The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-15
Director Mckinley Declares
Taft'S Nomination Assured.
Says No Power on Earth Can
Prevent 1t.
ROOSEVELT SHY rs VOTES
Presidents Manager Issues a
Warming to Supporters.
To Look Out for Bluff, BuIIdOze
and Buster.

Chicago, June 15.-With Col.
Roosevelt speeding toward Chicago
to take personal charge of his cam
paign forces there was decided lull
in pre-convention activity today apart
from the meeting of the national
committee which continued to add
Taft delegates to the roll.
Col. Roosevelt was due at p. m.
but his train was reported more than
an hour late and losing time. This
fact failed to disconcert his follow
ers, for they steadfastly adhered to
their first purpose of making his ar
rival as free from the spectacular as
possible. He will be hurried to his
headquarters in an automobile sur
rounded by a personal bodyguard, or
ganized by Frank Tyree, who as a
secret service man was constantly at
at the White House. Tyree now is a
U. S. marshal in West Virginia.
1t was expected the colonel could
hardly avoid demonstration at his
headquarters and it was freely pre-
dicted he might make the first of his
Chicago speeches there. His first set
appearance has been fixed for the
mass meeting Monday night.
coming and his probable course while
here, but there was no one authorized
to outline his program.
Delegations Coming In.
Chicago was quiet expecting the
storm to break later in the day. Some
of the usual convention color was lent
by the arrival of state delegations with
their escorts of brass bands and uni
formed marching clubs.
AS a final precautionary measure
against the advent of Theodore Roose-
welt and his expected activity among
the delegates, Director Mckinley OF
Taft headquarters, issued a statement
mi q Ooi m
Bluff, bulldozing and bluster of the
Roosevelt forces"
From this time until the nomination
of w. H. Taft for president by the Re
publican national convention" said the
statement, every effort will be made
by the followers of Mr.. Roosevelt tc
sweep delegates off their feet by bluff
bulldoze and bluster. The coming OF
Roosevelt is a gala event among the
rank and file of Mr.. Roosevelt's fol-
lowers but it will not change one vote
in the Republican national convention
That body is already fireproof and non
stampedable and only the unthinking
will see in the events of the next few
days anything which seemingly disturbs
the serenity of the situation. The deep
undercurrent of the RepublicanisIn
which will characterize and control the
convention is as steady as the rock of
Gibraltar and no word of mouth, nc
physical act by any living man or men
can prevent the certain denomination
of President Taft.
Roosevelt Lacks IS.
Mr.. Roosevelt still lacks IS votes
OF a nomination according to the fig
ureS of his own managers while Pres
ident Taft will control the convention
by majority over all on the first
ballot"
Director Mckinley and his aides
called in his force of one hundred
scouts and started them out to meet
incoming trains and care for arriving
delegates. A wave of almost feverish
activity swept over Taft headquarters,
subordinates hurrying about enter
tanning delegates, and attending to
details of the campaign while Nc
Kinley received scores of workers
from all over the country and set
them to work.
One of the early arrivals was Mich
olas Murray Butler, who came with
the New York delegation. Mr. Butler
was closeted with Mckinley for half
an hour and later conferred with
er. Mr.. Butler vitally is interested in
the platform which the convention
will adopt and he was extremely an
xious to secure an early general con-
ference on the subject. Practically
nothing has been done in Chicago re-
gardfng the platform the Taft forces
in the convention will propose. The |
failure of Senator Root to arrive from |
washington, w Wnere ne mad gone over
the platform proposals with President
Taft has held up all conference on the |
subject and several of the leaders are |
becoming impatient to get down to |
work on the document. Senator Root |
probably will not arrive until tomor- |
row.
The Taft forces selected a reception |
committee to take charge of general |
headquarters which will be opened on
the second floor of the headquarters
hotel. Harry NJ. Daugherty, Taft
delegate from Ohio, heads the COM
mittee and each state is represented by
a chairman, a program of speeches has
been arranged for a big meeting to-
night. L. c. Laylin, chairman of the
Ohio Taft bureau; Charles Fairbanks
John Wesley Hill of New York, Hays
Hammond, Samuel Elder of Boston,
VIM Barnes, jr., Senator Morehouse
having been procured to speak.
sherman in Receptive Mood.
Washington, June 15.-Political /
leaders here are speculating on the /
of Vice President Sher- |
mans being a candidate for renomina-
ton. Publication of reports that he is /
not a candidate recalls the vice presi- /
willing to run if the people want him |
and also his statement to close friends |
that a nomination would not be un-
welcome.
The vice president is away from
and will not go to Chi
cago. His friends here say he will |
await the action of the Chicago con-
the result. Recently when the ques-
ton of his possible candidacy for gov
srnor of New York was mentioned it |
was said he did not wish to consider