Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-22
Special to Times-Recorder.)

Chicago, June 21.-The Taft ma
-rine. in full control today, worked is
uav along towards the final end thai
everybody now recognizes is in sigEt
the nomination of Taft.
thoroughly satisfied that nothing
ran now settle their plans and that
the discomfitted oRosevelt forces will
he impotent to change the situation as
# now exists, the Taft managers,
Trough their control of the conven-
tion seated the contested delegates
from the various states on the favor
nile report of the credentials commit
tee That committee sat all Thursday
night in a determined effort to expe-
dite business and bring to an end, as
far as lay in it's power, the delay in
the PROCEDURE OF business.
All hopes of a stampede for Roose-
welt. or for any dark horse, now seen
10 have largely petered out. The ina
biIity to swing the Taft delegates up
10 this time has effectually discourag-
ed the Roosevelt boosters.
On today's votes to sustain the ac-
ton of the credentials committee the
Taft vote showed a gain, and reports
were current that in the final ballot
ing there were assurance of some ac~
cCssions to the Taft column from the
Roosevelt delegates.
Discussions are said to exist in the
Roosevelt camp, the colonel feeling
chagrined at his inability to induce his
leading supporters to prepare for 4
bolt and an independent ticket The
cd state leaders, men like Governor
Hadley and others now holding state
offices or seats in the senate or house,
have positively refused to break the
ties that bind them to their party,
and while prepared to fight to the
last ditch on the convention floor are
not willing to leave the hall and or
ganize another convention This fact
IS firmly established, and has natur-
ally stiffened the backbone of the
Taft coherents who appreciate that
Eoosevelt's power to inflict a deadly
blow in the convention has been very
much diminished by the events of the
past two days.
The Taft people have been in 10
taste to precipitate action on the floor
81 the convention, preferring to let
business proceed along slower than
they could have it if they so desired.
Their policy now seems to be to al
low the ebbing of the Roosevelt on
tthusiasm to run out to as great an
extent as possible, and to clinch the
idea in the minds of the convention
tLat Taft's nomination is assured be-
fore the actual balloting begins.
1t is recognized that the astute poll
ucians in charge of the Taft forces
have worked their plans admirably
while Roosevelt has weakened himself
perceptibly by his threats and the
failure to execute them. The moro
conservative elements supporting
Roosevelt are now regarded as ire
vocably committed to the policy ot
remaining in the convention, and as
the radical element, which is prepared
and ready for a bolt or anything tha'
Roosevelt may direct do not constl'
tate more than half of the delegates
committed to his candidacy, it is re
garded as improbable that there VII
be any direct bolt from the conven
ton.
All talk no wcenters on the prooa
tle forming of third party, made Ii!
of the extreme progressives of the r.
publican party and appealing to IN
same element in the democratic part