Arizona republican., 1912-06-17
TUMULTUOUS DAY
 IN WINDY CITY
Claims and Counter Claims Filled the Air; New Yorker Tries to Breathe New Life Into the Hughes Movement
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CHICAGO, June I6-Out 0f the many claims and counter claims to- day, there came tonight a frank statement from the Roosevelt leaders that Roosevelt would leave Chicago the nominee of the republicans for president. There will be no bolt, they stated. but if there is an attempt to make permanent the temporary rOIl reported by the national committea, }, the Roosevelt followers may take matters into their own hands, nomin ate Roosevelt in the Coliseum and claim for him the regularity of the republican party.
 If there is any attempt to make permanent the temporary Organiza ton, the convention will never get beyond that point" said one Rooso- welt leader tonight
 Senator Borah. who is spoken of as the Roosevelt candidate for chair man, said there would he no bolt or trump convention. No party that started that way ever succeeded he said
 Other leaders said there would be no occasion for trump convention, and baslng their claims on assertions from the Taft ranks. said the colonel would control the whole situation from the first vote
 The Taft leaders, however, are con- fident that he will be nominated, and that all the delegates will stick"
 THE KEY TO IT
 The situation, as it appeared to- night continued to hinge on the ac- ton of some of the southern dele gates, who seem to hold the balance of power. Conflicting claims are made as to their support, both sides claiming them but neither side seemed actually to know how these delegates will vote. The solution will have to come in the convention it. self
 It is said tonight that the Roose- welt forces will make T stand in the convention as soon as it is called to order. over the selection of Root for temporary chairman. The Roosevelt men will offer another name and when California is reached on the roll call. Gov. Johnson, it is said will attempt to vote the entire twenty-siX votes of his state against Root.
 THE FIGHT WILL BE ON
 His right to do so will be con- tested immediately by the Taft dele gates from the fourth California dis trict. who were seated by the na- tional committee. The vote for the temporary chairmanship is usually cast according to the temporary roll, but the Roosevelt adherents do not propose to submit to this arrange ment. claiming that the national com mittee was endeavoring to deliver stolen goods" The lines will thus be drawn at once and the fight will be on What the outcome will be, and what the Roosevelt leaders will eventually do, is a matter of cOnjec- ture
 POLICE ARRANGEMENTS
 The prediction is made in some quarters tonight that the convention would never be organized. Sergeant at-Arms Stone, in the meantime, is making all preparations to quel dis turbances Police arrangements for the convention are said to have been perfected. In addition to the force inside the Coliseum, it is stated that a large body will be thrown around the entire outside of the structure.
 There was but one rift in the politi- cal sky today. The members of the national committee were entertained at luncheon, and later were taken to a baseball game by F. w. Upham' treasurer of the committee. Lions and lambs, rollers and rolled, ate to- gether in perfect harmony. There were no speeches, no reference to the work of the last ten days, and no dis