New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-09
Fear RooseVelt's Presence.

"hp Nndt ne would nhN 10 lecl certain OF
himself
Fear RooseVeIt's Presence
'oiouc'. Roosevelt now expects to
come here next week This. too, Is in
direct violation Of the urgent representa-
tons OF Senator Dixon and others Of his
supporters. They feel certain that if nc
comes h. will bolt and they Gravely fear
h. viii make Of himself a spectacle
which will prevent his ever again being
seriously considered for office, while
they. too. will go down with him TO ire
vocabc defeat
While his supporters have kept thu"
wires hot urging the colonel not to come
they have been cmphatiCally denying
tina, he would come. But to-day George
W. Perkins admitted that Colonel RoOsc-
welt would come ana would occupy the
rooms in the Blackstone Hotel which are
now occupied by Mr. Perkins.
The hollowncss Of the Roosevelt con
tests is producing a most depressing Ell
fe,t on al Of his followers. Compare
lively few have had any idea If this
testants could at least present cases
which would offer some basis on when
every Roosevelt member Of the national
committee could get together. Now they
realize that these contests We're merely
Erandstand plays, instituted that they
might produce the greatest measure Of
moral effect in the North. nigh. afford 4
a. II, ,,T lion
and his associates. and might influenoe
~ least that part Of the voters in the
North who place anxiety to he on the
winning side--to get on the band wagon
above personal preferences and even
convictions
n courso the feeling Of Senator Dixon
and those who have made the fight with
him is that the coming Of Finn and those
he has associated with him on the Bill
Flinn committee together with the
coming Of Colonel Roosevelt himself.
means that the former are to be set
completely aside. They appreciate that
the spectacular strong arm game which
Bill Finn Is prepared to play is the
game which most appeals to the colonel.
These men know only too we'll from
What Roosevelt has said To them over
tho telcphon" that he regards Dixon and
his assistants as weak sisters. prepared
10 confess defeat after the first battle.
They realize perfectly that the colonel
Is utterly impatient OF any reasoning
based on his or their future in the Re-
publican party He would stake his all
and theirs-on the throw Of tho dice
row. and would trust 10 his own destiny.
~ which he believes 80 firmly. 20 eXtri-
ate iimself.four years hence. And none
" these realiZations adds in the slightest
d"grc" 10 tteir comfort; nor would II
,'rpri-c them in the slightest degree il
ultimately Roosevelt were 10 turn on
'N"m IN his defeat and charge them with
h's urIoiuG because Of the manner In
which they have deceived him regarding
nc trensth Of their contests and the
extent Of his own popularity.
Taft Men Rejoicing.
At the Taft headquarters the atmos-
phere is wholly different. Chairman
Mckinley, Secretary Hilles and their as
which the national committee by its
unanimous action. is affording of their
contentious that the Roosevelt contests
were all spurious and had no basis
whatever except on paper They are not
permitting themselves to he quite jubi-
liant They arc determined to proceed
cautiously and surely, making no mis-
art.. N
that # they make no mistakes their can
didate cannot lose, and they are deter
mined there shall he none.
The absolute confidence Of the Taft
leaders in. the situation is revealed by
their emphatic refusal to accept a COM
promise proposed by the Roosevelttes
Ia connection with the Indiana delegates.
The Roosevelt men have instituted
contests against the four delegates at
large and the eight delegates from the
1st. I'd. 18th and 18th Indiana districts.
Mr.. Roosevelt is extremely anxious to
win the delegates at large. or at least
two Of them. Accordingly represent
alive of The Roosevelt faction went to
ex-senator Hemingway day and pro-
and two Roosevelt delega ties at large be
seated and one Of each faction from each
Of the four districts.
This proposition was Immediately and
enphaticaly rejected Mr.. Hemenway
declares there is not the slightest color
If right on the part Of the Roosevelt
contestants, and that there is no reason
whatever why the Taft men should agree
70 compromise. He contends that. even
anart from certain teChnicalities which
have been raised by the Rooseveltites.
President Taft had a clear majority IL!
each of the conventions which elected
these delegates, and the Taft managers
have decided TO carry the fight TO the
last ditch.
II Is explained that the reason WHY
Mr.. Roosevelt is especially concerned
about the Indiana contests is that de-
cision in favor of the President will ex-
clude ex-senator Beveridge from the
convention, and Mr.. Roosevelt has great
faith In the oratorical powers OF the
boy orator"
Indiana Contests important.
The Indiana contests will probably
come up the first thing on Monday morn
ing. and decision In favor of the Presl-
dent will be regarded by all here as O