The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-06-15
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! presidents headquarters yesterday.
| rhe only comment made was that the
| TAFT managers and Director General
/ Mckinley stood pat on the charges
and that they had the specific eyl-
dence to back up their Indictment.
Senator Dixon, head OF the Rough
Rider campaign, replied 10 the Me
Kinley charges by recrimnations.
His answer was that the Taft people
themselves are crying stop thief in
the effort 10 cover their own tracks.
He then directly and specifically
charged that member OF the ma
tional committee. who has been at
tending the sessions OF that body at
the Coliseum annex and passing on
the contests, was offered the position
lot United States marshal if he would
vote with the Taft people in throwing
out the Roosevelt contesting delegates
rixon Dares Mckinley
Senator Dixon also dEred the Taft
people to name the delegate alleged
TO have been paid money by the
Roosevelt men
6orah Is Choice
The disclosure of the fact that moth
ing Oll t61t III COulu lIONt Tue Lid r Oi-
lette men or induce anv Of them to
break away from Battle Bob" on
any proposition led to another QulcK
shift on the part of the Oyster Bay
generals and they finally settled on
me ldaho senator as their final choice
Meantime Senator BOrah's close
friends began booming him as a dark
forse candidate and urging the less
CT lights among the Roosevelt stan
members to spread the gospel that
borah could heal mp the wounds in the
bedraggled and mauled party and
bring harmony out of the genera
chaos.
The final decision to put Borah
AGAINST Root precipitated no disturb
ance in the Taft camp. William
Barnes, Jr.. the Taft leader in New
York state, declared that il would not
he possible for any combination to be
effected By the opposition that would
result in the defeat of Senator Root.
Says Root Must Win
Senator Root will be named as
temporary chairman and his nomina-
ION VIII be sustained by the cOnven-
ton. said Mr.. Barnes. This talk !
about defeating Root is nonsense. / !
thlnk know something about the sit !
hatlon on the eve of this convention |
and | firmly believe that not to ex- |
ceed twenty men who will Sit N the |
convention can be influenced bv any
'hlhg 10 change their present attI- |
pde. The delegates 10 this conven- |
ION are 'sot Don't be alarmed by /
lh} stories that may be handed
mound about defections or smashups
ofaauythlng Of that sort. They are
not true. This is a great fight and
me delegates in this convention viii
De stampede-proof Their minds are
'rmlJ made mp and they will not
mango. Root viii be the temporary
hartman
Timothy J. Woodruff. one of the
New York leaders who arrived yester
iay. supported Mr.. Barnes in this
view OF the situation.
Root VIII have nearly everv vote
rom our state" said Mr.. Woodrur
he VIII win. The New York deleqa-
ion, also viii be almost solid for
resident TAFT believe the presi-
lent viii be nominated"
Here is something for the ambl-
uous woman, from the lips of Mrs.
go eAaAAS vi ituldudUOliS ma. {
whose husband was United States
district attorney there and is nigh
n the administration councils.
How can wife help her husband
n politics? that is the question
or consideration.
Mas. Healing, who takes a great
interest in the great affairs OF which
Ter husband is a part, was asked
low she does it,
Simply By trying 10 make a GER
ain kind OF home for him after a
political ARRAY I think that is thee,
way woman can do the most"
That is her recipe for the wife
sho would like TO help.
I'm western man in Washings
On, ID. G.. ! have raised a big f/n-
y and made a small fortune"
That is A. T. B>tier's brief de-
of his career on earth. He
Joks tack upon il with satisfaction
nd emphasizes the word small" in .