The daily sentinel., 1912-06-15
ROOSEVELT REACHES CHICAGO LATE TODAY WILL GO
|NTOCONVENT|ON AND MAKE Personal P[EAFOR THE
V0IES0F DELEGATES; TAFT MANAGER ISSUES WARNING:

truly II Will be a battle between gil
ants. Old-time politicians are pre-
dieting that the convention next
week Will prove the most sensational
and the stormiest in the history OF
! the republican party.
To win the nomination, Colonel
Roosevelt either must break into the
Taft ranks as they appear near the
settlement of the last delegate con-
tests by the national committee, or
else win the support of the delegates
pledged to Senator LaFollette and
Senator Cummins; or, perhaps. he
must do both-win these delegates
and break into the Taft ranks.
Everything pertaining to the con-
vention on the Roosevelt side, from
the election of temporary chairman
to the final struggle for control will
be directly and entirely under the
supervision of the colonel himself.
1t seems very probable at this
hour that he will attend the con-
yention sessions His followers in
sist that. if he attends the conven-
tion he will address the delegates on
the issues that he has made. He will
make direct and personal appeal
to them from the floor of the conven-
tion for their support.
If this plan is carried out by Colo
mel Roosevelt. the scene will be one
i of the most dramatic and spectacu-
lar that ever transpired in a politi-
cal convention in the history of the
| nation.
message from Cleveland, o., at
/ 1915 this morning stated that Mr..
I Roosevelt reached that city at S am,
4 and left for Chicago an hour behind
! nj Iii ha rIl Ia
for him to reach Chicago at 4 pm,
as expected.
| Throughout the trip from New
/ York city to Chicago Colonel Roose-
welt kept in touch with the Chicago
! situation by telegraph.
The New York delegation, 80 mem-
bers strong, arrived today. The TAFT
and Roosevelt headquarters made
widely different claims as to what
/ this delegation would do, The mat
! ter will be settled in a caucus of the
delegation tonight.
1t is reported that the Brooklyn
] delegation, made up of Is of the 80
members of the New York state del
| egation, will support Roosevelt if the
national committee decided the
| Washington state contests in favor
OF Taft.
Taft managers have declared many
times today that under no condition
or circumstance will President Taft
assent to compromise candidate.
| The men being mentioned today as
dark horses are as follows: Charles
w. Fairbanks of Indiana, Senator
Borah of Idaho, Senator w. S. Ken
! yon of Iowa, Senator A. b. Cummins
of Iowa, Charles E. Hughes of New
II 1aN nf
souri,, Senator w. l.. Jones of Wash
| ington and as compromise candi-
! date Senator LaFollette is now being
mentioned.
Upon his arrival today Roosevelt
will be hurried to the headquarters
| in an automobile, surrounded by a
| personal body guard that has been
organized by Frank Tyree, former
secret-service man at the White
! House.
AS "a measure directed against the
! advent of Roosevelt, Director Nc
Kinley of the Taft headquarters, is
sued a statement containing warn
! ing against the bluff, bulldoze and
| bluster" of the Roosevelt forces.
From this time on until the nom
! ination of William II. Taft, said the
statement, every effort will be made
by the followers OF Roosevelt TO
sweep the delegates off their feet.
The coming of Roosevelt is a gala
event among the rank and file OF his
followers, but it will not change one
vote in the republican national con-
vention. Mr.. Roosevelt still lacks
rs votes of the nomination according
to the figures of his own manager,
while President Taft will control the
convention by majority over all on
the first ballot