The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-22
LEADERS WILL TRY | ID CROWD 3DAYS' WORK INTO ONE Every Possible Effort Will Be Made to Adjourn
 Early Tomorrow TT WILL BE BY NO
 MEANS EASY TASK Taft Will Be Renominated on the First Ballot-May Be Fight Over
 Platform, Rules and
 Contests

Chicago, June n.-Republican leaders directing affairs of the national conven- tion are going to try tomorrow to crowd the work of three days into one. With permanent organization yet to be effect ed with several important cases yet to be heard, with rules to adopt, platform to be threshed out and nominations for President and vice-president to be made, the convention will be called at 10:30 am. and every possible effort will be made to dispose of the accumulated business be- fore the session is adjourned.
 Taft Will Be Renominated
 It seemed a foregone conclusion to- night that President Taft would be re- nominated on the first ballot. Colonel Roosevelt indicated tonight that his name would not be presented to the tainted convention" if his wishes were followed. It was generally believed that the delegates instructed for Colonel Roosevelt would offer his name despite his expressed desire.
 Roosevelt forces have not abandoned their general fight in the convention by any means. A hard struggle is in pros pect tomorrow over the Texas and Wash ngton contests. The new rules which the Roosevelt people say are framed to per petuate the present system of controlling a national convention, seem to precipi- tate a heated debate while the platform will be assailed by the LaFollette dele gates, as we'll as some pregressives in the Roosevelt faction. So 1t is with some trepidation that the leaders look forward tonight to accomplishing the hurculean task before them by Sunday morning.
 The platform makers determined to- night to disregard entirely the question of woman suffrage. A compromise has been reached on the tariff, the platform declaring the tariff to be a consideration and recommendation by the tariff board.
 Hughes Is in Earnest
 Justice Hughes of the United States Supreme court has sent two telegrams to Senator Root to the effect that his name must not be considered for the presidential nomination, and that if he were nominated he would be under the embarrassing necessity of declining the honor. The telegrams were not made public, but some of the leaders saw them and all say that their purport is unmis- takable
 Mir. Roosevelt's leaders were loath to ulSCuSS lOill6ut llt PAVpdDilltJ tlioN tiic colonel would not be placed In nomina- tion. Mir Roosevelt himself has repeat edly declared that he would have noth- ing to do with the convention unless it is purged of tainted delegates
 It was reported late tonight that Col onel Roosevelt had already told William A Prendergast, who was to place him in nomination, not to present his name un- less the present control of the body should be by chance overturned.
 Other Roosevelt leaders made no com ment for publication but indicated very strongly that MT. Roosevelt's name would not be presented.
 Frank Munsey of the Roosevelt forces said tonight:
 MT. Roosevelt will be nominated for President by a new party. He refuses to have anything more to do with the republican convention. He would not take a nomination from that body if it were given to him. Taft will probably be nominated for President tomorrow. It is now the earnest wish of Mir. Roose- welt and his friends that the nomination. go to him. They regard him as the proper nominee of such convention