The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-19

and scholarly speech concealed about
him. and he moved eagerly forward
when Chairman l.osewater gave him
the signal and began TO get out from
under his thoughts. 1t may be true.
az the attenuated negro speaker saiu,
that Mr.. Root is the greatest states
man In the world, but am here to
state, without fear of successful con-
tradiction. no is not he.greatest ora
tor in the world. In fact. there are
a vast number Of 1ourneymen orators.
Grating around for small wages, VINO
can give him a running start or u
peroration, ten classical illusions and
0urteen tuneful tropcs. and beat hin.
to whisper. Mr.. Root Las high
and throaty voice, and while his
thoughts are couched in perfect Eng
lish, and are of Il high grade US
thoughts, they do not penetrate more
than sixteen feet from Mr.. Root
while he is enunciating them. Stili, a
considerable number OF those present
at the beginning. observing that 1t
was too late for dinner anyhow, re-
mained until the completion of tn.
Keynote, and cheeTed at appropriate
Intervals.
The day inaue clear that the Koose-
Welt partisans do not Intend to stand
for nomination made W list OF
delegates that contains, ley assert,
eighty names that are not entitled 70
DO there.
What amounted to no;ice was served
OH the convention by johnson and
Iieney, of California. b. Fort and by
Hadley that the Roosevelt men Will
bolt at such time as they select II the
roll is permitted to remain as the con-
slant roll and the eighty men kept on
IL.
The Roosevelt contention is that the
eighty men are frauduently on the roll,
mat they are not entitled to nomi-
nate or take any part in the conven-
tion. and that any nomination in
which they participate must neces-
sarily be tainted and not acceptable
10 the people. Hence II seems rea-
sonably certain there will be a bolt.
TWO conventions and two nominations.
II is understood that IL the roll is
purged OF these eighty names and
Roosevelt is beaten. the Roosevelt men
Will take their medicine and not bolt,
but. as explained by Roosevelt leaders.
no nomination that is helped n any
way by these delegates against whom
the Roosevelt men protest Will be &C
cepted by the Roosevelt men, and there
must be another convention and an
other nomination.
Taft Men Determined.
The Taft men know all this. and
they are determined to push their
man through. II possible, in the face
of an almost certain bolt. There will
be big fight before the credentials
Committee, and that fight may be
brought to the floor on a minority re-
port where the while thing Will be
threshed out again. Sooner or later.
II the Roosevelt men lose. they will be
fact to face with the proposition OF
walking out of the convention. Their
leaders say they will walk out at the
proper time. provided they lose So
the highly complex situation is sim
plifed to that degree. There has been
test vote. The Taft men won By a
narrow margin. but It must not be
taken from this that the vote for Root
shows the Taft strength, or the vote
for McGovern shows the Roosevelt
strength. Root had votes that will
not be for Taft on the nrst ballot, and
McGovern had votes that Will not be
for Roosevelt. Both sides are still
more or less IN the woods, and there
aAe compromise owls hooting from
many trees.