Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-12
Stubs IS HOPEFUL
Governor Cannot Believe
Roosevelt Will Be Beaten.
SAYS WOULD BE DISGRACE
Gov. Johnson Refuses to Appear Be.
fore National Committee.
CALLS CONTEST MYTHICAL
All of California's Delegates, He
Maintains, Were Elected as
Delegates at Large.
CALLS CONTEST MYTHICAL

CHICAGO, June 12-Goy Stubbs OF
| Kansas returned to the Roosevelt head
quarters today from a conference with
Roosevelt. and again declared his belief
that the republican convention would
place Theodore Roosevelt at the head Of
the ticket
Il cannot believe" said Gov. Stubs,
that $40 delegates can be found who will
disgrace themselves by refusing to give
him the nomination
While he was talking a twenty-foot oil
| painting depicting Col. Roosevelt in Rough
Rider costume with his foot on a lion s
head was being hung in the Roosevelt
committee rooms
| The Kansas governor added to the un-
| certainty over the coming of Col. Roose.
Welt by saying:
| He has no plans, but he may come
| John McVicker and G. A. Rawson of
Des MOines and J. l.. Stevens Of Boone,
Iowa. were active at the Cummins head
quarters, where it was announced that
Senator Cummins would not come to the
convention unless Col Roosevelt did.
d. Is. Atherton of Washington, secre-
| tary of the National Republican League,
arrived and began preparations for the
| biennial convention of the league next
Tuesday in the hotel where the Taft and
Roosevelt headquarters are located.
Gov. Johnson's Refusal.
| Gov. H. w. Johnson of California ar
rived today. Gov. Johnson said he had
been invited by Francis J. Heney to APP
pear before the committee, but had sent
| note into Mr.. Heney as follows:
| II decline to appear before the COM
mittee l will not submit to trial the
title Of property by the thief who steals
| it. / consider 1t would be an insult to
the people of California for me to APP
| pear before committee which obse-
quiously receives Calhoun, Hogue, or
even listens to a contest by Patrick Cal
houn. designed to override a majority OF
77OOO California republicans and which
has prejudged the contest.
| This so-called contest in the fourth
district is purely mythical. There were
no contests in California. Neither were
there any delegates selected from any
district. All California's delegates are
delegates at large II this committee can
put two of our delegates on trial. don't
see what prevents them from putting all
on trial.
George W Perkins returned from the
east, but declined to see newspaper men.
Repudiate Compromise Talk.
Leaders in both Roosevelt and Taft
camps vigorously denied the compromise
| candidate" rumors which have been cir
! culating in the hotel Hobbies. Gov Stubs
and Senator Borah declared there was no
| likelihood of a compromise and insisted
that 1t was a fight to finish. A. c. Lay
| lin. Taft leader in Ohio; Gov. w. C..
Forbes of the Philippines and II. B. Nc
| Coy, national committeeman from Ma
Mia, arrived today and went to the Taft
headquarters.
AS to Roosevelt's Coming.
| Positive information as to whether
Roosevelt would come to Chicago to look
after his own interests before the work
of deciding the contested delegations is
| finished by the republican national COM
mittee was sought today. both by his
own workers and those favoring President
Taft
| Some Roosevelt workers declared they
were certain that he would be here by
Friday night.
| On that night a mass meeting will be
held by the Roosevelt followers, and
many maintained that the candidate
would be the principal orator. At this
meeting strong protests are promised
against the action of the national COM
gates in the contests.
Managers were busy on both sides
among the uninstructed delegates today
In an attempt to learn just where they
convention. Both Roosevelt and Taft adj
herents put forth their best argument to
these delegates In an effort to line them
up with their respective candidates There
is a belief that many OF the DELEGATES OF
this class are still willing to be convinced
as to how they should vote, and both
sides are making determined efforts to
win them.
Precautions Against a Stampede.
vI-t
the republican national convention, will
be assisted by 800 men, besides having
300 policemen at his call. Mr. Stone de-
clared last night that nothing like a
stampede-among the spectators. at
least-can happen.
Among the assistants will be clergy
| men Students, lawy ers, bankers, physi-