Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-14

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tile Missouri contests has thrown the
presidents camp into CONSERVATION.
These contests were settled so thai
Col. Roosevelt will nave from that
state twenty delegates instead OF the
5 tweuty-six he claimed. and President
Taft sixteen delegates instead of the
twenty four he expected.
The loss OF delegates regarded as alb
u solutely essential to the president
\ ncsaination has given rise among the
I Taft managers to- . renewal of talk as
70 q compromise candidate. Their zone
best bet now is not that Taft surely
will be nominated. but that Roosevelt
will not get the nomination.
It is an entirely different atmosphere
that now pervades the inner circle OF
the presidents friends. They are sore
and angry over what has occurred,
and are expressing themselves in i'm
polite language over what they term
the desertion Of Secretary OF Com
merce and Labor Nagel of Missouri.
who left Chicago on the eve of the con-
alteration Of the Missouri contests.
Ready to Abandon Taft.
While they continue to say they will
ado "all they can" for Mr.. Taft, they
are speculating as to how much OF
their strength they can transfer to an
other candidate, possibly Senator Cum
minis. The latters campaign man
ager, Senator Kenyon of Iowa, ap-
peared opportunely in Chicago in the
morning. They did not see him or
- ,,,ifh him HIT there /.
gan gradually to permeate thru the
lobbies OF the hotel the suggestion that
perhaps SIX Pennsylvania delegates in
structed for Taft would throw their
votes to the Iowa candidate.
Senator Kenyon says he knows moth
ing about IL: the Taft men. including
Senator Penrose, deny it. The Taft
managers realize that the moment they
abandon Mr.. Taft that moment the
break viii occur to Roosevelt. They
feel they must not attempt to change
rorses croesing q stream. and 1t Is
announced they will not abandon the
presidents candidacy.
TrY 90 Suppress Revolt.
What they are doing is to devise a
means OF suppressing the insurrection.
with this In view the committee took
an early adjournment yesterday and
last night there was long conference.
participated in by Senators Crane and
Penrose. Secretary to the President
Hilles, William Barnes Jr., and others.
tentative proposals were suggested
for q compromise as favorable as pos
sfble 20 Mr.. Taft on some OF the re-
naming contests, but it was deter
mined that the delegates from the state
az Washington must be taken en- bloc.
Tho TAFT forces realize they have ar
rived at the edge Of the precipice, with
only q narrow path OF concession lead
ing to possible safety in the committee
itself.
But to take the latter route reduced
even the Taft figures Of control OF the
convention 10 . margin so small that
the Taft men shudder when they con-
template them.
Missouri Settled Beforehand.
ostensibly the Missouri contests
were settled In the committee yester-
day. Asa matter Of fact. they were
arranged some hours before.
The Tart managers were apprised
that the national committeeman who
had been voting with them. including
williams Of Oregon. Devine. who has
been n0lo1n8 PROXY rom COlOra0O,
and othlfs. were not prepared to vote
FOR the transfer Of all the Missouri
contests to the Taft column. These
nnen4 had examined carefully into the
facts and they could not convince
themselves and felt they could not con-
vince Nseir people at home that there
was any justice In the exclusion OF the
delegates at large from the neishboring
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