The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-20
DEMAND FOR
 DARK HORSE GROWS STRONG
Delegates Who Wish Republi-
 can Party to Win Want Another Candidate
Should There be Break With Conservative Delegates Ohio
 Will Make Insurgent Regular
 Nominee

F. CH1caSO,. June H0-The demand fol
 third candidate and fhe elimination of both Taft and Roosevelt from con-
 sideration by the Republican nation
 al convention starting early today, is
 growing by leaps and bounds.
 Obligation to the party was declar-
 ed by hundreds Of the delegates to be the paramount issue instead of loyal
 ty to any individual. And these. dele.
 gates were bringing livery ounce oI
 pressure possible to bear to have tl1eif
 wish considered. They were .apenly
 demanding. of the Taft and GRoosovelt
 managers that they withdraw their
 men and let the convention name a
 candidate on whom all could unite.
 2 .Hadley is trying. to standpat Hut
 there were evidences of weakening in certain quarters that led the. political experts to believe that within few
 hours the situation will have cleared.
 One of the half dozen most promi- Taft representative who is in posi-
 ton to speak for the President and
 asked whether. if they could pull the bulk of their forces off 5 the RUoSerelt band wagon, the Taft men would dc the same He was told that on the this was -impossiblA. The refusal was not final. however, and the Roosevelt leader was asked to be prepared to renew it-slater in the day. 1t Is con- tended that this leader spoke for Roosevelt but he did not represent the bulk of the men whos want party stlc- { congr essnsEn sereno E. payne, cs- cf tke TaH fsadsrs $ M I,- lie l' Nes s
 delegation. admitted that he had heard the connpFopise talk .s. .a s.3ssss .as1 . 7Se,< s'But it came somewhat emphaticaily I believe that if the bulk of the Ro0seo welt forces stay in the conventi0ni and not attempt to bolt there will Ee lite tie question that the nomination. will goS to some compromise candidate The is not we'll founded. It might be Governor Hadley, however, J
 Some of the men closest to the for- mer president. were willing to admit, today, that the compromise candidate idea appeared to be taking as definite made mistake when he permitted his men to enter the formal conven-- ton work without first having "purg- ed'' the temporary roll
 They admitted that if a bolt is or dered. the Colonel will have only a fraction Of the state delegations that; have been fighting fer him. They claimed this would give them the solid vote of Massachusetts and also mean at least 16 delegates from Ohio- ~.
 The packers of a. 3rd candidate were also jubiIant. claiming that the action of the Colonel would mean that the Missouri governor would get two thirds of the Roosevelt strength and much of the Taft support in many To- caIfties. Consequently, there was bit- ter. disappointment when the report was denied, and some of the delegates openly asserted that Roosevelt had put the report forward to "feel outs. his supporters. ssr..1.s .-. - 1i
 The Taft leaders were in almost constant conference prior. to the as- sembling of the convention. x They were counting noses, today, to deter nnie just where they stood. They had two plans, one to .circufI. vent a bolt if one should take place md the other to meet the contingency that the majority of the Roosevelt delegates would stay in the conveil- ton. One report was that they had decided that there was justice to the Roosevelt claims in several of the contests anf that the Roosevelt de1e- gates might be seated in these in- stances.
 Another was that if the bulk of the delegates baked when nominations | were in order the vote should be split 70 that no enc man could secure a | majority on the initial ballots and nus secure more time for trading.