The evening world., 1912-06-14
RIVAL DELEGATES
OFF WITH HURRAH
FOR CONVENTION
De Luxe Twelve-Car Special
Takes Taft Boomers
With Families.
; CARS OF HOSTlLES.
Roosevelt Coaches Tailed
On to Second Empire, but
q. Full Of Fight.

t.. Full OF right.
The twsivs-ear special train Of the
delegates from Greater New York to
the Chicago Convention went out from
Grand Central Station with cheering
and . great nuttsrins Of hass and hand.
ksrohlsfs At I've minutes after noon
to-day.
Platforms and staterooms were fes.
TONED with flowers and bunting. II
was unlike oid-fashlonsd cconv.ntIon
trains. escauss many Of the delegates
took their wives and daughters along.
There were about 10 passenger alto.
ssthsr Though the train was called
the TAFT Special" there we're not q
few Roosevelt rooters aboard, notsbis
among them Comptroller Prendsrgsst,
Who 10 expected to dominate Roosevelt.
and County Clerk Dewey Of Brooklyn.
who said with . grim smile: You will
see the whole Brooklyn delegation
voting RI0HT at the Rl0AT time"
Thirty-hvs minutes later the Rooss.
Welt special Of three cars. attached to
the second Empire express with q load
Of Roosevelt enthusiasts headed by o.
car straus and his wife left the station.
"TAFr. FIRST AND LAST" ALSO
"RoosEvELT FIRST"
Many Of the prominent Republicans on
board had things to say
Congressman Calder-lm for Taft
first. last and all the time. The con.
vention will be all his way.
Comptroller Prendergast - Roosevelt
will be nominated on the first ballot.
The steam In the steam roller ID evapo..
ating rapidly.
Chairman Samuel 8. Koenig-lt 10 ri.
diculous for Ward or anybody else TO
say that the TAFT strength In the New
York delegation 10 broken. All except
one OF them will vote for Taft from
start to finish
Mr.. Prendergast was uproa r,ou,ly
pleased because Young Biii' Calder.
son OF the Congressman. with whom the
Comptroller 10 particularly friendly,
sent welcome to our Teddy" han
ner TO the train to decorate Mr.. Prend.
eTkasts stateroom.
Walls OF sorrow were heard In the
crowd Just after the train disappeared
out OF the sheds. They came from the
bride OF Alexander Wolf, Q DELEGATE
from the lower east side. who tearfuliy
confessed she had delayed starting to
put an extra dab Of powder on her
nose and had caused both herself and
her husband to miss the train. They
started In pursuit OF the special later
In the afternoon.
On the Roosevelt special Oscar Straus
said: Il expect the Representatives Of
the Republican party at Chicago will
interpret tho viii Of the Republican
electors 40 expressed In all the Slater.
except one. where Presidential primaries
were held. In consideration OF that
otherwise than nominate Mr.. Roosevelt.
Should they fall to do this they invite
and deserve destruction"
The trains are scheduled TO reach Chi
caEo about noon tomorrow, Even there
the Roosevelt wing Of the local Repu6-
licans will keep sloef from the Barnes
outfit. finding accommodations In La
Sale Hotel
sroRes IN ABUNDANCE AND
ICE CREAM ALSO.
Louis l. Hammeriiny. millionaire
publisher. who 10 = delegate from the
Nineteenth District. Manhattan. was
the nrst Of the TAFT phalsnx to leave.
Mr.. Hammerlins was host to q party
Of friends In his private car. which left
over the New York Central at SIS AN.
In the group were Samuel Strssbourger,
also . delegate; John J. Lyons. Re-
publican leader OF the Thirty.nrst Dis.
trict. Louis silverstein and ex.Con-
gresham william y. Bennett. 1t was
a solid Taft bunch. as far ~ voting
goes.
The TAFT Special" was not lack
ing In any essential or traditional
requisite Of delegation trains. In fact.
George Shotweli Of Albany. Hugh Hast
ings. County Chairman 8. 8. Koenis
and Capt. John Boyle jr. busied
themselves storing the train lockers
with . oommissary suftclsnt to satisfy
the tastes Of all aboard. There wac
Ice cream for the ladies. even.
T. R.'s LIMITED ExPREss NOT
90 WELL STOCKED.
A. for the Colonies limited sxprsss.
his friends may not expect quite 40
much, for the reason. principally. that
the train accommodations are not %
large and 20 many little aids 70 travel
can't be carried. However. Billy Halpln
40 Assistant pistriet-Atternsy rhomD-