The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-09
PLANS OF BOLTERS
ALREADY ARELAID
Roosevelt Followers Will Watch
Operations OF Steam Roller
Few Days More, and Then
Will Decide What to Do.
Feeling in Chicago In
tensely Bitter.
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our way into this convention and We
can fight our way out again" declared
william Finn. Theodore Rooscvelts
chief lieutenant. tonight. Finn had
no hesi,ancy in declaring that the
convention of their own IL they did
not control the convention. lie.
Senator Dixon. and Frank Knox, OF
Mich. gan. have been named as a COM
mittee on ways and means by the
delegates who are on the ground as
the personal representatives of the
delegates who were elected in the
wait a little while and watcn the
steam roller In operation for few
more days before we finally decide
what we viii do Finn added.
The air was charged with electricity
here tonight. The Taft men declared
that they had control of the conven-
ton. and that they would emphasize
1t and would welcome r. Roosevelt
bolt. They insisted that only a small
percentage of the delegates classed as
Roosevelt men would follow the
Colonel out of thF regular convention.
In fact, SO bitter mas become the
feeling tina; personal encounters are
only avoided in many instances by
strong arm Interference.
BDltcrs Confer.
The conference OF the twenty direct
primary delegates. at which Finn.
DIXON and Knox were named as a
steering committee, was very lengthy.
The entire situation was carefully
canvassed. but none OF the members
OF the committee cared to disclose
what was done. II was learned, how
ever. that the committee was unani-
nous in believing that IL the TAFT
al
nearly all of the States having direc;
primaries would bolt and hold their
own convention, which they would
then claim was the only regular Re-
publican convention.
Tho direct primary delegates were L.
c. Darlington. y. y. Morcland and G.
L. TAFT. OF Maryland; L. Al Lee. In
diana, II. X Niedrlnghaus, Missouri:
Frank Knox. Michigan; NJ. ID. Puriy,
Minnesota: Governor Stubs. Kansas
Medill Mccormick. II. K Mccormick and
John l. Hamilton. Illinois; George Rec
ord. New Jersey. George {. Priestly.
Oklahoma; Robert Burton. North pa
kota; William Finn, Pennsylvania; Dr..
III. w. Coe. Oregon; Dwight Heard. Ari-
IONA Nathan Marian, Nebraska: Wal
ter Brown. Nat G. Wright. Ohio; II. II.
McNlnch. North Carolina: f. 4. Dixon.
California.
But while the Roosevelt leaders were
outlining this program the Taft chief
tains were no less active. Will. the
national committee calmly seated the
delegates from each district chief licr-
tenants were organizing the delegates
Tor him. The Taft men made it very
plain that they bcliered they had the
deiesatSs TO organize the convention
and that they We're prepared for a
Roosevelt bolt But ,hey disputed the
claims of the Roosevelt leaders mat
they could take out OF the convention
all Of the delegates from direct primary
States.
Calls II Foolish.
such talk is foolish" declared Con-
gresham Mckinley "Of course We
Know Roosevelt is coming out here to
try to intimidatc this convention lie
VIII not succeed He and some or In,
followers will then bolt. But they will
una that few of the delegates will fol-
low them. and they will also ind thar
the rank and he of the voters of the
United states VIII not uphold holtcrs. -
Inc Tatt leaders continue tonight
their work of rounding up individual
delegates. and claimed to be cncour-
aged with the progress that was being
made They insisted tina, they could
and would hold their strength in the
face of the personal fight that is be-
Ing made by Roosevelt
The real result in connection vita
domination If the convention v.ili
not be known until the roll will come
Immediately after Victor Rosewater( as
chairman OF the national committee.
calls the convention To order This
will he on the selection Of temporarv
chairman II the Roosevelt men con
tinuc firm in their determination TO
try 10 prevent Senator Root being
elected temporary chairman. If the
Root fight should he abandoned tho
tcst viii he on motion to replace inc
names Of tho Taft contestants placed
. on tho temporary roll with tho Roosn-
Welt delegates that were turned down
No matter what tho ISSUE. tho test If
strength VIII come within tho nrst ton
minutes Of tho convention session. and
the result will 10 very Close
Margin u. CIn>c
The TAFT mon claim they will have
nftv-fv" votes to spare. The Eoosc-
volt men say their candidate will have
i5o to snare Careful and impartial
anavsis would seem to indicate thai,
II the convention were to meet to-
morrow tho margin either way would
not he more than thirty and would
probably be closer to half that nun
be-
With the convention still ten DAVIS
off. there were more than 3n0 dele
Eates-at- large on the ground Tonight.
and others were arriving on every
train. The interest was intense. ana
hotel Hobbies we're damned with
anxious citizens. all DESTROYS of get
ting limo on the situation.
CONGRESSMAN Mckinley tonight said
The fact that the four uninatracted
qeieRates In Connecticut have declared
Tor President Taft. believing that he
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