The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-13
CONVENTION IS
DRAWING NEARER
Whether 1t VIII be an Orderly Meet
ing or a Wild Riot ls
the Unanswerahe
Question.
TAFT MEN UP A TREE !.
Roosevelt Expected In Chicago Next
Week to Head His Crowd In
a Rush for tho
Hall,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
CHICAGO, June 1S.-The charges
Of bribery and attempted tampering
with delegates brought by the Taft
forces and challenged by the Roose-
welt managers, overshadowed all else
in the minds OF the republican party
chieftains here today. Following the
| emphatic denial of Senator Dixon for
the Roosevelt forces that there was
the slightest foundation for the
charges, came a concerted demand
that Congressman Mckinley cite spe-
/ cif1c instances instead Of generally al
legged facts. This demand Mckinley,
1t is understood, was considering and
a further statement on the matter
was looked for.
4 The charges, coupled with the ac-
tion of the national committee IN
throwing out all Of the Roosevelt dele
gates up to the present, has infuriat-
ed the Roosevelt men to such a
punt lAdI luSy AdNO III AColtdANy AAi
declaring that if necessary they will
resort to force to get their rights"
4 An extended conference which last
ed we'll into this morning and which
begun last night at six o'clock, was
4 renewed today. Every one of the big
leaders of the Roosevelt organiza-
tion participated. 1t was decided that
5, word would be sent Col Roosevelt
'Athat he was needed here next week
There Is little doubt in the minds ol
: the Roosevelt forces that their chic
will eventually decide to come here
and lead the fight in person. Francis
:. j. Heney and Governor Johnson both
; declared today that they know posi-
lively that Roosevelt was coming
That was the reason they said, that
the contemplated big mass meeting oi
the Roosevelt forces had been put ov'
er until Monday. Roosevelt, they
said, would come here by that date
and would tell the people OF the coun
try generally, and the delegates par
ticularly, that he intended getting his
rights If he had to fight for them.
Senator Dixon refused to discuss
the report and continued to insist that
he saw no reason yet for the colonel
to come to this city. But the rank
and file of the Roosevelt men are al
ready preparing to welcome him.
The Taft forces expect Roosevelt tc
come here They also expect that he
will sweep down on the hall with his
delegates who have been thrown out
/. by the national committee and de
mand that they be restored to the
roll. And whether the colonel is here
or not, Bill Finn, Heney, Johnson, Ce
Gil Lyon, Hadley, of Missouri, as
field captains of the Roosevelt forces
will insist on sweeping all before
them and the national committee ant
the Taft leaders are preparing fol
anything that may develop.
For hours today the Taft men were
; in consultation, William Branes, Jr.
who has been selected to match wits
with Finn and to checkmate any
move that may be made by the Roose
velt cohorts, talked things over will
, Penrose, Crane, Mulvane, Stevenson
and other militant Taft men They
all agreed that the Roosevelt forces
would try to seize the temporary or
ganization from the moment Victo
:, Rosewater, as chairman of the ma
: tional committee, called 1T to order. I
:, was accepted as the most likely plal
of the Roosevelt men that they woult
: get entrance to the hall and preven
If possible the organization of tn,
convention by the national committee
Just how this would be done was no
made clear by either side, but tn
Taft men agreed that unless tn
Roosevelt men agreed to stay away al
together, and it is known some fla
vored this plan, in order not to b
characterized as boilers, they woul
refuse to participate in the temporar
!. organization unless they could contrc
it. This, the Taft men claimed
would be impossible after the nation
: al committee completed its work.
If Rosewater is not permitted t
proceed with the temporary organiza
tion, it is likely that an attempt wi
be made to eject some of the NOR
noisy of the opposing forces from tn
r hall How successfully this can b
Y accomplished and whether it won
r start riot was the chief thing bein
considered by the Taft leaders today
They insisted that they were deter
mined the party rules will be follow