Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-08
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-T--9T -bc roll was called on the
Ninth Alabama district l was not pre-
pared to believe that a majority .,
tbe national committee WAS prepared
to deliberately murder the hepuDi'"D
party. ii mr..
mod,totad and deliberate. With me
record OF the roll call in the Nlnln
Alabama congressional district l no"
deliberately charge that 81 minority ol
the national committee, IN VIOLATION VI
their sacred trust as trustees Of the he-
publican party, in fear and hatred Oh
Theodore Roosevelt, have entered lnIo
an agreement among themselves to IN
seat all and every Roosevelt delegate
regardless of right, in the last despeT
ate hope of being able to prevent
Rooseyelt's nomination.
Admit Tsft's Defeat.
"These c~onspiratOTs brazenly adllit
In private that Taft cannot be elected
If nominated; that he will not carry
five states If nominated, but they as
sert their deliberate purpose TO scutteI
the Republican ssip and accept tour
years of Democratic rule. They al
nit. in private, that if their program is
carried out not twenty Republican
-ongressmeu can hope for election III
November. They evidently are not only
prepared to murder the Republican
party, but to drag down to defeat III
November every Republican state and
county ticket throughout the nation"
After winning q victory before the
national committee IN the contest for
the twenty-six delegates Of Alabama
the Taft supporters scored again when
General Powell Clayton and the other
three Taft delegates at large from Ar
kansas were seated by unanimous vote
OF the committee. 1t was said thai the
contests for the district delegates from
Arkansas would all be decided the
same way.
The first test vote, showing the maxi
mum strength of Mr.. Roosevelt's fol
lowers in the Republican national
committee, came in the contest for the
delegates from the Ninth Alabama dis
trict, which was bitterly fought by
the minority faction. The vote was
thirty-eight to fifteen in favor of seat.
ing the Taft delegates.
Finn Is on the Scene.
The coming of ex-State Senator VII
lian Finn of Pennsylvania as ex-
President Roosevelt's chief personal
representative on this field of battle
has led to varied comment in the
Roosevelt camp all to the effect that
the ex-President is dissatitied with the
political manoeuvering of Senator
Dixon and Ormsby McHarg.
Another report was to the effect
that Mr.. Dixon and Mr.. McHarg dep,
recated this sending of Mr.. Finn
here by Colonel Roosevelt and told
the story that the friction between
Dixon and McHarg has been revived.
After investigation it is learned that
both Mr.. Dixon and Mr.. McIiarg are
to welcome Mr.. Finn with open arms,
and they will welcome any mar that
Colonel Roosevelt sends here to aid
the Roosevelt corps.
Mr.. Roosevelt Serene.
Oyster Bay, June $40 the many
callers who presented themselves al
the Outlook office, Notwithstanding the
fact that Colonel Roosevelt had not al.
lowed his intention Of going into town
to become generally known, there wds
no evidence hat the outcome of the
first days session of the national com
m!ttee had lowered the ~colonel's con
idence in the final result.
Nor WIS there any indication thai
he did not still put complete reliance
upon the ability Of his lieutenants tC
protect his interests In the
ton maneuvers at Chicago. 1t still
appears that he does not consider tax.
ing personal charge of his campairr
p~rematurely. He denied any knowl
edge Of the persistent rumors from
Chicago that he is expected to arrive
there next Wednesday,. The results of
the Alabama contest disturbed him not
at all.
One district | thought was for me. .
he said, but l told my managers when
they went to Chicago that | did moi
expect n delegate contest to be de
cided for me which It vas not entitled
to. Justice is what | want, but nothina
more than Justice.
The colonel produced his own mi
waite table of delegates, the sheet which
shows where that reserve strength lies
about which his advisers are guessing
With an apology he prudently covered
with an envelope all save n line
which he permitted his lnterylewers
to read. 1t was-Alabama, Taft %
Roosevelt 2.
II haven't ven counted on any o.,
the other districts for which thew yvare
contesting." lie continued, but. then !
don't know anything about the cases
l have left the details to my men"