Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-18

| Then he added: 1T is the duty of
Ian honest members of the convention
TO fight that action from the moment
1.-THE convention assemblies. 1t is our
Iduty to the rank and file of the Re-
publican party it is our duty to the
lpeople of this country to insist that
mo action of the convention which is
based on the votes OF these fradulentz
lly seated delegates binds the Republic
lean party or imposes any obligation
upon any Republican.
This outline of the Roosevelt cam
pa ign coming from the colonel himself
showed that that the program would
he that decided upon at a conference
of the Roosevelt leaders, last night, to
fight from the drop of the hat"
The Roosevelt leaders are going to
lattempt from the very start, tomor-
Irow, to appeal their case to the con-
vention itself, minus the contested
delegates seated by the National COM
Imittee.
| The Taft forces, i'm control of the
machinery of the big gathering viii
insist that the proceeding shall move
strictly according to precedent and
that each motion shall stand the test
of parliamentary practice.
! On the eve of the convention each
side plainly was nervous. 1t was Diff
ficult enough for them to reach any
sort of conclusion as to how the dele
gates finally would line up on the
Question of the nomination, and next
to impossible to determine just what
delegates or delegations could be de-
pended upon to put through the pre-
| liminary program Some of the dele
gates instructed for Col Roosevelt ii
was known, would not support all the
| moves made by his steering commit
tee on the convention floor. while it
| appeared equally true that many dele
gates instructed for Taft for President
i did not feel obligated to support his
managers on many questions. These
| facts threw an element of doubt into
| the situation and gave to every pros
pective move in the convention an I'M
| certainty unknown in recent years in
| the Republican party.
| The Roosevelt plan. tonight, stood full
| ~ revealed and but slightly changed
| from the tentative program approved.
| last night, 1t is to force roll call at
| the earliest opportunity on the PROPOSE
| ton to purge" the convention of the
| delegates "fraudulently seated by the
| national committee Failing i'm this the
| Roosevelt people will submit to tempo
| rary organization of the convention and
| then carry their fight before the com
| mttee on credentials, demanding that
| each case passed upon by the national
committee be reopened and reheard. If
| defeated in this committee. it is the
| Roosevelt plan to take the contests TO
| the floor of the convention and there to
demand a further hearing on each case.
This plan carried with it a threat to de-
| lay action in the credentials committee
and in the convention for several days,
| throwing final decision of the convention
| into next week or later
| The Taft managers declared they
were not alarmed by this plan of cam
! paign. They asserted that they would
| control the committee on credentials
and the committee would make rules
| which would cut off long debates and
| bring the hearings on the contested
| cases to al early close. The committee
| it was said would throw out Of eonsid-
| GRAFTON all the contests in which the
vote of the National committee had
been unanimous or nearly SO.
| As the plans of the opposing forces
| took definite shape, today. all the talk
| of physical violence i'll the convention
seemed to die away Fifty police took
charge of the Coliseum, tonight. how
| ever. and Ghief insolvency announced
| that lie had decided TO increase the
| force on duty in the hall from $50 10
500 mon.
| Victor Rosewater of Nebraska, chair
man of the National committee. viii
| call the convention to order. promptly
st noon. tomorrow and will introduce
the minister. who is to offer the open
ing prayer.
! AS Son as the prayer is concluded
| Mr.. Rosewater will announce that in
obedience TO the will of the National
committee he presents Elihu Root OF
| New York as temporary chairman. \
moment win be allowed for other nom
nations and Senator William Z. Borah
of Idaho will be offered as the Roose-
welt candidate. Gov. Hadley of Mis-
sour. floor leader of the Roosevelt
forces. was promised recognition, to-
DAY. by Chairman Rosewatcr, for all
az the Roosevelt nominations.
| Although they have a contested case
in Alabama the Roosevelt leaders have
/ 'ltVsftti ~ Iittht ltitlt III Ut test III tie
| California vote. characterizing that
case as one of the most AagraAt of
the attempts to thwart the win of the
people"
Coy. Johnson Of California will at
tempt to east the entire 26 votes of his
state for Senator Borah. His right to
do SO win be challenged by the two
Taft delegates from the 4th District.
seated by the National committee. This
win preeipitate the fight. AS an Incl
dent 10 II. the Roosevelt leaders are ex-
pected to move the substitution of a
new roll for the temporary roll report
| ed by the National committee, the mo-
ton to exclude all contested delegates
! from all states from voting upon the
/ proposition.
| Chairman Rosewater, who spent
i much of the day in conference with
members of the National committee
and the executive council of the Taft
supporters has determined on his
| course. He will assert that as chair
man OF the National committee he has
| no authority to entertain any motion
Whatsoever; that he has nothing to do
| with he nnnxantfot, ftca1f onl a.. 4