The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-05-25
ROOSEVELT WON'T STAND
FOR ROOT IN THE CHAIR
McHarg. After Seeing the Colo
mel, Announces His
Opposition.
FOR CLAPP OR HADLEY
Gov. johnson of California
Would DO-Harry New Finds
r. X. 33 Short of Majority.

CHICAGO, May 24.--Senator Elihu Root
of New York. who has been recommended
bv the sub committee on arrangements
Of the Republican National Committee
for temporary chairman Of the national
WELD the gavel II Theodore Roosevelt
can help IL.
A fiat announcement to this effect was
made to-day by Ormsby McHarg. Roose-
welt contest manager. who reached
Chicago to-day from New York, where he
conferred with Roosevelt.
"Mr. Roosevelt himself has given the
final word that il the convention is a
Roosevelt convention Senator Root will
not he allowed to serve rs temporary
chairman" said Mr.. McHarg "We are
either going to control that convention
all the way through or we are not going
to control it at all.
Senator Root does not stand for the
things that Mrs Roosevelt stands for.
It would not do TO have keynote speech
which later in the convention will he
repudiated.
"We propose to organize that convention
to name some one other than Senator
Root as temporary chairman"
Senator Moses T.. Clapp Of Minnesota.
Gov. Herbert s. Hadley of Missouri and
Gov Hiram W johnson of California
were mentioned by Mr.. McHarg as men
who would he acceptable to Col. Roose-
welt for the temporary Craftsmanship.
A fight over the temporary chairman
ship will bring the fight between the
Taft ard Roosevelt forces to q focus at
the opening Of the convention.
Col Harry s. New. taking the figures
most favorable to Roosevelt. showed to-
day that the Colonel. would be thirty
three votes short Of enough to control the
convention. In making this estimate New
allowed Roosevelt all the delegates yet to
bc chosen and for good measure threw
in fifty -four contested delegates.
Mc1iarg predicted that Roosevelt would
get rs many IA a hundred delegates from
Southern States on the first ballot. He
50 id that ?5 per cent OF the delegates
already instructed for Taft in the South
| have indicated their intention 70 swing
to Roosevelt.
After comforting with the Western
Roosevelt managers McHarg left tonight
for ST. Paul. where he will meet to-morrow
Roosevelt representatives from the State
of Washington. where contests will be
filed
Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Charles Nagel. national committeeman
from Missouri. has sent word to the com.
mittee officers he doesn't intend to take
"A hand in the hearing Of contests by the
national committee. Representative
Richard Barthold, OF Missouri will hold
NaRel's proxy. Nagel is the only mem.
her of President Taft's Cabinet who is or
the national committee
Contests were filed with the nationa
committee to-day by Taft delegates al
large from Missouri. Contests also were
fl d against Georgia delegates al
large and in the First. Third, Fourth
Fifth. Seventh. Tenth and Twelfth
Georgia districts
Applications tor tickets for the conven
tion have been received from the British
and German embassies at Washington
Tickets have been set aside for them.
WASHINGTON. May Ex-senator Elih,
Root has reconsidercd his decision I,
accept the temporary chairmanship OF
the Republican national convention, aC'
Ccrding 10 report here to-day. The
decision. II Is said. arises from the fac
that Senator Root feels he might mo-
be in sympathy with the men who viii
control the convention and he does no
care to run chances OF being bowlec
over by the Roosevelt people.