The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-06

brief and simple, however. and have to
do principally with the organization of
the cor1Inittee. Hitherto we have had
no code for that phase of our work
dent ami contingency as guides to
action
Thre. Taft supporters on the nation
al vom- -aittee came early and sought
Information from colleagues of similar
leaningS. These men were E. c. Dun
can, MOI IN Carolina; Henry Blum, jr.,
Georgia and Henry B. Mccoy, who
represents the party in the Philippines.
was tha. of Senator w. E. Borah of
Idaho. He, however, went to the
Roosevelt headquarters for tips as to
the latest development
Warming to Ticket ScaIpers.
Col. Harry S. New. chairman of the
sub committee on arrangements, has
made it plain that he is prepared to
deal harshly with ticket scalpers,
should any attempt be made by them
to procure tickets for speculation pur-
poses to the Republican national con-
vention.
IF professional ticket scalpers at
tempt to sell tickets to the convention
1 will have them in custody as soon as
hear of it,
Colonel New branded as rubbish"
a rumor that six hundred seats had
been arranged for, outside of the num-
report was so absurd that it was not
worth answering.
Two boxes of tickets which arrived
from the printers were locked up m
a vault last night to remain there un-
til 48 hours before the convention.
Col Leroy T. Steward, superintenl-
ent of city delivery at the Chicago
postoffice, will be in charge of a spe-
cial postal branch at the Coliseum dur
ing the convention.
Mail will be received and sent from
the station every hour A circular has
been issued by Colonel Steward and
Sergeant-at-Arms William F. Stone,
announcing the establishment of the
branch office.
Special messengers will deliver mail
to the delegates on the convention floor
upon a written request by the dele
ga tes. Stamps, newspaper wrappers
and postcards will be on sale Mail
can be called for and special delivery
and registered letters will be delivered
by official convention messengers.
Mail on hand at the close of the day
may be delivered to any downtown ho-
tel and any remaining at the close of
the convention will be forwarded TO
home addresses. The office will be
open daily except Sunday from s a. m.
to p. m.
Last of It's Kind.
'I have attended every Republican
Il
had to come and see this one because
il will be the last one of its kind ever
held" said Crawford Kennedy of Lin
&C In. Nebraska, former member of the
Nebraska state central committee.
Mr. Kennedy came to Chicago with
National Committeeman Victor Rose
water and said he intends to remain
for all the fun.
The end of the old system has
ccme," he continued. THE spread Of
the direct primary has changed every
thing and none of this controversy
over seating delegates will be Part
of conventions hereafter. wanted 20
see this one more old-tine gathering
because I firmly believe it will be the
last
Captain John J. HaIpin, of the de-
tective bureau, believing that thieves
nationally and internationally known
to the police are headed toward Chi
cago to reap a harvest among the con-
vention crowds has ordered a general
roundup of all such characters.
That several experienced thieves are
at work is the belief of Captain
Ealpin.
Within two days there have been
twenty complaints. the similarity of
which has led the police to believe that
a we'll known crook is at work with
two women accOmpliceS