Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-06-04
I WILL NOT FIGHT
ROOT AS CHAIRMAN, :
SAYS Mr.. ROOSEVELT
Declares in Council of War
at Sycamore Hill That Tenn
porary Chairman Is Of No
Importance
CBy Associated Press. }

VI BA1 n. u June line
Roosevelt line of battle for the Repub-
lican national convention was formed
today. At council of war" on Saga
more Hill there was mapped out a
campaign which ii is hoped will re-
suit in the capture of the convention.
The first step is the organization Of
the Roosevelt forces throughout the
country. 1t is planned to send to Chi
cago a week or so in advance of the
convention an executive committee
from every state in which Roosevelt
delegates have been elected, or in
which there is a contest. By this
method it is expected to mobilize and
drill an organization which will act as
a unit. on every matter which comes be-
fore the convention.
WILL NOT OPPOSE ROOT.
AS a part of this plan the Roosevelt
delegates in every part of the country
will be canvassed as to their views on
the temporary craftsmanship. that a
harmonious agreement may be reached.
Although Colonel Roosevelt had de-
cided to oppose the selection of SEN
atOr Root. and had asked Governor
Hadley, of Missouri. to be his candi-
date for the place, he Indicated today
that he would waive his objections If
il seemed wiser to his supporters to
reserve their fire for the more impor-
tant contests.
WILL COLONEL GO?
Whether Colonel Roosevelt will go to
Chicago to lead the fight in person is
now an open question. He virtually
served notice on his opponents that
under certain circumstances he might
go. He said he did not intend to go
unless some grave emergency in the
shape of unfair play should arise"
Two other points were agreed upon.
Every EFFORT is to be made to have the
hearings before the national committee
10 settle contests for seats held pub
licly. And the Roosevelt supporters
will fight to obtain what they deem an
equitable distribution of convention
tickets. Colonel Roosevelt said he had
been told that some of his delegates
felt that the action of the national
committee indicated a deliberate pur-
pose to use 10000 or 10000 tickets to
stun the gallery with shouters, who
will try, by clamor, to overawe the
convention"
THE CONFERENCE.
The men who conferred with Colonel
Roosevelt today in regard to these
plans represented the Roosevelt dele
gates from Illinois, Maine and North
Carolina. The Illinois delegation num-
bered IA and was piloted by Alexander
II. Revell, Of Chicago. chairman of the
Roosevelt national COMMITTEES, and
Medill Mccormick, OF Chicago. S. S.
McNich was the representative Of
North Carolina.
ROOSEVELT TALKS
Regarding the result of the days con-
ference the colonel said:
Il have written to Governor Hadley in
regard to the temporary chairmanshio
but nothing definite has been decided
about that. The Illinois and Maine dele
gates who visited me today did not think
that the temporary Craftsmanship is es-
sentiaL / want to hear from the dele
gates throughout the country before
committing myself finally.
The delegates whom have seen today
consider the matter of the temporary
Craftsmanship as unimportant.
II said I would carefully consider all
that they had said and would be very
glad to hear from any others
Both the Illinois sand the Maine men
also protested about the matter of the
distribution of tickets to the convention,
saying that their delegations had been
allowed only a very small proportion of
the tickets hitherto allotted to them and
that they felt that this indicated DELHI
crate purpose on the part of the national
committee to use ten or twelve thousand
tickets to stun the galleries with shout
ers who will try to clamor to overawe
the convention. f.- -s
They also made to me a point with
which heartily agree-that the hearings
on the contested election of delegates
should be open to the press. All that we
are striving for is an absolutely honest
decision in the contested delegates cases.
THE delegates from Illinois asked me
10 go out TO Chicago. 1 told them my
personal intention was not to do it, GER
tainly not unless some grave emergency
in the shape of unfair play should arise"
After the conferences ii was made
known that the object of the pilgrimage
of the Illinoisans, to Sycamore HILL re-
garding which there had been some mys-
terry, was TO present the plan for a ma
tion-wide organization. AS soon as Col
orfel Roosevelt gave his 20. X" Robert
Mccormick, chairman Of the executive
committee which has already been
formed in Illinois, said that requests
would be sent Immediately to the Roose-
welt delegates in every state asking them
to form organizations and elect executive
committees. These committees will form
major organization with the eXpecta-
ton of reaching a decision upon every
point of importance before it comes up
in the convention.
Mr.. Mccormick said by this means he
hoped that the delegates would take
charge of the convention.