The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-17

sunday in the midst of the turn : of
the approaching convention. He went
to church during the morning, took a
motor ride during the afternoon, and
up to late hour last night was hold
ing council of war" with his gen
eral Staff of adviso~~ md supporters.
He received the reports of defections
from the president with smiles of sat
isfaction.
Sunday had been exceedingly quiet
and devoid of news until veil along
into the afternoon when the Georgia
Roosevelt headquarters. AS given out
the letter bore the signatures Of Clark
Eugene Peterson and S. S. Minccy.
Mr.. Grier alone of these is in the city
and acknowledged authorship 90 the
letter. claiming that it represented the
sem many of the Georgia
delegates and the republican sentiment
in Georgia.
when we We're elected there was
but one candidate in tn" field" said
the letter, and there seemed to he
nothing to do but to accept Mr.. Taft
and inevitable defeat in November
AT that time it seemed to make H'tle
difference whether there We're instruc-
tions or no instructions. del ,r
n DELEGATES, for it seemed then "A
A'AGSoAlC '-ShNluSlotl AIlNl Nll. ldll W as
TO he the republican nominee and a
democrat the next president.
With the announcement of your
cand. 'acy. the party was given a new
! lease of life; country wide sprung the
sentiment that the future contained
some promise of business. stability and
aggressive and righteous leadership;
the man whose name was synonymous
with the square deal was in the i.ald
| the ngrtN we'll. Tho
ed up. 1t was now a fight worth
while. 1t was a fight that mean,
| something"
The Mississippi letter as given out
bore the names of Charles Banks, w
P. LOCKER. Perry w. Howard, Daniel
w. Gary and Wesley c. Rayton. This
letter said in part:
I'VE, the undersigned delegates to
the republican national convention
from the state OF Mississippi. having
after full conference and discussion.
among ourselves, and having only in
view the welfare of the republican
party and of the nation. and fully app
preciative of your known stand for 4
| square deal to all men Irrespective of
race or creed. and believing that in
the crisis which now confronts the
man that can lead it to victory III
November, have this day decided to
tender you our support in the national
convention as the nominee of the re-
publican party for president of the
| United States"
The Mississippi letter was quickly
followed by d report that the two
Taft, had decided to join hands With
the California delegation in it's sup
port of Colonel Roosevelt. This re-
port later was denied by the delegates
who declared they would abide by
their Instructions
| When the hotel corridors began to
murmur gossip of a Roosevelt land
slide the Taft headquarters We're
spurred to activity. Director McKin-
Jr. of New York and several other
of the Taft leaders talked over the
matter and Director Mckinley inn
mediately instituted a rapid fire i'm
>estigation of the individual delegates
in question.
After several hours of investigation
Director Mckinley declared the Roose-
Telt claims We're unfounded and tr.
situation unChanged
The delegates who favor the nom
lnation of President Taft do So" he
said, because they believe that his
nomination is absolutely essential. not
only for the preservation of the re-
publican party upon its traditional,
principles. but also for progress
through order. They cannot be
swcrved from these principles no mat
ter what inducements may be offered
The Taft managers today carefully
polled each delegation from which al
legged desertions have been reported
and find the claims Of Mr.. Roosevelt
are unfounded except as to two dele
gates. Charles Banks of Mississippi.
and Timothy Woodruff of New York
On the contrary there are over 100
delegates in this convention who have
been instructed for Mr.. Roosevelt who
are unqualihedly opposed to his nom
ination and who will only vote for
him because of such instructions.
president Taft has the votes neces-
sary to nominate him on the first bal
lot His. delegates are for him be.
cause they believe in his personality