The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-21
SET UP KINGDOM
ALL HIS own
Roosevelt Must Rule, Even Though
It Be over New Party Which
ls In the Min
orlty.
ALL WILL NOT FOLLOW
Supporters Of the Colonel VIII Not
All Take the Leap With Him
Over the Preel-
plce.

[United Press Leased wire Service.l
CHICAGO, June 21.--That they are
witnessing the birth of new party,
and that this Is the intention and will
be the effect of Colonel Roosevelt's
announcement that he will go on with
his fight regardless OF the action OF
the republican convention, is the big
fact just beginning today to penetrate
the minds of the thousands of repub-
lican politicians gathered here.
Though the launching Of a new par
ty is always a very serious thing, e.
pecially to those who live by politics,
1t has been accompanied by scenes
which are without precedent drama
tic episodes, the participants In which
say will be handed down in history.
Those who are today fixing the date
OF the new party's birth name Thurs
day at ten forty a. M, when score
OF the closer friends of Colonel Roose-
velt-those who chanoed at the time
to be gathered at his rooms for con-
ference-saw him suddenly emerge
from the inner room clutching bunch
OF manuscript
Gentlemen, listen, have some
thing to read to you,'' came in snappy
tones OF the former president.
The manuscript proved to be his ad-
dress to friends--delegates and others
announcing that he would lead
/ fight for his principles Independent of
any action OF the regular convention,
as then constituted.
| There was just one II" In the docu-
ment. ALI present knew there was no
possibility that the convention would
unseat the national committees list
of delegates. seat the Roosevelt dele
gates and nominate Roosevelt ''If''
| they did this he would regard the
convention as legal; otherwise he
would refuse to regard 1t as legal, reg
ular or binding. The opening OF the
! address to his assembled friends was
an expression of gratitude to those
who had come thus far in his fight,
| but who might not care to continue
with him further. These he said he
released and would part with them on
terms of friendship and undiminished
gratitude.
During the reading Of this part or
the address there was silence almost
funereal. Men were standing packed
closely about the colonel. Grizzled
political veterans wiped tears from
their eyes, making no effort to con-
ceal their emotions. A long series OF
involved political situations are said
to have led up to the colonel's sudden
announcement, but the immediate
cause was his determination to over
ride the advice Of many about him
who were urging that he wait until
his friends had pursued their fight to
purge the roll up to the formal adop-
tion Of the credentials committee re-
port.
Governor Hadley of Missouri, who
had acted as floor leader of the fight,
was. urging strongly that no decisive
step be taken until all this had been
done
But word had come to the Roose-
: welt headquarters that Governor Had
) ley had been in a midnight confer
ence with Charles w. Fairbanks and
others on the opposition. Inspired
stories had gone to eastern papers
that Hadley was to be picked up by
, the Taft people as dark horse candl-
! date.
When Governor Hadley reached Col
onel Roosevelt after the latter had
! read his announcement he was asked
, to make clear his position and what
, he proposed to do in case the conven-
ton seated the challenged delegates.
3 He said he would fight the roll up to
I the end of the parliamentary road and
: would then take such course as he
might think best. He did not promise
to repudiate the convention by bolt
:. or to refuse a nomination at it's hands.
Soon after the conference Hadley
. quietly left and did not return.
Among the Roosevelt supporters a
O sharp difference of opinion was early
e developed. On the one side grour
of radicals headed by Governor John