The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
Charge Colonel Roosevelt Is Attempting to Terrorize
 National Committee
THE NEW JERSEY
 FIGHT CONTINUES
President Taft Says He Has Enough Delegates Pledged to Assure the Nomination-Also Says He Is
 in the Fight to Stay

Washington, May 24.-The bitterness Of
 | he fight that is to rage about the repub- | ican national committee when 1t begins consideration of contest cases in Chicago tune was emphasized today by state Inent from Representative William B. Me |xinley. head of the Taft campaign forces. MT. Mckinley declared it was becoming |,pparent that Colonel Roosevelt and "his followers will resort to every known means to terrorize the Chicago conven- tion.
 That the time has come when the |noral stamina of leaders of the repub- |ican party is to be tested as it has not
 been since the civil war is certain,' MT. Mckinley continued. Tt is within the bower of the national committee 10 make br break the republican party for many
 Fears to come. The party is strong though to withstand the shock of any a,- ack within or without, but no party can
 Furvive compromise with principle or En abandonment of all principle" Answers RumOr The Mckinley statement was given out |ar the result of widespread reports that Colonel Roosevelt desired the removal |rom the national committee of certain members whom he knew to be strongly opposed to him.
 Senator Dixon. the Roosevelt manager, |kas not in the city today, but his close associates declared the Roosevelt commit lee gave no approval to the stories that l he national committee was controlled kgainst their candidate.
 MT. MeKinley's statement was followed by another from the Taft bureau. in which 1t was asserted that telegrams cir-
 tulated by the Roosevelt headquarters lending to show that the Taft supporters |Tere considering a compromise candidate |yere without foundation.
 First, last and all the time,' said |his statement, President Taft is in he present fight to stay and his friends |vill stay with him until he is renom- hated and reelected.
 The Statement z Y The statement bv Manager McKin- lev was most open and direct. It must be expected that those na- Iional committeeman whose consciences |nay force them to disagree with Mr. JfoOSGNett VIII bt opiAiS H1hOuhtoA t'S him" said MT Mckinley and the whole committee will be misrepresent- td and villihed. collectively and indi- kidually by MT. Roosevelt exactly as he has msrepresented and denounced those, who have hitherto disagreed with him during his public career. "The friends of President Taft believe fhat the republican national commit ee as now constituted is representa- live of the republican party and that |t will do its full duty by the party at Ehicago
 "The friends of the President will bot try their cases of contested dele gates before the country until the na [ional committee meets. To the count try at large the friends of the Presi- |Ient protest against the tactics now being employed by Theodore Roosevelt In an endeavor to excite popular pas Eion against the members of the con trolling body of the republican party before an iota of evidence in the con tests to be decided has been laid be- lore that body"