Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-08
"Boss" Finn Arrives to Take Charge
of the Attack.
Wall OVER STEAM ROLLER"
Relentless Rejection Of the Claims
of the Colonel's Contest
ants From the Southern
States.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

managers are willing today to admit
that they cannot expect any help for
their candidate from the national COM
mittee. They may continue the cam
paign of bluff and buster against the
members Of the committee who vote to
seat Taft delegates, but they realize that
such a campaign will be ineffective They
are wise enough TO know that neither
"Bilf' Finn of Pittsburg nor any one
else can influence the members of the
national committee to deviate from their
determination to decide the contests on
their merits.
Having abandoned hope of help from
the national comm ttee, the Roosevelt
crowd was making plans today for cam
paigning along new ines. The Taft dee
gates are to be stormed. with the hope of
making breaks here and there in the
ranks.
In response to calls by wire a large
number of the wealthy hackers Of the
third-term candidate are arriving here
for conference. George W. Perkins. or
gan.zer of the harvester trust and direc-
tor In the steel trust. the angel OF
the lieutenants from the various states
as they come in. f. II. Gary OF the
steel trust Is also on hand, though he
protests that another matter brought
From this time on Boss Finn of Pitts
burgh will be the active man in the
Roosevelt camp. He is to be at the head
Of the general organization that is to
York on the Taft delegates.
Finn Warned to Be Careful.
When Finn came to town this morning
he was bristling with fight with jaw set.
and look on his face as If he could bite
q tenpenny nail In two. He was imme-
diately taken IN hand by George w. Per-
>1lns and Senator Dixon, who proceeded
TO tone him down and advise him not to
start anything. They told him that the
republican national committee Includes
some men of dignity and standing who
cannot be handled. as if they We're ward
politicians and that it s evident the COM
mittee cannot be bullragged.
Mr.. Finn. who came direct from Oyster
Bay, was asked when Roosevelt is COM
Ing:
steam roller" he snapped
Well drawled bystander. II reckon
the colonel might as we'll begin to pack
his grip
As to Roosevelt's Coming.
Some of the Roosevelt adherents set
great store I'm the coming of the third
termer. They say privately that the
battle is hopeiessly lost unless he can
help by appearing on the scene to save
the day. This view is not universally ac-
cepted by the men active in the manage
ment of the campaign for the former
President. Some of the keenest men In
that crowd are emphatic In saying
privately that the colonel will do his
cause more harm than good by coming
here. But evidently he Is coming.
That Is the word that was passed down
the line today. Next Wednesday is the
day set for his appearance. though some
OF his friends here have wired him to
stay away until the day the convention
meets. One of these is Senator Borah of
Idaho. He believes no good could come
OF the former President coming here for
the convention primaries.
The Taft forces. apparently. are not un-
mindful of the fact that the opposition
In preparing to make great demonstra-
ton as the delegates to the convention
meet. They know that the Roosevelt CO.
horts from every section of the coun-
try are being implored TO move on the
convention with bands of music and
noise galore: that no effort will be spared
TO make demonstration In the face of
the delegates that will have for Its pur-
pose the creation of the impression that
the country is madly calling for the
domination of the third-term candidate.
The Taft people say that such tactics will
not prove effective. They are predicting
that the bluff and bluster campaign
will be looked upon by the convention
other week
Protests Against Steam Roller.
Twas a fearsome sight as the steam
roller over the Roosevelt men In the
national committee yesterday while the
ehrieks of the victims rent the air. But
II was a very fine job of steam rolling
and furnished grand sport for the specta-
tors. 1t is true that a few OF the more
euueamish members OF the committee
such as the gentle Mr.. Crane had some
qualms. but the strong and hardy folk on
the committee seemed to enjoy II.
Only one district was put under the
roller-the ninth Alabama-but from the
subsequent lamentations of Senator Dixon
the unwary might get the idea that
crime OH a gigantic scale had been COM
mitted
The members OF the national committee,
By the way. are not particularly fiat
tered by Senator Dixon's expansion OF
tnvective today They had grown rather
case-hardened and accustomed 10 being
called robbers. but today he branched
out and dubbed them murderers
II is understood he has n Iexicographer
Ut work searching some rare and unusual
ep!thets TO apply to the I aft people as
the stock on hand is getting threadbare.
The first week OF the preconVention
campaign as conducted in the conven-
ton city comes To an END with all the ad-
vantage with President Taft. The sup
porters of the third term candidate have
been the defensive nee the first rep
reSentatives of the party arrived here
Undoubtedly they will fight and fight
vsliantly. but they have lost much OF
their vim and yigor.
The crumbling of the contests brought in
the south by order OF the third term can
ditate is a severe setback for the sup
porters of the former President. The man
ayers of the Roosevelt cam iign had fol
weeks been telling the cot try that tht
Taft delegates in the south would certain
u be unseated by the national committee
For that committee to say by unani
nous vote that these southern contests
were without merit was a staggering