The Washington herald., 1912-06-20
Oyster Bay Candidate, Having Fail
ed to Show vauntsd Strength,
Is Suffering from Desertions.
BIG INTERESTS SAID TO BE
WITHDRAWING SUPPORT
Not Likely to Have as Many Fol-
lowers in Rump Convention as
he Has in the Regular.
By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

Chicago, June ls.-The one big upstand.
ing fact in the National Republican gath
ering Is the bursting OF the Roosevelt
bubble. Backed by the tremendous
financial influence Of the leading Wall
Street buccaneers, by the big and little
dlscredited bosses IN a dozen Repub-
lean States, who have sought and gained
political rehabilitation under his wing
aided by an honest people who have
been misIed by his pleas for a rule by
the people rather than by bosses, be
came here on Saturday exultant and
triumphant, expecting q mad rush Of pop
ular approval that would sweep him into
the nomination Il required not more
than four hours after his arrival to es-
tablish the fact that not more than one
fourth OF the Roosevelt shouters were
sincere in their loyalty to the man. The
big Interests cared nothing for Roose-
welt except as an instrument to carry
out their future plans and to refute
Taft.
The politicians were entirely selfish. and
the plain people were not represented in
sufficient numbers 20 make themselves
felt. Roossvelt's mission failed.
Now that the Taft machine has demon
strated its control OF the convention and
NDAgAAEA mas nEGl GAAADALdlGQs NuG QuE1-
ton Republicans are asking tonight Is
how many Of the delegates TO the con-
vention, as now constituted. will Roose-
Welt bG able to carry on his threatened
bolt?
Not Taken Seriously.
There is a disposition upon the part Of
many Of the leaders to disregard the col
oners avowal TO lead a separate party
movement. They laughingly confess that
q grain Of salt should go with every i'm
portant statement he makes. They want
70 walt and be convinced by events be-
fore taking his threats seriously. The
Taft men assert that the Roosevelt popu-
larity is something that does not exist;
that the people OF the Central West, at
last having come in contact with him in
the last three days, have learned his
qualities Of heart and mind. and know
him as do the people Of New York.
where he was defeated in the primaries
in his own city by a vote Of three TO one.
In the crowded Grillroom of the Black
stone Hotel to-night-the hotel that
houses George W. Perkins. Frank A.
Munsey. and a small army Of their re-
tainers-a loud-voiced man addressed the
people and said:
Il am a delegate from Oklahoma, and
tell you that Theodore Roosevelt Is a
mountebank, a hypocrite, and a liar"
He met with no rebuke; nor was there
q protest.
Estimates as to Struggle.
Estimates Of the delegates Roosevelt
will carry with him in his threatened
bolt vary according to the political ami
iations Of those who are unwise enough
to make a prophecy. The violent parti-
sans OF the colonel say that he will take
with him more than 800 Of the delegates,
whereas the estimate Of those indiffer-
ent to his personal attractions give him
hardly a hundred.
The Colonel's detection, Il is believed
in well informed circles, will hardly
make ripple in New England or New
York. III the States of New Jersey and
Pennsylvania It is expected that he will
be able to carry almost one-half Of the
delegates. The attitude Of some Of the
delegates Of Pennsylvania was voiced to-
day in the convention when they shouted
during the forty-minUte demonstration:
I'VE want Hadley: We want HadIey."
The delegates from Ohio, who are in
structed for Roosevelt. have made over
lures to the Taft men for a third term.
and 1t is not believed that many Of them