The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-20
ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTING OR THE BOLT, SAY LEADERS OF
 PRESIDENTS FIGHT.
ROOSEVELT BUBBLE BURSTS
See Probable Desertion of Roosevelt in Housing Ovation Given Cover nor HadIey of Missouri on
 Floor of Convention Hall.

Chicago, June 19-At Taft head quarters general atmosphere of sat | isfaction and relief greeted the swarms of delegates who crowded the ante-rooms tonight.
 | Director Mckinley and his stan presented an its all over but the shouting" attitude, and confidently asserted that todays vote of 564 to | 510 against the Roosevelt forces in the convention showed concusiveiv that Taft would be renominated. 1 They claimed Roosevelt would lose on the nomination roll call 46 out Of the 510 votes he had today They declared that Wisconsin's 26 votes, South Dakotas 10 and the 10 Cum mins votes from Iowa would desert the Roosevelt column on any decisive vote. From this they argued that the | real Roosevelt strength in the con- yention was at the most 464 votes. President Taft's renomination is q certainty" said Director Mckinley. Each succeeding roll call from now on will show steady losses from the Roosevelt column and gains for Taft A statement was issued by McKin- ley tonight in which he said: | President Taft will be renominated l by the national Republican conven- ton now in session in Chicago.
 Theodore Roosevelt has been elim- mated as candidate before the con~ vention. Two test votes, one yester- day and another forced by his lead~ CTS today, have demonstrated he can not be nominated. The delegates have repudiated his third term pretensions.
 His managers have resorted to every
 known method of political strategy,
 but without success. They have at
 temptaa- combinations with other can
 didates; they have adroitly presented
 unfair and revolutionary plans of pros cedure under the pretense of honesty and they have endeayored by every means, to make Taft delegates break their solemn pledges and instructions. ! In the face of these desperate efforts the Taft column has steadily grown. Taft's majority today was larger than 1t was yesterday.
 "The Roosevelt followers, knowing that their candidate can never get enough votes to give him a majority of the convention, are now seekinq. iE hopeless and discouraged fashion. for another leader. Their search will be in vain. President Taft's demon strated majority in the convention represents delegates who have come to Chicago determined to renominate him, and they will not be swerved from that purpose They have shown their loyalty and devotion to the president upon two test votes and their solidity was not in the least affected by a deliberate, but futile attempt to stampede the convention through a carefully planned demon stration They gave their answer to that demonstration by casting more votes today than they did yesterday They have shown they propose to re- main with the president until his re- nomination is an accomplished fact and they will receive accessiOns to their ranks from these s@,hl:e hl:e have heen temporarily carried away by noisy, blustery, hraggadocio campaign. The balloon-li like character of that cam paign has been twice punctured by decisive majority votes
 The southern cuiored delegates ifi- structed for Taft are carrying ont their instructions with courage and fidelity, notwithstanding the tempta tions offered hem in the way of money, patronage and political prefer ment. They have shown a laudable regard for loyalty to party pledges.
 Roosevelt not only lost in votes to- day, but his delegates indulged in 40 minutes of continuous cheering for Governor Hadley of Missouri one of his campaign managers, showing a decided tendency to desert the Roose- welt standard.
 Roosevelt's repeated threat to bolt has not materialized and statements are made by many of his leaders that should bolt be attempted it would not Dc generally participated in
 The solidity of President Taft's lines and the wavering weakness of the Roosevelt forces tell their own stories-of victory for the president. and the bursting of the Roosevelt bubble"
 The Taft leaders, while outwardly ridiculing the talk of a Roosevelt bolt. privately admitted that the colonel, when 1t becomes apparent tomorrow. as they say it will. that the creden- tials committee will not interfere ma terially with tn eTaft delegates seat ed by the national committee. will uns doubtedly order his followers to cease to take part in the convention. Biit the Taft leaders declare the real lead CTS of the Roosevelt movement will under no circumstances go to the ex- tent of holding trump convention ;o give Roosevelt an independent nom~ ination.
 A general congratulations meeting was held in the Taft public reception room tonight and the leaders dropped iii from their labors on the various convention committees to felicitate each other