Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-08
TEDDY GOING
To CHICAGO
To FIGHT
BOSSES
Friends Admit Now That He
Will Take Field Following
Steam Roller Work.

CHICAGO. June s.-Ths Georgia
centetss at the Chicago convention were
next taken up. A strong protest
against consolidating the thirteen cases
was registered by Senator Dick, after
which Chairman Rosewater ordered the
hearing to proceed separately. After
arguments extending over an hour, the
Taft delegates at large were seated.
The first ten Georgia districts go to
Taft on the same argument as in the
case of the delegates at large. This
aives Taft twenty more delegates, for a
total of So.
Tafts total is now So, as follows; A.
sbama is, Arkansas is. Florida IL,
Georgia "a.
CHICAGO, June S-William Flynn,
of Pittsburg- feelingly referred to by
Taft men assembled here as strong
arm Bill" Flynn-chief of the wreck
ing crew sent out to throw monkey
wrench into the machinery of the
steam roller, arrived today just as the
roller whistled to it's engineers TO come
TO their days task, Flynn immediate
" set about his job. He tried out the
monkeywrench by hitting Congress
man William 3 Mckinley over his
metaphorical head.
The national committee assembled
at the Coliseum shortly after 10 o'clock
for its second days contest hearing.
The remaining Arkansas cases we're
taken up. While the committee was
in session. Flynn gave out a statement
H. said
There will be a big pow-wow of
Roosevelt men here early next week
When we are through we'll have the
Taft forces backed against the ropes
and begging us TO let them up Roose
welt has. sent out personal call to his
friends The biggest men in the coun-
try will be here within day or two
Roosevelt may come himself"
The Taft delegates in the Seventh
Alabama district-H. G. F'riedheim and
r. S. Grayson, were seated on roll call
Taft's total vote on this contest was
80 This finished the Arkansas con-
test, giving Taft clean sweep of that
state.
Roosevelt men generally admitted to-
day that the colonel will be here next
week. This admission came after
long distance telephone conversation
with Oyster Bay.
Asked if he was going to tamper with
the steam roller machinery, Flynn made
some remarks about Mckinley.
All. that sounds just like McKin-
ley's talk" he said He talks nothing
bur blather If he keeps it up, Taft
may get the Utah delegation but chats
ABOUT all"
Enc steam roller kept on It's way The
Taft deioga,as from the Fifth Arkansas
disirie, followed those ~ the First,
Second. Third ana Fourth on the tenn
porary roi! of tho convention Taft at
this tine mad beer given IS delega res
b. lie national committee Roosevelt
rad eceiyed none
n the Third district Of Arkansas the
contest vas between r. s. Granger and
j. T. Meyers for Taft and Tom Will
liams and B, +. McAllister for Roose-
vels Tie Roosevelt side was presented
by James 4. Conner. After the two
sides had been presented Frank B. Kel-
legs, of Minnesota. Roosevelt man,
moved lhat Granger and Meyers be
seated THE vote VAS unanimous
in the Fisth Arkansas district the
first attenpt Of the Roosevelt men to
secure compromise was made. A
motion that delegates from both SIDES
De seated with the votes divided be-
tween them was made and was voted
down 10 to A. The Taft men were
then seated.
Six Taft delegates al large from
r'ioridd were seated by unanimous
yote IN the national committee this
afternoon There We're two sets of
contesting Roosevelt delegates
in the First district for Florida, the
two Taft delegates were seated.
The Second district Of Florida also
went 70 TAFT in short order, making
his total A.
Two Taft delegates from the Third
Florida district We're also ordered
seated,
THE WE TuED