Arizona republican., 1912-06-13
Forty More Delegates Add ed to the Taft List, In cluding Those From Ari- zona and the Fourth California District
MANAGERS FOR TAFT
 TALK OF CORRUPTION
Air Filled With Discussions of Bolt and of Compro mise Candidates, Includ- ing Cummins, LaFollette and a Dark Horse
ASSOCIATED PRESS D1sPATcHl

CHICAGO, June 12-The differ ence between the Taft and Roose welt leaders borne on the tide of charges of bribery, theft and other accusations tonight threatened to precipitate decisive developments be- fore the opening of the convention on Tuesday,
 The charges of corruption were made in a statement given to the press tonight by Director Mckinley of the Taft bureau in which he ac cuses the Roosevelt managers of an effort to capture the convention by force.
 Two sensational possibilities were discussed in conference rooms. hotel corridors and party headquarters. The first was a bolt by the Roosevelt forces and the organization of progressive" party if Taft is nom- mated. Bolt talk was ever present during the day and once in the meet ing of the Roosevelt leaders it rose to a point where Wm Finn. who was presiding, refused to let it go further
 The second was talk of a cOmpro- mise candidate. 4 number of lead CTS declared that it now was beyond question to expect the Taft or ROose- welt people to abide by the nOmina- ton of the others candidate. The situation was crystalized in a great degree by the action of the national committee in the contest hearings, particularly in the California case. The Roosevelt men insisted that they could expect nothing for their candi- date at the hands of the ruling Taft majority in the committee and they criticised the work of that body with increasing bitterness.
 Whether Roosevelt would come to Chicago and what effect his coming would have on the situation came up at almost every turn of endless dis cussions and arguments. Nearly all agreed that the arrival Of Roosevelt would bring the situation to a climax but the final outcome of such an event is disputed.
 States that 1oomed large in the calculations of the Roosevelt leaders in the case of bolt were California, Oregon. Kansas, Nebraska. Pennsyl- vania, West Virginia, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Da- kota Several other states were named but the Roosevelt managers got the greater satisfaction out of the survey of those listed.
 The third candidate talk included Cummins, La Toilette and a dark horse" possibility. A dozen names were mentioned but there was no unamimity of opinion among the leaders.
 Early in the evening Director Nc KinIey issued a statement which af ter claiming that Taft would be nom- mated on the first ballot charged that the Roosevelt forces had planned more desperate measures to prevent the inevitable"
 An effort to corrupt Taft dele gates has been under way for seV- eral weeks said the statement. Tt is common knowledge that seven weeks ago money was sent to two Taft instructed delegates in a cer- tain southern state by a we'll known Roosevelt leader now in Chicago. Within the last week two men sent from New York to a southern state have brazenly approached Taft dele gates with offers of money in return for votes for Roosevelt. Other agents on similar missions have made their appearance in several states recently. That there is q well defined effort on foot to buy the presidential nom ination for Roosevelt is beyond ques- tion"
 The statement charges that there is a plan on foot to influence the local police force with a view of packing the convention with ticket hold CTS and 'perpetrate in the hall system of intimidation and terroriZa- ton which might easily culminate in a full fledged riot"
 "A campaign lie" was Dixon's re- tort to McKinley's statement.
 Later in the evening the Roosevelt committee criticised the national committees action in tOday's contests in a long statement. The Michigan case was characterized as "One of the most outrageous attempts at strong arm tactics perpetrated by the Taft forces in a campaign marked by a ruthless disregard of justice and fair dealing on their part"
 "The rape of California" was the cry in the Roosevelt statement on the committees action in the fourth California district contests.