Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-30

President Taft today telegraph Ar
thur Norys. his manager in Ohio, that
under no circumstances will he approve
compromise on the six delegates-at-
large in the Ohio republican state con-
vertion, to be held early next week. The
President tells Mr.. Vorys that he is fight
ing for a principle and that he is not JUS
titled in compromising this principle by
expressing a willingness to divide dele
gates with the Roosevelt people.
The information the White House has is
that the fight in the state convention will
he a most bitter one and that the Roose-
Welt managers are already making sug-
Ssstions Of splitting the delegation SO as
10 bring about harmony. The intimation
is that the Roosevelt people would be
satisfied with three of the six delegates
a;-large.
The President makes it known most
tmphatically to his friends that he will
ut surrender his fight for constitu-
inal government for three delegates
an even greater number. and that
prefers to lose all the delegates, IL
at becomes necessary.
Burton Is Doleful.
IN taking his stand against a COM
omse the President is not in accord
with Senator Burton, who has been
doleful as to the effect of the fight
upon the future of the party in Ohio
Senator Burton favors compromise and
division Of the delegates His name
las been mentioned as a possible COM
promise candidate at Chicago in the
event that neither Taft nor Roosevelt
can be nominated.
Acting under orders from the Presi-
dent. the Taft people will continue the
night for the six delegates at large
u,
rages they have with energy.
President Taft did not make any en-
sagements for visitors today, but several
callers. including three or four cabinet
officers dropped in and politics took IND
considerable time. The visitors found
the President absolutely confident that
he will be nominated and standing by
his predictions that he will have votes TO
spare on the first ballot. The President
declares that the reports emanating from
Roosevelt sources of defections in dele
gates in New York and the south are in
ventfons merely to influence the ma
donal committee at Chicago
Claims All of Eighty.
The President. 1t is known today. has
telegram from William Barnes. tr..
republican state chairman of New
York, saying that eighty delegates from
that state can be depended upon TO
stand by him at all times The Roose-
Welt people are claiming that they will
have over twenty of the ninety dele
gates.
kilograms and letters from southern
states where detection is alleged TO ex-
Isl deny that there will be material
desertions. Under these circumstances
the President is justified it is stated
~ MS belief that he will have no trou-
Die In securing the nomination
The information the Taft managers
nave Is that Roosevelt will lose South
Dakota IN the primaries to be held there
June =. The delegates, Ii is claimed will
20 eoither to Taft or to La Toilette with
the Wisconsin man the possible victor
This would give 40 votes TO La Toilette.
Confident of Victory.
With the Taft people claiming $50 votes
In the convention. the Roosevelt vote
would fall far short of 500 OF course
this is the Taft view. but the President Is
confident that he is right in his sum-
mary of the situation.
The President is angry and dsgusted
with the alleged program of the Roose-
welt people 10 Use every possible method
TO bulldoze and intimdate national COM
mitteemen at Chicago. IL was said today
by those who have talked with him. He
realizes the pressure that will be brought
TO bear upon them. but he is sure that
this pressure, unfairly exerted, will go far
toward arousing the national committee
men TO standing by what they believe 10
be right