The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-19
Republican National Convention viii
Decide Who is to be
Candidate For
President. z
NUMBER OF s.1NIoNs
Minority Leader Mann is the Only
One Who Seems to Have
Made the Correct
Reply.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, May 1S.-The re-
publican convention will be called to |
order one month from today. The
leaders today summed up their opin-
ions of what will happen there as
follows:
Theodore Roosevelt said: MIR. Taft
expects to see Penrose, Lorimer,
Barnes and Company override the
will of the people but there will be
no toleration by the republican party
of such action. We do not intend to
surrender to them the control of the
convention, the control of our gov
ernment and our liberties
! Colonel Harry S. New of Indianapo-
Ills, chairman of the subcommittee OF.
arrangements for the convention
{ said: This convention is going to be
/ a regular circus and | think it will be
my last one. | predict the nomination
of President Taft on the first ballot |
have been put Taft man and | am
going to stay put Many contests
and complications will engage the at
tention of the men in charge and |
apprehend long and hard fought
session.
j Franklin Murphy, former governor
of New Jersey, said: Taft has enough
votes pledged to nominate him on the
first ballot. If Roosevelt is candi-
date he will be a 'rump' candidate
land 60 to destruction as all such per.
sons 60
!; sy Alexander H. Reveli, chairman OF
the National Roosevelt committee
!, said:
!. Roosevelt will be nominated on
the first ballot and have from fifty to
100 votes to spare. l don't see how
the republican party can take any
ether action in view of the action in
the states which give big republican
majorities."
Manager VIM. B. Mckinley said:
There is no question but that the
president will not only be renominat
ed at Chicago, but that his friends
, will control the organization of the
, convention and prepare the platform
; of the republican party. He now has
549 delegates nine more than enough
/ to control
, Senator Robert NJ. LaFollette said,
l.'I will be nominated at the Chicago
convention. 1t is not always the man
: who goes to the convention with the
most delegates who is nominated
t William A. Prendergast, comptrol
!, Ter of New York City, who is to place
: the name of Roosevelt before the con
; vention said. Il have no ,hesitancy II
t predicting the nomination of Col
: Roosevelt when the republican nation
| al convention meets one month hence
/, The strength he has shown in all the
;. states where they have had direct pri
4 maries indicates his popularity witt
the people. Even the politicians
must sometimes take notice of the
: popular will SO you can readily see
4 what is going to happen when the
a convention gets to balloting"
+ John d. Mckay of Detroit, delegate
f at large to the national convention
from Michigan, said: Tine renomina
! tion of President Taft is merely ;
y conjecture as to the majority b,
e which he will be chosen to represen
g the republican party in the comin'
campaign. My opinion is 1t will onl,
J. take one ballot to nominate him.
: Representative Kent, progressiv
republican. California, said: "Roose
/; welt is a sure winner. There is n,
l. talk of a third man in the Roosevelt
J. camp, and no third party balderhash.
e Representative Warburton progres
o sive republican, Washington, said
II Roosevelt on the first ballot"
t Representative Fordney, regular re
e publican, Michigan. said: Taft vii
O be an easy winner"
e Representative Norris, nepublicae
t. progressive, Nebraska said; 9
a month is long time to wait-fo
Roosevelt to be nominated, as he wi
o be- And with that 1t means adoI
S tion of a progressive platform whic
n will sweep the country in November.
If Representative Payne, regular r,
r publican, New York, said: "Nothin
II to it but Taft"
n Representative Barthoid, regular r,
publican. Missouri, said. Taft wi
g win regardless of Ohio"
o Representative Mann, minorit
IS leader, said: Il have no opinions S
d far ahead"
= Representative Young, Michigan
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