The Washington herald., 1912-06-05

E. Williams; Pennsylvania, Boies PEN
rose; Rhode Island. William P. ShefiieId
Vermont, James W. Brock; Virginia, Al
yah H. Martin; Washington, S. A.
Perkins; West Virginia, N. b. Scott;
Wyoming, George E. Paxton; total, %
! Roosevelt Committeeman.
Committeeman admitted by both sides
to be for Roosevelt are:
California, George A Knight; Idaho,
| William <. Borah; Kentucky, A. r.
Burnham: Louisiana. Pearl Wight: New
York. william L. Ward: North Dakota
/ Capers; South Dakota, Thomas T. Hor-
son: Texas, Cecil A. Lyon; District OF
Columbia, Sidney Bieber Total, TO-
In addition to the o granted them by
the Roosevelt men the Taft supporters
claim the following will certain be with
them:
Illinois Frank o. Lowden: Maine, F.
NJ. Simpson: Nevada, Patrick L. Lanni-
gan: Oklahoma. c. NJ. Cade: Utah. z.
Loose; Alaska, Lewis P. Shackleford;
Philippines, Henry B. Mccoy; Porto
Rico, r. H. Todd. Total, s.
TafterS Claim ThIrty-seven.
The Taft people say they will surely
get thirty-seven.
The Roosevelt leaders do not admit
that any of the above will certainly
vote for Taft, but claim they have
chance to get the votes Of any or all
Of them in practically all matters. Also
there is another list that the Roose-
welt leaders claim they will certainly
get. although the Taft men have hopes
of securing their support on many II not
all the questions, but admit they are in
the doubtful class. II is as follows:
Arizona. w. S. Sturgiss; Minnesota.
Frank B. Kellogg; New Mexico, Solomon
Luna: Tennessee, NJ. C. Monay; Wis
COnsin, Alfred T. Rogers: Hawaii. II. l.
HOlstein. Total six. Total the Roose-
veltians claim for them. sixteen. Total
ROOseveltians hope TO get, twenty-four.
OF those in the last list the Taft sup
pOrteTs say that Kellogg will not be
bound by any feeling whatever. and that
Rogers, OF Wisconsin, is a La Toilette
man and cannot be counted by the ROOse-
veltians.
Many Proxies to Vote.
Several of the committeeman will not
sit personally in the hearings. hut will
give proxies. but the men they trust
with proxies will he of their own selec-
tiOn, and consequently may be depended
upon to have the same faCtiOnaI feelings
that their principal have. Secretary
Nagcl and Senator's Crane and PenrOSe
are among those who will give proxies.
but they will be here for a day or two
to get things started.
The proxies so far announced are: For
Secretary Nagel. Congressman Richard
BarthoIdt; for Senator Crane, Congress
man George Lawrence: for Senator Pen
rose, Congressman Martin Olmsted; for
w. ShaCkelfOrd, OF Alaska, W. 3. Hog
gait.
S A Perkins, OF Washington, is not
likely TO be here, either, as he has a
broken arm, and it is reported that his
proxy may go to William Barnes, jr., of
New York, anti-Rooseveltian.
That they may overcome the majority
they admit is against them is why the
Rooseveltians will try to replace Rose
water, of Nebraska; Nagel OF Missouri,
and Murphy. of New Jersey, with How
ell. Niederhaus. and Borden. And that
fight will start just as soon as the com
mittee meets.
The First Question Up.
The first thing to be done will be the
roll call, which will raise the question
Of the right of members to sit. The How
ell case from Nebraska will be the first
up. Then the steam roller will be first
brought into action, but its true strength
will not be shown. as all but out-and-
out Roosevelt men are expected to fol-
low custom and not permit a new mem
Der to take his seat until after the con-
vention.
The real test will come afterward
though on the vote for the election OF
chairman. The old guard candidate
will be Rosewater, the present acting
chairman That has been settled upon.
The Roosevelt men have not finally |
settled on their candidate yet. He may
be Frank B. Kellogg, because Of his rep |
utatiOn for entire fairness, despite any |
feelings for any candidate. The ROOse- |
veltians believe he might be the strong
est man they could name.
This will be about all that will be ac- |
complished the first day, and the actual |
hearing OF contests will not begin until !
Friday morning.