Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-19

tional votes from North Carolina, Penn
sylvania, Illinois and Oregon.
I'VE will win out beyond question"
said United States Senator Dixon. Roose-
velts campaign manager, today.
United States Senator Miles Poindexter
OF Washington was among the Roosevelt
leaders who intimated that the posi-
biity OF bolt by their forces was I'M
minent
I'm case these contested delegates are
allowed to pass on their own claims.
said Senator Poindexter, col. Roosevelt
will be candidate
ing but one thing. bolt II Col. Roosevelt
finds himself in the minority.
Excluded From Deliberations
Although Col. Roosevelt may visit the
convention as a spectator. Taft leaders
today insisted that he could not under the
regulations imposed by the national COM
mittee take part in the deliberations from
the floor.
There is but one way that Col. Roose-
welt could get on the floor and actively
participate in the convention said one
of the Taft managers. That would be
by resolution of the convention itself.
And If he could get to the vote on such a
resolution he could. I think. control the
convention. And / don't think there is
ghost of a show of that"
ident's campaign manager. Representative
William b. Mckinley. were just as con-
fdent of final success In the convention
as were the Roosevelt men,
Mr.. Mckinley declared that President
Taft had won over a number of Roose-
welt delegates through the medium of the
roll call on the temporary craftsmanship.
He said that nearly all Of the Roosevelt
delegates who voted for Senator Root
would remain with the Taft organization
through the remainder tho
1t was evident that the Taft forces
were placing great dependence on Sena-
tor Roots personality in their efforts
finally to control the convention for the
President
No Serious Talk of Compromise.
Another fact which became evident ms
the day wore on was that most of the
compromise or third candidate talk was
being done by the delegates themselves
and not by the leaders. No great weight
was attached to the compromise talk by
the leaders on either side Of the Roose-
velt-Taft fight.
There is nothing to this compromise
talk, and will not be until we settle this
question of organization, said Senator
Penrose. when he arrived at the Coli
scum. We will have more votes to re-
ject Hadley's proposition to upset the
legal roll than We had yesterday"
The Roosevelt managers made oft-re-
peated assertions that yesterdays de-
volopments had placed President Taft
out of the race for the nomination. In
return the Taft managers said that Col.
Roosevelt was absolutely out of the nOmi-
nation contest.
Gov Hadley. after a mass meeting Of
Roosevelt delegates, declared that the
situation today was just the same as
that which confronted the delegates when
they first entered the Coliseum yesterday
ta1 fh.t Al ~
Senator Root as temporary chairman
had not altered the situation In a single
detail
The convention, in all essential facts. Is
what 1t was yesterday. only that today
the convention is legally constituted
body.
Predictions Based on Experience.
Men Of shrewd observation and expe-
rience in many national political conven-
tons declared that two points in today's
deliberations could be depended upon:
l. That no contests will be decided. as
Gov. Hadley desires, until the matter of
contests has gone into and returned from
the committee on credentials.
2 That there will be no compromise
candidate until the Taft and Roosevelt
forces have tested their strength further
on roll calls.
Interest in the proceedings at the
Coliseum increased rather than dimin-
ished today. and the scramble for tickets
was renewed by hundreds who were I'M
able to get into the convention hall yes
terday.
Gov. McGovern of Wisconsin ex-
pressed his approval today of the
action taken by Henry F. Cochems in
resigning from the Craftsmanship of the
Wisconsin delegation and turning his
proxy over to his alternate.
Question of Principles.
The question before the convention
yesterday was purely one OF princi
PIES" said Gov. McGovern. ct was
clear-cut fight between the reac-
tionaries and the progressives. In this
fight, Wisconsin. as a progressive state.
should have taken the lead against
the bosses and the representatives Of
special privileges. If 1t were a ques-
ton Of candidate, / should throw my
support entirely for La Toilette, but
this was a different matter
Gov. McGovern branded the state
ment of Walter L. Houser, who repre-
sents the La Toilette side. that he
had made a deal with Roosevelt
whereby he was to receive the nomina-
solute fabrication"
The governor applied the same terms to
the intimation that the Roosevelt faction
had promised support to Mr.. Cochems
for the governorship of Wisconsin.
Gov. McGovern said he did not know
whether the split in the Wisconsin
delegation was permanent or not Il
have not talked with the delegates vet.
and l have no idea how the situation
stands" he said.
laboring With the Delegates.
Up to the very moment the convention
was called to order the Taft managers
labored nightly to maintain their mar
row hold on the majority.
All through the night and morning
delegates crowded the ante-rooms and
conference rooms of Director McKinley's
headquarters while Mckinley and his aids
argued and pleaded with them to remain
firm.
Director Mckinley neglected practically |
everything else to labor with the dele |
gates. When it was time TO start for |
the convention he expressed confidence
that the Taft vote in the convention to- |
day would be fully as strong as its was |
yesterday.
The Taft forces will stand together ex-
actly as they did yesterday" he said. |
IF there is any shifting we will gain as |
much as IL not more than we lose"
JUSTICE HUGHES FIRM.
Insists He Will Not Permit Name