Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-21


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erence for staying and fighting il out
| To the end with the idea of winning
| by strategy and bulldog tenacity. In
| the Missouri convention .Hadley wore
| down the Taft forces to a point where
NEST unexpectedly. he checkmated
them after an all-day and all-night
| struggle and secured Instructions for
| Colonel Roosevelt which at the OPEN
| ing of the convention had been CON
| sidered hopeless by other leaders.
The greater number of Roosevelt
| dele gates. seemed TO think. however.
that the declarations for independent
actieq made by Col Roosevelt early,
| today. precluded any further POSSIBLE
| ity of delaying the crisis. In this con-
neetion they quoted the following ex-
cegpt from the colonies address: Don't
| he down even if they do best you by
| fraudulent votes. There's no use vot-
| tieg TO cut out Fraudulent votes and
then allow the fraudulent voters to
vote
4 hope You then will take the posi-
| ton that YOU decline longer to submit
| to having delegates fraudulently
seated in the convention allowed to sit
| 8s judges in their own cases, allowed
10 vote on the credentials committee,
either as a whole or in detail
We have elected a fair majority.
Don't allow these delegates to
s|indle you out Of Your victory.
L hope you, as the majority of the
convention viii organize as such.
'You VIII do it if YOU have the cour-
age and if YOU follow your own convic-
| tons.
Don't waste any further time; don't
waste any further time
The Taft leaders including Con-
gresham Mckinley, the Presidents
campaign manager, expressed great
satisfaction at the Developments in the
| Roosevelt controversy. They declared
that the Presidents candidacy for re-
nomination had been strengthened
greatly by the action of the Roosevelt
| forces III the last p hours. At tie same
| time there were indications in several
qaaretFs tia the search for possible
| bird candidate was ON i'm earnest and
that the day might bring forth inn
portant developments in this relation.
A number OF names We're mentioned in
the third candidate gossip in addition
1 ~ ttlfst ~ FotiIdlNG ALulfllllllS Oh Iowa
ard Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin
Both the Wisconsin and Iowa organ
| izations We're busy with politics for
their candidates. Several times it was
reported that Senator Crane of Mas
sachusetts had conferred with Senator
Kenyon of Iowa regarding the possi-
hility IF throwing the Taft strength to
Senator Cummins as compromise
candidate.
Senator Kenyon insisted that Iowa's
| 10 delegates would not bolt the con-
veation no matter what happened
The Cummins delegation never will
bolt" said Kenyon. I'VE think it
would be foolhardy TO bolt; also |
hold sanguine hopes for the success
Of Senator Cummins. We have not a
fighting chance. but we have good
compromise chance. Everything de-
ponds upon deadlock. which we be-
| lieVe viii come
In addition to the announcement by
Senator Kenyon that the Iowa dele
cation would decline to take part in
any move toward leaving the con-
vention. there We're persistent reports
| that Missouri delegates had come to
an agreement to remain in the con-
vention hall regardless of what hap
| pened, this afternoon. 1t was said
| the Missouri delegation had decided
| to support Governor Hadley for the
| Presidential nomination and to vote
| for him on the first ballot, but this
| rumor was denied by some of the
| Missouri delegates
United States Senator Gronna of
North Dakota was authority for the
statement that the North Dakota dell
| egation would refuse to sbolt" the
| convention Also he said that it was
! his opinion that the Wisconsin dele
| cation would remain i'm the convention
hall as he had discussed the matter
| with "A number of the Wisconsin dele
| gates.
| Leaders on both sides, today. made
a complete canvass of each state del
egation through its chairman. for
the purpose Of attempting to arrive
| at definite decision as to exactly
| how many delegates would follow
| Colonel Roosevelt out OF the eonven-
| tidn hall IN case of the rumored bolt
| Different estimates resulted from
| these counts, but ii was repeatedly as
serted that, Roosevelt could not con-
! lIOl more llfdH zUU votes on n Doll
Prominent leaders in the Illinois del
| egation. including r. B. Mccormick.
brother of Medill Mccormick, express
ed opposition to, any bolt program at
conference, today.
Il don't believe the party in Illinois
wants to bolt said Mccormick, and
others in his delegation said the same
thing,
The heat and humidity of the day
| increased after noon and men began
TO shed their coats.
| II began to rain sharply at 3
O'Clock The crowd about the doors
never budged Open skylights let
rain in upon the people all along the
| center of the hall; on the west side
the water blew in through the win
dows.
Umbrellas We're opened all over the
hall. But, wet or dry, nobody would
| take a chance of losing his seat, and
Is minutes before the hour for con-
vening every seat was filed.
No sooner had Chairman Root call
Cd fbe convention to order than the