The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-12
They Continue to Run Rough
Shod Over the Colo
nel's Adherents
FLYNN MORE GENTLE
THAN HE APPEARS
Colonel's Men Claim Many
TAFT Delegates Will Vote
for Rough Rider lin
Convention)
BY JAMES J. MONTAGUE.

Disguised delegates talking a comprO%
mise nominee to end Ibis nerye-rack-
Ing Tart-Hoosevelt squabblc the caps
tains on both sides fought harder than
ever today for their respective can-
didates. ~
Tho days doings, in the order "
their political effect were thsgs.
Roosevelt got one delegate from
Kentucky seated by the natioral COM \
rnittee, and lost seventeen contestartsa
The score since the beginning OF the
hearing IS;
TAFT, 10f; Roosevelt, /.
The fourteen Roosevelt sheep ON
the national committee VIII, straycd
from the reservation Monday, and
voted against the eoionel's delegates
returned to the fold today. There waN
ne more rTeactfeToIss taIis a7lishg' sfse5s2 4
OF deciding cases on their merits. In
all cases bur one they voted for tha
Roosevelt contestants practically ns
unit nj
The horribls suspicion that many OF
the Taft men seated by the steam
roller are going TO vote for Roose-
welt which has troubled the Taftirea
for week became congiction today.
The Taft vigilantes went Oft -sluaLh--
ing after the supposed traitors, tut
al midnight had found none of them.
As matter of fact about quarter
Of the Taft delegates win vote fer
the colonel unless something IL dars Il
about 1t shortly.
Arrival of Barnes.
Bill Barnes, boss or New York. who
every body expected 90 come on with
a sling shot in one hand md sand
bag in the other. arrived with decls.- H
ration of principles and a pro,nisss to
nut Of Nc
and out OF the fight for the nominee.
When the crowd faund that Barnes
WAS neither as bury or as brutal a. y
they had been led to believe, they
deserted him In disgust. The speeches
he subsequently defered on the neces-
sity OF a high line of principle like
those In the Rochester platform found
but few hearers. He says he has rot
prom ised Taft to lead the figh. ON the
floor: that he isn't going on The corr
mittee on credentials. that lie will
not try TO control his delegation. and
that the only Job he wants Is member.
ship on the platform committees. lie
will get that. and II liz more than
likely that he VIII be made chairman. (
The arrival Of Barnes revived the
talk OF Roof for chairman and OF Jim
Sherman for vice-presldent. Rarnes
told the newspaper men that he didn't
see any reason why the New York
delegation should net support both
these patriots.
After sitting to photograph for hale
an hour the New York boss retired
to his apartments In the Congress.
and spent the day In conferences. His
hulkiug frame stern and roekbound
couhtenance and out curvins nose in
spired the hope that he was going
to start something, and he was fol-
lowed upstairs by an eager crowd.
When his talk was found 70 ran all ma 4
principles and when the hardest weird
he found to call the colonel was an
archisf. Ripple uf disaI pointment
went round
Looks Hard and Talks Soft.
why hes another BIZ t1inr." said
one delegate, He looks hard and
IA te seafs What VA need in this .sassa<s
are lighting men. but there don't seem
TO be any OF ern Ieft."
After receiving Harness the Taft
captains generals continued their
worry about the ruruors that their ara
being double crossed in the matter
or delegates Sieuths sent out to
sound the sentiment OF some OF thA
men who have been put into the con-
vention by the national committee res
turned with the appalling news that
a lot of them hav egone over to the
colonel When this word was brought
to Penrose he Immediately got tho
whole Taft crowd BUSY finding out
Just which men are disaffected. AN
day the Taft vigilantes were busy with
every delegate who has been. or will
be in contest but there were no re-
suits that satisfied anybody While
the Roosevelt leaders smiled and say
nothing for publication. they appear
cockily confident that they are going
TO bag at least a quarter OF the men
whom the Taft crowd have been kind
enough to seat for them.
While there has been little said of 4
the race, color, or previous condition Ii
OF servitude, one of the places that
! has been most closely watched by the N
Taft detectives bears the following
label:
"a square deal"
The Roosevelt national colore4
quarters. 1892 South State street.
you are cordially invited to MAKE
! the coiored Roosevelt headquartefm4
your headquarters during your stay fS
Chicago. Entertainment for de1eEA4em
and strangers sS8
Taft Bosses Afraid.
Nff1nt the T-sft bos~se- are Afraita y ~
Is that too many delegates with TS(13
brands hitre accepted the pF0H4&<
hospitality of this club and have E2
come politically uncertain as F
suit.
Coincident with the arrival Of IT.
Barnes was that Of Governor Ha6I
of Missouri. who went into the
tionai committee with the every-ro0
proxy OF sidney Riher. OF the Daotx
OF Columbia. Hadlev says he
come here 10 fight and intends a.
mere for that purpose He expects