The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-05
NO SEATS FOR C0MMITTEEMEN NEWLY CHOSEN This Is Admitted By Vii liam l.. Ward, Leading
 Roosevelta ie,i5 Sna OPEN HEARING ON CONTESTS Looks As If Taft Delegates Will Be Seated All Down
 the Line
OPEN HEARING ON CONTESTS

Chicago. June 5-The attempt of the Roosevelt follDNers to seat newly elected committeeman from the rari- ous states that are represented at
 present in the Republican national
 committee by Taft men has failed.
 William l.. Ward, committeeman from
 New York and a leading Roosevelt
 lieutenant admitted this on his arr
 rival here today. He, as a member
 of thes sub committee on rules. dis
 cussed this question with other mem
 bers enroute and stated pointbIanh.
 when asked, that the term of office
 of a national committeeman begins at
 the end of the national convention.
 Do you consider that ruling good
 in the Nebraska situation where an
 effort is being made to have pres
 seated ?' he was asked Mir. Rose
 water is a legal member of this com
 mittee and will retain his seat dur
 ing the lifetime of the comnftfee.r
 answered Ward with animation.
 The New York member of the Com mittee also said that (H1 <fhe former rules Will sove11 kit-
 tee at it's sessions begf6h1dy GN E0f- row. This will mean that iii efQer to get record vote on the di1poS1t)on of any contest, 20 members must Join in the request. otherwise. contests will be disposed of by viva voce
 Three-quarters of the mennbership of the national committee -was repre- sented at the Congress Hotel when in. today. Among the bstkef. tnos6 of the arrivals were Senat0r EHuroeo, 0f Pennsylvania, Former Governor Eranklin Murphy: of Nev 9eESeg, prominently mentioned for rlce-pKee5- dent if the Taft men win and rfeentH defeated for delegafe-at-14f6 eln hls home state, Senator Mufx4T Crane Massachusetts, Frank B. s81}loGE, oe Minnesota and the entire W01kfn8 staffs of the Roqseyelt and kt head- ,sssat,fe guz KassE; % ssI3 es't FSt
 messages from the Taft leadc19 ip., Ohio s,te Cqugrs9au McK3n3eF on4 his aides t'le lla tlafs which sas he arrived on the: task of sUundins
 national committeeman To friends in whom he eonfided he made it plain that the Taft forces were now certain that they had control of the convention and that they were pre- pared to ssstiffen any weak-kneed brethren" For the first time since the Taft men have been in Chicago they were assuming bel1igerent att titude, today. and the prospects of 8 day wore on.- It was made plain by everyone that would st41ke about the situation thAkssttzGEu- 11<< - Sug- gestion of c0mprUmiSe. Taft or Roosevelt will stand or fall by tho action of the convention
 TIss = .fs I1~~ o<w bers of the committee, today, tkat only the representatives of the press associations would be admitted to the hearings on the contests. While great pressure was being brought on, be- half of the individual newspapers. the space in the committee meeting room would prevent the privilege being ex- tended to other than the press asso- citations. By doing this. it was claim ed. no hardship would be worked any individual paper and the hearinss would be assured accurate publicity.
 Political battle lines for the com ing conflict for the nomination at the convention were sharply outlined here, today, when the. heavy forces arrived on the morning trains
 First came Congressman Mckinley. who. in assuming charge of his head quarters, stated that Secretary Hilles. as the personal representative or the President, would be on hand during tor Charles Dick, of Ohio, contest manager for the President, in get ting the Taft evidence ready for to the committee when 1t meets. sss-2 =, and took charge of the Roosevelt where the feeling was even more bitter than at any time since the former President announced his candidacy because Of the outcome
 The result in Ohio was peculiarly 9 disappointment to the Roosevelt forces, who had expected victory fol- lowing the success of Walter Brown in securing his reelection as state headquarters that the se- lection of Taft delegates-at-large from Ohio following the. Roosevelt victory at the popular primaries. emphasizec the difference between the Roosevelt leaders and the Taft..bosses." The talk of bolt should the Taft people 1nalIy control the national convention was even louder than on yesterday.
 That the Roosevelt forces are cer- tain they will have majority of the delegates to the couven- eaders analysed the roll of delegates n the light of the expected action of he national committee in seating the Taft claimants. They pointed out that when the roll Is submitted for there will be with it report brought in by w. L. Ward. Colonel Cecil Lyon and -he- committeeman and that they will then have the opportunity fr for the first time 5list low far their strength goes.
 We will demonstrate immediately hat the Taft claims are absurd d'.- dared Ormsby McHarg. today, ana we will show that wee have the votes Q control the convention.
 At Congressman McKinley's head luarters, the claim of the Roosevelt orces was characterized as absurd
 ,"As a matter of fact said Repre- tentative Mckinley, if this were true why would the Roosevelt leaders bc 10 anxious to impress the. national committee with the strength of their lbsurd contests if they have the votes O overthrow this result Whefhey dr. Roosevelt comes here or stays 1t Oyster Bay the Republican party # the United States will demonstrate turing the next three weeks that it s still the party Of the people and