The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-12
Three States Theaten Roose. welt Shall Be Regular Car didate When California Delegates Are Seated for Taft.
Chairman Mckinley, Taft Leader, Pronoun c es Statement of Governors a "Bluf Pure and Sim ple. ''

Coliseum, Chicago, June 12-That even though President Taft is the choice of the regular Republican ma. tional convention which assemblies here, next week, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt and not the President may be considered the regular Republican nominee in all of the direct primary states, was the bombshell thrown into the Taft camp by the Roosevelt fore es, today
 Although it had been expected, it's explosive effect was so great that the Taft leaders went into immediate conference to consider what they would do to meet the contingency. Chairman Mckinley characterized the +pronunciamento as bluff pure and simple"
 The ultimatum from the Roosevelt forces was given out by Senator Finn and Governor Glasscock from the for- mer's room in the Congress Hotel.
 While this was going on the nation al committee was listening to a bit ter assault on it's integrity by Fran cis J. Heney and through him to a scathing arraignment of it's action from the pen of Governor Hiram W. Johnson, of California AndWheu tha committee, despite Haney aud ~JahnI sons pleas, seated the two Taft dele. gates from the California district, they were bluntly told by Senator Borah that they were making it im- possible for a Republican President to preside at the White House during the next four years.'
 It was accepted, today, that there will really be two conventions pro- ceedin., at the same time in the same hall and that, ill this connection, the Taft men would have the advantage of having the police authorities under their direction, which may mean the election of the Roosevelt protestants from the convention hall.
 reinforced by Governor Johnson, of California,
 Francis J. Heney told the Repub- lican national committee, today, that he was before the committee to tell the President. of the United States. through the committee, that if he ac- cepted two delegates from a Cali fornia district, should they be elected. he would be a receiver of stolen goods.
 The vote was 37 to 16 to seat the Taft delegates from the 4th Cali fornia.
 : They are E. H. Tyron and Morris Meyerfeld, Jr.
 An attempt to force a record vote on Arizona failed, the Roosevelt men only mastering IS votes, lacking two of the necessary number. This an gered Heney, who shouted:
 Why, Abe Reuf wouldn't have been afraid of a record vote on 8 proposition like this.''
 The Taft delegates-at-large from Arizona seated J. L.. Hubbel, J.. T. Williams, Jr., R. M. Freudenthal, Robert E. Morrison, FL. Wright and J. c. Adams.
 In the 4th California, the Taft men were contestants.
 For the Taft men, F. c. Bryan, of Akron, law partner of Senator Dick, made the argument.
 Francis J. Heney was the attorney of record for the Roosevelt delegates.
 Senator Penrose demanded whether Attorney Bryan knew that the leg islature of California 'flagrantly and violated the law by fore ing through the California primary law under the lash of Governor John son."
 '1 object to my state being Hbeled by Senator Penrose CT any one else," shouted Heney,. wild with rage. And I will not sit here and silently per init Governor Johnson to be libeled."
 The latter part of Heney's state ment was drowned in a fusilade of blows from the gave1 of the chair man.
 Senator Borah asked if it was not a fact that what was intended py the contestants was. to disfranchise the votes of California.
 Well, I'd like to say" said Borah. that this committee, by its action in the last half hour, disfranchised the voters of Arizona by seating a dele gation at large from Arizona that was never legally elected"
 For the Roosevelt delegates, Heney said: We don't recognize the right of any Senator from Pennsylvania or or any OtHeT Stdle to dictate to California how the state shall elect delegates to the national 1 want to warn you men that California will never give an electoral vote to any candidate who received stolen goods and that is what the President of the United States will be receiving if this com mittee gives him the two delegates from the 4th district"
 At this point Heney and Chairman Rosewater clashed anew and a per sonal encounter seemed imminent. Heney then read the following let fer frhrn Gnvernor Hiram Iohnson