Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-06-20
NO LONGER ANY DOUBT AS
TO ATTITUDE OF COLONEL
Has Decided to Abandon Vain Struggle in the
Regular Proceedings Conferences with Fol-
lowers Exciting -Borah Is Said to Refuse
to Bolt-Boom for Hadley.


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.oid urdor tho nereonol direction of the
roIorel h,n,se,f hogan TO Law their plans
Gov ;,,aooo,aor. ,ct,o,, ir tho nation,l re-
nublican convention
As rororunner of the moro drastic
notion exnectod in the convention to-mor-
row or Friday. the Roosevelt members Of
tEe committee on credentials withdrew
from that hoa, to-nirht. withdrew in per-
son. and in effect Withdrew all of the
Roosevelt contests which had been scaled
down from % to Is
Colonel Roosevelt tonight was in the
midst of a series of exciting conferences
md was busv FIGURING on the loyal dele
rates vhom he could exnect to carry wi
him out of +bo convention or rather into
,ha senarate convention on the conven-
,ior floor in evcnt tho crisis &c reached.
poo,,e 1rbo ta1l.od with the colonel
toriph. dec,ared +bere was no longer
srv doubt nc IN b,s otr,,ude Convinced
th,t the credentials committee was
ayo,nst hin, and will re.ain the contest
"a rat. do,oc,tns IN the,r coats Colonel
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FOLLOWERS KNOW ATTITUDE
The colonel would not issue formal
statement as to his warlike Intentions
early in the evening, but was said to
have made his position clear to his fol-
lowers.
Some of the conferences at his head
quarters were exciting.
Senator Borah of Idaho. it was report
ed. declared he left the Roosevelt
rooms that he would not bolt.
The missouri delegation IN the con-
~ :.
sh,. ,.,, eeS I1as,s' y
e., n,l,. 1,,o ra,,,r,.h,o ,o,,on
r,.ia, ,,;,,o. ..o ,,,.,o,,r, oxoo,,;,,o
O., tho coryart,or +o-day jonathan ,yi.b
+ba suaden turn in aeairs was soid n
bavc s+renetbened their belief that tho
4imc was rine for brinr,np forward a
comnromise candidate.
In the meantime there was talk of
Justice Charles f. Hughes of New York
as the candidate of the convention
Some of the leaders ventured to sug.
gest a ticket of Hughes and Ha iley
All sorts of wild rumors were cur
rent as the crash came.
The fact that the Taft forces stIcngth-
ened their hold In the convention in the
.test vote to-day. getting 5ti votes as
,against 65s on yesterday, threw the
opposition forces into something of 6
panic. The Roosevelt vote in the con
.yention to-day was $40. hut IT was realized
that 2S votes from Wisconsin, 10 from
Iowa and 10 from North Dakota. mus
be deducted from that on a presidential
ballot while but few of the Taft vote.
could be gained.
TAFT people Ey11rAN,r
ne Az p.'i' "e'e '""''''' ''-'is" III
ihey 'en'ea '''i''at'o"s i'o'" ',e '.oose
Tet saio '""' tI'e' were o"''s'ue'Ils
YcolhproHi'se caHo'o",e' a'iu asserteu ina
"i'n 'lshteiilhs Vi the "iieS II was al
parent t"at ireS'"eht iail "ou'o VIII
the "on''"a'ioi' vi 'ne "isI o"''ot VIII
bo'heeh'ls 10 spaie'
senator DiXoh oeciareo to-hlsht INA
pne maj appear might DE ihaue 10 TN
merpership VI the conventions
we Snail nave eAhaus'e" 'He" ever
eSai ana morai ou'y "eNo'V'"S "poh us
Inc ruture VIII nave 10 'ahe care Vi II
Sel1. ne saio'
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,dblIoWerg Of Mr. Roosevelt