The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-06-12
TAFT MEN SAY THEY'LL
CONTROL CONVENTION
Will Elect Root and Name Com
mittccs on Resolutions
and Credentials.
HUGHES DARK HORSE TALK
Barnes Arrives and Gives Out a
Talk-NatiOnal Committee
Hears From Home.

committee on credentials and The COM
mittee on resolutions.
The Roosevelt men are continuing their
efforts to organize a combination by which
they can defeat Senator Root for tenn
porary chairman. They have had further
negotiations with Senator La Toilette 8
adherents in Wisconsin.
In word. the proposition of the Roose-
welt people to the La Toilette folks was
that Gov. Francis G. Mct;overn of Wis
consin should hc made temporary chair
man Of the convention through COM
bination of Roosevelt and La Toilette
delegates.
The La Toilette delegates could not
see ii that way.
New York Roosevelt delegates declare
that such Il combination could not be
| consi,nated because Gov. Deneen and
| number of Illinois delegates. the latter
committed to Roosevelt. and Roosevelt
delegates from other States would not 60
10 l-a Follettes candidate. any more than
| la Follettes men would coalesce with
! Roosevelt and his friends in an effort to
carry ont this proposition.
Senator La Toilette. it is said. is to stick
to his candidate for temporary chairman
enator. Gronna of North Dakota.
CrMMiNs HAS A CANDIDATE
II became evident to-day that Senator
Cummins who has ten delegates in the
convention. will name Senator Kenyon as
| the Cummins candidate for temporary
chairman. Thus the I.aFolle.te delegates
80 in all. 20 from Wisconsin and 10 from
North Dakota. and the Cummins dele
| gates, numbering IL. or - in ell will not
| enter into any combination with Col
Roosevelt and his Representa- tives TO bring
about the defeat of Senator Root.
|, is not that these delegates are par
| tial to Senator Root. but they are very
much opposed to Col Roosevelt espe-
ciallv the La Toilette men. They believe
| that but for Roosevelt Senator La Fol-
! lette would have been the chief opponen,
of President Taft in this convention.
Senator Cummins, in tn. estimation
Of both the Taft men and the Roosevelt, |,
men. is a simon pure candidate for Presi-
dent. Senator Cummins's friends believ.
that the Taft and Roosevelt forces will
bring about a deadlock in this conven
'ion, out of which eventually will come
Senator Cummns as the candidate for
President
Underneath all these claims. however
l. is hei.vcd that the real aim of tn,
tummIn- candidacy IL the nom ma ior
for Nic.-President. This talk is very
distas, rful TO the New Workers. VINO fee
that II President Taft is to be reuomina %,
certainly Nice-President Sherman is en-
titled 10 the same honor Among tia.
aspirants are Gov. Hadley of Missouri
Gov. johnson OF California. Gov. Mca,
of Vermont, Senator Borar. ex-Nic a.
President Fairbanks. and GOV. Stubb.
OF Kansas.
BARNES on the SCESI
William Barnes. Jr and a numbc,
of New Workers. including William Berr
of Brooklyn, arrived to-day Judg,
Charles A. Duell. New Yorl;'s Roosevelt
booster, il convinced that Roosevelt
j. to have 90 of the 0o delegates of tn,
state. Mr Berri said
Il cannot see il that way. At best
can only figure eight delegates in tn,
entire delegation for Col. Roosevelt
Of the sixteen delegates from King,
county Col. Roosevelt will have only
two-C comptroller Prendergast and Jaco
r. Hoffman. | believe firmly that Presi
dent Taft is TO be rcnominated in thi
convention. Furthermore. ! believe tina
he is most assurcdly to be elected
As the campaign progresses the pcopl
will appreciate the President and hi
Administration more and more. hav,
been surprised at the nature of the con
! Job h.. r.. q
have presented TO the national committee
! am surprised at the weakness of thes,
cont trsis. For the life of me cannot 10,
anything in this convention but the nomi
nation of President Taft No third can
didate can be nominated. IL must be
fight 10 the finish between Taft an,
Roosevelt.
Neither do have any faith in report
that Col Roosevelt will holt the Republi
can party. Ii he took that step | nm
afraid he would be surprised at the lev
among his people who would follow hiE
out of the party. AS learn the situatio,
here the ex-Presidents friends want hin
nominated and they want him nominate,
very much. but they are Republican,
first and they will remain in the Republi
u.
STATEMENT By BARNES.
MIR. Barnes issued the following state
ment:
| We have come here under the order
OF tho Rochester convention to conten
for the principles therein indorsed tina
This is self-controlled Republican dc
mocracy, that order is the prerequisit
OF progress, that principles shall not b
sacr!hccd to opportun!sm. that the bi
of rights IN the Constitution shall b
forever preserved" and we shall oppos
any principle that may be advocate
which may in any way be construed a
antaGonistic to these basic principles
| We of New York believe that "A de
teimned effort has been made to subver
the Government. Its ultimate object bcin
; to attack the Constitution itself II
our great duty here to prevent this 4
behalf of the Republicans of New Yor
and Of every citizen OF the nation
toincident with the arrival of Nh
Barnes there was further talk Of a com
promise candidate and the name of J,istic
Charles T.. Hughes came TO the front aRair
, On" ot the very closest friends of Presi
[ dent Taft said concerning Justice Hughes
, "Thc President il perfectly aware tha
Justice Hughes Is not a candidate and wi
not be- IA candidate for this nomination
That il positive
, SERIOUS COMPROMISE TALK.
! James T. Watson. one of the Indian
delegates at large. seated yesterday. me
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