The Prescott daily news., 1912-06-24
REQUEST IGNORED;
 ROLLER |S READY
LEADERS DETERMINED TO END FIGHT BY FORCING
 RULES.
GOSSIP ON VlCE-PRES!DENT
HaoIey Borah, Kenyon in Vice-Pres- dent Political Gossip as Conven-
 tion Advances at Chicago.

11:26-Convention called to order at 10:45.
 11:57-Credentials Committee re- sumes report. Mississippi delegates at-large seated without roll call All contested Taft delegates from Missis- sippi districts seated.
 11:51-Colored delegates raised point of order. Steam roller exceed ing speed limit sustained by Root, who said they hoped to go home for Sun day
 12:19.-Convention seats Taft dele gates from Washington, sustaining majority report of credentials com mittee.
 12;21.-Convention very disorderly and noisy. Roosevelt forces sing, jeer and shout for Teddy. 2:02.-After a wait of two hours the credentials committee reported on the Virginia contests and the major ity report favoring Taft delegates was adopted.
 2:25.-The credentials committee is still wrangling over the report on Texas contests. Devine of Colorado and Mccormick of Illinois nearly came to blows.
 Chicago, June 24.-It was the hope of parry leaders as the Republican na- tional convention opened the fifth day of it's session at 10 o'clock that the work would be concluded late Satur day. The leaders were inclined to think, without wishing to be arbitrary, that all the necessary work of the con- vention could be accomplished by that time.
 The leaders, 1t is said, have agreed upon a tentative program which, how ever, will be subject to sudden change if there are unexpected developments on the floor of the convention. Accord ing to this program, there will be morning, afternoon and night sessions of the convention, with the nomina- tion of presidential and vicepresiden- tial candidates as the climax of the
 
 convention over until Monday it was intimated that there would be at least two days of debate next week before a conclusion could be reached, Officers of the convention were in fuenced in their plans on one hand by anxiety of the delegates to get home, and on the other by desire to allow ample time for discussion of all issues before final adjournment was taken.
 r. R. Orders Name Withheld.
 It was strongly indicated that Col. Roosevelts name would not be pre- sented to the convention at all, ex. cept without his consent His final instructions to his leaders were that his name should be withheld. It was pointed out, however, that Col. Roose' velt's expressed desire in this regard might not control those delegates from states where flat Roosevelt in structions were given.
 With Col Roosevelt out of the fight in this convention and President Taft's renomination apparently a foregone conclusion, chief interest centered in the nominee for Vice-President
 The names of VicePresident Sher- man, Gov. Hadley of Missouri. Sena- tor Kenyon of Iowa, Senator Borah of Idaho, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of New York and John Wanamaker of Philadelphia were most frequently mentioned in this connection. Lead CTS chose to avoid discussion of the vice-presidential question until they had completed the nomination of the presidential candidate.
 Ready for Fight on Rules.
 Next to the vice-presidential Ques- tion the subject of new rules to be presented to the convention aroused greatest interest among the politi- clans.
 It was apparent that leaders in the progressive wing of the party were prepared to launch a bitter attack upon the rules which might take on dimensions of a general fight be- tween the Taft and Roosevelt contin- gents. Real anxiety to conclude the convention, which already has set record for delay, was set against such action and there were signs that ex- +apdod dahofa would meet with sum-