The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-06-21
ROOSEVELT men
TO BOLT TODAY
CRISIS is EXPECTED WHEN TIL
CONVENTION CONVENES
THIS MORNING.
Openly Stated by Roosevelt Men that
if Gases are Decided in Favor of
Taft They Will Hold a Seperate
Convention.

Convention Hall, Chicago, June 20.
The crisis in the republican national
con, entiOn is C ming tomorrow. Two
facts seem absolutely certain tcnight:
the credentials committee will give
all Gf the contested delegates, rs in
number, to Taft, and the Roosevelt
adherents, headed by their leader,
will bolt and hold a convention of
their own, which means but one thing,
that the republicans will have two
candidates in the field in the presi-
Dental election.
Short Afternoon Session
The convention this mc rning, after
brief session, adjourned until
o'clock, owing to the fact that the
credentials committee announced that
it would not have its report ready
until that hour. When the conven-
tion met at that hour the committee
again announced that it was not ready
with its report and a recess was an
nounced until tomorrow.
AIINieht Session.
In the meantime, however, in an
effort tc complete its report By the
time the convention convenes tomor-
row, the credentials committee went
into session and during the entire
night they have been deciding the
various contest cases Up to this
-midnight-22 cases have been
oriV fa
Taft, and it is being generally pre-
Gicted that in every case the ccntest-
ed seats will be voted to the Taft
delegates. IN this event, Roosevelt
and his followers will bolt tomorrow
when the convention is called to or
der, OF as soon as the report of the
credentials committee is adopted OF
course it is expected that Leade. Had
ley of the Roosevelt wing, will make
a bitter fight uron the floor -, defeat
the report of the committee, but it is
certain that the same vote which has
decided the previous two important
questions will be recorded in this in
stance, which will mean another Taft
victory and a belt by the Roosevelt
wing of the party.
Roosevelt Men Present.
When the credentials committee
met this morning, many of the Roose-
welt members, who had previously
bolted, were present, but not all of
them and more time was requested.
The rCll call showed the following
Roosevelt men absent: Heney of Cali
fornia; Mccormick of Illinois; Harris
of Kansas; Covington of Maryland;
Cowles of North Carolina; Norton
Oklahoma; Ray of South Dakota, and
Cady of Wisconsin.
Mr.. Halbert declared seven of the
men who left the room last night were
still absent. He asked for a delay un-
til hey could arrive.
Chairman Devine said the meeting
hour already had long passed, and
that contestants were ready and wait
ing to be heard. "a
George R. Malby of New York. and
F. w. Estabrook CT New Hampshiregl
demanded that the delaying tactics ohA
the Roosevelt men be stopped f..
'Oh, l know you are going to use
the steam roller methods" said Mr.!
Halbert
''Not at ALL" returned Malby; 1--WE
want tc do business and you want to
prevent it's being done"
Mr. Halbert said he wanted "only
fair play"
"Oh, yes" shouted several commit |
tee members, you acted like it last
night"
The committee room at 10 c'clcck |
contained the following Roosevelt |
men: C. ST. Clair, Idaho; Jesse M.
Libbey, Maine; Hugh T. Halbert, Min
nesota; Jesse Tollerton, Missouri; H.
E. Sackett, Nebraska; J. Boyd Avis,
New Jersey; w. S. Lauder, North Da-
kota; John ]. Sullivan, Ohio; A. ".
Swift, Oregon; L. N. Mitchell, PENN
sylvania; John M. Early, Tennessee; |
Harry Shaw, West Virginia.
The Alabama case-the contest
over the Ninth district-first was TAX
en- up.
Oscar A. Fundley presented the
ocsevelt case, claiming the Taft
faction of the district committee had
'bolted" and organized an illegal con-
1ention.
Mr.. Halbert's persistent demand