The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-18
Talk of Battle and Carnage
on the Convention Floor
Just Talk, but a Talkfest
Is Assured.
ROSEWATER is TO
BEGIN THE MELEE
When He Arises and Says
Gentlemen" Fireworks
Will Go Off-Blythe Pic
lures the Scene.
BY SAMUEL G. BLYTHE.


Copyright. 1912: BY The Tribune Coz
CHICAGO, June lS.-The Taft men
and the Roosevelt men are going into
the convention Tuesday morning with
each other hoping for the best and
each side fearing the worst. Hope, hav-
ing sprung eternal in the human breast
since those far away days when Sena-
tor Borsh last cut his hair, has extend
ed her repertoire and is doing double
flipflops in the numerous collection Of
partisan breasts in Chicago in addi-
ton to her well known and justly cele-
brated springs.
Life, of course, would be a dreary
affair without hope, but political life
for Taft leaders and Roosevelt leaders
without this inspiration would be i'm
possible. The consequence is that this
struggle, which. as all our best literary
lights say, will become historic in the
annals of our politics, has developed
line of hopers than whom the world
has seen no superiors. Lacking definite
knowledge of what will be the outcome
of the fight, they have all turned to
1
abetted by claiming department that
works steadily and continuously and
claims everything in sight. out OF
sight, or however slight
This is perplexing to the student OF
the situation, for when il is discovered
that Senator Dixon announces firmly
| that Mr.. Roosevelt will have $50 votes
| on the ballot that shall decide wheth-
er Mr.. Roots high tenor voice or the
clear barytone of Senator Borah shall
keynote the occasion and Immediately
| thereafter Mr.. Mckinley shouts to the
eager world that Mr.. Taft will have
600 votes at the same instant. hur-
ried computation shows that the sum
OF these is some hundred votes more
than there are in the convention. and
obviously, leaves Mr.. La Toilette, with
his stern and rockbound thirty-six and
Senator Cummins with his tenacious
ten voting for their favorite sons some
where outside-say on the base OF the
Logan statue on the lake front. Like
wise. it excites the suspicion that some
eminent political manager is fibbing.
to say nothing of trying to get the pot.
with small pair.
| New Thinks" Coming.
| Far be it from me to intimate even
i that either of these distinguished
claimants is exceeding the fast speed
limit. i can only say, in my opinion,
they think they have this number of
votes, but, as the results will show.
both of them will be entitled to one
more long. concentrated. cohesive
| think apiece on Tuesday or some fol-
lowing day. Still. il is well for them to
keep thinking to the bitter end. The
little detail that the sum of their
! thoughts exceeds the sum of the dele
/ gates is OF no consequence. These are
strange times, brethren, and IL may be
they have arranged to put in a hun
dred or SO extra delegates in order
that a full supply may be on hand IL
certainly would be annoying to Sena-
tor Dixon TO find his $50 delegates who
/ will stand forever for T. r. shrinking
/ in number before his very eyes. and
I the humiliation of Mr.. Mckinley
/ would be narrowing TO see II he should
I observe his bunch of SIS fading from
view and rounding up at about the 500
mark. Perhaps they have increased the
size of the convention. A most ingeni-
Gus manner of proving their prophe-
ciesi
But that remains TO be seen. What
Monday developed in the way Of the
greatest interest was the gradual un-
! folding of the plan of campaign. Brief
ly stated. the plan of campaign Ia this:
Fight Those persons who come here
expecting to participate In a love feast
are hereby warned that the advance
notices from both sides announce bat
tie. murder, and sudden death So far
as can be learned, Mr. Victor Rosewa-
/ ter intends to open the proceedings
/ mildly. Possessed OF a well modulated
voice of pleasing timbre. IL is his inten-
ton TO step forward precisely at noon
! on Tuesday, and after rapping three
| times with his gavel. say: Gentle
men" That. it is understood, is about
as far as Mr. Rosevater viii advance
along oratorical lines. IL reports are TO
be believed, the riot Will start at that
moment, and in fifteen minutes the
| fighting will be general all along the
! front
| No man can tell, it is said. what will
happen. One PRONUNCIATION lie that Col