Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-20
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| Reossvslt Men Hopeful.
1 As now laid out by the leaders, the
convention win be organized to proceed
was expected that the crsdential COM
mittee and platform committee Will re-
port Thursday night. AZ this time the
Roosevelt followers can renew their
demands for "purginS" or the roll call
| OF the convention ana have another In
dtvidual roll call on the question. Then,
II the Roosevelt partisans are bDaten,
may come the much talked OF double
convention.
In this connection II Was frequently
rumored that Col. Roosevelt had urged
his managers to take steps today IL
| force the issue resarding the demanded
revocation Of action Of the national
com a,nn IN the contest cases
forces would refuse to recognize sem
| ator Root as the legally elected tenn
porary chairman Of the convention.
The Roosevelt managers claimed to be
extremely confident Of their ability to
swing the situation to their candidate.
me, nney declared aa.. that they would have
| calls. TO support this claim they said
that they would have eight votes from
Maryland, which went to Senator Root
on the temporary chairmanship de-
cision and additional votes from North
Carolina, Pennsylvania. Illinois and
I'VE will win out beyond il question.
said United State senator Dixon,
Roosevelt's campaign manager today.
United States Senator Miles Poin-
dexter Of Washington was among the
Roosevelt leaders who intimated that
the possibility Of bolt by their forces
| Was imminent. al
I'm case these contested delegates
are allowed TO pass on their own
claims said Senator Poindexter, Col.
Roosevelt will be a candidate"
This assertion was construed as
meaning but one thing, 4. bolt il Col.
Roosevelt flnds himself in the minority.
Although Col. Roosevelt may visit
the convention as a spectator, TAFT
leaders today insisted that ne could not
under the regulations imposed by the
| national committee take part in tha
deliberations from the floor
There Is but one way that Col.
Roosevelt could get on the floor ana
actively participate In the convention
would be by resolution OF the conven-
ton itself. And II he could get the vote
on such resolution he could think
control the convention. And don't
think there is ghost Of show Of
that"
MCKINNEY Conn0onts
The Taft leaders, particularly the
gressmar William B. Mckinley were
just as confident of Anal success In the
convention as were the Roosevelt men.
Mr.. Mckinley declared that President
Taft had won over q number Of Ruoee-
welt delegates through the medium OF
the roll call on the temporary chair
manship. He said that nearly all OF the
Roosevelt delegates who voted for SEN
ator Root will remain with the Taft
organization throughout the remainder
Of the convention.
1t was evident that the Taft forces
were placing great dependence on Sen
atpr Roots personality In their EFFORTS
finally to control the convention for
the president.
Another fact which became evident
AZ the day wore on was that most OF
the compromises or third candidate talk
was being done by the delegates them
| selves and not by the leaders. No
great weight Vas attached to the COM
promise taik by theieadsTs on either
side Of the Roosevelt Taft light.
The Roosevelt managers made oft
repeated assertions that yesterdays de-
velopments had placed President TAFT
out OF the race for the nomination. In
return the Taft managers said that
Col. Roosevelt was absolutely out OF
q ts1 .f
Gov. Hadley after mass meeting of
Roosevelt delegates declared that the
situation today was Just the same as
that which confronted the delegates
when they first entered the coliseum
yesterday noon. He insisted that the
election OF Senator Root az temporary
chairman had not altered the situation
In single detail. ~,
The convention In all essential facts,
10 what 1t was Yesterday only that to-
day the convention II legally con-
stituted body.
Men of shrewd observation and ex-
pertence in many political conventions
declared that two points in today's de-
alterations could be depended upon:
"a That no contests would be decid-
ed as Gov. Hadley desires. until the
matter Of contests has been gone into
credentials .rY
Cd That there will be no compromise
candidates until the Taft and Roose-
Welt forces have tested their strength
further on roll calls.
Interest in the proceedings at the
coliseum increased rather than dtnin-
ished today and the scramble for tickets
was renewed by hundreds who were
unable TO get into the convention hall
yesterday. Ia
Hawaii's Vote . Surpriss.
o"oh oOi4u, puppOTI CI NQCOQyCTH
was one of the. surprises OF the vote on
temporary Craftsmanship OF the repub-.
lican national convention yesterday,
-Four Of the six votes had been counted
on by the Taft people and they were
~ a loss to account for the detection.
Last night 1t was said that the
Hawaiians had voted against 6enator
Root In order to nullify the effect OF
the charge that Taft people are depend
ing for support on delegates from dis
trfcts which represent no electoral
votes.
It is claimed by the presidents man
ayers that the Hawaiians will be back
in the fold which the test vote comes 4
Coliseum any day during the week.
Sparrow for Taft.
State Senator Patrick Sullivan OF the
Wyoming delegation told HIS assist
ants last night that little brown
sparrow had indicated to him that
William Howard Taft was the man
who was, going to carry OF the feput-
lican nomination.
II don't believe In omens." said Sui
Ivan. but today little sparrow flew
into the Taft head nuarteYa and nArched