The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-20
DENIAL MADE Of
RELEASE STORY
O. K. Davis Declared He
Was Authorized to Make
Emphatic Denial.
ROOSEVELT LEADERS ARE
ACTING As IF RELEASED
Colonel Will Not Withdraw From the
Fight According to Former Gov
ernor Post Who Made Original An
nounccment of Release of Delegates.

this morning Colonel Roosevelt releas-
ed his delegates from all obligation to
support him. He will not withdraw
from the fight. This statement was
of Porto Rico. close associate of
Roosevelt.
Col. Roosevelt will stay in the fight
to the end" said Mr.. Post. "He will
not withdraw under any circum-
stances Roosevelt was debating a
statement setting forth his decision
VIII. the announcement was made. it
was lid
Gov. Hadley was in secret confer
ence with the former president
About half an hour after the state
ment by Post that Roosevelt had re-
leased his delegates. o. K. Davis, con-
nected with the Roosevelt headquar-
ters, emerged from the conference
room and said:
Col Roosevelt authorizes me to say
any statement that he has released the
delegates is absolutely untrue"
Some of the Roosevelt leaders, how
ever, proceeded on the theory that
Posts announcement was correct.
Senator Miles Poindexter of WASH
1pgton said as he left the conference
room:
Nothing has been determined. The
convention will recess until o'clock
tonight and the representatives Of the
Roosevelt delegations will hold a
meeting at 2 o'clock to decide on all
questions as to what course shall be
taken from now on"
WAS any compromise candidate
mentioned in the conference" he was
of third candidate"
Were any plans for averting bolt
taken up?"
mo. 1t is certain that there will
be no bolt as you call it. l do not
call it bolt: it is the beginning OF a
new movement in politics. We will
not be faction Of the republican par
force in American politics. declared
the senator.
Does Col. Roosevelt's release of his
delegates mean that they will go to
any other candidate" he was asked.
mo. not all. 1t simply means that
Col. Roosevelt did not wish to hamper
any man by asking him to join in a
bolt when bound by instructions to
Roosevelt. No great movement can
succeed If its followers are under any
will the Roosevelt delegates leave
the hail.
THAT has not yet been decided. The
question of whether We shall endeavor
to hold convention in the hall or
leave the building and hold our con-
vention separately will be taken up at
this afternoons meeting"
When the Roosevelt conference
broke up a group of excited. irritable
leaders broke from the doorway of the
colonel's suite. Finn of Pennsyl-
vania. the first to come OUT dashed
down a back stairway. There is moth
ing yet decided" he exclaimed.
"The convention will adjourn until
8 o'clock tonight to give US time
oform our plans"
away with an impatient exclamation.
All of the other men in the confer
ence hurried away. elbowing their
way through the big crowd that had
congested before the door and that
had necessitated the calling of a
squad Of police.
Following the Posts announcement
at 1880 o'clock that Colonel Roose-
welt had released his delegates from
all obligation to support his candi-
dacy. the scene around the Congress
hotel was one of confusion. The re-
port was received with varying eff
feet and given several interpretations.
Groups of Roosevelt delegates gath
cred to discuss it. many of them
cheering the colonel and declaring
they would stand by him to the end
and go with him into any action he
might recommend. It was said that
eleven delegates had "signed up to
go out Of the convention.
Others were inclined to believe
that the course Of the former presi-
dent had made 1t easy for them to re-
main In the convention as "regulars''
with the opportunity to vote for a
third party candidate IL they chose.
The third or compromise candidate
talk was second in point Of interest
to the exciting developments in the
Roosevelt ranks. though staunch Taft
leaders declared there would be no
compromise candidate.
Conflicting reports came from the
Roosevelt headquarters today that
Colonel Roosevelt had released his
delegates from all obligations to vote
for him. At 1850 o'clock the COL
onel issued a statement which was
Vartously interpreted. 1t said:
The time has come when I
feel that l must make certain
statements not only to the hon
estly elected members Of the re-
publican convention but the rank
and file of the republican party
and the honest people Of the en-
tire nation. I went into this fight
for certain great principles. At
this moment I can only serve
these principles. but continuing
to bear a personal responsibility
which their advocacy has brought
me-
ro.,,o,