Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-06-08
NAKED THEFT,
SAID ROOSEVELT
Colonel Believes That at
Least one Alabama Dis.
trict Was : tolen
BAD FEELING IN COMMITTEE
Police Are Stationed at Coliseum
to Avoid Trouble
Threatened.

J
! Oyster Bay, n. Y. Jlne S.-"Thert
is one district in Alabama which rep
1esents naked theft" was all tha
! Colonel Roosevelt cared to say TO-DAY
regarding the work of the Republican
national committee at Chicago yester
day in deciding contests.
81 can't say anything more about i
! noW," he continued. 1T is too impor
( tant. | shall prepare a statement
about it later in the day" Colone
| Roosevelt indicated that the state
ment would be peppery.
Bad Feeling in Committee.
Chicago, Ill, June S.-Bad feeling
between Roosevelt and Taft leaders
which sputtered intermittently yester
/ day and last night, became acute to
! day and threatened to break into an
| open clash in the meetings of the Re
publican national committee,
Police at Coliseum.
The gravity Of the situation was
driven home this morning when a po
lice detail of thirty plain clothes men
and uniformed patromen took theil
stations at the Coliseum, where the
/ contest hearings are being held
Attempt to Preserve Harmony.
The subject of a possible clash was
discussed until late hour last night
at several conferences of leaders on
both sides at downtown hotel head.
quarters. Officers of the national
committee Joined with others of prom.
: inence in the party councils in stating
! that all possible efforts were being
made to prevent any occurrance that
might reflect discredit upon the con-
duct of the pre-convention delibera-
Roosevelt leader whose coming was
heralded by reports of possible demon.
strations in and about the Republican
national committee headquarters, ar
rived today and declared that the ru-
mors which had preceded him were
less substantial than thin air.
Not Here to Start Rough House.
81 an not here to start rough
house. ! have no monkey wrench to
thrOw into the steam roller sail Mr..
rlynn 81 am here simply to do what
little | can to further the nomination
of Colonel Roosevelt. | am so out of
touch with political methods that ii |
got in front of the steam roller might
be crushed myself so | don think |
shall attend any of the sessions of the
national committee"
Roosevelt May Attend Convention.
Mr. Flynn declared that whether
Colonel Roosevelt WoIld come to the
convention depended upon circum-
stances. IF his friends advise him
that his presence is necessary or de-
sirable, Colonel Roosevelt will come
to Chicago" said Mr.. Flynn.
Side Stepped Possible Bolt.
The question of a possible bolt by
the Roosevelt men was parried by Mr..
Flynn, who said at all depends on
the outcome of the contests. If the
steam roller crashes along without re-
gard to justice, it will be time enough
to think of that question:
On his arrival the Pittsburg man
conferred with George w. Perkins,
and Senator Joseph NJ. Dixon, director
CT the Roosevelt campaign. Other ar
rivals were Thomas F. Niedringhaus,
of ST. Louis, newly elected national
committeeman from Missouri. who
Joined the Roosevelt workers, and For
mer Congressman James A. Tawney,
of Minnesota, who sought the Taft
headquarters.
For One State Headquarters.
A committee of Indiana delegates
both Taft and Roosevelt men, confer
red with Fred A. Sims of Indiana, and
Former Senator James A. Hemenway,
concerning the advisability of having
one state headquarters during the con-
vention. The Taft men on the COM
mittee were Captain W. E. English,
Clement Studebaker, Jr., and Webb
Woodfill. The Roosevelt men were
Edward c. Toner and Enos Porter.
The Taft delegates from the first
Florida district, were seated without
roll call, although several voices were
heard in the negative. A motion by
Mr. Thorson, South Dakota, to exclude
all three of the contesting delegations,
was defeated. The Georgia cases COW
ering the entire state delegations,
twenty-eight in all, were taken up at
2:50 p. m. 1t was said they might be
disposed of together. The Taft dele
gates in the second Florida district
were seated unanimously without roll
call. Taft delegates won in the third
and last Florida district unanimously.
Total for Florida twelve contested del
egates all for Taft. The committee
finally decided % take up the Georgia
cases individually.
Peace lowering Near.
With outward peace lowering over
its committee room and suppressed
excitement filling the halls outside,
the Republican. nauonai committee re-
sumed today the hearing Of Arkansas
delegate contests. Rumors of an in.
tended protest from the Roosevelt
members against some of the actions
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