The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-18
ROOSEVELT WOULD
 BLOCK ORGANIZATION
Caucus and Vote to Adhere to Rule of $40 Uncontested Delegates--All Pro- gressives Will Likely Support
 This Movement

delegates in caucus early this morning voted that it was the sense of the meeting that nothing less than $40 of the uncontested delegates could be regarded as binding majority of the Republican national convention.
 This was construed by the delegates present as meaning, as one of them put 1t, "a bolt at the go- off,"
 The meeting adopted the text of a long telegram 10 President Taft ap- peaiiinu to him to dsavow the action of the national committee in its de. feat of the Roosevelt contests. The telegram was held up after beinu given out, in order to get the approval of Senator Dixon.
 The resolution in full, which was unanimously supported by delegates from nearly every state carried by Roosevelt, is as follows:
 Resolved. that no election of tenn porary or other officers of this con vention, or other proceeding, shall be taken as the act of this convention, or have any effect unless 1t shall re- ceive on a roll call the affirmative vote of 540 delegates whose seats are uncontested, and this resolution shall govern and be in force during the temporary organization of this con venton and until the permanent sr- ganlzation thereof shall have been effected"
 The delegates were frankly told by the leaders, it Is said, that they did not have enough votes to control the convention, a constituted by the na- tional committee. which seated so many of the contested Taft delegates. It was then that the Roosevelt dele gates decided on this drastic action.
 The HiidHlght conference completely changed the situation from what 1t had been earlier In the evening. Colo, rel Rooseveits speech at the Audi torium theater urging his followers to fight '"from the jump" and the up roarlous approval given his fighting wordl, outweighed the counsel of the moderate members of the Roosevelt faction.
 R. R. Mccormick of Chicago, one of the Illinois delegates and Roosevelt leader, was asked f the resolution did Roosevelt forces.
 
 bolt; it wac designed for that pur- pose because if $40 delegate5 vote on temporary organization you then have a convention and there could be no bot.r
 The resolution, 1t was said, will he introduced in the convention imme- diateIy after the convention Is called 10 order.
 Senator Kenyon of Iowa was routed out of bed after midnight and called into the Roosevelt conference. The latest proposal was submitted. He eX- pressed the view that it was a fair one. that the ten Cummins deefates from Iowa would support the proposi- tion and that in his opinion the 36 La Toilette delegates from Wisconsin and North Dakota would also. He said he believed it would be a good idea to hold up the convention proceedings for awhile, to give the people chance for sober second thought on the subject.
 All this time the Wisconsin dele gation was in caucus. at i:S0 a. m. they were still in session and it was suspected they had the Roosevelt proposition under consideration.
 Taft supporters did not hear of the action of the Roosevelt delegates until some time after, and no plan has been made to combat the new line of attack Il was believed, however, they would urge Chairman Rosewater not to en- certain the resolution.
 The Wisconsin delegation adjourned soon after 1:30 a. m., without action aad probably viii meet sasain this morning,
 When Mir Roosevelt was acquainted With the action of his supporters ne said:
 Bully for theml I think I will have to shake hands with those delegates again."
 T had not heard that all the Roose- yelt delegates had taken this action.
 thought it was just the Illinois dele gation"
 It was suggested to Mir Roosevelt mat in some quarters this action was taken as indicating bolt.
 will not say word as that, he exclaimed. The colonel then went to bed
 Early this morning a call was issued Tor caucus of the following states:
 Pennsyiyania, Nebraska, Michigan Kansas, California, Iowa, Maine, and Maryland. These delegations while represented in the caucus did not have their entire delegations present, ana The caucuses are for the purpose ol fatlfying the resolution.