The Washington times., 1912-06-20

THUS nshuVuaTttTS. CVuieEeVCcS, .Cuu-
cuses of delegations, etc, to, learn and
to adyise. .N.".
1t was a night of battle, OF the rapid
succession Of happenings Of the impos-
sible, of instant determinations of Issues
on which the course Of national history
might turn. Nothing so dramatic has
been known in any national conven-
tion. Roosevelt, who day after day had
protested that neither he nor any other
man must be nominated by national
convention In which twice forty re-
ceivers of stolen seats sat as arbiters
Of the whole program OF the party, was
about the calmest man in the lot, and
his followers, as whole, were ready
to stand by his decisions.
Fear Wreck Of Party.
Some Of the leaders among them, In
deed, were not carried away by the
enthusiasm of the tremendous moment.
They talked about the dlfficulties-in
some cases the impossibllity-of gettin"
ELECTORAL tickets on the ballots in their
States, about the political careers that
might be wrecked by the effort to form
a new party. They wanted TO suspend,
TO wait till the Tories, now suddenly
frightened out OF their power-madness
have chance to open the way TO nego-
tiation and a decent settlement
They did not have long to walt. SEN
ator Hemenway and James Watson,
smashed all speed records, down TO the
Coliseum to confer with the machine
members of the credentials committee,
who were sitting, with blanched races
after the Roosevelt people had LETT.
They were not long in arranging new
nrpnnSitinn give thirty MIN
utes to a side for presentation In cases
involving delegates-at-large, twenty
minutes in cases of district delegates
and all the time needed for argument.
These and other notifications constl-
tuted very large concession mace In
the last effort to bring the warning tac-
tions once more together.
Proposition Is Declined.
But it was not a success, the progress
sives realized that 1t was form. not SUP
stance; that even II they got little
more time, the same old juggernaut tha'
the forty thieves built would run over
them just the same, and In the end they
would have gained nothing. they de-
clined to accept the proposition.
Then came another concession. 1t was
not n positive proposition, but 1t con-
tained more of promise. The TAFT lead
ers proposed that If the Roosevelt peo'
pie would go hack into the conventiof
today the first business should be tc
present a resolution purging the roll by
excluding the Taft delegates from
Texas, California, Washington, and Ari
zona. This was satisfactory TO most o.
the Roosevelt people, but whether II
could be carried out was a close Ques
tioE: many of the Tafties were not Will
ing TO make the concession FOR, with q
roll made up in that fashion. Roosevelt
would be certain of the honest nomina
ton he has honestly won, and, ever
with party wreck staring them in th'
face. the more bitter of the reactionar
les fought that they might have theil
animosities satisfied.
Third Man Urged.
From the Taft camp came next-anc
this morning found 1t in greater volume
than last night-the proposition TO drol
| both Taft and Roosevelt and nominate
| new man. The first proposal va!
Hadley of Missouri, who has been a BIZ
! figure in the conventions eye, and th'
great demonstration in whose homo
| yesterday, largely manufactured ant
| finally turned into a real Roosevelt
| celebration. impressed many with tn,
idea that he was a possible compromis'
nominee. But the method of stasint
| the Hadley performance, the appear
| ance fartificiality about some feature
| had made some of the real progressive
| suspicious that relations between hin
and the reactionaries we're too close
| that a game was being played tina
| Hadley looked altogether too good 4
the Barnes-Penrose crowd.
With Hadley thus under suspicion
attention turned to Senator Cummins g
| The Iowa crowd and a nuhber o
! other leaders got out this morninl
in his behalf and his boom wa
quickly expanded to most interesting
| proportions.
Can Be Elected.
The enthusiastic Roosevelt men de
clared with the utmost emphasis tina
II Roosevelt were nominated as tn
result of a double headed convention
he would be elected. They pointed
out the fact that Roosevelt Is stron,
in the Republican States which ar
essention to success in the Electora
College.
"They can take their Southern
delegates" said one Roosevelt lead
er. "If there is a split we will carr
j Pennsylvania. California, Washing
ton. Ohio. Missouri. Michigan. Wis
consin, the Dakotas, Iowa Kansas
name The carrying of these will
elect Roosevelt in spite OF every
thing"
William Allen White of Kansa
said: "Unless the temporary roll i
purged there will be a convention
held in the same hall. Roosevelt viii
be nominated. And he will swee
the country. His nomination woul
sweep Kansas like wildfre."
The third man view was summed u
by Congressman Prince of 1llinoi
who said: Don't thev see there
but one thing to do that is to pu
both Roosevelt and Taft aside an
nominate third candidate who ca
unite the party