Arizona republican., 1912-06-10
Member of National Com mittee Says Best Way to deal with "Unreason able" People Is to Entire ly Ignore Them.
COLONEL'S MANAGER
 FEARING WORST
They Only Insist Now That Intended Robbery Shall Be Committed Where 90,0O0,00O People Gan Witness It.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DIsrArcH1

CHICAGO, June 10-A majority of the republican national committee aft er conference today decided to re- frain from any comment upon the statemer- of Roosevelt last night in which :Ae committee uas denounced for seating two Taft men from the Ninth Alabama district The meeting was held downtown and was attended by thos. who are generally accepted as being favorable to the president. one member said. The work of the committar speaks for itself That's all there is 10 it. There is but one way to handle unreasonable people and that is to ignore them
 Franci- J Heney and former Gov ernor pa.dee both of California, ar- rived at the Roosevelt headquarters to- day and conferred with Senator Dixon. After d conference Of dozen ROose- welt leaders. 1t was announced official iv that the colonel would arrive in Chicago either the middle or the lat ter part of this week
 Tn statement tonight Dixon said ' the committee IT d majority of the committee is prepared deliberately to unseat the Roosevelt delegates as the | Taft managers insist they shall do, We ..l.. .-otuA to see that trv robbery j> 1 committed in the open, in full view of ! ninety millions of American citizens 1 It is perfectly apparent that the Taft men haV, control of the national com nittce and can do as they please with ! the balance of the contc.ts To gain ] control If the convention, iii. Taft men 1 have deliberately planned to unseat i Roosevelt delegates in California Washington, Missouri and south Da- iota. in alI of which states the colonel | had overwhelming majorities."
 The national convention will resume ! worl. on the contests tomorrow. Upon | the result of these depends to great ! eXtpn- the central of the convention itself Tn, contests in Alabama. Flor [ ida. Georgia. and Arkapaa0, are ended and ha... added seventy-tWo to tho Taft coIumn Whether this action has toretod a steam roller" plan of the committee whereby all the contests will be given to Taft. as the RooseNel manages assert, i+ not vet assured. It is likely that the cases from Arl' Zona and California. involving six ant four dela,ates respectively. will be talk en up tomorroW. Indiana may follow with eighteen.
 There k no reconcilins tnc conflict ing claims of the rival managers as t.
 the strength of their candidates in tho
 convention Figures collected by th'
 Associalel Press, which are by no
 means fciaI follow.
 Total delegates. 107S: necessary t' nominate. $40: instructed for Roose
 welt and uncontested. All; instructed
 for Tat and uncontested. 201; in
 structed for LaFollattc. 26, instructc
 for Cummins, 10: uninstructed. in
 cluding 20 from New York. l66; con
 tested seats. 354
 Of the 254 contests. the nationa
 committee has thus far given Taft =
 Out of these figures almost any com
 bination may be made to sui any taste
 All depends upon how the contests arr
 decided, and who gets the uninstructe.
 dciegates anu rbetnev the delegate
 now listed will stay put