Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-06-19
PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS WEDNESDAY JUNE 19 1912

'o i-' oiietle ana ten for CumminS, i Which would indicate that the Roose- Veit strength expressed by the ballot represented 474 votes. This is not 1alr statement of the Roosevelt strength as the convention is now con- stituted as of the delegates instructed Tor Roosevelt seven in Illinois, eight in Maryland and three in Oregon, a total of IS declared for Root.
 On the other hand McGovern appar- ently gained from the Instructed Taft delegates one each in Arkansas, Ken lucky, and Utah, two in Ohio, and five in Hawaii, a total of ten. This would indicate a net gain for Roosevelt, should instructions be followed in the vote for president of eight, an in- crease in total to 4S2, or 5S short. of a majority of the convention.
 The effect upon the Taft vote in the final struggle if conditions remain as at present would be a loss of eight rom the vote cast for Root, leaving Taft with $50, or ten more than a ma jority of the convention.
 To state showing the variation from the claims put forth by the Taft managers and indicating wherein the Taft men had made claims to votes to which they were not entitled, were Georgia, 6; North Carolina, ), and Vir- ginia, 2. New York voted as Barnes said it would in fact the results seem- ingly substantiates the general ac- curacy of the Taft figures.
 The Roosevelt men tonight assert most positively that the vote for the temporary chairmanship shows that Taft cannot be nominated, but are not claiming victory for the Colonel with any alarming confidence.
 The friends of the president are plainly disturbed and obtained their satisfaction from the expressed belief that Roosevelt had been eliminated One thing is certain. The dramatic attempt of Colonel Roosevelt by sud- dent descent on Chicago to stampede the convention, if not ill disaster, at least in utter failure On the returns his coming has not changed vote, indeed it is current belief that had he remained in Oyster Bay his managers Dixon and Borah, might have done still better in the preliminary skirm- ish today.
 The situation as it stands at this hour is especially gratifying to many of the elder statemen who do not con- ceal their belief that the way is now heal the breach made by the bitter 1 fight by the President and the Colonel.
 The betting tonight is three to one against Taft The leaders of all fac tions are holding conferences for the purpose of holding their lines. Crane, Penrose, Barnes, Mckinley, Charles P. Taft, N. M. Butler, Charles w. Fair banks, Charles B. Healing and James D. Watson, of Indiana, went into ses- sion immediately on leaving the con- vention hall and will remain in con- ference until midnight.
 Tn the Roosevelt camp the Colonel himself with Dixon, Borah, Flynn George w. Perkins, Medill Mccormick Governor Stuhbs, Johnson, Glasscock and Senator Bristow. Admission was only by invitation and the crowd that clamored for the colonel, word was sent out that he would not be visible until morning.
 The Taft forces hope to hold abso' lutely the narrow margin shown by the vote today and with it to nominate the president. This at least is the pro- gram of those who still believe tha Taft is their only hope.
 The Roosevelt leaders profess tt hope for a break to third candidate asserting that in the shift Roosevel would pick up many delegates. The Roosevelt generals point ou that the Taft vote is triumph for thu steam roller, that the votes of thu
 Southern delegates and the territories all White House controlled, give thu president his stock and the Natlona Committee in transferring sixty vote
 from the Roosevelt to the Taft col umn did the rest.
 Such majorit ythey assert canno
 be had for any candidate save tn
 president of the United States with hl
 patronage power behind him.
 On the Taft side it is said that MI
 Rooseyelt's full strength IS nov
 known. There can be no more fear that the worst is yet to come. The have all the Roosevelt cards on tn table and they can play the game !
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