The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-10

mer Senator Hemenway. for ne Taft
forces. lie said that no mon were dis
charged from the city employ for sup
porting Roosevelt so far ms he knew.
BorNh asked n In the Third and
Fourth Ward the polling place had not
been tccsted ~ q place almost fnac-
cessiblc to the voters. Hemenway said
that he could not answer this question
Borsh then asked whether the votine
place was not located a long distance
FROM the trolley truck lines IN the city
and on Q branch line where cars ran
only enc each twenty minutes. Hcmen-
way said ali he could say was that the
vote cast was tho largest over cast at
wand primary.
After the unanimous vote. seating the
Taft deicsates-at-isrgc the COMMITTEES
took up the contest from tho first In
diana district. where there was q bolt.
ing Roosevelt convention.
The TAFT people claimed that on their
own showing the Roosevelt men could
ast have more than <5h votes in their
conventions. and that Taft had bo%
votes, or IL more than q quorum. The
Taft men were seated without . roll
call.
whsther Roosevelt comes 20 Chicago or
not II seems likely that when the time
comes for making q nomination there
viii be two conventions--each claiming
70 be "reguisr"--soing on In the
same hall at the same time.
The Roosevelt forces ere convinced
that me National Committee win seat
most OF the Taft delegates Under the
leadership OF ''Lesdsr'' Finn Of Pitts
burgh they have made plans to meet
that situation.
No matter what action the National
Committee may take the Roosevelt
fercss will insist that their contssting
delegations be given seats In ths Con-
vention Hall. II the temporary roll OF
the National Committee In accepted As
the temporary roll Of the Convention It
Will not b until after o fight that will
b worth watching. But even that de-
feat. tho Roosevelt leaders insist, will
not end the matter. Every contest that
was brought before the National Com
mittee win be brought back before the
COMMITTEES on Credentials and fought
out there.
TO PRESENT MINORITY export
AND TRY A STAMPEDE.
The Roosevelt forces believe they can
capture that Committee on Credentials.
II they cannot DO this they win present
q minority report IN favor OF all OF their
contastiuG Asisgstss and will try to
stampede the convention, Only IL they
fall TO do this will they withdraw from
the convention as then constituted.
Even then they Will not withdraw from
the hall. but will 90 right ahead rs
though they had won the fight. Thy
viii name their permanent chairman.
adopt their platform and nominate their
national ticket which. unless some
change should he necessary Tor strate-
dc reasonA Wlll DO Roosevelt. with
Gov. Hiram Johnson OF California N
biz running mate.
They viii claim that they nrc the Re-
publican National Convention and Will
chAractersxe the TAFT forces rs boilers.
They will also. Louder" Finn OF Pitts
burgh declares. have the election ma
ohiaery In every State whore thers 10
direct primary. In most Of them the
Governor Of tho State 10 q Rooseve't
man. and they claim that the Roosevelt
licxct will get on the ballot IN the place
thai 10 Assigned to tho Republican
party In such States. In several VI
the direct primary States the Presidea-
ual electors were elected Ut the recent
primaries. and they are Roosevelt mea
and can be depended OH 10 vote Tor h.rn
should the Ispublicans carry ths.r
state a. the fall election,
TAFT MEN TALK OF CALLING
IN the POLICE.
This Roosevelt programme has
aiar aed The TAFT leaderS They an
noanred that the scrgesut-at-arns
would preserve order In the convcn-
ton /. l, took every assistant he has
and every uniformed policeman IN the
city OF Chicago. This was generally
construed as meaning that IL the Taft
people can continue their control Of tho
situation and hold tho convention the
Roosevelt forces will he ejeced from
the hall " they start II demonstration.
hut that, the Roosevelt leaders point.
cd out. would no, affect their claims to
regularity IN amy way. ono OF their
chief aims lie to- remsin regular" 1t
u because OF this fact that Col. R0ose-
welt has charged the Natlonsl Commit.
tee With dong acts morally. IL not
legally. criminal" 1t IL that fact that
has inspired his attacks on the Ma
t.oGnl Committee aid the Taft leaders
IN oAlo, Indiana. Kentucky and other
States whore he insists the "bosses
robbed the people" Ills advice to the
people that a convention domineered
by these men was not "A representative
Republican one has been At all times
Intended to head OF any third party
talk. This has been made absolutely
certain by the conferences OF the
Roosevelt steering committee. They
| Insist they Will control the presen,
convention. II possible. but if not. the
convention which they will hold and
not the TAFT convention VIII represent
the real Republican party In the ma
ton.