The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-19
Leaders of Rival Forces With
draw to Analyze Result
and Find Some Com
fort in 1t
VICTORY CLAIMED
BY EACH ALTHOUGH
1T LOOKS LIKE TIB
Colonel Shows Strength in
States in Which Presi-
dent Had Claimed
Whole Vote for
Himself
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE.

ny JAMES y. mONT a1oE.
CHICAGO, ILL, June 4s.--With
Eilhu Root elected temporary CHAIR
man of the national Republican .oa-
vention over Francis E. McGovern. OF
Wisconsin. BY vote OF COS 10 592,
the Roosevelt candidate-each faction
of the Republican party Is loudly
claiming that the other has been de-
feated
Roosevelt is out OF il. - MAJ IEa
jubilant cry of the taft men as they
left the convention after d highly
placid session that lasted from loon
till 7.3o O'Clock
We've got Taft beaten was the
shout Of the Roosevelt men. as tenn
porarily they abandoned their talk st
bolt and went into conference with
View 10 strengthening their lines.
Tonight the generals commanding
the rival forces. neither confident of
victory for their own candidates, are
analyzing the result and try.ng TO get
some comfort QUIZ Of 1t. Up to iats
hour neither side was hop sfui of any
thing but the defeat Of the other.
Tho total votes cast In the convene
ton for temporary chairman was
1913 out of a total OF 1918. divided
as follows:
Root, $685. McGovern, SOC: Louder.
ing, s.
This gave Root, choice Of the ma
tionai committee, = majority o. %
pledged to La Toilette and 10 for
Cummins which would indicate tai
the Roosevelt strength expressed by
The ballot represented 415 Yofas- This
is not a fair statement of the Roose-
Welt strength as rhe convention Is row
constituted as OF the delegates if-
structed for Roosevelt, In Illinois,
S III Maryland, and in Oregon.
total of is declared for Root.
On the other hand McGovern aTr
parentIy gained frosr, the Instructed
Taft delegates one each In Arkacsas,
Kentucky and Utah, Two In Ohio ard
five from Hawaii, a sotal OF ten. This
would indicate net gain for Roose-
Welt. should instructions be followed
In the vote for president of 8. and IN
crease total Of 4s2s or IS short OF
majority OF the convention.
The effect upon the Taft vote in
the final struggle Is conditions re-
main as 1t present would be a loss
OF from the vote cast for Root.
leaving Taft with $50. or ten more
than a majority of the convention.
The States showing the variation
from the claims put forth by the Taft
mana gers and indicating wherein the
Taft men had made claims to votes
to which they were not entitled were
Georgia, 8: North Carolina. s: and
Virginia. . New York voted AZ
Barnes said It would. In fact, the
results seemingly substantiate the
general accuraracy OF Taft's figures.
l. The Roosevelt people tonight as
sert most positix ely that the vote Tor
temporary chairman shows that Taft
tNI bat -
e.lassning a srsato~y fer tins @eoionat
with any alarming confidence.
The friends OF the president aro
plainly disturbed and obtain their
satisfaction from the expressed be-
lief that Roosevelt has heen eHmi-
mated.
One thing is certain The dramafs
fc atmosphere OF Colonel Roosevelt
by sudden descent on Chicago to
complete the convention has ended
II not in disaster at least In utter
failure thu returns his con4fnS
has not changed voteffi; indeed e
is the current belief that had he re-
manned in Oyster Bay his managers.
Dixon and Borah. might have done
still better in the preliminary skirm-
fish today.
The situation at 1t stands at this
hour is especially gratifying to many
OF the older statesmen who do not
conceal their belief that the way IS
now open for third candidate who
can heal the breach made by the Bit
ter fight between the president and
the colonel.
The betting tonight il 3 to III
against Roosevelt and 2 to against
Taft. The leaders OF all factions are
holding conferences for the purpoao
OF holding their lines. Crane. Pens
rose Barnes. Mckinley Charles 4.
Taft. Nicholas Murray Butler.
Charles w. Fairbanks. Joseph
Healing and James E. Watson. OF In
diana. went into session immediato1y
on leaving the convention hail and ~
manned In conference until mid
night s@
In the Roosevelt camp the col0U14
himself was closeted with Dixoa
Borah. BILL" Finn. George w, 81
kins. Medili Mccormick. GovernosS
Stubs. Johnson, Glasscock. and Xealss
aror Bristow. Admission was only N1es
invitation and to the crowd that c:mx.lR
ored for the colonel word was n4d u
ont that he would not be visibts q &
morning. sSa 81
The Taft forces hope to hoif
solutsly the narrow majority shdF a
BY the vote today. and with jtS4
nominate the president This 81
is the program of those OF thnn4 IA
still believe that Taft h their
hope. e
Tbs Roosevelt Leaders 0resann