The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-19
MCCovern Today
 Chosen Chairman
WiscOnsin's Governor at Head
 of State Delegation
C0CAEMS, ASSIGNING,
 ATTACKS SENATOR "BoB'
Accuses LaFollette Managers of Trying to Do Business With Taft-HauSer's
 Statement

Chicago, June 19-Wholesale disrup- tion of the Wisconsin Republican del egation, with several reeignatione threatened, marked the entrance, to- day, of the LaFollette workers into the convention.
 Governor McGovern, elected chair man of the delegation, today, received the resignation of Henry -Cochems as a delegate.
 Cochems, who nominated LaFollette, four years ago, came out with a sec ond bitter attack upon the Wiscon- sin Senator, explaining his action in nominating McGovern for temporary chairman and himself for resigning.
 'LaFollette and his managers are out to lick Roosevelt and that's all,'' said Cochems ''They are utterly dis regarding the progressive principles, the fight for the people which Roose- welt, just as much as LaFollette, is Wag1ng. For 10 days Manager Haus- CT has been trafficking with the Taft crowd, defending the rotten steals of the national committee and conduct ing campaign of vengeance upon Roosevelt rather than support of the progressives. I got sick of the whole dirty mess and simply quit to save my own self respect. felt I would be stultifying myself, if kept seat on the delegation when instructed for LaFollette7 and did not wish to be accused of desertion or treachery. Now. I am free to make a progressive fight as see it. I am with McGoveFn in this fight and so are the majority of the electors of Wisconsin,
 The proposition of Governor Had ley and the Roosevelt crowd is ut &e &ev1xy IncyJv A. y0H Q<1S> NY1E sideration.'' said Colonel Hannan. Why. should a personally conducted roll of delegates as chosen by Had ley or anybody else be substituted for those chosen by the national commit tee. I will vote to have the whole af- mittee."
 Manager Hauser also declared the Roosevelt plan was "indefensible."
 '1n all of the contests, probably B. 900 briefs and affidavits are prepar- ed,' said Hauser, sTo ask ths con welt people, en masse, would be the height of absurdity. Most of the Roosevelt contests were manufactur- ed, anyway. and are without merit and indefensible.
 "As far as Cochems' resignation is it was the only thing he could do. He bolted the Wisconsin caucus action which voted 15 to il, an hour before entering the coliseum. against presenting a candidate for temporary chairman. The wiscon- sin delegation is out to fight for . nomination of LaFol- lette first and last upon the princi- pies for which he stands"
 National Committeeman Rogers breathed vengeance on McGovern, Cochems and the others who joined with Roosevelt against Taft.
 oi sounded" said Rogers, "if every man. jack of them do not vote for Senator LaFollette.
 All LaFollette leaders emphatical1y declared the LaFe1lette delegates both from Wisconsin and North Dakota will not follow the Roosevelt delegates in any bolt or deflection into any oth- CT convention.
 away with a bolt" said Manager Hauser. '.He has got to take $40 dele gates with him if he leaves the con- vention and, where is he going to get them? Not more than 250 or 300 dele- gates at most would follow @ bolt They have got to abide by the con- vention or be discredited absolutely"
 And our 46 votes look pretty good. don't they, this morning." Hauser asked, declaring LaFollette's chancesI never looked better than today.
 Cochems' deflections breaks up al plan to demand curtailment1 of the southern representation in the lengthy brief to demand a reduction of the delegates from the south. It is not believed his part will be taken bv any other Wisconsin delegate