Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-11
PRESIDENT TAFT GIVEN
4 VOTES KENTUCKY
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Roosevelt members in the committee
would fight to the death ON these Indi-
III cases. Not only were the Taft
delegates at large seated in Indiana,
but the Roosevelt committeeman per
mitted the seating by viva voce votes
of the Taft delegates In the First lndl-
ana district, and the Taft delegates in
the Third district, while In the Fourth
district tho Roosevelt contestants did
not put In an appearance. and 1t was
announced they had withdrawn. The
only contest from Indiana which the
Roosevelt committeeman found any
merit In at all was over the two dele,
gates from the Thirteenth district,
and In this instance the Taft dele
gates were seated by a vote of thirty
six to thirteen.
Protest on Steam Roller.
The expectation WAS strong among
the Roosevelt forces that the twenty
six delegates from California We're to
be turned over to the Taft side.
There were sharp exchanges of per
sonalities throughout the day. There
were protests against the steam
roller open charges of fraud in con
nection with the primaries in Indian
apolis and Of high minded methods at
the Indiana state convention, which
was controlled by Taft's followers.
The Taft managers insisted more
strongly thar aver that the president
Will be nominated in this convention;
that he Will have sra votes easily.
which are t~hirty-six more than are
necessary to accomplish their urpose.
Most Of these Taft nag also de
clared that Vice President Sherman is
to be renominated.
Cummins May Be Ozark Horse"
The first real talk of a dark horse
to be nominated for president BY this
convention vas started when Senator
Kenyon, speaking for, Senator Cum
Minis and the Republicans of Iowa,
said:
Iowa stands ready to present a can
dldate who at least has behind him a
harmonious and enthusiastic party In
his w state. If Republicans pause
long enough to forget their present ami
mOsitieS Albert r. Cummins will be the
next president OF the United States"
The Taft canpaignerB We're disturbed
by Senator Kenyon's talk. They had
received word from Washington that
Senator Cummins had refused all over
lures to enter either the Roosevelt or
the La Toilette camp. Senator La Fol
lette has thlrty-siX delegates in this
convention and Cummins has ten
These forty six delegates Of In Toilette
factors before the sessions Of this con
yentiOn end.
Taft campaigncrs believe that ex.
President Roosevelt is to name a candl
date for temporary chairman of he
convention from among La Follette's
Delegation In the state of Wisconsin,
thereby hoping to compel Ia J~'ollett,
TO support thr Wiz ,alsin man for ten,
porary ch"ir7i"..
T. r. Holds Conference.
oyster Bay, n. Y, June Il.-George
Perkins, Frank A. Munsey and Walter
#. Brown lunched with Colonel Roose.
welt at Sycamore Hill.
Mr.. Perkins and Mr.. Brown, who "a
the Roosevelt leader in Ohio. came on
for this conference with their chief
IL it il understood that they are re-
turning to Chicago today. The result
OF the conference was not disclosed
Although it has been said that their
purpose was to prevail upon their can.
didate to make on immediate and spec
taculRr entry upon the scene of con-
test, there IS nothing to indicate TINT
Colonel Roosevelt has modified his in
tentions as given out. He fatty denied
any knowledge of a special train held
in readiness for his departure. Some
of his friends may have ordered n
special for themselves, he said, but
not he.
Today Mr.. Roosevelt is going in to
town on nm early train. He let it be
understood that he would return here
this evening.
Nothing in the news from Chicago
shook in the least the colonel's equan-
Unity. He emphatically declined to
explain the unanimous action of the
Republican national committee by
which President Taft was credited
with tho four delegates at large from
Indiana
81 requested Senator Dixon and all
my committeeman to support no Roose-
welt delegates in the contests unless
the case was clear. | want no delegate
about whom there is any question"
The threat Of the Taft majority in
the committee 70 go after his Califor-
MIA delegates disturbed him not at all.
II was preposterous, he said, to talk
of flying In tue face OF the overwhelm-
ing expression of opinion in his favor
which was registered lu that state.
And he seemed amused Mt the prospect
Of such an attempt being made by
gentlemen whose political life will be
extinguished next Saturday or there
abouts.'
"The people wouldn't stand for It,"
he exclaimed.