The sun., 1912-06-03
TAFT AND ROOSEVELT
HEADQUARTERS MOVED
Mckinney and Dixon Close Up in
Washington and start
for Chicago.
SENATOR GOES TO COLONEL
Manager Will Hurry to Convcn.
tion City After Conference
With Candidate.
SENATOR GOES TO COLONEL

w,srISoroN. June 2.-The rival Presi.
d.ntiai headquarters Of Taft and Roose-
v.l-. presided over by Representative
Mckinley and senator Dixon respectively,
have closed So far as Washington is con-
Cerrcd
senator Dixon wen, to New York this
afternoon to have last word with Col.
f. E,>ev.t and will go from there direct
:, rhIcago to- remain until after the con-
wr',on He closed the Roosevelt head.
quarters IN tn" Munsey Building yesterday
and about the same hour the Taft head
a.dr'ers in the Raleigh Hotel blinked out.
TIE fe. and documents and typewriters
were packed up and sent on to Chicago.
Ms, of the clerks were let out. hut a few
followed their leaders TO the scene Of
fra conflict in Chicago
The last cf the paper cannonading was
f.,d to-day. Representative Mckinley
'n'srrreted Col Roosevelts action in
eating N the fight on Senator Root for
temporary chairman as sounding a re-
.-ea' Senator Dixons farewell fling
r,la,ed TO the distribution OF tickets at
Cf.caEo
Director Mckinley Of the national
Taft bureau said:
h.odore Roosevelt has sounded the re-
'r.a' for his delegates to the Chicago con.
ZION He has withdrawn his Fight against
:.s lection of Senator Root for Temporal
,ha.rrlan. thereby admitting his defeat
CO. only in that particular but all along
'ha Inc Yesterday. In the presence of his
cNn !rievates from Maine. Illinois and
Norm Carolina. MIR. Roosevelt took back
all hls hlur and hIuster Of the previous week.
ca.."i OF the fight on senator Root and de-
lsred the fSht on temporary chairman to
re non essential anyway.
Nr Roosevelt in thus changing front
evidently expected the public to overlook
the si;niAcance of his action. The sienih-
car. Of full fedeed retreat on the part
Of M- Roosevelt at this time is that he adj
n'ts his defeat In the Chicago convention
te'cre he goes into II
Nj Roosevelt's campaign of bluff. bull
co,.ns and bluster IL receiving its answer
rom the Republican party. While conduct
irs campaign without the Republican
party. as he has done up to this time. MIR
Roosevelt had no difficulty in running his
ssars 20 suit himself. In the end. how
ever he intended TO demand that the Re-
publican party should nominate him for
a 'nrd term for President. regardless OF
whether or not he had an actual majority
o. 'h- dele gates. and in making that de-
nard he has come to a square reck oning
with Republicans.
Even his own delegates. many Of whom
we're elected TO support Mr.. Roosevelt on-fhe
theory that he was . Republican. have
served notice that they not only will not
support MIR. Roosevelt in his fight on Sena-
tor Root but that they will not tolerate his
proposed platform and that under no CTR
cYrnstances can they be made TO bolt the
Republican national convention. a. Mr..
Roosevelt has intima'ed he may do il he is
lot Nominated
he growing weakness of Theodore
Roosevelt as candidate ia becoming ap-
parent even 20 his own followers who now
r-a.ile that he is az best only minority
,a,Jids,e in the Chicago convention.
senator Dixon. the Roosevelt manager.
SAD
Ihs purpose of the Taft managers to pack
TIE Republican national convention at
ta.oa-o with Taft supporters has already
lesa plainly shown by the refusal OF the
..r-conmittee on arrangements. which 10
composed entirely of Taft men. TO allot
snse ,!cket TO the convention to any friend
c? -!pporter OF oil. Roosevelt. The Taft
uaaasers propose TO 1ll the gallery with
n--I AIT shouters 10 create a false appear
al . oi lat, sentlmen, in the convention.
ne lengths 70 which they are willing to
g. : clearly shown in "A telegram sent by
W.aaHl ! stone. sergeant-at-arms OF the
ne'onal committee. to a Roosevelt man
no applied 10 him for ticket. Mr.. Stone,
We l, the defeated Taft boss in Baltimore.
relied a. follows
CHICAGO May 81
20, 4 damned ticket to any Roosevelt
EAr see your friend Dixon,
WILLIAM F. STONE"
In. selection of delegates to the national
convention Is practically completed. Col.
theodore Roosevelt has more than 600 OF
Ia. .n7S delegates composing the conven-
tlo:I and Will be nominated on the hrst and
on ballot by a substantial majority. His
vps likely TO nun close to 700. There re-
T.an 70 be selected only twenty-five dele
ear.s ~ in ohio and SIX in Arizona to-
inotrov and ten in South Dakota on Tues
la col Roosevelt will get every one OF
then
Bl' one shred of hope remains to the Taft
managers II is that they will be able to
'r1ar' the plainly expressed will OF the
hen .hucan, OF the country and steal the
National convention. They have been able
% steal some district and state conven-
ron- hg' they cannot steal the Presidency.
lie tine has come when tho Taft bull
aolAr. can no longer use the arsenic bottle
aa7 n. cvanide bottle.
lte oainpaGn for Col. Roose welt has been
MADE n ne open and We insist that the de-
e.' IN >halI also be rendered in the open.
n" proposltion for open sessions will bs
s.''1."sd 10 the national committee BY
,tena, Of { ol. Roosevelt. 1t is up to the
ia'' 'n-nac.rs and their friends to assume
ue responsibility for secrecy. The day OF
ne star chamber has passed in the United
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