.eu
He declined to accept 1t, ne asselteu
on the terms under which the olier was
made. .he
| On his way back to Oyster Bay the
former president gave glimpse nv
the secret history of the last day OF tue
convention. when it was apparent l'ie
tide OF battle had turned reslstiesst'
against him 1t was plan TO seize con-
troll OF the convention at the last ii'o-
ment by a sudden move, oVerturn .iie
Taft ma iority, and make Roosevelt the
Saws He Wa. Offered Nomination.
This is the story as he tod IL
Early Saturday morning group OF
\ delegates from southern states arranged
a private interview with Colonel Roose-
Welt. They told him they had come &c
offer him the nomination. Ihey mao
with them a list of the known hoose-
Welt delegates and stated that inc.
were authorized to speak 1or DOCK u
! Taft delegates who were Wiling 70
swing over to Roosevelt to avert q
rupture in the party.
The number of these delegates, they
assured the colonel, was large enough
to nominate him or any other candl-
date he might name.
One provision was made, colonel
Roosevelt continued. 1t was that ne
must accept the nomination from the
convention as then composed, and moi
insist upon the removal Of the seventy
eight delegates he contended were
fraudulent before he would recognize
any act of the convention.
Turns Down Their Offer.
The delegates told him. he said, thai
their band would stand together on the
roll call for the presidential nominee
but that it would be hopeless for then
to attempt to combine with the Roose.
Welt minority to unseat the seventy.
eight delegates
The colonel said he informed these
emissaries that il he should be nomi'
mated under these conditions he would
not accept the nomination. He told
them to go to the delegates they repre-
scented and bring back to him pledg'
signed by thirty delegates, agreeing
|, to combine with the Roosevelt dele
gates. and make the attempt to star
all over again to organize the conven
ton and to unseat the seventy-eigh
contested delegates.
The attempt failed. Colonel Roose
; welt said a considerable number o
, signatures to the pledge were obtained
but that it had proved impossible t
mold sufficiently large part of tn
delegates in line for the course of &C
ton upon which he insisted to give
the chance of success.
What the Leaders Think.
! The chief point of interest to Colone
B Roosevelt's supporters was whethe
) they would be able to carry with then
. the strength Of the following which tn
colonel has heretofore had within tn
5 republican party. Some Of them sal
0 frankly the movement was inaugurate
0 ION the assumption that since Colone
:. Roosevelt had been the choice of tn
party in number of republican state
5 lit would be possible to bring thes
5 states in line for the new party.
No plan has been decided upon b
which it would be possible to effec
such transfer of workable organiza
tions from the republican party to tn
new enterprise. 1t is recognized ther
:. exists the danger Of SO many defec
!. tons that in some cases the machiner
may be either badly damaged in til
process or left in the hands of the re
= IpubMcans.
Colonel Roosevelt expressed conn
dence that way would be found H
said he expected some of the republi
can officholders and workers woul
lchoose to remain with the party. H
believed, however, he would ultimatel
have the support OF the substantis
}part Of the organizations which wel
o with him in the campaign Of the Ia.
t four months.
l. What Colonel Expects.
4 It is his opinion that the pressure
4 public sentiment will be sufficient 1
4 some states to bring this about, an
: that while there may be numerous de
8 fections 1t will be possible to fill Ii
: gaps with volunteers.
= In cases In which the republica
9 Estate organizations as a whole al
) lagainst him II is his plan to setsup ne
= machinery with complete STATE and na
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