Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-06-20

CONNENlION HAIL. NhiOdSOt
lime 20-That Roosevelt would bolt
the convention, as announced yes
terday. appears assured but the bolt
has been delayed owing to the Taft
members of the credentials commit
tee backing down after the Roose-
welt members walked out of the
committee room last night. after
claiming that gag rule prevailed
Taft Delegates Back Down
The Taft members agreed to ad-
nit members of the press during
the hearings and TO allow 80 min
utes TO each side in the presenta-
ton OF state contests and 20 min
utes each IN district contests. When
this announcement was made Roose-
welt ordered the delegates pledged
to his support back 20 the committee
room.
AS the credentials committee fight
will take up most of the day, Wat
son OF Indiana announced that the
Taft forces had decided TO have the
convention meet at noon and then
take recess until 4 o'clock. To-
days session is expected TO consid-
er nothing but routine matters un-
less the Roosevelt forces force the
issue.
win Storm Convention
The Roosevelt faction has rented
Orchestra hall and according TO
their plan, II the credentials COM
mittee seats the contested delegates
favoring Taft, they will hold a mass
meeting In Orchestra hall and then
storm the Coliseum where they win
hold their own convention with Gov
ernor Johnson as chairman.
Chairman Root announced today
that any ATTEMPT on the part OF
Roosevelt TO organize the convention
IN the Coliseum would be resisted
and that all disturbers. delegates or
spectators. would be promptly eject
ed from the building.
johnson Anxious to Bolt
Johnson Is anxious to bolt and
form new party. He issued a
statement this morning as follows:
Il have wired California that I
will not support any nominee chosen
by fraudulent votes unless the tenn
porary roll is purged and IL the
Taft forces refuse to purge the roll.
then California will cease to parti-
cIpa.e in the Root convention"
May Withdraw Taft
Senator Crane, after long con
ference with Senator Penrose. Is
reported TO have declared that Taft
will be withdrawn as candidate
and the Taft delegates will suppor
cummins
In ordering his followers back Il
the convention hall at o'clock thi
morning Colonel Roosevelt issue'
the following statement:
Roosevelt Advises Supporters
I hope that you will introduc
and adopt resolution to the ei
feet that not one fraudulently seal
ed delegate shall vote on any ques
ton II such a delegate happens
be on the committee on credential
! hope that you will take the pos
ton that you decline to submit an
longer to having delegates fraud'
lently seated being allowed to S
npon their own cases and to vo
upon the credentials committee r
port, either as a whole or in deta
Il hope that II you are vot'
down, that you, the real and la
iul majority of the convention, W
organize 1t as such. You have &
courage and must act If you a
loyal to your own convictions. Ma
this the issue the first thing.
Roosevelt Refuses Delegates
Fl One of Rooosevelt's closest frien
s. and political advisors announced Il
morning that the ex-president wol
81 not hold the delegates pledged
support him unless he was tn
Fl personal choice for the nominati
I Roosevelt, it was declared, will
+ sue statement later, wherein
VIII personally release the do
gates
Roosevelt spent the morning c
4 lering with his lieutenants. Rs
q nost governor of Porto Rico un
4 .ne Roosevelt administration, {
,'rmed the announcement of the
'ease OF the delegates. but decla