The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-14

 nor Deneen. replying to statements by Colonel Roosevelt yesterday gave out tonight a statement saying in part
 Governor Hadley introduced at the republican national convention a mo- ton to take from the temporary roll the Taft delegates and substitute Roosevelt delegates in certain contest ed states. These numbered about 7S delegates. Colonel Roosevelt sent for me and asked me to introduce reso- lution limiting the number to the 34 delegates from Washington, California, Arizao ona and Texas. I refused to do this without Governor Hadley's consent because he had presented the motion felt that I could not change the line of a battle which had been participated in by Governor Hadley and others in behalf of Colonel Roosevelt and make them appear to be acting either without knowledge or without good faith to the convention.
 T went to the convention and saw Governor Hadley and Governor Had ley himself wrote the amendment to his motion which I introduced He wrote 1t in the presence of Senator Dixon of Montana, Senator Borah Of Idaho and myself.
 "The motion of Governor Hadley was to strike from the temporary roll the Taft delegates and substitute Roose- welt delegates in their stead. My amendment provided that no delegate whose right to a seat in the conven-
 
 ley's motion should have a right to vote on the selection of a member of the credentials committee or on its re- port.
 Colonel Roosevelt in his statement of Saturday makes me responsible for Governor Hadley's motion and states that my motion charged that the Taft delegates were stolen. The resolution does not 50 state and there is no pos sibility of placing upon 1t such a con- struction.
 Governor Hadley himself said to the convention in urging adoption of his motion.
 CT do not say that these charges are true. But true or false, let us meet them here
 'On In6 Ben6fdl uutStlOu oi COI- tested delegations it may be remem- bered that Colonel Roosevelt cried: Crook and quoted the scriptural in Junction, Thou Shalt Not SteaP very vehemently regarding tho selection of the southern delegates long before the states with primary laws had had any opportunity to vote He did this with apparent sincerity, but he reduced his claims and indignation with mathemat- a-. tos. rraIr xud s1xta fCu h the primary states.
 Colonel Roosevelt went out of his way to seek to injure me by garbled quotations in an effort to make 1t ap- pear that I was an ally of Senator Lorimer. His statement Is without truth or Justification. In my testimony before the Senate committee I said that MT. Lorimer in an interview with me had stated that they had enough votes tion and that they proposed to elect Speaker Shurtlen. If you have power to elect Speaker Shurtleff. why don't you elect yourself? There was no offer to assist him.
 q shall not answer Colonel Roose {. velt's abusive epithets except to say that committee of five representing his party and with his approval. as have been informed, called upon me at tho state house on July 22. 1912. and stated in effect that if would { gree to vote for Roosevelt and an- 'nce that fact, no third party ticket
 i'd be nominated against me and txpwould be indorsed and supported by the colonels friends The abuse and opposition which 1 am now receivin 2 is due to the fact that I am trying to make effective in Illinois the rule of the people by standing by the trust re- posed in me by them at the primaries on April 9.
 Colonel Roosevelt has received fair treatment from the republicans of Illi- nois, from it's delegates to the conven- tion and from myself. l voted with his friends on every motion that af- fected his candidacy up to the time that he withdrew from the convention and did everything within my power to se-