The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-06-11

STAGE ALL SET
FOR CONVENTION
FIRST DELEGATIONS TO
REACH CHICAGO TO-DAY.
Managers Plan Direct Appeal to
Each Individual Delegate for
His Vote.
Roosevelt Men Try to Discourage
Rumors That They Will Bolt
Convention.

| CHICAGO. June 1O.-The stage set.
ting for the Republican national con.
Vention was completed to-day with the
opening OF LaFollette and Cummins
headquarters. Cummins Headquarters
we're established in the same hotel
that houses the Taft and Roosevelt
workers. The LaFollette headouar-
ters. opened by Alfred T. Rogers. ma.
uonal committeeman from Wisconsin.
Is situated six blocks from the others.
Inc managers OF the several head
quarters, together with their advisors
ana assistants tonight completed
plans for the reception OF delegates
VINO are expected to begin arriving TO-
morrow. Special committees to
handle the delegates have been ar
ranged and will do duty from this
ume until the close of the convention.
A direct appeal will be made to
each individual delegate by the cam.
palgn manager Of each candidate for
the nomination, despite instructions
OF pledges. No possible vote in the
convention will be overlooked, and
any indication among delegates of
snitting sentiment will precipitate
hVeIy'scramble among the managers.
7. r. Men Won't Bolt.
a number OF prominent Roosevelt
leaders to-day declared reports Of a
possible bolt by the Roosevelt dele
gates In case the presidents friends
succeed in nominating Mr.. Taft, were
without reasonable foundation.
Senator VIM. F. Borah. OF Idaho. an
active worker for roosevelt in the
sessions OF the Republican national
committee, said:
No bolt for me. nave not even
considered such a possibility. and I
don expect TO consider H."
Inc Roosevelt headquarters were
particularly alive with meetings and
conferences this afternoon and TO
night \ number OF wellknown
Roosevelt adherents. including Judge
Zen b. Lindsey. OF Colorado: Jas. r.
Garheld. OF Ohio; Congressman VIM
hent' OF California: and Clifford Pin
chot' OF Washington. were among the
scores to participate in the various
COuhsels held In the interests OF the
former president
] We've got them skinned" DESPITE
me work Of the national committee '
said Garfield. who was sacretarv NJ
the Interior under Roosevelt
Convention Fiqht Certain.
This committee can not ston the
nomination OF Roosevelt The verdict
or Ohio IS still fresh I'm the mirds
or the people Of this country. pom
rose. Crane and the others In that
committee room do not realize v,bat
me people as "A body are thinking
Ihere viii be an uprising against the
action here
This nation has been aroused a.
II has not been In a presidential cam
r paign OF recent memory. and the YER
dlct is on the side OF the progressives
me convention proper will undo the
raw things this committee NAV nut
over. Col. ROseveH's friends are con
/ hdent of the outcome"
reports that presidential electors in
states where the primaries were car.
rlea by Col Roosevelt regardless Of
the result OF the national conventionj
! would refuse 10 vote for any other
candidate when they reach Washing.
ton after the November election
: brought smiles from even Roosevelt
leaders
. franklin Macveagh. secretary Of the
treasury. visited the Taft headquarters
, during tho day and declared that presi-
cent Tart would be- nominated on the
first ballot
Things are looking better for Prezi-
dent Taft every day." said Secretary
, MacFeagh Ills friends believe that
Dc viii Do nominated on tho nrri bal
, lot. thus d. posing of a LOT of discus.
sion that might follow. The contests
which tho Roosevelt faction has ineft
tutnf arc not we'll founded Tho action
, or The committee ln voting them 20
, president Taft with practically urau.
imiiy is clear evidence Of this"
McKinley's Statement.
'ongreHsman william " Mckinley.
manager ~ fho Taft bureau. tonight
issued the Following statement.
~ The unanimous vote OF tho 10
publican national committee tod.y
Including the votes ~ aurb veil
- known supporters ~ Theodore Voor..
welt aa Senator " D. porah ~
Z Idaho. Frank H Kellogg. ~ Mime
sofa. George a knight. of Caufor.
! nit. Cecil Lyon. ~ Texas. William
l.. Ward N New York. Pearl yrIrbt
: N Louisiana. and ofherv. The T4r
delegates at'arge from Indiana uers
g ordered seated in tho coming Rapub
! lican convention over fhe Uo0aeveff
. de.orstes af-.arE. who contested fhefr
1Eht io their seats
q Following ne action of the Indiana
4, Republican state convention In select
, INK Tho Taft dclogafna ahIch TODAY
I we're seated by Tho unanimous vote of
! fhe Republican national committee
Theodore Roosevelt In o. speech AZ tho
, auditorium in chicago. March 27.
said
AZ ] have said. such primary cou.
test tNeu York; ie NOT merely "a farce
hut criminal farce What was done
in Sew YORK. Is suhst1n tally what vas
scontinusd on Tsuh FarsA