The Washington times., 1912-06-17
CUMM|NS FRIENDS
BELIEVE He WILL
GET TAFT'S VOTES
In Case of Deadlock Iowan
Is Considered as Com
promise.

Nf'lSAGO, June lt'-Stre1Igt hened by
study of the results Of their overnight
nguring, the friends Of Senator Cum
Minis Of Iowa have renewed hone to-
Gay that bv the last OF this week he
will be the man in the public eve, at
the head of the Republican ticket 1t
Is known today that the Iowans have
assurances that Senator w. Murray
Cranes quiet efforts On behalf of Cum
minis as a compromise have the SYM
pathy and support of other national
committeeman and Taft leaders.
The hope of Iowa is based solely. of
course. on the chance that the ccnven-
tic will lie deadlocked. Today they arc
energetic in trying to produce this con-
dition, and they are seeking the aid of
delegates who do not think Taft can be
elected II nominated. and who do not
want Roosevelt either for candidate or
President. No one knows better than
Senator Crane and the other prominent
ones to be associated with him in the
compromise venture who the delegates
are that possibly will lend an ear to
Cumnins proposal.
Expect La Toilette Support.
Here is the working plan the Iowans
have adopted. They will seek to add to
the Senator's present small strength
some fifteen or twenty delegates who
are skeptical of Tafts success and fear
full of that of Roosevelt, the endeavor
being to get these men to vote for Mr..
Cummins On the first ballot, II possible,
and on the second ballot certainly. Sem
ator Cummins' friends do not seem to
think the La Toilette followers can be
depended upon to come over early
enough in the voting to inspire a gen
eral movement to the Iowan's standard.
They do feel, however, that with a
showing of thirty votes at an early
stage Of the proceedings the stamped
ing end sought is much more likely to
The delegates from Iowa who were IA
vorable to Mr.. Cummins' candidacy to-
day are working hard enough to over
SHADOW the strenuous labors of the
Roosevelt and Taft leaders. They have
precious few delegates to lose and
great many to gain, and their work is
In keeping with the task ahead One
trouble which confronts them is that
sympathy and assistance are necessary
40 not care just yet to allow the gift
Or either to be made in public. The men
who under partial cover are doing some
Cummlns want to save the organization
and, as they doubtless will say, the
Party-and they also want to defeat
Theodore Roosevelt. With Cummins
at once.
Depending on Deadlock.
The Cummins men have been told
that their work Is useless, but know
they have the one chance which is
worth casting for. and they are going
to persevere. They place dependence
for deadlock on figures which they
have penciled out of a mass of dele
gate numbers" They give everything
which is claimed as present and pros
pective for Mr.. Taft and then foot the
column, which shows it to be seven
delegates shy of $40, which Is the NOM
they give 4S9 delegates. The rest are
for La Toilette and Cummins. These
are the cold figures. not the warmly
hopeful ones of the Cummins men. BY
hammering and persuasion personally
and by national committeeman proxies
they expect to draw over well in ad-
vance several recruits from each of the
two great battalions.
The Taft leaders know what the Cum
minis men are trying to do. Pressure
Is being used to keep the Presidents
committeeman and other prominent ones
true to the faith once delivered to
the saints" The Roosevelt leaders also
know all about the endeavor OF Mr..
Cummins' friends, and know the spirit
or two is born of the belief that the
Iowan, If nominated, will receive the
earnest support Of the colonel
No Fear of Break.
The Roosevelt chieftains. however, say
all their delegates are their own and
will stay in their keeping. They are
more confident today than ever that
the first ballot will show a Roosevelt
majority, built partly out of material
which hitherto has been counted as the
property of another. From the speci-
fications of expected additional strength
which they make, their reckoning does
not seem to be challengeable.
From the point of view of the men
faithful to the Presidents cause, the
worst feature of the present Cummins
movement is that men who have been
counted on as stanch in the Taft cause
are giving the lowans friends coun-
tenance.
The Roosevelt leaders seemingly do
not fear desertlon as much as their
opponents fear 1t, but they are holding
experience meetings every day in a
big room in the Congress Hotel The
delegates In attendance get up one after
another and announce persistent 10y
atty" The Roosevelt leaders say Taft
missionaries will find it hard work to
make any converts in the Roosevelt
congregation.