The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-17

tests or resign, was made by the Nebraska delegation in an executive e session, today.
 When Chairman Rosewater raps for order, tomorrow. the Roosevelt lieutenants will have already prepar- ed complete battle plan, a program mapped out in advance and threshed d out at conference between all the generals of the ColonePs staff cover ing every possible contingency. A board of strategy, including George l.. Johnson, of California, labored with the program, today. Because there are so many angles to the fight it was determined to lay out battle plan which would embrace any de- velopTnent. The Coloners leaders will be drilled in this program so that they will be able to understand shal of the forces, Governor Hadley, enters the fray.
 Chicago, June 17.-That they will make the temporary roll prepared by the national committee the temporary roll of the convention was the word sent to Colonel Roosevelt, today, by the majority of that committee. The -Colonel's demand. made directly to Chairman Victor Rosewater, last night. that only those delegates whose credentials are undisputed should be permitted to vote on the question of organization was brusQuely turned down. After cOnferring with other members of the committee, today, Rosewater decided to stick to the original program.
 .TAis fnsures the fight from tine drop of the hat" The temporary roll will be challenged immediately after the minister pronounces the opening benediction. Should the Taft mon be able. by force of numbers, to put through their original plans. a double cross Is certain. Many leaders fear bloodshed and broken heads if the present situation is not relieved by compromise. The Roosevelt men de- clare the temporary roll will never be read. The Taft leaders, through Chairman Victor Rosewater, say it will be read as prepared and they say if force is attempted to prevent the convention proceeding in an or derly manner. that they will call on the police to eject the "disturbers'' from the hall.
 "Just let them try it." was all that the Roosevelt men would say but the dissemination expressed in their de- xla6a1f6r in ddcAted that they would not leave Without A4 fight E,
 Claims and rumors of assertions from the Taft camp continued to fill the: air, today. Lusty lunEed mega phone men, wearing flaming Roose- welt badges, passed back and forth through the crowds crying aloud the names of men who, they said,. had signed pledges repudiating the Presi- dent and declaring for Roosevelt. Some of these were true. But in many instances the claim of deser- tion had no sooner been made than the Taft leaders were out with de- 'niala.
 The big delegation from Kings County, N. r., has been the subject of much comment. Timothy Wood ruff, in announcing that he had burn- ed. his bridges behind him, was now in the Roosevelt camp insisting that 16 other delegates would go over with him.. To offset this, the Taft men displayed signatures. of all but three of this county delegation insist ing that Woodruff meant only single vote and, that all the other members were for Taft.
 :. Insisting that they had their dele gates so firmly fixed that only scat tering few would desert, the Taft leaders were admittedly worried They feared the effect of Colonel Rooseyelt's personality on wavering delegates who wanted to be with the winner no matter who he might be. Whenever the Taft leaders heard of one of their men passing under the Roosevelt influence-and they main tained a secret service that would have done Scotland Yard credit-a Taft man close to the particular dele gate was sent to get in touch with him and find out if he was still "all right
 The Taft margin, so far as the con- trol of the convention and the votes for the renomination are concerned. is uncomfortably close. The defec< tion Of a score of delegates would undoubtedly deadlock the convention. Even the Presidents warmest admir- CTS admit that he must be noninat- ed on the initial ballot or not at all.
 The Roosevelt, Cummins and La Toilette camps will vote. as a unit against the Taft forces on many. of the things that will come up in con- nect1on with the temporary organiza- ton. And in order to retain control men must hold the reins from the very start.
 The private figures of the Taft leaders, in which allowances were made for both the known assertions announced by the Roosevelt forces and the ones believed to be sure, but which have not yet been publicly ad- delegates, IS more than a majority. today. Manager McKinley's public claim is 5s0. This includes every sin gle member placed on the temporary roll by the national committee and nearly all of the uninstructed deie- gates. Every Taft leader of conse- quence was directed to try to round up at least one vote for Elihu Root for temporary chairman. If they can get Root in the chair, the Taft men feel safe as they claim absolute con- tro1 of the credentials committee which will make up the permanent roll.
 The Taft leaders plan to make the temporary roll permanent and have the committee on permanent organi- zation continue the temporary organ ization, including Root as chairman, as the permanent organization
 The committee on >credentials will be made alp of B Taft men to 20 - The Roosevelt men admit these fig ures will be approximately correct should the contested delegations from the various states be seated by their own votes.
 On this lineup. the committee, made up from one member from each state. will be as follows:
 Taft--Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut. Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Ken lucky. Louisiana, Michigan Mississip- pi. Montana. Nevada, New Hamp- shire. New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island. South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas. Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wyoming- Alaska Dis