The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-20
MAKES IT PLAIN HE WILL HEAD SECOND CONVENTION. IF DE-
 HEATED FOR DELEGATES.
WILL ENTER HALL HIMSELF
If Convention Upholds Report of Cred entiaIs Committee Then the Big Show Will Be Staged With
 Teddy at the Head.

rupture in the national convention
 was insistent tonight in the Roosevelt
 camp. Reports of this nature were
 repeated with such frequency as to
 lend color to the belief of many that
 they were well grounded.
 l The use of the term 'ibolt" however. was avoided carefully by supporters
 of the eX-preesident, whose contention
 is that, should there be final break,
 they, and not their opponents, will
 constitute the genuine republican con ventian
 According to these unofficial state | ments, the Roosevelt program will be
 this: Should the credentials commit
 tee uphold the temporary roll adopted by the national committee and the convention in turn accept the report 1 of tlhe credentials committee, thereby finally seating the delegates whom 1 Colonel Roosevelt asserts to have been
 fraudently placed on the temporary roll, those of the ex-presidents ad- herents who are willing to stand with him through thick and thin will with draw from the convention on the in- stant. The plan as talked of does
 not contemplate withdrawal of the Roosevelt delegates from the Coli scum, but the holding of a double headed convention in the same hall.
 As soon as word of the final break is flashed to Colonel Roosevelt over his private wire, it was said, he will
 be whirled by automobile to the con vention hall to lead his fight in per son. It was regarded as probable that | Colonel Roosevelt would not go to the | convention except under suoh con- ditions Colonel Roosevelt was said l to have procured enough tickets to the Coliseum to admit him and the
 members of his immediate party. These tickets however would admit him merely as a spectator.
 Reports of this plan reached the ears of the authorities in charge of the convention, who said tonight that under no circumstances would they permit the holding of two conventions simultaneously in the Coliseum. The building, they said, was in control of the organization selected by the con vention, which would preserve order even to the point of calling on the police to eject delegates. alternates or spectators who declined to recog- nize the authority of the chair.
 1t was explained that the rupture would come if at all, after the vote on seating the contested delegates rather than on the vote for presiden- tial nominees, because the Roosevelt faction by awaiting the final vote, would be placed in the position of having acted in conjunction with dele gates who they contend were chosen fraudelently and of having broken away because they were beaten Colo mel Roosevelt has said all along, it was pointed out, that he was making his fight for a principle and not for any man, even himself, and that he had stated in his speech of Monday nj gGlt that he would not accept under any circumstances a vote to seat the delegates whose seats he disputed, even in his own favor.
 In an interview with Governor Deneen, Colonel Roosevelt told the governor in the presence of William Allen White of Kansas that should the convention seat these delegates in question, he would withdraw from any connection with the convention and that two republican candidates would be nominated, with two repub- lican candidates for governor in every state in the union, with two republi- can candidates for congress in each district, and two republican candi- dates for every other office.
 Make no mistake" he told the governor. 'iIf the fraudulent delegates are seated we shall walk out of the convention but not out of the hall"
 Colonel Rooseyelts view of his position is known to be that. should he head an independent ticket, he might have q fighting chance to win, at fine same time realizing that he Is inviting personal disaster. He believes however, that it would be a fight worth making and that it would be better for him to go down to defeat with colors flying than to submit to being overruled by the aid of votes which he has said would be fraudelent The former president is said to be of the opinion that he could take with 1 him the support of majority of republicans outside of the extreme eastern states and increase his | strength by substantial accesions from the democratic party. Some of the | Roosevelt delegates were said to be already tngging at the leash The 1 California and Pennsylvania delega- 1 tions, according to the reports in the | Roosevelt camp were in favor of q break yesterday afternoon when Colo l mel Roosevelt met with his first re- verse It was deemed wiser, however, to await the convention's final ruling upon the contested delegates before taking a decisive action. While it was said Roosevelt supporters might not break way in case of the less con