The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-06-08
SCHEME TO MEET
C0L0NEL'S FIGHT
Taft Men May Make Temporary
Organization Permanent.
CLAIM COMMITTEE CONTROL

Presidents Friends Assert He Has az
Least Thirty-fve of the Fifty-three
Members-Roosevelt Men Will Not
Try to Select Presiding Officer for
the Contest Hearings.
Chicago June GA plan to meet at
once the full force of Colonel Roose
velt's fight to control the organization
of the Republican national convention.
by making permanent the temporary
organization, with Senator Elihu Root
as chairman, was partly agreed on by
Taft leaders who are here for the
session of the Republican national
committee.
The control of the national commit
tee by Taft forces is said by members
friendly to the presidents candidacy
to be certain.
When the committee meets to or
ganise for the hearing Of contested
delegate cases the Roosevelt forces
will not attempt either to seat r. b.
Howell of Nebraska to succeed Acting
Chairman Rosewater or to select a
Roosevelt committeeman as presiding
officer for the contest hearings.
Fresh from conferences with Colonel
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, Senator Dix
on and National Committeeman Will
lam l.. Ward of New York made II
clear that the Roosevelt managers
were not behind the claim Of MIR. How
ell to a seat on the committed He will
endeayor to present his own case, con
tending that his recent endorsement in
the Nebraska primary entities him to
the place; but members Of the com
mittee expect speedy decision
against him.
Work Before the Committee.
The committee will select success
sor to Chairman John F. Hill of Maine
who died last winter, adopt rules to
govern the hearing Of the contest
cases, decide whether to give publicity
to the hearings and arrange the time
| to be allotted to each case. There are
at present more than 238 delegate
seats in the convention for which con
tests have been prepared by eithe'
Taft or Roosevelt.
The first of the cases will be takeI
up Friday morning.
Senators Crane, Penrose and San
ders were busy canvassing the situa
ton. 1t is said that Taft leaders re
gard at least thirty-tive Of the fifty
three members of the national com
mittee as favorable to the president!
candidacy.
The ultimatum from Colonel Roose
velt that Senator Root must not be sc
lected as temporary chairman. which
was reiterated by Senator Dixon OF
his arrival in Chicago, was met by
strengthening of the Taft forces in op
position. The Taft leaders determined
not only to adhere to their purpose tt
seat Senator Root, but to call upol
their forces to help make him the per
manent chairman Of the convention
when 1t meets June 1S.
Senator Dixon outlined the Roose
velt program. He declared the Roose
velt forces would fight to the las
ditch in the effort to overthrow Sena
tor Root for temporary chairman o
the convention, but that they woul
take no part in the effort to seat nev
members of the national committe
to defeat Victor Rosewater Of Nebras
ka for chairman of the national CON
mittee or to obtain control Of a ma
jority of the members of the commit
tee.
The Roosevelt manager denied man
current stories regarding Mr.. Roose
velt's plans and asserted that "n
statements will come from any sourc
but my office" as to the plans Of tn
Roosevelt forces.
"The vote against Senator Root !
part of the moral support which me
pledged to Roosevelt must give
they are to carry out the spirit o
their instructions and pledges" MI
Dixon said.