The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-21
ROOSEVELT FAVoRs LATER CON. VENTioN TO LAUNCH A NEW
 PROGRESSIVE PARTY.
WILL STICK IN CONVENTION
But Will Not Participate if Ills 79 Delegates Are Unseated--Favors Waiting Until After the Dem
 ocratic Convention.

' Roosevelt tonight indicated that un der certain conditions he might with draw from the Republican party to take the lead in the formation of d new party.
 If the people want a progressive party, I'll be in it." he said. Some of the colonel's supporters urged their associates tonight to pre- cipitate the crisis in the Republican national convention at the earliest I'opportunity-tom
 More conservative councils finally prevailed, however, and it was decided there should be no bolt" from the regular convention. It was the plan of the Roosevelt delegates tonight to make their last stand on the re- port of the credentials committee + the IS delegates claimed by them to be fraudulent are seated. the Roose- welt forces will remain in the con vention until the end, but will not vote. It is their plan to proceed to the nomination Of the colonel in the Coliseum and claim regularity for him.
 Colonel Roosevelt has not definitely committed himself to the latter par: of the plan. He is considering the advisability of delaying action for several weeks and then to summon an entirely new convention. This would not be held until after the Democrats have acted in Baltimore
 The national convention itself marked time today. waiting for the committee on credentials to conclude consideration of the contested dele gates The committee planned tJI work throughout tonight so as to re- port to the convention when it meets at II 8. m. tomorrow
 It was predicted today that the nominating stage of the convention might not be reached until late Sat urday A wide latitude of debate Is to be allowed in the convention to- morrow.
 Colonel Roosevelt said emphatically tonight that he would make the in dependent fight for the presidency if he was convinced there was pop Glar demand for him.
 q shall have to see if there is a popular demand for me to rmn," he said
 He added that the situation was such a kaleidoscope one that it would be impossible for him to outline what he would do. It might take some tune, he said, to ascertain the sen timent of the people. and learn wheth- CT there was reasonable basis for the formation of what he termed progressive party"
 One of Colonel Rdesevelts asso- ciates who talked with him today said he had declared his willingness to run for president if any consld- erable number of the delegaets wish ed him to. even if he did not carry single electoral district in the coun- try. The colonel himself said he be- lieved he would be able to count on the support of the bulk of the Re publicans in the western states, and that he would expect to derive con- siderable strength from the Denl- ocrats He would not express any opinion how soon after the adjourn ment of the present convention the new party would be formed should sucl decision be reached. The opinion was expressed by some of his sup porters that the outcome at Baltimore would have a considerable bearing upon the situation
 Colonel Roosevelt said there had been some difference of opinion among his supporters as to the pd- visibility of bolting. The Ohio dele gates. he said, felt that under theiS instructions they should remain in the convention until after the nomination. Other delegates, including some of those from California, were in favor of withdrawing at once. rf,f. n f was reached at a caucus in which were two representatives from each of the states having Roosevelt dele gates as well as those states from which the Roosevelt candidates for seats in the convention have been excluded.
 "The caucus passed unanimously a resolution introduced by Henry Allen of Kansas" said Colonel Roosevelt, in explaining the situation This resolution was Co the effect that the Republican party would not submit to having the nomination for president determined by theft. and if the con vention declined to seat the delegates i fraudulently seated by the national committee, the Roosevelt delegates would decline to be bound by any action of the convention.
 "A second resolution was passed later stipulating that the Roosevelt delegates would stay in the conven- 1 ton if the 7s delegates to which we are entitled were seated, and if they were not seated they would remain in the convention and not participate in it."
 The text of these resolutions was not made public
 l Colonel Roosevelt explained that CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.