Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-06-17
ARMIES GRAPPLE, /,
WITHAIDS ALL IN
Quiet Counting of Delegates Follows
Excitement of Strugglers in
Chicago.
NEW WORKERS HOLD A CAUCUS
Sixty.Nine Delegates Vote for
Barnes in Lineup.
ROOSEVELT PLANS MAPPED OUT
Council with Leaders Marks /
Coloneps Taking Command.
STRONG CLAIMS BY MKINLEY
Asserts the President Will Have /
FIFTY More Than Needed. but 4
Includes Too Many from
New York. ~
Council with Leaders Marks
Coloners Taking Command.
STRONG CLAIMS BY M'KNLEY

CHICAGO, June 16.-The high spot" In
the ante-convention situation came yes
terdsy when Colonel Roosevelt arrived
f,om New York. received a welcome
almost hystercal from crowds OF dele
gates and admirers. who cheered him all
along the way from the Lake Shore rail-
road station to the Congress hotel, and
then went into conference with his gen
eral staff
Mr. Roosevelt's advent upon the scene
of factional conflict had been SO widely
advertised, and the subject Of so much
advance comment both friendly ana nos
tile, that Its sensational aspects were. IL
possible. exaggerated In the minds OF all
elements The result was that when the
first excitement had subsided and he mad
made his brief speech FROM the notei
balcony, the crowd came to realize that
after ali the world was still revolving
with It's wonted smoothness; the conven-
ton was still more than two days dis
tant and the question was still one or
who would have the $40 delegates neces-
sary for majority and for nomina-
ton.
So matters quieted down to . degree
which in the hour between and o'clock
seemed hardly possible.
Not Candidate for Chair.
Mr.. Roosevelt last night definitely de-
clined the suggestion that he stand as
a candidate for the position of temporary
chairman of the convention. This pro-
posal has been discussed more or less
during the last few days. 1t was made
to him by Alexander Moore Of Pitts
burgh.
The colonel dined In tl entirely COM
monplace manner with Mrs. Roosevelt,
and the leaders of the faction returned
10 their more or less interrupted task or
corralline delegates
After the national committee had fin
ished its work, Director Mckinley gave
out a table claiming total OF bW dele
gates FOR Taft--fifty more than necessary
for his nomination--and conceding only
442s to Roosevelt. The Roosevelt people
deemed to give ut any figures at all.
The McKfn,S; table gave Taft eighty
three OF New York's ninety delegates.
but at the very moment when he was
giving It out, the New York delegation
was in caucus-the New Workers. called
Il conference" ex-Lieutenant
Governor Timothy l.. Woodruff was de-
claring that eighteen delegates from
Brooklyn would follow him into the
Roosevelt camp. Later 1t was reported
that the Brooklyn delegates were any
thing but willing to accept Mr.. Woodruff
as a bell wether" and more than that
nobody knew what they would decide
to do. Conservative estimates had al
lowed Mr.. Taft not more than seventy
five votes from New York. Late in
the day, after the New York meeting,
State Chairman William Barnes, jr.. said:
1.-The votes Of the New York delegation
indicates that the vote will stand: Taft,
70; Roosevelt. Q; anti Roosevelt. 3; doubt
full, O. This Is counting the absentees."
Barnes Wins i'm Caucus.
After an acrimonious discussion Will
lam Barnes, jr., chairman of the New
York state committee, was chosen to
represent that state on the committee
on resolutions. The opposition was led
by Delegate William A. Prendergast Of
the Fourth district of Brooklyn.
OF the seventy seven delegates present
sixty-nine voted for Mr.. Barnes and five
against him, while three were excused
from voting. The vote was the nearest
expression obtained on a presidential
preference.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Timothy Wood
ruff, also of Brooklyn; Francis NJ Hugo.
jefferson county, and Frank o. Ander-
son OF Chautauqua were excused from
voting. Mr.. Woodruff gave no reason for
asking to be permitted not to vote, while
Messrs. Hugo and Anderson said the
sentiment among their constituents was
unfavorable to the policies advocated by
MIR. Barnes. Mr.. Hugo said his people
were opposed to both Taft and Roose-
welt.
Mr.. Prendergast based his opposition
on the ground that Mr.. Barnes is reac-
tionary and nonpregressive and therefore
undesirable as representative Of so great
state as New York on committee
which would declare the principles on
which the republican party must appeal
to the country for support in the oonl-
ing campaign. N
Replies were made by Messrs. Parsons.
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