The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-14
ACTION OF NATIONAL N COMMITTEE CAUSES
 MUCH SPECULATION
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(Continued from Page One) current for the last few days were conspicuous today by their absence and this kind of talk was overshadowed by continual discussion of a possible com promise in case the Taft Roosevelt struggle should become too bitter and entangled
 Roosevelt Men Jubilant
 Events of the day gave Roosevelt delegates and leaders their first real cause for jubilation and they were not slow to take advantage of it. While the national committee was dis rosing of the Missouri contests Roosevelt delegates in Chicago were assembled in the Congress hotel listelfing to a speech by William Flinn of Pennsylvania, who urged that every man must do his full duty and not give up the fight Francis J. Heney of San Francisco brought the good tidings. When he ar rived Senator Dixon was declaring that the republican national committee could not possibly get enough delegates for | Taft to nominate.
 The members of the national commit- tee cannot stand the strain of public opinion, which is with us, much longer" he declared.
 Then Mir. Heney took the rostrum When he announced that the national Committee had given the Missouri dele gates at large to Roosevelt there was . tumut, and then Mrs F linn asked:
 Committees Are Thieves DO you still compare the national com miitee to 40 thieves
 Yes responded Heney. 'I still conn pare some of the committee to the it thieves"
 "But don't you think the committee is improving?" Flinn continued. 'Only as to results" said Heney. Following this meeting the members of the national committee began to arrive 1 from the adjourned meeting at the, Coli scum and they were at once surrounded and pressed for explanations of the sud den adjournment following the Missouri contest decision. in Roosevelt's favor. Senator Borah of Idaho confessed to Inquiries that he was ignorant of the reason for the sudden adjournment and said that it was at the request of Sen ator Crane. The Idaho senator said he thought it possible that some of the committee leaders had been. fooled on evidence in the Missouri contest and wished to look carefully into the evi- dence in the Washington and Texas contests before bringing them up in the committee for action. These con tests. like Missouri, were instituted by the Taft forces.
 Senator Dixon took an entirely diff ferent view of the matter
 Two May Bolt Taft T positively know" said Mr Dixon that two members of the national committee who have been voting with the .steam roller served notice last night that they would go no further in unseatlng Roosevelt delegates whu had been regularly chosen. I know who they are and could name if l would There are other members of the committee who cannot stand the strain much longer. That's why Pen rose and Crane fled to cover this after noon to counsel on a change of plans.
 The Roosevelt campaign manager concluded his statement with the fiat declaration that the Roosevelt forces would control the temporary organi- cations and nominate Roosevelt. The senator, however, admitted that the Roosevelt forces might not control the credentials committee, each member of which Is selected by his state delega- ton.
 All the evidence in all the contests before the national committee will have to be gone over again. said MT. Dixon,