The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-06-19
BATTLE STARTS IMMEDIATELY
Treat Throng Fills Auditorium Of
Coliseum, Chicago, to Watch Politl-
cal Adversarles GrappIe-Roosevelt
Plan Forbidding Contested Delegates
to Sit In Judgment on Their Own
Gases viii Indicate Strength.
ToDAYs PROGRAM.


lagher. Presentation of the
gavel from the Chicago citizens
committee. I"
Reading of the temporary roll.
Fight on the temporary roll.
Election of the temporary
chairman.
Address of the temporary .
chairman.
Election of temporary Of d"
ficers.
Roll call of states for pre-
sentation of committee selec-
tions.
Adjournment.
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Chicago, June 1S.-Bringing to a
climax a week filled with events with
out political precedent-a week which
has been marked by extreme bitter
ness between the forces of President
Taft and Colonel Roosevelt and which
has seen the entrance into Chicago of
the colonel himself after an already
sensational campaign-the LOIS dele
gates to the Republican national con-
yention were called to order shortly
after noon today by Chairman Victor
Rosewater of the national committee
The scenes inside the great audi
torium of the Coliseum before the
gavel fell on what promises to be the
most tumultuous convention since the
Republican party was formed were in
spring. The doors opened early and
thousands of ticket holders, including
hundreds of women, passed through,
filling the seats in the galleries and
crowding into every inch of standing
room.
On the floor of the convention hall
the delegates coming in by states
made the steel rafters of the great
hall ring with their shouts and cheers
for their favorite candidates. The
abilities OF Sergeant-at-Arms Stone
and his army of employees especially
trained for the occasion were severely
strained bringing order out of the
crush and jam,
In the streets outside the building
where history is to be made thousands
of persons watched the big doings.
Marching clubs with brass bands ad-
ded to the noise and confusion.
The Taft chieftains had taken steps
to preserve peace in the convention if
possible. Twenty members of the ma
tional committee headed by Senator
Crane had a long conference with
Governor Deneen of Illinois and with
the police authorities of Chicago. Be
cause of this conference scores of po-
licemen were stationed inside the
big building and 1t is arranged that
every bluecoat in Chicago will be
called If their services are necessary.
AS an extra precaution Governor
Deneen visited Colonel Roosevelt and
Mr.. Finn and informed them that he
would insist on lawful procedure
during the convention.
The Roosevelt men will begin their
fight when Chairman Rosewater di-
rects the secretary of the convention
to call the temporary rolls The fight
is to begin when the state of Cali
forna is called.
Governor Johnson has insisted that
he would vote the delegation as a
unit for Roosevelt, although there are
two Taft men in the delegation. This
action by Governor Johnson, it is ex-
pected, will be objected to by the two
Taft delegates from the Fourth Cali.
fornia district.
This juncture will be grasped by
the Roosevelt floor leader as the one
upon which to get the 'expurgated"
vote of delegates. The floor leader
will move at once that the temporary
roll as made up by the national com
mittee be rejected and that substi'
tute roll. including the seventy or
eighty delegates claimed by Teddy.
If the Roosevelt forces succeed
they will be shifting the fight upon the
Taft followers shoulders. Instead of
appearing as contestants before the
credentials committee they would ap'
pear "absolved." The Taft forces then
would have to again battle for all the
seats awarded them by the national
committee and at the same time they
could attack the standing of but nine
teen of the Roosevelt delegates.
Even in such an event the Taft fol-
lowers will be in preponderance on
the credentials committee II they
stand firm the majority report will be
In favor of seating the Taft delegates.
With the majority report minority
report recommending the seating OF
the Roosevelt delegates will be Of
fered. The real test of strength Will
then come. 1t will be a straight out
and-out issue as to which of the prin-
cipal candidates controls the delegates
and as to which report is ratified Con
troll of the convention by either TAFT
or Roosevelt will be marked from that
time on.