Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-13
SURE OF DELEGATES
Taft Confident Southerners
Cannot Be Bribed.
NO FEAR OF SLUSH FUND
Unperturbed by Tactics Of the Roose-
welt Forces at Chicago.
STEAM ROLLER Is EFFECTIVE
Senator Smith Commends Courage
of National Committeeman in
Face Of "Bulldozing."
STEAM ROLLER Is EFFECTIVE

President Tafts callers today represent
ed him as unperturbed by the tactics Of
the Roosevelt people at Chicago, confident
in his nomination and in his election in
November.
Visitors state that the only single doubt
is due to the reports that money is being
freely offered by the Roosevelt people to
certain southern delegates. The President,
however. has little trepidation on that
score. He IS either personally acquainted
with the great majority OF southern dele
gates or knows their history.
He is positive that mighty few Of them
can be touched by promises Of money or
office. Under no circumstances does he
believe that enough men can be in
fiuenced by money or otherwise to bring
about the nomination OF Roosevelt.
Money will not buy enough votes at
Chicago to nut Roosevelt across with the
prize" declared Senator Smith OF South
Carolina at the White House today.
THAT steam roller is doing the work
mighty well and every time It makes a
Africa in distress. Those national COM
mitteemen at Chicago are to be COM
mended for their courage in doing the
right thing in the face Of the worst bull
DOING and intimidation ever attempted
in the politics of this country. Taft will
be nominated.
while the democrats Of this country
would lie to see democrat elected PreSi-
President Taft to any other republican,.
They like him personally, and think he
has made a fine President under most
trying conditions.
Expected to Get Together.
The confident belief of Taft supporters
is that after the President has been
nominated and there has been time to
cool OF the republicans of the country
will begin to get together. forget the
mean things that have been said of each
other and buckle down to tackling the
opposition.
Senator Smith. Senator Tillman and
Representative Lever called on the Presi-
dent in the interest of a cadet appointed
to Annapolis. but not allowed to enter.
Senator Bradley of Kentucky. who Is to
second the nomination of President Taft
at Chicago. visited the President. Other
prominent visitors were Senators Smoot,
Warren and Lippitt. Representatives Gard
ner. Good, Buckley, Mckinney. Mccall,
Pickett and Austin. Representative Gard
ner urged the President to nominate Brig
Gen. w. A. Pew. jr.. of the National
Guard of Massachusetts, as United States
circuit judge for the first circuit, to sue
coed Judge Scofield. deceased. Mr.. Gard
ner told the President that Gen. Pew was
one Of the best lawyers in Massachusetts
and thoroughly qualified to be made
judge.
Representative Austin introduced to the
President prominent citizens Of Knox
vile. who are here to ask Congress to
make an appropriation for building an
exhibition at the conservation exposition
to be held in Knoxville in 1918. in con-
nection with the meeting Of the conserva-
ton congress. The President was asked
to send message to Congress urging
provision for building and exhibit, and
he probably will do so. The visitors were
w. s. Shields, Charles H. Harvey, w. A.
Goodman. {. $. Spence and D. C.. Chap
man.