New-York tribune., 1912-06-12
National Committee Settles Dis
putes in State by Giving Presl'
dent II Delegates and
Roosevelt One Delegate.
COLONEL'S MEN UPSET
Realize That They Cannot Hope
to Show a Majority for the
Third Term Candidate
When the Conven-
tion Meets.
SUGGEST HIS WITHDRAWAL
Talk Also Heard of Scheme to Have
the New National Committee Call
a Second Convention, Seat the
Ousted Delegates and Name
Leader-Taft Sentiment
Impresses Barnes.
SUGGEST HIS WITHDRAWAL

Impresses Barnes.
/ fBy a staf Correspondent Of The Trbunel
] Chicago. June 11.-Seventeen more
/ Taft delegates were added TO the tenn.
porary roll by the Republican National
/ Committee to-day. In several instances
I the vote Of the committee was unanl-
nous In the 1ith Kentucky District
the committee decided unanimously To
seat one Taft and one Roosevelt dele
gate. Director Mckinley, by the way
had, never included the two delegates
from the 11th District in his estimates.
| Roosevelt supporters are more discour-
aged than ever, the most striking PROOF
of which is afforded by the various SUBJ
terfugcs suggested by the anything to
beat Taft" element and by the obvious
desire of the others either to get on the
band wagon or i'm some way TO get some
profit for themselves out of the defeat Cf
/ the colonel.
Realizing that President TAFT will have
clear majority on the temporary roll.
Colonel Roosevelt has decided to throw
| his friend. Governor Hadley, overheard
and to throw his strength TO +. T.. Nc
| Govern. the La Toilette candidate FOR
temporary chairman, while the Roose'
Welt managers are more than ever de-
plorIng the colonels last decision TO op-
pose Senator Root.
Senator Borah has taken the bit in his
teeth and refuses To be dictated 10 py
Senator Dixon. He would not enter a
conference last night by which 1t was
sought 10 lind the Roosevelt men ON the
committee TO vote for the Roosevelt
contestants. regardless of the merits OF
their contests. nor would he surrender
his proxy TO any one who would so vote.
Mr.. Thorson, national committeeman
from South Dakota, surrendered his
proxy to-day to Francis j. Heney, who
proceeded To lecture the committee until
he had every one by the ears, and was
sharply called down by some of the
older members
Too Fimsy TO- Stalwarts.
Sidney Bieber, Of the District OF
Columbia, gave his proxy TO Governor
Hadlcy. and it was intimated by the
Roosevelt men that in Heney and Had
ley they had two men who would re-
main loyal to Colonel Roosevelt to the
last ditch In the contest in the ID Dis
trict Of KcntIcky. however. the second
one considered. the Roosevelt case had
so little merit that even these two stall
warts refused to vote, and the Taft men
were seated without an opposing vote.
William Barnes, jr., who arrived on
the scene to-day, expressed himself as
strongly impressed by the force of the
not only that MIR. Taft will be nomi-
mated but that h. will make the
strongest Presidential candidate the Re-
publcans could name.
The four delegates at large from Ken
lucky were first considered by the ma
tional committee, and the Taft men
were seated by n vote of IS to IL.
Mcssrs Lyon. of Texas, and Louden, of
Illinois, refrained from voting. and
Messrs. Kellogg and Borah announced
thar while they voted for the Roosevelt
contestants they We're far from con-
yinccd that they were entitled to seats
The receipt here of one of the Munsey
papers, In which Frank Munseys chief
political writer tells the exact truth
regarding the rake contests got up
i'm the interest Of Colonel Roosevelt.
constituted one of the interesting events
of the day. OF course. these facts have
been related heretofore in The Tribune
but their frank avowal by an advocate
Of Mr. Roosevelt caused amazement
here. The Washington Times Of last
Sunday says:
For psychological effect as move In
practical politics, II was necessary for the
Roosevelt people to start contests on these
early Taft selections, In order that a tabu-
lation of delegate strength could be put out
that would show Roosevelt holding a g cd
hand In the game. a table showing Tart;
I5O; Roosevelt, 10; contested. none" wo Id
not be very much calculated to insp re
confidence whereas one showing Taft.
%; Roosevelt. 10; contested. l27," looked
very different.
number OF Southern contests that were
started early in the game. IL was never
exnected that they would be taken very
seriously; they served useful purpose
and now the national committee is deciding
them I'm favor OF Taft-in most cases with
out real division.
Making Cause Ridiculous.
THAT is the whole story of these con-
tosts. nor is il confined to those from
the Southern states. 1t has been no
more POSSIBLE for the conscientious
Roosevelt members of the committee to
vote To seat the contestants from IN
iiana and Kentucky than to vote for
tbose from Alabama and Florida. but it
is remarked that for Il Roosevelt advo-
cate thus to avow tho real character of
the campaign against the President is to
render ridiculous the efforts of Mr.
Rooseyelts campaign managers TO
arouse public sympathy for their cand-
dale ard to create a general uproar
against the decisions of the national
committee.
1t Is still one week from the opening
x.,.u.d nm second mage serond COlumu