The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-18
THE CONVENTION TODAY.

Tho National Republican Convention
assemblies officially today in Chicago
10 VIII be convention Of strenuosity
from the first. Doubtless there will be
motions, amendments. and counter
motions. all designed TO make tan.
gle and confusion so that a stampede
Will he possible, and so there will he
fight from the first, probably, on
every important matter proposed. II is
not likely that anything more than the
preliminary organization and the ap-
pointment of the usual committees will
be made the first day.
The programme of the Roosevelt
boosters seems to be to oppose the
National Committee from the first
word. When the committee proposes
Mr. Root for temporary chairman,
there will be u proposition to suhstl
tute Mr. Borah of Idaho. according to
the programme agreed upon Yesterday
On this there will be rollcall. The
delegates seated by the National Com
mittee will be in their places voting
on this motion. A good many OF the
delegates who are for Roosevelt will,
it Is foreshadowed, vote for Mr. Root,
seeing no reason to oppose him, and
the naming Of him by the National
Committee being quite regular and ac-
corduc to precedent; so that those who
expect Mr.. Root to win have clearly
the better Of the proposition. The La
Toilette delegates, thirtysiY all told,
and the Cummins delegates (ten from
Iowa. will probably find no reason TO
support the Roosevelt programme In
this. and the most of them may fairly
he expected to vote for Mr.. Root. They
have no sores on account Of the com
mittec action, and there Will he no rca-
son why thev should range themselves
IN opposition TO the committee action
and TO the prccedcuts Of the party.
The makeup of the committee on
credentials will be more important this
year than usual, because there Will be
an attempt made to reverse the action
OF the National Committee on num-
Der of the contests. but those who at
IHlS Will ldDOl az SAN"t ''S
advantage The delegates awarded
seats by the National Committee Will
be in their places. voting. They Will
vote, Of course, for their own seating
and against any disturbance of the de-
cisions Of the National Committee.
The Committee on Permanent Organ
ization and Order of Business Will not
be very important if the Taft men win
the preliminary skirmishes, because IT
is understood that the Taft men will
wish TO make Mr. Root also the peV-
chairman of the convention. If
they win the preliminary skirmishes,
therefore, it win be easy for them to
carry their point On this.
The Committee on Resolutions will
have crucial work to do. The Roose"
velt delegates will want TO put into the
platform some at least Of the special
Roosevelt policies, as the recall of ju-
iicial decisions, the overriding of Stale
courts and legislatures by a popular
vote, the recall in various forms; the
and the referendum. The
wing of the convention
will be opposed to all these. and right
there will be an opportunity for an
other big scrap, so that ii is not likely
hat the convention will get TO the
oalloting for candidates even the sec
md day. We do not look for any vote
IN candidates before Thursday at the
earliest.
IT is a clear case that If the Roose
velt policy of fighting everything from
he word go is adopted and persisted
u, it will be the liyeliest convention
that the Republican party has ever
held.