Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-17
ROOSEVELT BY x
on FIRST BALLOT
sEMAroR DIXON, coLoNEL's
MANAGER. MAKES FIRST
DEFINITE CLAIM.
CERTAIN ex.PREsIpENr
WILL WIN IN FIRST ROUND
Declares Thsrs Has Been . ereak
From raft in Every Southern State
DECLARES 0erah Will Be Named
Temporary Chairman by Larger Ma.
iority-Rsfuss to DivuIss Plans. 8

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CHICAGO. June l7.-senator Dixon
campaign manager for Theodore
Roosevelt, emphatically declared toda.
that temporary roll cali Of the con
vention at this hour showed thai
Roosevelt would be nominated by q
majority Of at least ~. and that Sen
ator Borah would be chosen temporary
chairman over Senator Root by q
larger majority.
...At 3 o'clock this morning" said
senator Dixon. when we checked up
cur Iist Of. delegates known to be for
Roooeyelt-those. we are sure to have
with us-we found ,unquestionably that
we would. control the convention and
name Theodore Roosevelt by clean
majority Of ~. votes.
"That claim make after eliminat-
ing lot, Of culls that have come in
that look favorable but that are not
claimed by us as certain
4 Fight From the Jump.
.wiil you start the fight as soon as
the convention opens?"
s.'We are going to fight from the
Jump and will elect the temporary
chairman by q majority larger than AZ.
think that Senator Borah will be the
temporary chairman. He is the choice
OF all our fellows. He, has a big voice.
sreat force and will be great chair
man"
South Dessrtine Taft.
The senator declared that many
southern delegates who were instruct
! cd for Taft would vote with the. Roose-
vslt forces organisation arc have SO
ss sssura4 him. He also asserted that
i 5ssssn zsqras Georgta deleEafSs had fol-
lowed the nve who yesterday sisned
the open letter to Roosevelt pledginY
him their support.
Il ersak in Every Southern State.
"There will be others from Georgia
before the day is over" the senator
continued, 'and also expect to make
pubic later in the day letter to
Roosevelt signed py several South Car
olila delegates pledging him their sup
port. There IL not southern state that
has not broken"
How about New York;"
II can tell you frankly that I know
nothing about the situation there, put
I make this claim, that we will control
the convention; we will fight from the
start any attempt to murder the re-
publican party; we will nominate
Roosevelt by ~ majority; put that in
..our noteboox and see II this. my first
definite claim, is not sbout right when
it is all oyer.'
Roosevelt Plan Not Revealed.
Speaking Tor the Roosevelt forces to-
day Governor Hadley. of Missouri.
chosen floor leader for the colonel. de-
clared that no contested delegates
seated by act Of the republican ma
tional committee should sit in the con-
vention.
How can you help it?" he was
asked.
I'VE are not unmasking our bat
teries today, he replied. "No delegate
with stolen credentials shall have a
vote in this convention II we can help
it. BY tomorrow we will have our
plans completed"
what viii you dot"
"Nothing that is not regular and
American; nothing that will not be ap-
proved BY the American people"
The Roosevelt leaders apparently
were not disturbed by the announce
ment Of the Taft adherents that they
would successfully block the move for
the adoption Of : substitute roll of del
egates. They asserted with confidence
that thu convention would not be or
ganissd with fraudulent delegates in
the places that should be occupied by
those rsgularly5 elected or chosen
Massachusetts for Reessvslt.
In hissuite at the headquarters hotel
Colonel Roosevelt this morning re-
ceived the delegations from Illinois.
New Jeryey. Okiahoma and Massa-
chusetts. The colonel shook hands and
chatted With each individual delegate.
After the last delegation had left.
Matthew Hale. Of Boston. announced
that the stsAt egates- at large from
that state who had been renounced by
Colonel roosevelt in favor Of President |
Taft would vote for Roosevelt.
n I'm view pf the tactics Of the national
committee -in deciding che contest in !
other isatslr sid Mr. Hale, 7 believe .
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