The Sentinel=record., 1912-06-14
MYSTERY IN
 COMMITTEE
SUDDEN ADJOURNMENT AFTER MISSOURI COMPROMISE GIVES
 RISE TO MANY RUMORS.
MANY REASONS ADVANCED
Roosevelt Men Hail 1t as Sign of the Breaking of Solid Rank of Taft Supporters in the Ma.
 tional Committee.

Chicago, June 13-'The Missouri compromise' decision and the quick ly following and unexpected adjourn ment of the Republican national com mittee this afternoon brought about a situation full of uncertainty and conflicting rumors, which lasted throughout the evening and refused to crystalline into any definite form. | Explanations traversed a long and lvaried scale, all the way from the ! statement that the compromise and sudden adjournment presaged a gen eral getting together of the Taft and Roosevelt factions to the naive the ory that it was to give the conVen- tion carpenters a chance to finish their saving and hammering in the lDeighborhood of the committee room.
 The explanation which best fits the various known facts is the Taft sup lporters were glad to take advantage of the three or four hours of time saved by the compromise on the Mis- souri cases to take account of stock and prepare for the struggle expected over the Texas and the Washington contests.
 Roosevelt supporters professed to be greatly elated over the seating of their delegation at large from Mis- souri and asserted that the outcome in the whole Missouri business ex- ceeded their most sanguine hopes The Taft people, on the other hand seemed to take the outcome compla- gently and abated none of their claims on that account
 National Committeeman Charles Nagel, Mir. Taft's secretary of com merce and labor who left Chicago | yesterday on the eve of the Missouri contest hearing, which he had been counted on to present, came in for considerable criticism when the oorn- mittee action marked the first im- portant concession of the fight to Roosevelt. Taft men on the commit tee while mute for publication, said privately that MT. Nagels departure from Chicago had much to do with the argument in the Missouri case.
 The cabinet officer had been press ed to present the Taft side of the controversy bW had expressed a de- sire to be excused from participation. Several members of the committee. however, had been confidnt Mir. Ma gel would argue the case. Late last night when it was known that the secretary had left town, some of the Taft members of the committee de- termined to stand by the Hadley- Roosevelt delegates.
 Today absolutly no one appeared to challenge Governor Hadley's pre- sentation of the case and the Taft leaders said there was nothing for them to do but surrender.
 Anyway, the subject was the topic of endless discussion among both factions tonight and the Roosevelt people unauestionably showed the more contentment. Interest in tomor- rows session of the national com mittee was quickened
 The fight promises to center about contests involving the delegates from Texas, The contests preceding that on the calendar of the national committee are inconsequential com pared with the Texas situation, where the political life of Cecil Lyon, national committeeman, and the strength of the Roosevelt machine in the state is at stake.
 The Roosevelt managers declared no compromise would be considered with regard to Texas. The Taft man. agers asserted they would fight for all of the contested Texas delega- tions on the ground that the Lyon organization had chosen it's delegates in defiance of the district apportion- ment plan of the Republican national committee
 Rumors of compromise and con, cession in the remaining contest fights were denied by the leaders on both sides. It is expected that the Virginia contests, in which the Roosevelt forces charge that the Taft conventions were held where negroes could not attend, will be presented as single case, but Ormsby McHarg the Roosevelt contest manager. as- serted tonight they would argue each of the Texas contests separately and that they expected to have at least 30 of the 40 Texas delegates.
 Both sides continued to claim ulti- mate control of the convention and the Roosevelt forces definitely an- nounced their intention to oppose on the floor the election of Senator Elihu Root as temporary chairman. They said their candidate for that place would be Senator Borah of Idaho,
 If such an honor was conferred upon me-" said Senator Borah, of course l could not refuse it.
 After several conferences at the Taft headquarters tonight in which ! Senators Penrose and Crane, Chair man Mckinley and other Taft lead CTS took part, the decision to put . forward Senator Newell Sanders of S Tennessee, as chairman of the com | mittee on permanent organization Of lthe convention. was confirmed The