Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-06
M'KINLEY AND
DIXON ON DECK
1ait and Roosevelt Managers Reach
Chicago and Issue Contradic-
tory Statements.
EACH CLAIMS THE NOMINATION
Says His Candidate Will Be Named
on First Ballot.
WILL REJECT HOWELL'S CLAIM
Members Say it is Without Merit and
Without Precedent.
READY TO HEAR THE CONTESTS
Attorneys Dick and McHarg Con-
fer with Acting Chairman Vic
tor Rosewater Over Rules
of Procedure.
WILL REJECT H0WELLS CLAIl
Members Say it is Without Merit and
Without Precedent.
READY TO HEAR THE CONTESTS

CHICAGO, June 5.-Congressman VIII
liam &. Mckinley and Senator Joseph M
Dixon, respectively directors of the Tai
and Roosevelt forces signalized their ad-
vent in the convention city by issuing
statements containing diametrically op-
posite 'certainties.'
said:
President Taft will be the nominee of
the convention with approximately GOO
votes on the first ballot
Senator Dixon in an equally positive
statement declared:
The nomination of President Taft Is
physically and humanity impossible with
the delegates elected"
CONGRESSMAN Mckinley added that the
personal presence of Colonel Roosevelt
in convention would only make the
outcome more certain against him"
Senator Dixion insisted that the Roose
welt men absolutely control the con-
venton without taking the contested
delegates into consideration.
Howell Will BE Turned Down.
The attempt of r. 3. Howell OF Ne
braska to take Acting Chairman Victor
Rosewaters place on the national COM
mittee Thursday Is certain Of defeat, ac-
cording to leading members of the COM
mittee. William l.. Ward of New York,
fIa
ranks, said he believed the committee
would quickly dispose of the case ad-
versely to Mr. Howells claim.
The way the national committee Is
constituted" he said, 1.-The terms of its
members cannot begin until the end of
the national convention. when the new
committee is formally recognized
Victor Rosewater, acting chairman of
the national committee. discussed the
rules for contest hearings, in which slight
changes probably will be made, with
Ormsby McHarg. the Roosevelt contest
attorney, and former Senator Charles
Dick of Ohio, who will represent the
Taft claimant. -~-
,soa4 Dix0n's Statement.
Senator Dixon's statement in part fol-
lows: .......
Some of the Taft managers in their
desperation have thrown out broad in
timations that majority Of the repub'
lican national committee would by revo-
lutionary methods and strong-arm tao
tics attempts to reverse the plain verdict
of the republican voters. I bitterly re-
sent these insinuations.
I'VE have no fear in resting our case
in the matter of contested delegates to
the committees decision"
The talk of bolt from the convention
by the Roosevelt forces Senator Dixon
designated as Junk
The senator pointed to the result of the
South Dakota primaries as evidence Of
the triumph of Roosevelt and added:
THE Taft machine in Ohio refused to
submit to the popular verdict the ques
ton of the election of six delegates-at
large They boldly and insolently in de-
fiance of the express wish Of the repub-
lcans stole the six delegates -at-large.
Congressman Mckinley in his statement
declared:
The sober-minded thought not only of
the republican party but Of the people
will be further respected at the polls in
November by the reelection of President
Taft for second term.
The campaign of bluff, bulldoze and
bluster which Mr. Roosevelt has con-
Quoted for the nomination is drawing to
a close.
mo terrorization or intimidation on the
part of Mr.. Roosevelt or his managers
can change the result. No compromise
is possible as between the candidates be.
cause the fight is already won by Prest
dent Taft"
Roosevelt May Stay Away.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y, June 5.-With
only Incomplete returns at hand from the
South Dakota primaries Colonel Roose
welt said today, that he would make no
statement, although his latest informa-
ton indicated that he had carried the
state by 10000 to 12O00
Colonel Roosevelt said he still believed
it would be unnecessary for him to go
to Chicago, as he expected the national
committee to decide the contests on their
merit