New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-26
WILL GIVE COLONEL
ALL FIGHT He WANTS
Taft Forces Welcome the Con-
test Over Temporary Chair
man at Chicago.
READY FOR ANY TEST VOTE
Roosevelt Scheme to Have New
Members Take Charge of the
Committee Derided as
Wild Eyed"

Wild Eyed.
From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, May 25.-Further mdlca-
tons that the political elements are gath
ering for a storm at the Chicago conven-
ton were Forthcoming to-day in a state
ment made by Director Mckinley of the
TAFT bureau as a rcjoinder to Ormsby Nc
Harg's criticism of Senator Root as tenn
porary chairman.
at ls the Intention OF the friends OF the
President" said Director Mckinley, ITO
give Mr.. Roosevelt all the fight he wants
at the Chicago convention. This applies
not only to the temporary chairman and
the nomination, but TO the permanent
chairman and the platform
Headquarters Of the opposing Republican
camps Will be shifted from Washington to
Chicago next week Director Mckinley
announced to-day that the national Taft
bureau will close on June ! and that the
entire force which has been at work here
since February viii he transferred TO the
Taft headquarters, in the Congress Hotel
in Chicago.
Tie Taft bureau also issued to-day a
statement character!zing wild eyed
tie scheme proposed by William Finn, OF
Pittsburgh, to have all the new committee
men aypear at Chicago on June 10 take
charge Of the convention and decide con-
tests.
Taft Men Defiant.
MI. McKnley's sta:ment concerning the
temporary Craftsmanship is as follows:
Ha.ing determined to break the unwrt-
ten law OF the R.public that no President
shall serve three terms. ana having I'-
Ciqcd mat the form OF government under
TTrft .l 4 at. IN.
progressed until il stands foremost among
the nations of the world is unit Tor the
further government of men, Theodore
Roosevelt has taken another step ASIDE
from CUSTOMARY procedure and IS now IN
sisting that the temporary chairman o.
the Republican National Convention al
Chicago shall represent nm ana not inc
Republican party.
Iiithe. 10 ii has been the custom Of all
political parties TO have the committee
On ai-an.aTlorts for each national Conven-
tion. winch committee is also a Sub[com-
mittec Of the national COMMITTEES % '.'FS
party choose the temporary chairman OF
Inc convention The choice mas uniformly
represented the party as whole ana, pc De-,
~ - ,bo ,ar,v has never been ques-
toned but oucc-in 1884. The choice Is
,e,-.v mao without, conss4t5:lauoh VIII" d'rI
the various Presidential candidates, IN Or
der that lmpartldllty may De assured
The committee on arrangements 10Y lnf
Chicago convention, OF when Nduond4
Committeeman Harry ;. New; OF IN Inq Eiih,;
So n,' ~ New York. as temporary chair
man If the coming convention, ana oend-
TOR Poot has accepted the honor. senator
Root was Secretary of State IN Theodo.e
RCcseVclt's Cabinet. one or MS C!osesI
friends and advisers throughout ms ehiIe
administration and not lnfrequehtIy us
FcuJer Of IL During the entire Tart ad-
ministration Senator Root has been mem
Der of the Senate. .., HE ~,
tertion TO contest the selection or senator
Root as temporary chairman or inc III M
,seo convention, OTimSPiy ~ the South an
nounced in Chicago yesterday that senator
Moses Clapp. OF Minnesota. was Ine
Roosevelt choice Tor teInPG }eS, Of MisH0uri
co. Governor Johnson Of California rs tne
Roosevelt choice for permanent CHAIRMAN
of the convention.
Crossing Of Wires Somewhere.
Evidently there has been a crossing OF
wires in the Roosevelt camp on thls an
Douncement, for Senator Dixon MI. h tc5iy
Velt's campaign manager, mas EePed'epp ~
et1t,G that no choice for either oflce mas
e. vet been made and no conference heiu
on either subject To the extent Oh ma
he authority Of the office which Senator
Dixon l. supposed t. Hoiu, so.ar,,ina+ion
to contest Senator Root as the temporary
chairman of the Republican NationaI con
ventIon is concerted the frIenes viii
essure a test OF strength right at the OUT
set Of the convention which VIII PLAINLY
demonstrate to the country may rh W. on.
vention and that his personal views OF we
issues of this campaign are NOT me ve ."S
throuoh the national committee In select
inc Senator Root TO deliver the keynote
speech Of the convention
Furthermore, the friends of the President
will welcome any further tests OF strength
ON roll calls or otherwise, when MT. Roose-
Ill viii see fl 10 demand in the conVen-
II is the intention of the friends of the
President TO give M. Roosevelt ali the
fcht he wants at the Chicago convention
and TO demonstrate to him and to the
country that he is not the choice OF Inc the
but that President Taft IL. THIS apples
not only to the temporary chairman ana
the nomination. but TO the permanent
chairman and the platform
on the subject Of the Finn proposal TO
take charge Of the convention the Taft
bureau made the following statement:
The notorious William Finn, Of Pitts
burgh. chief hacker of Theodore Roosevelt
In Pennsylvania, and head Of his field
forces in Massachusetts and OHIO, has
caught the spirit OF revolution from ms rs
the Republican National Convention at
Chicago, by force, II necessary. IN confer
ence yesterday with william ;: EdWaIds,
Roosevelt, who has been named as the
new national committeeman from that
State IL was decided to have all the new
committeeman appear at Chicago on June
6 to take possession Of the national com
mitteo and decide the. contests for the
coming convention This Is the proposed
recall Of national committeeman.
OF course, Films scheme is as wild-eyed
as the suggestion Of the recall of judges
and judicial decisions No proposed new
member OF the national committee now
possesses more than a mere Endorsement
FOR that ONCE by the faction which he rep,
resents, and no delegate to the national
convention is qualified 10 vote for ma
tional committeeman until the convention
itself has decided whether or not the dele
gate is entitled to be seated in that body.
The temporary roll call Of the conven-
ton as made up by the present Repub-
lican National Committee, will determine
merely the temporary personnel Of the
convention and the credentials committee
of the convention, subject TO the approval
OF the convention itself will make up the