The Washington herald., 1912-06-07
TAFT WINS In
FIRST ROUND OF
CHICAGO FIGHT
Continued from PaE. one.


fore anybody viii know who the nomi-
nee is to be. or on what kind OF plat
form he will run.
While between the rivals there was
some show OF friendly hand-clasps and
swapping tobacco across the trenches,
neither side really concealed the bitter
ness that underlies the whole fight.
Dixon, standing m the lobby Of the con-
vention. looked at Penrose and scowled
and Penrose scowled back at Dixon.
Murray Crane glided past Frank p. Kel-
logg. who has gone TO the Roosevelt side,
without 50 much as a ''HOwdy. Ed"
Borah, who was dragoOned into the
fight for Roosevelt against his Will, was
outspoken in his belief that the Taft
crowd are showing sharp and ugly teeth,
and equally outspoken in his promise 70
pull some of them before the war Is over.
Borah is the only first-class fighting man
on the Roosevelt side. and now that he
is thoroughly riled, he is willing to do
Just as much fighting as necessary.
steam Roller started.
In the lobby of the Congress after the
fight the Taft people did not conceal
their Joy. THE steam roller is started"
said Mckinley, 'and We will keep II going
till the last Roosevelt man Is fat."
PenrOse and Crane, both Of whom are
fghting with their backs to the wall OF
retirement, assert that they can keep
up the nerve OF the whole crowd and
that in spite OF all the preferential pri-
maries in the universe they will put
Roosevelt out of business.
A remarkable feature OF the whole mix
up is that no one has heard the name
OF Taft in the mouth OF a single COM
mitteeman-
II is all a fight against Roosevelt. Taft
can take his chances as soon as the
colonel can be got out OF the way-if
that can be done But just now neither
friend nor foe is thinking Of the Presi-
dent.
Smoking their pipes in their tents this
evening both armies are troubled about
the outcome OF the week. 1t is as II
Napoleon and Wellington on the eve Of
get into the game the following day and
neither knew on which side he would
hght when he came. Despite the test
vOdng. despite the clash OF the steam
rollers, the 70 contests and the ll2 un-
instructed delegates-a vast army in
themselves-are still in doubt and will
remaIQ so Till the last fight over them
on the convention floor.
Committee Lineup.
Here is the lineup Of the committee as
expressed in the vote on the question of
full publicity:
For Taft-P. D. Barker. OF Alabama.
W. S. Stugress. OF Arizona: Powell Clay
ton, Of Arkansas: Charles Cavender. Of
Colorado Thy Thomas Devine. proxy;
Charles F. Brooker. Of Connecticut;
Henry s Chubb. OF Florida: Henry Blum.
jr., Of Georgia. Frank o. Lowden. Of
Illinois; Harry S. New. of Indianapolis;
Ernest z. Hart, OF Iowa: David Null
NJ Kansas NJ -
Maine: William P. Jackson. Of Maryland;
W Murray Crane, OF Massachusetts:
John W. Blodgett OF Michigan; l. B.
Mosely, OF Mississippi. Charles Nagel, OF
Missouri Thy Richard BaTthOldt. proxy;
T A. NARROW. Of Montana. Victor Rose
water. OF Nebraska; Fred W. Easta
brook. Of New Hampshire: Franklin
Murphy. OF New Jersey. Solomon Luna.
Of New Mexico; 2. c. Duncan, OF North
Carolina: James Kennedy. OF North Da-
kOta: Arthur l. Eorys, Of Ohio: c. Cade
Cby Dennis Flynn, proxy. OF oklahoma:
Ralph Williams. Of Oregon; BOies Pen
rose. Of Pennsylvania; William ?. Shelf
field. Of Rhode Island: NJ. c. Monday. OF
James W. Brock. OF Vermont: /
Alvah H Martin. OF Virginia: 2. \. |
Perkins. OF Washington tby C. P. San |
ders. proxy: y. B. Scott. Of West ViT- !
ginia Thy W. A Stevenson, proxy: !
George z. PextOn. CT Wyoming: II. L /
Of Hawaii: Lewis F. Shackel- I
ford. OF Alaska; Henry B. MCCOY. Of the !
and r II. Todd, Of Porto !
Rico.
California Cby W f. Borah proxy; T. G. |
DUPONT. OF Delaware; W. Z. Borah, .
Idaho; A. R Burnham. Of Kentucky:
Pearl Wight. Of Louisiana: Frank B. /
Kellogg. Of Minnesota: William L. Ward. .
New York: John G. Capers, of South .
CAROLINA: Thomas ThorsOn, Of South Da- 4
SOta: Cecil Lyons, Of Texas; c. E. Loose, !
II Utah; A 7. Rogers, Of Wisconsin, .
md Sidney Bieber. Of District Of Co
umbia by J. c. o'Loughlin. proxy.
Fight on Publicity.
Nominated TO do all the rough work"
necessary to show their intentions to-
ward Roosevelt. the committee began by
'oing- down a resolution offered by
frank B. Kellogg that full publicity be
-iven al the proceedings, including con-
est hearings. Frank B. Kellogg. who is
oIidly lined up for Roosevelt, offered it, /
nd Crane and Penrose immediately
howed fight. Crane making the first
peeCh IN his life in oppoyition. The best
he reactionaries would offer was an
greement to admit the press associa-
ions, and this was finally done by the
ote of 90 to IS. which was the only real Il
ote OF the day. The Roosevelt people
we're again steam-rolled when, by a viva
Oce vote, was voted down a resolution
rOviding that a roll call could be order
d on request Of eight men instead of
wenty. Senator BOrah. who made this
ropqsal, spoke for it energetically, but
he signals were passing around. and the
oller went over the Senator without
ven the fOrmality of a roll call. This
leans that every contest will be decided
y a vica voce vote, for the Roosevelt
eople cannot possibly muster a strength
( twenty in the committee.
When these matters were disposed of,
n order to prove their mastery Of the
more fully, the Taft crowd
oted down the proposition to reduce the
representation of seven delegates in the
onvention TO a basis of actual voting
trength. Such a reduction would put
cost Of the Taft men out in the street.
FOrestaIIs T. r. Men.
In order to head of any Roosevelt
iovement in that direction Senator Sand
rs OF Tennessee. who holds the proxy OF
A. Perkins, of Washington, got to-
ether the committeeman from the six
outhern States of Virginia, Alabama,
Tississippi. Louisiana, Georgia, and
lorida and exacted from them a promise
} stand fast for Taft IL the representa-
on was left intact by the committee
his proposal he put up to the members
nd they voted to recommend to the con-
ention that no change be made. The
aft people believe that this will keep
he solid South so firmly tied to Taft
rat no Roosevelt knife can cut II loose.
he thing Was done so quickly that the I