Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-14
Strength Nearly Equal.

They pointed out that from their figure.
Roosevelt would have only ass votes. thai
| it would be necessary to capture thirty
six southern delegates in order to get con
troll of the convention out of the hand:
Of the Presidents supporters, and thai
then it would be necessary to get forty
six delegates more, the number instruct
ed for La Toilette and Cummins, in order
to nominate Col. Roosevelt.
Many of the Roosevelt leaders concede
the improbability Of the nomination OF
Col. Roosevelt on the first ballot, but al
the same time say that President Tai
cannot muster enough votes to adopt the
report of the committee on credentials
Here is the point where they claim the
Taft ship will go on the rocks. The
credentials committee it is admitted by
many will be similar to the national COM
mittee.
Hundreds Of Delegates Arrive.
Principal interest today conferred In the
coming of Senator Root, the work of the
national committee in the contest hear
ings and a score Of impassioned ad
dresses by leaders on both sides at vari
Gus meetings Of delegates.
With the arrival OF hundreds OF dele
gates. representing both factions, the diff
ferences which were a matter Of compar
atively quiet debate when the leader:
were on hand have become the founda
tion for numberless street corner and
hotel corridor arguments.
There was an influx Of Iowa leaders
early today and made activity around the
Flemming of Des Moines. who has man.
aged many campaigns in Iowa for Cum.
minis. joined Senator Kenyon for a con.
ference.
William G. Dawes and Luther A Brew.
er OF Cedar Rapids. the latter a delegate
OF q rpa fHay nd ctv tod IN,
Taft. says the sixteen delegates that are
instructed will stand by the President
These delegates are insisting that the ter
Cummins delegates vote with them fol
Senator Root for temporary chairman OF
the convention. This question is causing
considerable discussion among the Cum.
minis men,
Iowa Forces to Caucus.
The Iowa delegation will hold a caucus
Monday morning and select its members
Of the various committees. 1t is under
stood that George D. Perkins of Sioux
City is slated for the committee on reso-
lutions and John T. Adams of Des Moines
will be made national committeeman.
Senator Miles Poindexter, delegate at
large from Washington, whose seat Is
contested, arrived today and joined the
Roosevelt forces.
Il suppose I'll be fattened out by the
steam roller" said the senator in speak
ing of the Washington contests. but ]
am going before the committee and pre-
sent our case anyway
Harry NJ DaUgherty. a delegate from
Ohio, came today and joined the Taft
forces.
1t was reported that the Taft leaders
had abandoned the idea Of asking the
convention to pass resolution COMPEL
ing delegates to obey instructions unit
released by the candidates. Many Of the
Taft people thought this plan. which is
Powell Clayton of Arkansas. would eff
fectually bring their delegates from south
ern states in line.
Taft Leaders Object.
Today, however. the Taft leaders and
several northern states objected to the
plan and insisted that Taft was the Sec
ond choice of number Of delegates in
structed for Roosevelt who would be will
ing to change their votes after the first
ballot.
In this class are said to be twenty from
Illinois, six from Ohio, eight from Penn
sylvania and five from Maryland.
The Taft leaders now insist that their
candidate will be in as good position
to make an open fight for votes on the
floor of the convention Is Roosevelt could
be, providing there is no choice on the
first ballot.
Maryland Delegation Arrives.
delegations aboard special trains
arrived in Chicago about the same
time e o'clock).
The West Virginia train. in addition
to the sixteen delegates and an equal
,hnn NJ al 70 fr1r ho tn<o
contained Mrs. Glasscock. wife of the
governor; Mrs. Hatfield. wife of the
republican nominee for governor; Mrs.
William Seymour Edwards Of Charles
ton and $50 others.
S. 6. Smith. one of the West vir-
ginia delegates who is strongly pro-
Roosevelt, declared that he would place
the name of Richard A Ballinger be-
fore the convention for vice presi-
Dental nominee If President Taft were
renominated.
Col. Carrington's Prediction.
Col. Edward Darlington Of Baltimore,
chairman of the Maryland delegation.
said he was confident Col. Roosevelt
would be nominated.
Il have special reasons, which I do
not deem strategic to reveal now, for
my belief that Col. Roosevelt will be
nominated" said Col. Darlington. But,
regardless Of where or when Col Roose-
welt is nominated, Maryland electors
will vote for him in the electoral col
lege. That point is settled definitely.
THE biggest surprise of this conven-
ton to the Taft forces will be the way
the majority of the southern delegates
will go. I now hold sufficient dependable
assurances to state that the Roosevelt
strength with these southern delegates
has been vastly underestimated by the
Taft compaign managers
Rev. John Wesley Hill. former pastor
of the Metropolitan Temple of New
York. who will be one of the convention
chaplains. reached Chicago today.