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them were injured in wreck on the
outskirts of Chicago today. Because
of their absence, the Georgia caucus
was postponed until late this after
noon. Harry Blum, Jr., national conf
mitteeman from Georgia, said today
that he believed all the negroes on
the delegation would remain true to
! their instructions. ...
Denounce the Committee.
! Members and members-elect of the
republican national committee and
| four state committee chairman, thir.
! teen in all, in public station today,
denounced the action Of the national
committee in making up the temper
! ary roll call of the national conven-
! ton.
The protestants who signed the pro-
| test were Henry E. Wason, chairman
PENNSYLVANIA state committee; Walter
F. BroWnfi chairman Ohio state COM
1nittee; Borden F. Whiting, national
, committeeman-ele Of New Jersey;
! William Allen White, national COM
mitteeman-elect of Kansas; Meyer
, Lisner, chairman of the California re-
publican committee and national COM
mitteema R. B. Howell, ma
tional committeeman-elec Of Ne
braska; Thomas Thorsen, national
committeeman of South Dakota; |. A.
Caswell, national committeeman-ele
of Minnesota; Thos. K. Neidringhaus,
national committeemanelect of Mis-
souri,; Richmond Pearson, national
committeeman of North Carolina; Geo.
C. Priestly, national committeeman OF
Oklahoma; William Seymour Ed
wards, national committeeman-elect
of West Virginia, and Frank Knox,
chairman Michigan state committee.
In response to continued claims OF
accessions by Roosevelt among the
southern delegates, Director Mckinley
of the Taft force today issued state
ment asserting that the Taft lines
were holding firmly and that Roose-
velt had succeeded in securing only
two southern delegates.
"At 2 o'clock this morning" said
Senator Dixon when we checked up
our list Of delegates known to be for
Roosevelt those we are sure to nave
with u.s. we found unequestionably that
we control the convention and name
Theodore Roosevelt by clean ma
jority for forty-two votes.
THAT claim l make after eliminat-
ing a lot of counts that have come in
that look favorable but are not claimed
by us as certain
"Will you start the fight as soon as
the convention opens?'
I'VE are going to fight from the
Jump and will elect the temporary
chairman by majority larger than
forty-two. think that Senator Borah
will be the temporary chairman. He
is the choice of all our fellows. He |
has a big voice, great force and will
be great chairman"
The senator declared that many |
-outhern delegates who are instructed |
Tor Taft would vote with the Roosevelt |
forces organization and had SO assured |
him.
He also asserted that four more
Georgia delegates had followed the five
who yesterday signed the open letter
o Roosevelt pledging him their sup
bort.
There will be others from Georgia
before the day is over the senator
continued "and I also expect to make
public later in the day letter to
Roosevelt signed by several South
Carolina delegates pledging him their
support There is not a southern
tate that has not broken"
How about New York;"
II can frankly tell you that know
lcthing about the situation there" the
enatcr replied. "But make this
.laim, that we control the conventions;
We will fight from the start against
his attempt to murder the republican
,arty; we will save it and nominate
Roosevelt by forty-two majority. Put
hat in your notebook and see II this.
ny first definite claim, does not prove
o be about right when it's all over"
HadIey Hints at Plans.
Speaking for the Roosevelt forces
oday Gov. Hadley of Missouri, chos-
n for the floor leader for the colonel,
declared that no contested delegate