The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-04
National Committee
 Against Roosevelt
Taft's Friends aaldine Whip Hand Stan Shrift of Contentious of Teddy's
 Supporters

rnAc.~n. June 4.-HhaA the Taft ys11uwers plan to emlhnsase tlsolr con- exua of the Republican national cOms
 naanee at t1,e oufeee when that body Ge6s down to badfneee, next Thslray, wai indkclssd by CoadnA Hasry $. New, to-day. m d0ang sn flae cpmlntt- tee wfll strike directlt II tho preten- taona q tho Roosevelt followers wh0 sre demandlnx tIinf all or tl1e re.s xSumbcrs of tho cuadmitteo frOm' AEates csxxied by them at the recent prfmar- - snIon bc seaaod as members Of tho uteneSf conn,nittee, instead of waiting m haer tho new c0anmittes organ- a,s f6nqW1hg sl,o sdjournment of the rns3anal coanmittee. .
 fhs bono of contention will be the d56n61d of. n. B. Howell, for . seat; as x&ureeentatfvo from NebFaska by vtr. tle of succeso at the recent primaries and the poooession of a certificate of eleefiou sienod by the governor and counf1fna9ned by the great seal Of the Gfnfe- when HoWell's request is sub mfffodF 1t win be laid on the table Ih<ns aeeordine to the @ Ifese1s 9,i p'ans, a1st order, of businees ia the election of q chairman fo fin the vacancy caused " f&e death of tho Eofme chairman, Former 0orernor Hnl of Maine. The cohnmitfee win then. # present plans 6re ea<rted out. elect Victor Rose S01. Of Nebraska. the present vice. e1n1rman. this afteFpoon, that thlS a161pn. coupled With the tabflnE of the H5&I1l demand, would emphasize the cSufrol of the Taft follower.
 Colonel Now made It very plain that fhroueh. He stated that he saw no SeoSon Why Rosewatar e1sould not be 1l6Cted for tho fortnight remaining of 4he like of tho old committee but when pressed to express an 0p1pton 9egnrdznG the way thet action would 10 ln1rDrotod by the 1oosevelt fol- 16vil63 he simply SlArus1sd nis
 1he Tt men woE1 5uo1lant oyer ID Wor4 ffGm Qhica8u thaf T1ft 1aRd t7 5n ouf fhere and fl1ly inzfsted khts lnNDs1bo nDag11r1oE HtctnxE a4 |73ES WIn5 I'll e33fse of the conteat6, TT TIT r k h6 expeetod avery c0Il- 111n~ 6@a n1l6n headed by; Taft men |fo bo aS5f<G Incldenta11y 4t became |11 n0ut ook<11n. today, that the contest |U1Q bo 1IG n tho open.
 4 s2ef 9osss of the ss conn eommittse. . |tlSo mn1ofl1x favored publicity in s1is-' |puG 0k tho contests.
 MO lave right on our fide and we lln1 thn& fhe public shall realize IT ~ 6u1H QfnefAl Dick. The majority lof TIT RU0Oevelt contests are 90 lllfiW thG4 any impartial body would Iflt0W 1hGR out and al1 ke arc asking ,nf t15n hands of the committee ie kcn2r and oquare deal.s'
 aeAer01 Dick stated he will handle n&n Gont00tD in person. The briefs .ahon6Y propared in all of the cases ,a8o VoFy voIuminous but 1t is beHey- zed fho committee will decide the ma 'jor1ty 06 the cases without recourse ifo the ballot box
 Ihe Roosevelt followers declared, sthio afternoon. that they were satis-; s1iod that In view of the result in Ohio, foday. which they characterised as tho moot 0utEa8eous steal In the his holy ef Amer1can ppliticp Roosevelt is Cogt1zn to come to thlD city. z,.e--
 Ihe RooooVelt leaders on tho ground RarD voGV bfffeT over the Ohio out coma 1hey 1hai1ted that the fact tthnt Roosevelt carried the popular ipRinafies and then failed to get the de3ega6e0-at-hr8e was q "trayesty on 5uGt1co and deprived the people of jfhe1r righfs While all refussd fo Italk for pubricafion privately they aa-