The Calumet news., 1912-06-11
BARNES IS ON Scene TODAY
Gov. Hadley Of Missouri Also Ar
rives in Chicago
TAFT HAS WON TOTAL OF 81
Two Alabama Delegates Declare They
Will Vote For Roosevelt
in Convention.

Chicago. June 1i.--Willlam Barnes
lican state central committee. and
delegate at large to the Chicago con-
Vention, arrived today, and imme-
diately went into conference with
Senator Crane and other Taft leaders
Barnes is looked upon as the probable
Taft floor leader i'm the convention.
lie declared his principal business at
this time was to aid i'm the coniirma-
ton OF Senator Elihu Root as tenn
porary chairman of the convention.
Governor Hadley of Missouri, ar
rived this morning and went to the
Roosevelt headquarters. He will ar
que the Missouri contest before the
rational committee. 1t is believed
Hadley Is the choice of the Roosevelt
forces for temporary chairman. and
the position of floor leader for the
Roosevelt men may be accorded to
him.
In the hotel lobbes and rival head
quarters there was discussion OF pos
slble candidates for the vice presi-
dental nomination, and Senator Bo-
rah of Idaho, was mentioned in that
connection. Borah refuses to be con-
sldered candidate.
The Kentucky contest cases were
ready for lively fight when the ma
tional committee met today There
are sixteen contested delegates-two
delegates at Large. and two each from
the First. Second. Fourth. Seventh
Eighth. Tenth and Eleventh districts
II was agreed that the contests II
the First, Second and Fourth dls'rlct'
be decided on the same arguments as
i'm the ease of the delegation at-larse
Ormsbv McEIarg made the openint
statement for the Roosevelt forces
and Judge O'Rear of Frankfort one :"
two contestants for delegate-at-l
made the argument. ORear declared
ne would try To show there was Il ue
uberate plan to carry Kentucky 10
,he president" against the Wishes
tho neople. and that this plan wa
norticinated i'm by the party leauer
and the Republican state commlt'e'
lie said conditions throughout zen
trc,,y wore such that few districts Sc
lected delegates in accordance VIZ
popular opinion.
Forrer Senator Scott of west VIZ
einia objected to ORears statenlen
that West Virginia voters were III
ported into Boyd county TO vote ~
the Taft organization
.s,f fg nNOnnt1lneeTS u
not sell their votes for htty cents
declared Scott.
.what's their price," aaHed mem
ber of the committee
"Thev have no price" sald Sco'
and the committee laughed
I<entucky's delegates -at-large We'
aa,,aa 80 Taft The vote was 80
II. ,,nor
Kentuc,v's First district was unan
imously credited to TAFT
The Kentucky second district wa
unanimously credited to Tart.
The Fourth Kentucky district "'
vitbdraNvn. seating the Taft men,
with three Kentucky dlsu.o'' 80
delegates at large decided III 'he "V'
idents favor. the number oi coh'o'., :,
aeats determined for him SINCE ="
committee met reaches ninety-t"o'
Taft Loses Two Delegates
Mobile. Ala, June 1i.--Post'''are ~,
Trammell, of Dothan, listed as .
delegate from the Third Gistrlc'' a.
nounced he will vote for kooseNe,' '.3.,
they chop my mead Off" Posth'aS'
Daughter. Of Geneva. another deieR"
from the Third district II Is s""' -
announced himself in faVor VI WV
welt.