The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-17
His Delegates Will Take
Matters in Their Own
Hands.
TROUBLE BREWS
FOR CONVENTION
Leaders Frankly State Their In
tention to Nominate Him, and
Claim Regularity if Attempt
Is Made to Adopt Tempo
rary Roll Made by Ma
tional Committee.

Ch!caEo. June 1O.-The RooseyeIt
plnns for the fight to be made In the
Republican National Convention Tues
day were finally adopted ut n confer
encc OF the RooseveIt leaders Tonight,
under the direction of the Colonel him
self.
The Roosevelt supporters have de-
termincd that the convention shall nor
be organized with the contested dele
Entes scented by the national commit
tee, and to this end they have deter
mined to demand roll coll un the
hrst proposition TINT comes UP. This
undoubtedly will come on the fight of
GONernor Johnson, OF California; 10
cast the twenty-sir votes of TINT Stntc
ON the question of the temporarv
chnirmnnrhip.
This right will be questioned by the
two Taft delegates from the Fourth
District Then will come the move
which the Roosevelt leaders have
planned. They will move a, once that
the temporary roll as made up BY the
national committee be rejected and
That substitute roll. prepared by the
Roosevelt leaders. be adopted This
roll Will include the seventy to eighty
delegates which Colonel Roosevelt
Claims were stolen from him. and
which would be sufficient to give the
Roosevelt forces control of the con-
Ventlon. Under this plan Of procedure
submitting the contests to the con-
ventton en- bloc-none of the delegates
affected BY the contests coald vote.
Cnoer customary rules. passing upon
the contests State by state. one CON
tested State might pass upon the
rights OF another.
The Roosevelt plan is a revolution
AIRY one. 1t will be bitterly opposed
by the Taft leaders. but IL will sery.
inc purnose of bringing the fgh
thf Roosevelt leaders desire.
Victor Rosewater. chairman of I'll.
national committee. will call the con,
rention to order. 1t is not believed
that he will entertain the motion t.
consider a second list of delegates
but will insist upon waiting for tbs
report of the committee on credentials
which ordinarily would not come VI
for consideration until Wednesday, Il
he does this the Roosevelt leaders viii
move at once ito proceed TO the nom.
nation OF Theodore Roosevelt.
Hold Their Own Convention.
In other words. the Roosevelt delc
gates in such a case would attemp
10 hoid convention of their owl
within the convention hall. Colone
Roosevelt tonight conferred for NOR,
than an hour with Cha rman Rose
water, who sought the Interview
through Z. Mont Reilly. OF kansa!
City, a mutual friend. Mr.. Rosevatei
explained to the Colonel that in max
Ing rulings in the national COMMITTEES
OF contest cases he had followed thu
parliamentary practice that had al
ways governed the deliberations OF
that body.
Colonel Roosevelt directed severe
criticism against individual members
of the committee. but Mr.. Rosewater is
said to have escaped these structures
Finally the Colonel demanded to know
what Mr.. Rosewaters attitude would
be when the Roosevelt forces proposed
to substitute new temporary roll for
that prepared by the committee.
The rules of the committee will APP
ply" answered Mr.. Rosewater.
When asked II he would not consen,
to submit the question TO the conven-
ton. Mr.. Rosewater is said to have
asked for time in which to- consider
the question. It is said that he will
confer with his associates early to-
morrow.
After midnight the Roosevelt forces
agreed to enter Senator Borah as theil
candidate against Senator Root for the
temporary craftsmanship. Governcl
Hadley. of Missouri. was selected as
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